Cardiomyopathy

While we are familiar with how advertising can affect how women feel about their appearance, we don’t tend to think as much about its impact on men. Advertising has a negative influence on men and boys by presenting unrealistic and unattainable images that are impossible to achieve for the normal man. Three articles address the same issue in different ways. The article “Body Image Pressure,” from The Atlantic, written by Jamie Santa Cruz, discusses how the ideal image of man has changed, and the…

A 83-year-old female would like to decrease the amount of medication that she is taking. She believes that she does not need Carvedilol because she is already taking losartan to treat her hypertension. The patient has hypertension, congestive heart failure, A. fib, arthritis, glaucoma, GERD, dyslipidemia, and blindness in the right eye and limited sight in the left. Response: Carvedilol (Coreg) is a beta blocker that is used to treat hypertension, however, it can also be used to treat…

Heart failure There are many ways to treat people diagnosed with heart failure: diuretics, nitrates, and change of diet. These treatments have been effective but it is important to explore other options. Many of these treatments achieve a relief in symptoms on patients with heart failures but what if we can treat these patients with fewer side effects or increase their survival rate? Understanding Heart Failure Before exploring some of the latest research it is important to understand what…

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The patient with systolic heart failure, or systolic ventricular dysfunction, would present to the clinic with very different symptoms from the patient with diastolic heart failure. In systolic heart failure, the heart is incapable of producing enough cardiac output to supply vital tissues. Because of this insufficiency, the hard must work harder to provide adequate blood supply to its vital organs and tissues. Cardiac output is determined by heart rate, how fast the heart is beating, and…

Introduction Cardiogenic shock is when the heart is unable to properly pump blood and its blood supply is impaired due to inadequate circulation (Marsh, 2018). This inadequate circulation leads to poor perfusion to the rest of the body. Because the heart is so essential to many metabolic processes in the body, this continuous, weakened state of the heart is considered fatal. The criteria for cardiogenic shock is a sustained systolic blood pressure of less than 90 mm Hg, a cardiac index less than…

DISCUSSION Diabetes is a metabolic condition in which the body does not produce sufficient insulin to regulate blood glucose levels or where the insulin produced is unable to work effectively. Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial complex disorder, which includes inactive life style, dietary habits and the major genetic factors. It is a heterogeneous disease that affects metabolism of various compounds including Carbohydrate, lipids and protein which also impairs biological processes like:…

Kinsinger, 2014). Since Mrs. Smith drinks eight to ten glasses of wine a week encouraging her to decrease this intake to no more than one drink / day is advisable: heavy use of alcohol can increase the risk for heart failure and alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy (Kinsinger, 2014). Furthermore, she should be encouraged to change her intake to non-alcoholic beverages, and to track her fluid intake to monitor…

damage or overwork the heart lead to congestive heart failure. The major conditions and factors that cause congestive heart failure include: • Coronary artery disease • Heart valve disease • High blood pressure • Hypertension • Valve conditions • Cardiomyopathy • Diabetes • Alcohol abuse • Smoking Coronary artery disease, also known as ischaemic heart disease, results from the gradual blocking of the coronary artery by fatty deposits called plaque. The coronary artery is the artery that…

In the U.S. alone, there’re approximately 5.7 million Americans who are affected by congestive heart failure and about 550,000 new cases each year . A common misconception among Americans, is that cardiac arrest and heart failure are the same – not exactly. Both conditions can be life-threatening, but heart failure refers to the incapability of the heart to circulate blood throughout the body to meet the body’s needs. Due to the inadequate blood circulation, it results the leaking of fluid from…