ALI = How does acute kidney disease progress to chronic? Discuss renal ischemia‚ nephrotoxins‚ and various modifiable factors such as unmanaged diabetes‚ preeclampsia‚ obesity‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension and kidney trauma. So‚ again‚ you basically need to say how acute kidney disease becomes chronic. Most of the evidence I have found suggests that is because of uncontrolled BP‚ nephrotoxic medications‚ and renal ischaemia. Don’t include how you get acute or chronic kidney disease (eg. diet
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This involves understanding what the normal findings are and how the patient differs from normal expectation. Firstly‚ Alice has a history of hypertension‚ while it is relatively normal for a stroke patient to present with a raised blood pressure‚ it is abnormally high for someone at the age of 54. Alice’s blood pressure should be monitored frequently to insure it is stable and does not begin to
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In the beginning Chucks DX were hypercholesterolemia‚ stage I hypertension and his risk for heart disease was significant. At that time I would have recommended the following medications: 1) Red Yeast Rice capsules (1 po qd to help decrease his cholesterol level‚ 2) Omega 3 Fish Oil 3 gms/day to help lower his blood pressure‚ reduce triglyceride level‚ slow the development of plaque in the arteries & reduce the likelihood of heart attack or stroke. My rationale behind this is these herbs are way
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local dirt contracting company for about thirty years now. Mr. F. stands five-foot and nine inches tall and weighs two hundred sixty pounds‚ exhibiting moderate obesity and has been for the past twenty-five years. He has a longstanding history of hypertension; approximately twenty years as well as a history of diabetes mellitus type two for twelve years‚ never having been insulin dependant. He has a smoking history of about fifty years smoking two packs per day and has been diagnosed a few years ago
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Activity 4.2: Define hypertension and arteriosclerosis Hypertension is also called high blood pressure. It is a condition where the blood is pumping harder around the body and the arteries have high blood pressure constantly. Arteriosclerosis is when the artery walls harden and the blood has to be pushed harder to get through the arteries. How are they often related? These two conditions are related because when someone gets arteriosclerosis it will lead to getting hypertension. With
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63-YEAR OLD MAN WITH HYPERTENSION You have been diagnosed with hypertension‚ which is commonly known as high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the blood vessel walls. So with high blood pressure the arteries have constant raised blood pressure. Every time your heart beats it pumps blood to the whole body through the arteries. The higher your blood pressure is the harder your heart has to pump. Hypertension may be caused by many things but some examples are smoking
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References: 1. Office for National Statistics: General Lifestyle Survey (2007) www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/product.asp?vlnk=5756 2. Vasan RS‚ Beiser A‚ Seshadri S et al. Residual lifetime risk for developing hypertension in middle-aged women and men. JAMA 287‚ 1003–1010 (2002).
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The Miraculous Properties of the Fig [I swear] by the fig and the olive. (Qur’an‚ 95:1) Sahih al-Bukhari records Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stating: "If I had to mention a fruit that descended from paradise‚ I would say this is it because the paradisiacal fruits do not have pits...eat from these fruits for they prevent haemorrhoids‚ prevent piles and help gout." So let’s discuss the benefits of figs‚ throughout the years figs have been used as a remedy for everything from constipation‚ gangrene
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different reasons why people get obese. In this essay you will understand the effects and causes of obesity. The effects of obesity in the CNMI are similar to the United States. The three major effects include heart disease‚ type II diabetes‚ and hypertension. Overweight and obese people have a higher risk of getting stroke and heart disease. According to CDC “People with an excessive amount of body fat have higher levels of triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein (also known as LDL or bad cholesterols)
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failure (CHF) is an abnormal condition characterized by circulatory congestion as a result of the heart’s inability to act as effective pump. Circulatory congestion and compensatory mechanisms occur. CHF may develop after MI‚ in response to prolonged hypertension‚ diabetes mellitus or in relation to valvular heart disease or inflammatory heart disease. Other factors associated with CHF include infection‚ stress‚ hyperthyroidism‚ anemia‚ and fluid replacement therapy. CHF is the most common diagnosis for
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