What are pressure sores? Pressure sores are areas of injured skin and tissue. They are usually caused by sitting or lying in one position for too long. This puts pressure on certain areas of the body. The pressure can reduce the blood supply to the skin and the tissues under the skin. When a change in position doesn’t occur often enough and the blood supply gets too low‚ a sore may form. Pressure sores are also called bedsores‚ pressure ulcers and decubitus ulcers. What are the symptoms of a pressure
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Don’t Get Ulcers August 6‚ 2009 Abstract Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky‚ gives a description of the inner workings of the human‚ and animal‚ stress response. He talks about what physiologically happens to people when they remain in a state of stress of a long period of time. The immune response‚ depression‚ aging and death‚ and sexual reproduction are just some of the topics Sapolsky discusses and how stress affects each of these. Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
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blood vessels. The strength of this pushing is your blood pressure. If the blood pressure is too high‚ it puts extra strain on your arteries (and your heart) and this may lead to heart attacks and strokes. Having high blood pressure (hypertension) is not usually something that you feel or notice. It does not tend to produce obvious signs or symptoms. The only way to know what your blood pressure is‚ is to have it measured. Blood pressure is measured in ‘millimeters of mercury’ (mmHg) and is written
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MANUAL BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE 2 Abstract: Taking a blood pressure reading is very important in the medical field. It is a way to detect cardiovascular health and treatment effectiveness. Blood pressure readings are one of the most popular tests being done in the healthcare setting. Recording a blood pressure consists of a number of steps‚ which were recently revised by the American Heart Association in the past few years. Because of the endless amount of misled readings and
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Hormones can react to increase blood pressure when it becomes low‚ the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system uses several ways to temporarily increase blood pressure when it has dropped for example during the fight or flight response. During the response‚ the sympathetic division is needed to stimulate the adrenal glands to release the hormones epinephrine and norepineprine which stimulate the heart to beat faster and for blood to flow more forcefully‚ this effect makes most of the
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The Pressure to be Perfect In today’s competitive society‚ a person strives for perfection‚ due to the fact that so much emphasis is placed on one’s outer appearance. No matter who we are or where we live‚ society puts this pressure upon us. We are typically faced with this pressure by models on television and in magazines. Companies seem to have targeted women more so than men. They usually use women with good looks and nice figures to advertise and market their product. When companies use these
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“College Pressures” by William Zinsser‚ the master of Branford College‚ one of the Residential colleges at Yale University‚ details the various types of stresses that today’s college students encounter. Zinsser claims that there are four different kinds of pressure: economic‚ parental‚ peer‚ and self-induced. The economic pressures are due to the ever-increasing high cost of a college education and the desire to get out of college with as little debt accrued as possible. Economic pressure is tied
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Business Research Issues and Analysis (Module code: BAMG2104) Assignment Title: Research Report : A Study of Factors Affecting Men’s Consumer Behavior in Men Skin Care Market in Hong Kong Name of Instructor: Dr. Michael Ng Name of Student: CHOW Fung Kuen Heidi (DMU No. P13014125) LOK Hiu Cheong (DMU No.P13014281) LI Sing Hung Maxim (DMU No.P13014278) WONG Wai Lam (DMU No.P13014415) Group No.: 4 Date of Submission: April 1‚ 2014 Research Project Title
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Introduction: The point in a body at which the resultant pressure acts when the body is immersed in a fluid. The apparatus for center of pressure. Objective: The object of this experiment was to calculate the hydrostatic force a fluid exerts on a submerged plane surface and then compare the experimental hydrostatic force to the theoretical hydrostatic force. Theory: The apparatus defining the physical dimensions‚ this nomenclature will be used throughout this theory. Whilst the theory
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neighborhood‚ and later in the workplace and adult family Peer pressure is when "friePositive Effects Adopting Good Habits: Peer pressure is not always bad. It can help you reflect on yourself. Peers may teach you good things and encourage you to follow them. You may be able to change yourself for better. Looking at what others do‚ can help you bring a positive change in your way of thinking. If you can pick selectively‚ peer pressure can push you towards something positive. For example‚ when a
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