Clear‚ bright eyes; with no discharge. Free moving limbs with no clicks or stiffness in the joints; and no limp or lameness when walking. Healthy‚ glossy coat and skin; with no patches missing or matted fur‚ no dry patches of skin. 2. How is the disease Canine Parvovirus spread? The virus is spread by humans; on shoes‚ clothes and animals; fur‚ paws after having come into contact with infected soil or faeces. The virus can live in soil for up to a year. 3. Give three symptoms of dehydration. Taut
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Alzheimer’s Disease Case Study Scenario M.E. is a 62-year-old woman who has a 5-year history of progressive forgetfulness. She is no longer able to care for herself‚ has become increasingly depressed and paranoid‚ and recently started a fire in the kitchen. After extensive neurologic evaluation‚ M.E. is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband and children have come to the Alzheimer’s unit at your ECF (extended-care facility) for information about this disease and to discuss the possibility
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It is important to understand what coronary heart disease (CHD) is in order to alter a lifestyle to combat the disease. Poor cardiovascular health care habits can be highly detrimental to a person’s health. Poor habits have a direct relation to lack of knowledge on the subject‚ in this case CHD. An inadequate supply of information can lead the continuation of a poor cardiovascular lifestyle‚ thus drastically raising the risk for CHD. In elementary terms‚ what you do not know can hurt you. In 2013
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Heart failure is caused by the decrease cardiac output and decrease perfusion to the vital tissues of the body. Cardiac output is depended on the stroke volume and heart rate. There are three factors that influence stroke volume‚ which are contractility‚ preload and afterload. Contractility is reduced due to Ms. Boehmer’s history of acute myocardial infarction. Acute myocardial infarction causes myocyte function disruptions. Ms. Boehmer’s history of hypertension‚ smoking‚ and coronary artery disease
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arteries and either partially or completely blocks the blood flow. Diseases like coronary heart disease angina‚ and chronic kidney disease can occur as a result of atherosclerosis. When atherosclerosis affects the arteries in the heart‚ it is known as a coronary heart disease‚ and coronary heart disease is the number one killers of Americans. Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that starts in childhood. For some people the disease quickly progress in their 30s. For others it does not become a problem
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Short Answer Questions: 1. Dr. Baker spends a long time listening to (auscultating) Caleb’s heart. a. Where on the thoracic surface do you auscultate to the tricuspid‚ mitral (bicuspid)‚ pulmonary‚ and aortic valves? For the tricuspid valves‚ the sounds of the heart are typically heard in the right sternal margin of the 5th intercostal space. For the Mitral (bicuspid) valve‚ sounds are heard over the heart apex‚ in the 5th intercostal space. This is in line with the middle of the clavicle. (Lutchman
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2. The American Heart Association (AHA) suggests a healthy balanced meal for diabetics. Half a plate of vegetables‚ a quarter of healthy carbs (complex)‚ and another quarter of lean protein. The National Kidney Foundation suggests the Dash diet. The diet focuses on foods rich in fruits‚ vegetables‚ low-fat dairy products‚ whole grains‚ fish‚ poultry‚ beans‚ seeds‚ and nuts. It is low in salt and sodium‚ added sugars and sweets‚ fat and red meats. American Diabetes Association suggests a diet that
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Congestive Heart Disease The main function of a healthy heart is to ensure proper blood flow throughout the body and supplying all the organs with the nutrients that are necessary for survival. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is also known as Congestive heart disease‚ but for this paper we will use failure‚ Consistent with the research. Congestive heart failure is a disease that primarily causes the heart to be compromised. This leaves the heart unable to perform the main function of pumping blood
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A heart disease is not a joking matter as many people in the United States suffer from it. It is important that you need to know what are the causes of heart disease so that you will be able to do preventive ways in order to stay away from it. Proper knowledge of the disease is a very important tool to fight it and make yourself healthy and worry-free. What are the causes of heart disease? Though there are many conditions that fall under the category of heart disease such as coronary heart disease
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Diagnosis of Celiac Disease A patient who has celiac disease‚ which is triggered by gluten‚ might have thought that it was a “post cibum”‚ after meals‚ problem. However‚ when the patient goes to the hospital‚ the doctor notices the symptoms of celiac disease and asks the patient to perform some examination steps to diagnose celiac disease. This essay focuses on the celiac disease diagnosis procedures that are skin biopsy‚ blood test‚ and intestinal biopsy. The first procedure of diagnosis
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