The major reason anyone drinks fluid before‚ during and after physical activity is to replace the water that is lost through sweat. If the water isn’t replaced dehydration will occur and performance will be hampered. The purpose of sports drinks is to help rehydrate your body quickly and help improve performance and productivity. This is accomplished through a well-balanced mix of water‚ sugar (carbohydrates) and salts (electrolytes)‚ the major ingredients in most sports drinks. These ingredients
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Effects of Osmosis Part I – Three True Stories Questions 1. What sort of environment (hypertonic‚ isotonic‚ hypotonic) does consuming excessive amounts of pure water create in the body fluid that surrounds your cells? What effect would this have on your cells? - A hypotonic environment would be created in the body fluid‚ as there would be a lower concentration of solutes outside of the cell than inside the cell. This would create the effect of water entering the cells at an abnormal rate‚ and the
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firm nodule or mass are palpated in the mammary chain. Lymph nodes may be enlarged. The mammary ducts may be secreting fluid or
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Effects of Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious medical illnesses. They often go along with other problems such as stress‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and substance use. Eating disorders can lead to the development of serious physical health problems‚ such as heart conditions or kidney failure. Someone whose body weight is at least 15% less than the average weight for that person’s height may not have enough body fat to keep organs and other body parts healthy. In severe cases‚ eating disorders
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BT is a 95 year old Caucasian female that lives with her husband and has spent 39 years working as a missionary. She presented to the emergency room at Milford Memorial Hospital on March 17‚ 2012 complaining of diarrhea for the past 6 days‚ up to 5 times a day. She also reported loss of appetite and weakness; upon admission to the emergency room she vomited once and verbalized cramping in the upper abdominal region. She was admitted with acute infectious colitis‚ acute renal failure‚ and dehydration
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Anaemia – a condition where there is a reduction in the number of red blood cells and a deficiency of haemoglobin in the blood. Possible Causes of Anaemia – severe blood loss‚ failure of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells‚ genetic inability of red blood cells to carry oxygen adequately‚ destruction of red blood cells by the body or foreign substances‚ dietary (problems with child growth). Common types of Anaemia – Iron deficiency – lack of iron which is the main constitute of Hb‚ pernicious
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Techniques for Controlling Pathogenic Microorganisms: In order to adequately address safety issues associated with fresh produce‚ it is necessary to enhance the quantity and quality of research on mitigation strategies. A few of the research needs include: Investigate traditional and non-traditional sanitizers on specific pathogen/produce combinations. Survey extensively domestic and imported products to determine the frequency of public health microorganisms on specific produce items. Survey
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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM Transport nutrients‚ respiratory gases‚ hormones‚ water‚ electrolytes‚ to and from all tissues of the body Body Fluids Interstitial Fluid - occupies spaces surrounding the cells in the body. Blood – contained within blood vessels BODY FLUID COMPOSITION LYMPHATIC SYSTEM FUNCTION: function of the lymphatic system is to return to the blood the excess fluid (lymph) filtered across capillary walls into interstitial spaces. plays a central role in the body’s defenses. Located
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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGY AND HOMEOSTATIS PHYSIOLOGY 1.1 Intro to Physiology Physiology: the study of the functions of living things‚ how the human body works Two approaches explain the events that occur in body -purpose of the body process - mechanism in which the process occurs Physiologists view the body as a machine whose mechanisms of action can explained in terms of cause and effect sequences of physical and chemical processes. Physiology is closely related to anatomy: the
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C: CIRCULATION PLAN * Prevention of fluid and electrolyte imbalance‚ dehydration and sepsis (IV fluids) *Jean is vomiting* (check vomitus for blood) * Fluid balance chart * The insertion of IV cannula * Remains Nil by Mouth-insertion of NG tube * Central Pulse - rate‚ volume & regularity * Pulse rate on admission – 98 beats/min * Peripheral pulses * Blood pressure * *Respiratory rate* * Capillary refill (teach importance of removal of nail polish/make up –
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