is increasing. Obesity can lead to serious health problems such as diabetes‚ heart attack‚ kidney disease‚ high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Until the article is written‚ 14.9% and 43% of Malaysians aged above 30 suffer from diabetes and hypertension respectively. 20.7% of adults over 18 suffer from high cholesterol. It is also touched on the factors contributing to obesity. Malaysia has been known as the Food Heaven. Food shops are open 24 hours and food is available everywhere and at
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I have a patient coming to ICU from emergency department with diagnosis of severe hypertension and history of ischemic heart disease. The patient was started with infusion GTN at 1cc/hours. In intensive care‚ the BP persistently increasing and my doctor ordered to increasing the dose of GTN infusion to 5cc/hours. The BP was decreasing down to 120/90mmhg in 15 minute later. The dose of infusion will reduce to 1cc/hours. BP was persistently decreasing to 70/40mmhg. All the team were query why the BP
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children with fever and juvenile RA. Also for the relief of primary dysmenorrhea | Headaches Nervousness VomitingDiarrheaconstipationgas or bloatingheadachedizzinessnervousnessringing in the ears | Cardiovascular effects: Congestive heart failure‚ hypertension‚ tachycardia‚ syncope‚ arrhythmia‚ hypotension‚ myocardial infarction‚ palpitations‚ and vasculitis.GI effects: diarrhea‚ nausea with or without vomiting‚ abdominal pain‚ dyspepsia‚ heartburn‚ flatulence‚ constipation‚ gross bleeding/GI perforation
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One of the growing concerns affecting today’s teenagers is the increase in the rate of teen obesity. According to the American Obesity Association‚ about 30.4 percent of teenagers are overweight‚ and 15.5 percent of teens are obese (1). This means that 45.9 percent of teens are at risk for developing health problems due to weight. It is important to note that weight gain during the teen years is normal. It is when that weight gain progresses beyond normal limits that teens become at risk for obesity
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The effect of these strains‚ the symptoms of severe headache and nausea mentioned in her letters‚ and her deathbed coma punctuated by raspy and difficult breathing‚ have led researchers to conclude that she died of heart failure induced by severe hypertension (high blood pressure). Dickinson’s Amherst physician‚ Dr. Otis F. Bigelow‚ was handicapped in assisting his patient by her reclusiveness‚ for she would not admit him to her bedside to take a pulse. “She would walk by the open door of a room
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Metabolic Disease Luise Crinklaw Carrington College What is metabolic disease? Metabolic Disease or syndrome can strike anytime in a person’s lifetime from the very young to the very old and it has even been reported to affect animals. The disease itself takes on many forms and doesn’t affect each person the same way. Treatments vary according to each individual’s symptoms. Now let’s go into what exactly are metabolic disorders
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caused by something that has disrupts your normal electrical impulses that control your heart rate. There are many causes that can lead you to believe that you may have Sinus Bradycardia. A few of the causes include‚ damaged heart tissue due to age‚ hypertension‚ which is high blood pressure‚ a heart disorder at birth‚ and either rheumatic fever or lupus‚ both of which are inflammatory
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Obesity increases the risk of diabetes‚ hypertension‚ high blood cholesterol‚ coronary heart disease‚ stroke‚ arthritis and many more. There a lot of government policies and regulations and policies that help to reduce obesity among children. Some of the regulation are nutrition labeling‚ social
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critical thinking‚ answer the questions in full and thoughtful sentences. All work must be typed and submitted via My Classes as a Word document. Medical History Ms. Jacobs is a 58-year-old woman with no prior history of heart disease. She has hypertension that is well controlled with Lisinopril 10mg daily. She was diagnosed with diabetes 15 years ago and takes Metformin 500mg BID. At last check‚ her fasting blood glucose was 234mg/dl and her HbA1c was 8.7%. She has a 30 pack year history of smoking
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THE ULTIMATE PRE REG BNF NOTES IMPORTANT MONITORING DRUGS 1. AMIODARONE Treatment of arrhythmias Loading Dose: 200mg tds for 7 days‚ then 200mg bd for 7 days then 200mg daily maintenance. Important side effects: Nausea‚ Vomiting‚ Taste disturbance‚ Pulmonary toxicity‚ Reversible corneal micro-deposits‚ Phototoxicity‚ Slate grey discolouration‚ Tremor‚ Sleep disorder‚ Hypo/hyperthyroidism‚ Jaundice. Monitoring: LFTs‚ Thyroid function tests required before treatment‚ then every 6 months. Measure
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