Greg's Sympathetic Nervous System Case Study

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1. What are Greg’s new signs and symptoms? Do you have a diagnosis for Greg’s problem?

Greg have new signs and symptoms which are a heart rate and or low pulse, low blood pressure, and an increased sodium level. He has new symptoms of weakness, nausea, headache, and mentions he is seeing things. Due to the signs and symptoms, and the fact that when Greg start to sit up from lying down position his heart rate only elevated by two beats. That I think is happening because he has suffered a concussion. I also think that Greg’s sympathetic nervous system is not working like it should due to the low heart rate and blood pressure. Greg’s body system is not producing the cardiac output that his body needs to function the correct way. I believe that

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