Follow Your Heart

The incidence of atrial fibrillation increases with age which can causes serious problems in older people, leading to stroke and/or heart failure. Risk factors include hypertension, previous ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack or other thromboembolic event, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and mitral valve disease (Holding et al., 2009). In addition to advanced age, patients that are obese, of the Caucasian race, or have a history of excessive alcohol use are at…

to quickly travel to all parts of the body and back again quickly. There are three major types of blood vessels in the human body. The first are the arteries which face high blood pressure levels due to the fact that they take blood away from the heart, Because of this they are thicker and more elastic then the other blood vessels. Branching off of the arteries are arterioles which carries blood to the second type of blood vessels the capillaries. These are the smallest and thinnest of the three…

menopause • Family history/genetics • Prior stroke or TIA • Smoking, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse (cocaine, amphetamines) • Diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance • Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, severe carotid artery stenosis • Hypercoagulable states (including use of OCP), pregnancy and postpartum states Etiology •…

The Beverage Effect On The Heart Rate. Introduction This experiment is held by the GCU Nursing and Health department to see factors which influence the heart rate either by rising or reducing the heart rate from the normal pace. In order to conduct this experiment all to participants have to measure their heart beat before, during and after the activities. The activity includes, eating, drinking beverages such as, coffee, water, energy drinks, and soda, driving in the traffic, running, taking a…

pulmonary system. VO2 is important for exercise and transporting oxygen to the muscles. VO2 max is important to health because it gives information on the function cardiac output of the heart, and the arterial-venous oxygen difference. In addition, it is used in making ATP, which is used for energy. Energy is used for your body to keep on working and to perform the exercise. VO2 max is important to health; because it helps measure a person…

The first patent was filled by Mark B. Barron’s in 1979 and was granted in 1984. His invention called “chemo cap” was basically a cap structure built using many chambers. These chambers are able to maintain low temperature for a period of time. His idea was to provide an environment with a reduced temperature around the scalp of the patient to prevent alopecia (hair loss). Barron’s provided a clear design of the cap in his patent. He also gave some information about the liquid to be used inside…

regulating your internal and sensory functions. The central…

who is living alone. His wife died before 1 year. He is taking care of himself. He has history of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. He is on insulin injections for control of diabetes. He has history of hypertension, osteoarthritis, ischemic heart disease, obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GORD). He suffered from recent fall and underwent hip replacement surgery. He is shifted in rehabilitation centre after surgery. In this paper author will analyse relevant theories of aging…

for exertion. this is known as adrenaline. Adrenaline is produced and released from the adrenal glands and its major action, together with noradrenaline, is to prepare the body for fight or flight modes. Adrenaline targets various organs, mainly the Heart, Blood vessels, Smooth muscles, the eye, skeletal muscles, central nervous system and the metabolic actions. Adrenaline or epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter produced by the adrenal glands that tacks part in the sympathetic nervous…

Bronchiectasis Description Bronchiectasis is a lung condition in which there is stretching and enlargement of bronchial tubes (airways) of the lungs. It is permanent abnormal dilatation of one or more bronchi/ bronchiole due to destruction of ciliated epithelium, elastic and muscular tissue. The destructive process may be initiated by primary microbial infection (necrotizing pneumonia, tuberculosis, aspergillosis, etc.) or obstruction (foreign body, tumour, lymph node, etc.) resulting in stasis…