The disease I am doing my paper on Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome‚ otherwise known as P.O.T.S. This disease causes the person who has it to have an increased heart rate whenever they are standing up. Also they get light headed and have horrible headaches. I chose this disease because I just found out that I have it this year and I do not know much about it so I wanted to do this paper on it so I could learn new
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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Introduction Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is defined as “the presence of orthostatic intolerance symptoms associated with a heart rate increase of at least 30 beats/min (or a rate that exceeds 120 beats/min) that occurs within the first 10 minutes or standing or head-up tilt‚ which is seen in the absence of other chronic debilitating disorders‚ prolonged bed rest‚ or medications that impair
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Fainting Definition Fainting is a generally brief and unexpected loss of consciousness from a lack of blood flow to the brain followed by the return to full wakefulness (Appendix A) . This loss of consciousness is accompanied by loss of muscle tone that can result in falling or slumping over. Cause of fainting There are so many causes of fainting‚ which makes identifying cause difficult at times. Some common causes are extreme emotional stress‚ too little food or drink resulting in low blood
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Stimulant drinks are becoming the drinks of choice for many young people‚ and as their popularity rises‚ so do the sales numbers. Terry (2005) clarifies that energy drinks sales over $200 million in 2001‚ which more than doubled year 2000 sales of $130 million. These drinks are heavily marketed to teens as a harmless way to boost energy‚ but in reality they’ve been linked to serious health effects. The sales and consumption should therefore be restricted. 64 First and foremost‚ stimulant drinks
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Coconut Water SCI 241 5-23-12 Judy Springer Coconut Water Coconut water is said to be like a “superfood” because it supplies a great deal of minerals‚ vitamins‚ antioxidants‚ enzymes‚ and growth factors (Fife‚ 2010). Because of these valuable nutrients coconut water can help the body with dehydration‚ vision problems‚ gives the body energy‚ fatigue‚ and constipation. I would say coconut water could be classified as a major mineral because of the importance it serves to maintain our body
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What is Pheochromocytoma? 4-7-2012 What is Pheochromocytoma and is there a cure? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary Pheochromocytoma is defined as‚ a tumor that is derived from chromaffin cells and is usually associated with paroxysmal or sustained hypertension. Chromaffin refers to staining deeply with chromium salts <chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla>. Paroxysmal means‚ of‚ relating to‚ or marked by paroxysms < the hypertension may be either sustained or paroxysmal>
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Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostatic Imbalance in Hypertension 63-y/o Male Diagnosed with Hypertension Brigitte L. Pedersen-Thomas IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- IIIIII ITT Technical Institute – Breckenridge School of Nursing: AP2530 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension 2 Homeostatic
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Ashlee Shields Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostasis Imbalances GE 258 ITT Technical Institute-Youngstown March 22‚ 2014 April 5‚ 2014 Explaining hypertension to a 63 year old male that has only completed the eighth grade you want to make sure that you can make it so that he understands what is wrong with him and how to handle it. So instead of tell him that hypertension “is a condition that increases the risk for heart attack‚ stroke‚ kidney failure‚ coronary heart disease
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Teaching plan Purpose: To provide the learner with Information and exercise to lower blood pressure to prevent hypertension. Objectives Content Time estimated for each Objective Resources Method of instruction Evaluation/ Revision 1. By the end of the day Marty will be able to Define and recognize Hypertension (Cognitive) Detailed discussion about Hypertension and its effects on the body. 7-10 minutes Power point presentation will be used along with visual aids One on one instruction
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Analysis Paper For the service learning project in this class we participated in a health fair serving the underprivileged population. We completed this project with the ‚ who graciously allowed us to participate in one of their weekly food drive events. At the beginning of the class‚ we were assigned to groups. The project leader from the class was Michael. In my assigned group there were three students: Julie‚ Christina and myself. We chose blood pressure and blood glucose for our topic. Christina
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