hemoglobin was slightly low at 105 and similarly her hematocrit at 0.33 for which she was taking ferrous gluconate twice a day. Due to her surgery and her age she was also taking routine calcium and vitamin D tablets. She also had a history of hypertension which was well managed at 122/65 with lopressor (Metoprolol) and cozaar (Losartan potassium). She was also taking a multivitamin (Centrum) for overall nutrients and vitamins. Due to her lab results her potassium was slightly low at 3.0 therefore
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from other places including from your blood. “This causes the closing of some smaller vessels (capillaries)‚ making your blood thicker‚ more susceptible to clotting‚ and harder to pump through your system. This can have serious implications in hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ and heart disease. Recent studies have also linked the lack of water to headaches‚ arthritis‚ and heartburn.” (TheraGear 2001) An estimated 60 percent of our body weight is made up of water. Water helps to decrease fat
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M2: Discuss the probable homeostatic responses to changes in the internal environment during exercise. D2: Evaluate the importance of homeostasis in maintain the healthy functioning of the body. Homeostasis is the process which the body internally is kept relatively stable despite changes in the environment. Your body is able to adapt to several conditions. For instance‚ average human body temperature is 37°C‚ varying slightly from person to person. When the temperature outside drops to 30 degrees
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and acid rain Water Pollution has taken toll of all the surviving species of the earth. Almost 60% of the species live in water bodies. It occurs due to several factors; the industrial wastes dumped into the rivers and other water bodies cause an imbalance in the water leading to its severe contamination and death of aquatic species. Also spraying insecticides‚ pesticides like DDT on plants pollutes the ground water system and oil spills in the oceans have caused irreparable damage to the water bodies
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Scientific Basis Congestive Heart Failure is a disease in which the heart is unable to properly keep up with the amount of blood being sent to the heart. The heart muscle itself‚ in the case of heart failure‚ is unable to sufficiently pump the blood away from the heart and to the body to keep up with the incoming deoxygenated flow. This failure to pump blood can build up pressure and cause additional pumping resistance. The decreased cardiac output of heart failure causes the circulation to become
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recognized as a dynamic organ and play important roles. Obesity exhibit increased marker of inflammation such as macrophage infiltration‚ C-reactive protein and tissue factor. Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ sepsis‚ impaired wound healing‚ asthma‚ inflammatory bowel disease. Obesity is an excess of body fat‚ not strictly an excess of body weight. Both excess body fat and increased abdominal or visceral fat pose health hazards. When overweight
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is activated by the rise in blood temperature and is responsible for for controlling the mechanisms that will decrease the blood temperature. Efferent nerve impulses are sent from the hypothalamus to multiple different corrective mechanisms to try to decrease the blood temperature and maintain it at approximately 37℃. The efferent nerve impulses causes the smooth muscles to relax and as a result‚ opens up blood capillaries near the surface of the skin. This is known as vasodilation as the blood
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Importance of sleep Sleep is essential for a person’s health and wellbeing‚ according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Yet millions of people do not get enough sleep and many suffer from lack of sleep. For example‚ surveys conducted by the NSF (1999-2004) reveal that at least 40 million Americans suffer from over 70 different sleep disorders and 60 percent of adults report having sleep problems a few nights a week or more. Most of those with these problems go undiagnosed and untreated. In
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6 Bones and Skeletal • Human skeleton is initially made up of cartilages and fibrous membranes as early supports – These are replaced by bone as we grow – The cartilages found in adults are in places where flexible skeletal tissue is needed Skeletal Cartilages • Contain no _______ ________ or ______‚ and consist mainly of water • Dense irregular connective tissue girdle of perichondrium (around the cartilage) contains blood vessels for nutrient delivery to cartilage – Nutrients
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St Joseph ’s College Gregory Terrace Year 12 Biology Assessment Item 6: Extended Experimental Investigation Part A Term 1 2014 The Effect of Exercise on the Maintenance of Homeostasis Name: Jonah McLennan Class: C Teacher: Mrs Hart Group Members: James Wilkinson‚ Samuel Stark‚ Christopher Daly‚ Thomas Yip‚ Andrew
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