A relative humidity of 60% or more hampers sweat evaporation, which hinders your body's ability to cool itself. If you live in an urban area, you may be especially prone to develop heat stroke during a prolonged heat wave, particularly if there are stagnant atmospheric conditions and poor air quality. In what is known as the "heat island effect," asphalt and concrete store heat during the day and only gradually release it at night, resulting in higher night time temperatures. Those most susceptible (at risk) individuals to heat strokes include: a) infants and children up to age 4 b) the elderly (often with associated heart diseases, lung diseases, kidney diseases, or who are taking medications that make them vulnerable to dehydration and heat strokes), c) athletes d) individuals who work outside and physically exert themselves under the sun
Heat Exhaustion Signs and Symptoms The signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include but are not limited to confusion, dark-colored urine, excessive thirst, dizziness, fainting, fatigue, headache, muscle cramps, nausea, pale skin, profuse sweating, and rapid heartbeat. Risk Factors Heat index has a major affect on the chance of experiencing heat exhaustion. Your risk increases when the heat index is ninety degrees or more. Your body’s ability to cool itself decreases significantly in sixty percent relative humidity or higher. Another risk factor is the “heat island effect”.
Heat stroke- significant overheating of one’s body that results in cramping, dehydration, and many other significant symptoms. If not recognized and treated promptly it may result in death. b. First degree Burn- Burn with minimal depth affecting only the dermis. Reddens skin and increases risk of skin cancer later in life.
Diabetic neuropathies damage peripheral nerves, which components pf the reflex arc is the most likely to be damaged in nicks situation? i. Sensory receptors 7. Which division of the ANS would be affected and be causing nicks GI tract symptoms? j. PNS 8. Nicks light headedness is caused by a condition known as orthostatic hypotension, a rapid drop in blood pressure upon standing up.
Alcohol is very high in calories and if you do not do regular exercise you can gain weight very quickly. This can then strain your body especially the cardiovascular and respiratory system. Alcohol interferes with the brains communication pathways, also affecting the way the brain looks and works. This can disrupt
False 20. High Levels of cortisol over extended periods of time (due to stress) may cause: . Systematically weakens connective tissue . Shrinks Hippocampus . Accelerates osteoporosis .
When external pressure is put on the skin, the pressure of the capillaries under the skin increases causing them to occlude. If there is no relieve from the pressure for a long period of time, the tissue will become deprived of oxygen and glucose as the blood flow will be restricted. This will result in tissue necrosis (death). Everyone is different, so the time needed for a pressure sore to form will vary from person to person. The other cause of pressure sores is friction.
Your heart is now working harder to try and pump blood in your body. Hypertension or high blood pressure is normally caused by smoking, being overweight, and not enough physical activity, the intake of the amount of salt you eat, stress, old age, genetics, and also family history. Some symptoms of hypertension/high blood pressure may be severe headaches, confusion, blurred vision,
coronary heart disease Coronary heart disease is when our hearts blood supply is blocked by a build-up of fatty substances in the arteries. Over a period of time our arteries can become blocked by fats. Our arteries will then become narrow causing the amount of blood flow to our heart to be restricted. This can result in angina (chest pains). However if he arteries become completely blocked it can cause a heart attack.
These problems include cough and phlegm production, an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical fitness, an unfavorable lipid profile and potential retardation in the rate of lung growth and the level of maximum lung function. An estimated 440,000 Americans die each year from diseases caused by smoking. These illnesses include Lung Cancer, bronchitis, heart diseases, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), and emphysema. As well as, of course, second hand smoking that presents the threat of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Many experts will also tell you second hand smoking is more dangerous than first hand, because of the unfiltered smoke containing 50 more cancerous substances than filtered cigarette smoke.