First Blood

The Heart Every human to ever exist carries a hard working pump inside their chest. The pump is called a heart, and the heart’s main function is to deliver a supply of blood through blood vessels throughout the human body. According to research, the heart is a muscle that repeats the same pumping action during the whole lifespan of an individual and is about the size of ones fist. The heart is made up of several elements like the aorta and the mitral valves, along with other vital parts.…

Hypovolemia is a state in which the blood volume, specifically the volume of the blood plasma, is decreased. This can also lead to an imbalance in the volume contraction, or a decrease in the volume of body fluid, which includes osmolytes. Hypervolemia is often linked with sodium depletion, and is distinctly different from dehydration. Causes include loss of blood, loss of plasma, and loss of osmolytes via diarrhea and vomiting. It is recognized by tachycardia and diminished blood pressure, as…

fistulas are the first choice of access for dialysis patients, they come with their share of problems. Fistulas require surgery to join the patient’s own artery and vein. Having less severe problems over other types of accesses, listed below are several issues often faced by patients with AV fistulas. • Fistula surgery takes four to six weeks to mature and in rare instances can take up to a year. • “Steal Syndrome” usually the fault of a bad surgical spot, the fistula “steals” too much blood…

indications to look out for when thrombocytopenia is the suspected disorder an individual is suffering from. We know that thrombocytopenia is caused by a low platelet (Thrombocyte) count which would result in a bodies hindered ability to perform important blood clotting functions [2]. Most of the time the symptoms aren’t life threatening and in mild cases the person suffering from the disorder doesn't even experience any related symptoms [3]. In severe cases, this disorder can cause…

two. First of all we will start off with the Lungfish respiratory system The lungfish respiratory system is very much different than ours. The lungfish breathe air in and that air instead of only taking oxygen from it like the humans the lungfish takes carbon dioxide and oxygen from it. Now the streams of blood go in different directions and are separated by the septation of the atrium into a right and left side. Then the oxygenated blood goes to the body and muscles and the carbon rich blood…

to help patients live longer until they get a heart transplant. Benefits of artificial hearts are that it is promptly accessible and there is no requirement for immunosuppressive medications. The diminished blood stream weakens the capacity of fundamental organs. Artificial heart raises the blood pressure and helps recovering vital organs while the patient is waiting for a heart transplant (HealthGuideInfo). This device has permitted patients to go home, even with a completely embedded…

down your food. First your saliva mixes with your food and breaks down your food and when you swallow it, It goes to your swallowing tube then it goes to your stomach and turns into liquid and moves to your small intestine to the large intestine lastly it goes to your…

restored. (citation). Something else that could happen when someone exercises is a change in blood pressure (citation). As the heart beats it pumps blood through many different…

Red Blood Cell (RBC) Counts may have causes for rejection such as Hemolysis which is the rupture of red blood cells, specimen drawn in any anticoagulant or the specimen is received with the plasma removed. 3 Testing for anemia is one reason a physician may have a patient get a red blood cell count done. The first test used to diagnose anemia is a complete blood count or CBC. Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells…

There are three main phases to the body’s response to injury. These are inflammation, maturation and the proliferation. The first response is inflammation. This is basically pain and inflammatory of the affected area. This stage can last between 3 and 5 days. The second phase is proliferation. This phase lasts two to five weeks and it is where the body begins to repair the affected area. The final stage is maturation. This stage can last from 3 weeks up to 2 years depending on the severity of…