The causes for homeostatic imbalance in hypertension are medication, weight, smoking, heredity, drinking, external stressors, age, disease, and race. The reason the feedback system cannot maintain homeostasis is because of the different effectors causing the arteries to constrict, thus causing your blood pressure to rise. If you don’t contain a homeostatic balance in the cardiovascular system, you at risk for having heart attacks, kidney damage, vision issues, strokes, and problems with the aorta. This is how I would explain hypertension to a 63 year old man with an 8th grade education. I would begin by explaining that blood pressure is the force that your blood exerts on your arteries.
Eating healthy and getting regular exercise can go a long way to staying healthy and sometimes medication can help reduce cholesterol. High cholesterol shows no outward symptoms, the blood test is the only way to find the problem ("High cholesterol Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic," 2014). Risk factors for high cholesterol include smoking, obesity, large waist circumference, poor diet, and lack of exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes and a family history of heart disease. There is good Cholesterol, HDL, and good cholesterol, LDL. You want your LDL to be high and HDL to be low ("High cholesterol Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic," 2014).
Some of the causes of CHF are weakened heart muscles, damaged heart valves, blocked blood vessels in the heart (which may lead to cardiac arrest), Exposure to alcohol or drug substances, high blood pressure, ongoing untreated arrhythmias, genetic diseases effecting the heart, and there are many other things that could cause CHF, this just lists a few. There are also a few causes that are done because of unhealthy habits such as smoking, obesity and lack of exercise, high sodium intake, excessive alcohol use, and noncompliance with medications and therapies directed by physicians. Those are the causes,
praise or increased status within group. Another risk factor that could lead to the development of an addictive behaviour is stress. Stress is positively correlated with increased vulnerability to addiction, this is because many people seek an addiction in order to relieve stress, some more prone than others. Those who become addicted to smoking for example, use the cigarettes as a way to continuously reduce stress (coping method). However stress levels may also increase due to the addiction itself, e.g.
Endoscopy is usually indicated in patients with these symptoms who are older than 45 and have failed to respond to treatment with histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2 Ant) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) . Chest pain is of particular concern as cardiac symptoms can be very similar in presentation and character with oesophageal reflux and Angina Pectoris. The pharmacist should also note that abnormal gastric reflux of stomach contents in Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux (GORD) may in some cases cause extra-oesophageal symptoms such as cough, dental erosions, pharyngitis, sinusitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and recurrent otitis media. These should be considered in the differential diagnosis of this
Unit 1. Assignment 1. Homeostatic Imbalances GE258 Samantha Seifert Date Due: 7/9/13 Homeostatic Imbalances Hypertension is also defined as high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the measurement of force against the walls of your arteries as the heart pumps blood through the body. A normal blood pressure is lower than 120/80 mmHg most of the time and when you have high blood pressure the measurements are at least 140/90 or higher the majority of the time.
Understanding Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematous) Takeia Foxx December 4th, 2012 EDU 100 Ms. O Lupus also called Systemic Lupus Erythematous, or SLE may not have a cure, but it’s a highly treatable condition. People who are affected by Lupus go through many complications on an everyday basis. Not only, do the patients feel pain and the family suffer as well. Lupus can be very detrimental to one’s health. Lupus medications can help lower long-term risk and keep symptoms under control.
Bad enough for Joe, not only does drinking create problems within his home and his work, it effects his body mostly me for that matter. Drinking could cause several different problems being that of a little damage to more damage than anyone would want. It could create cell damage, enlargement of kidneys, and harm to the hormones that control the kidney function. The alcohol Joe is enriching his body in is making an ionic imbalance this is really bad for the metabolic process. With Joe being so stressed out all the time it gives him high blood pressure this makes me nervous that I’m going to get chronic kidney disease.
There are some obvious symptoms if you smoke, also some might have emphysema for many years without noticing any of the signs or symptoms. The main symptom for emphysema is if you have shortness of breath and you do smoke that begins gradually. You should get help or see your doctor if your shortness of breath is so bad that it makes it hard for you to talk. Also, if your lips or fingernails are turning blue or gray. Last but not least see a doctor if you are not mentally alert and you’re a smoker and your heartbeat is very fast.
It could be said that obesity and cancer are very closely related. Mental attitude is everything when losing weight. According to Dr. Debra M. Wujcik, PhD, Obesity is a very difficult subject for patients and nurses. It is hard to tell a patient that they are sick because they are so overweight, and the patient just refuses to listen to the reasoning that they are sick because of their weight. It is this and more that is the biggest hurdle that Americans face when losing weight.