Heart murmur

age are exposed to such drugs for certain disorders the drugs may cause more health problems. Heath problems from medications for ADHD, ADD, and Bipolar syndrome range from minor effects of high blood pressure to major effects of seizures, irregular heart rate, and prescribed patients abusing the drug by snorting it to get high. When the children get older, addiction to the drug can lead to abuse of illegal substances or alcohol abuse. In 2008, 63 percent of 118,495 emergency room visits made…

or tightness - Dyspnoea - Palpitations - Dizziness - Syncope The related cardiovascular history including any strokes, peripheral arterial disease, transient ischaemic attacks or peripheral oedema. Chest Pain One of the most important symptoms of heart disease is chest pain as it can be difficult to evaluate. The mnemonic PQRST is used to assess chest pain: Provocative or Palliative: What makes the symptoms worse or better? Quality: The symptoms are to be described by Mr Bellows. Typical…

perfusion exemplars such as congestive heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and traumatic brain injury.…

the heart (AHA, 2016). The blood is shunted from the left ventricle artery, across the open septum into the pulmonary artery without any impediment (Ball & Bindler, 2008). The opening may cause a higher pressure in the heart or reduced oxygen to the body (AHA, 2016). This is the most common congenital heart defect, as reported by Ball & Bindler (2008) and it is responsible for about 40% of all defects. In cases of small openings or holes, there may be little or no symptoms, only a small murmur…

and may or may not be discovered before delivery. Once discovered, management of the condition and treatment must begin immediately. Etiology Coarctation of the aorta presents as a narrowing of the aorta near the heart. Specifically, near where the ductus arteriosus joins the heart. Because this narrowing occurs distal to the vessels that supply blood to the head and upper extremities, those locations receive higher blood pressure. The areas that are supplied with blood from the aorta…

2.1. The left ventricle and interventricular septum The heart has two inferior chambers, called the right and left ventricles, respectively. These chambers are the “pumps” that expel blood into the blood vessels and keeps it flowing through the body (Rizzo, 2016). The left ventricle is a cavity that has thick muscular walls that contains the papillary muscles as well as the chordae tendinae that attaches the atrio-ventricular valve leaflets to the papillary muscles (Leeson, Augustine,…

Diagnostic tests used in diagnosis and management Individuals with no or only minor symptoms are often diagnosed as a result of family screening, detection of a murmur during routine examination, or the identification of an abnormal ECG. Any individual suspected of having HCM should undergo a comprehensive cardiac history and physical examination and an electrocardiogram (ECG). ECG testing is the most sensitive routinely performed diagnostic test for HCM, but the ECG abnormalities are not…

Patient Information: Patrick, 42yrs., M, Caucasian S. CC: Pain on the side of the back and stomach that radiates to the groin. HPI: Patrick is a 42yr old male patient presented to the clinic with c/o pain on the side of his back, that spreading to the stomach and radiates to the groin. He also c/o nausea and using the restroom very often. He feels, he is febrile as he was sweating. Onset: This morning 5 a.m. Location/Radiation: Which side of your back hurts? Where is the pain located on the…

This is in the right atrium. It generates electrical pulses regularly, which then spread throughout the heart allowing it to pump. The wave of excitation is stopped by the non-conducting disc of tissue located at the bottom of the atria. It prevents the wave from causing the ventricles to contract too early. The only path to the ventricles is through another…

shortness of breath, dizziness, headache, coldness in hands and feet, pale skin, and chest pain ("What Is Iron-Deficiency Anemia?," 2014). The erythrocytopenia causes the heart to exert more effort to pump oxygen rich blood to the tissues. This extra effort can lead to arrhythmias, heart murmurs, enlargement of the heart, or heart failure. Brittle nails, swollen tongue, sores on mouth, splenomegaly, and recurrent infections are more…