Diuretic

to rehydrate with sports drinks than water. Drinking excessive amounts of water can actually cause the consumer to lose fluid. “Drinking a lot of water sends the signal to the kidney that there's some excess fluid in the blood and blocks the anti-diuretic hormone (vasopressin) which would help you hold on to water resulting in signalling you to urinate." says…

Eating Disorders is mental disorder that affects people eating habits as well as their health, mental state. The three most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating disorder. Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder in which people will lack on eating properly for fear on becoming overweight/fat. Another eating disorders is Bulimia Nervosa, it is a disorder when people over eat large quantities of food at once and then harmed themselves with excessive exercise and…

Nephrotoxic Nephropathy Definition: Nephrotoxicity is toxicity in the kidneys. It is a poisonous effect of some substances both toxic chemicals and medications on renal function. There are various forms of nephrotoxicity. Some drugs may affect renal function in more than one way. Additionally, nephrotoxins are substances that display nephrotoxicity. Nephrotoxicity is a significant adverse effect of the calcineurin inhibitors, cyclosporine, and tacrolimus. Nephrotoxicity can be divided into…

In Francois Furstenberg’s book, In the Name of the Father, he describes how popular memory of a President came to exist in nineteenth-century America. But how does his account of the past hold up in America today? This depiction of popular memory can be seen in the musical, Hamilton. This paper argues that the arguments made by Furstenberg about nationalism and political consent, unlike slavery, can be seen as pertinent to understanding Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. First, the arguments…

nervosa is one of many eating disorders. Bulimia is characterized by episodes of binge-eating followed by methods of weight control (purging). Other methods include vomiting, fasting, enemas, excessive use of laxatives, compulsive exercising, and diuretics. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) states nearly twenty million women will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their life. There are severe risks associated with bulimia, this illness has serious sometimes…

In order to understand exactly what Left Ventricular Hypertrophy is, it is important to be able to break down the word. The prefix Hyper- means over or more, and the suffix -trophy means well-fed. Therefore, LVH is the thickening and/ or the enlargement of the left ventricle. Under normal conditions, the left ventricle of the heart is responsible for the big push that sends blood through the aorta and to the rest of the body (Sheir 2015, p.560). When the left ventricle becomes thickened, or…

It’s that time again were football players of the NCAA start football and start working out. Its when millions of people come out and watch this men play on the field and show people what they are made of. College sports are hard to get into, but sports players have always found a way to get bigger for the season. Players have started using sport supplements such as protein and pre workout? Right now, colleges are starting to look into this supplements and whether they are making players get of…

Bulimia nervosa is often related to anorexia nervosa, but the diagnostic criteria to BN according to the DSM-V is quite different. Bulimia nervosa is diagnosed by recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating in a discrete period of time –any 2 hour period – an amount of food that is larger than most people would eat in a similar period of time under similar circumstances) plus a sense of lack of self-control during the binge episode; inappropriate compensatory behaviors as a response to the binge…

(Malamed, 37) Patient is more than likely experiencing secondary hypertension due to underlying factors that could have caused the disease. (Malamed, 39) Patient falls under the Stage I hypertension and is currently being prescribed a loop diuretic called Furosemide (Lasix) that can cause xerostomia, lichenoid (rash), and orthostatic hypotension. (Little, 42,44) Patient should be reclined slowly from their position and monitored to avoid orthostatic hypotension. Immediate changes in…

Pulmonary Physiology and Disorders One of the main purposes of respiration is gas exchange. The physiological definition of respiration differs from the biochemistry definition of respiration. Physiology defines respiration as movement of air, more specifically oxygen, from the environment to the cells in the body. Biochemistry defines respiration as the metabolic process by which cells utilize glucose and oxygen to produce Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP). Inspiration, which is an active part of…