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Following an MI irreversible necrosis of a portion of heart muscle results due to prolonged ischaemia (Lilly 1998). The prolonged, unrelieved ischaemia results in hypoxia and as the amount of oxygen to the cardiac cells diminishes cellular death ensues. However, cardiac cells can withstand ischaemic conditions for about 20 minutes even though they are metabolically altered and non-functional (McCance and Huether 1997). If oxygen supply is not resumed the death of a segment of heart muscle (i.e. a
This pain may become worse within minutes after eating or drinking, especially high fat foods. It may become constant and more severe, lasting for several days and may worsen when lying flat. The client with acute pancreatitis may appear ill with fever, nausea, vomiting, and sweating. Treatment often requires a stay in the hospital and may involve pain medication, IV Fluids, maintaining NPO status, to limit the activity of the pancreas and on occasion an NG tube to remove stomach contents. In some cases gallstones may be removed to relieve blockage of the pancreatic duct.
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The affect of strokes on the body can range between mild dizziness or slight numbness to impaired speech and loss of motor control. Major strokes can block blood flow to the brain to the point where the brain becomes impaired. Once the brain shuts down, it is no longer sending signals to the parts of the body that require brain operation to function. This can impair heart function, which can lead to death in the matter of a few minutes. According the American Heart Association’s posted statistics in Chapter 12 of this week’s reading, out of more than 6.5 million Americans suffer from strokes each year, roughly 150,000 die as a result from the damage.
Depending on its cause, pleurisy may be accompanied by other symptoms, such as, shortness of breath, fever and chills, rapid shallow breathing, unexplained weight loss, sore throat followed by pain and swelling in the joints, diarrhea, erectile dysfunction, and vomiting blood. The inflammation of the pleura sometimes causes fluid to build up in the pleural cavity. This is known as pleural effusion. You may have less pain after this happens, because the fluid prevents the two layers of the pleura from rubbing together. If there is a large amount of fluid, it may prevent the lung from expanding when you breathe in.
According to the text more than 80 percent of persons age 70 and over have at lest one chronic condition with multiple health problems occurring in 50 percent of the older population (cite text). They are often accompanied by continuous pain and distress (text). Heart disease is a common chronic condition in older adults. Coronary heart disease also known as CHD, along with stroke are the leading causes of death among older adults. Coronary heart disease is a condition in which blood to the heart is deficient because of a narrowing or constricting of the cardiac vessels that supply it.
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This can result in vision loss. Trouble with memory or understanding. Uncontrolled high blood pressure may also affect your ability to think, remember, and learn. Trouble with memory or understanding concepts is more common in people with high blood pressure. Known as one of the most common diseases to affect people who are past their 40’s, high blood pressure is a serious coronary disease that affects 1 out of 3 Americans.
In an admission, his current health problem may be the reason for his chest pain. The medical history can show some clues for example, he may be risk for hypertension, diabetes and heart disease (Pope, p. 21). Increased blood pressure, pulse, and respiration are significantly are the signs of angina according to the present admission. Anxiety Everyone experienced sort of anxiety during their life time, before an important event, or even before surgery. Pritchard (2009, p. 36) stated, ‘It distresses patients on a mental level by causing behavioural and cognitive abnormalities, for example ‘anticipation of chest pain, separation from the family, loss of independence and fear of surgery and death’.