My Foolish Heart

afraid?!’ asked the tiger, chocked. As it approached them, the tiger shoved away the snake and liberated the boy from the rope around his feet and hands. ‘Don’t worry little guy, my name is Thalia. Come with me and I’ll show you around!’ suggested the tiger softly. The boy was following her. ‘Where am I?’ asked he again. ‘Well, my little friend, you’re on Noah’s Ark!’ said Thalia with pride and showed him the big hall in the inner of the boat where all the animals lived. Horses, crocodiles,…

risk of pulmonary embolism, increased risk of heart disease in older women, increased risk of breast cancer. ( which is a risk that send panic through many), increased risk of dementia in women over 65, many increase breast tenderness. So with all that being said, how do you decide if HRT is safe enough of not? In 2002 the Women's Health Initiative announced results of the first long term study of HRT, which indicated increased risk of breast cancer, heart…

Arrhythmia: occurs when the heart no longer beats in a pattern considered regular or normal. Cardiac arrest: the sudden loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness caused by abnormal or irregular heart rhythms (ex: ventricular fibrillation) Cardiomyopathy: a disease of the heart muscle (myocardium), may be acquired or hereditary Defibrillation: administration of a controlled electric shock to stop an extremely rapid, irregular heart beat (fibrillation) and restore heart rate to a normal…

organ in this system is the heart, containing four chambers; the left and right atrium and the left and right ventricle, which will be described in further detail later on. Although this system is very important, problems can occur that disrupt the normal routine. One of these we will be focusing on today is known as Reyes Syndrome. (Next Slide) The Cardiovascular, or Circulatory system consists of three main components; the heart, blood vessels and blood itself. The heart is a fist sized organ…

Valves in the veins help to return blood from the scrotum and testicles to the heart. If these valves do not work well, blood flows backward and backs up into the veins, causing the vein to swell. This is similar to what happens when varicose veins form in the leg. SYMPTOMS Most varicoceles do not cause any symptoms. If symptoms…

Pulmonary Atresia is a very serious type of congenital heart condition. There are actually two main characteristics: 1) The pulmonary valve, which allows the blood to flow from the heart to the lungs, is completely blocked. 2) There is a large hole- ventricular septal defect- between the two main pumping chambers in the heart. You see, in a normal heart, the blood passes the pulmonary artery to the lungs to collect oxygen. With people who have pulmonary atresia, the blood can’t pass through…

The term fibrillation is explained as a very rapid irregular contractions of the muscle fibers of the heart resulting in a lack of synchronism between heartbeat and pulse. There are two common fibrillations in the heart known as atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. While they are both fibrillations, ventricular fibrillation poses a far more fatal outcome than atrial fibrillation. This paper will be used to examine what causes the difference in these fibrillations and the difference…

Introduction Vasopressors are common medications included in the treatment of cardiac arrest. Currently both epinephrine and vasopressin are being evaluated as significant treatments. The American Heart Association Guidelines have been adjusted to reflect these studies over the past 10 years. Within the Ventricular Fibrillation arm of the cardiac arrest algorithm (Link, 2015), step 6 directs for the administration of 1 mg epinephrine IV or IO every 3-5 minutes (See figure 1). The 2010 AHA…

which the heart develops outside of the thorax, alongside locations such as the chest, neck, or abdomen. This genetic disorder surfaces during the second trimester of pregnancy, and is discerned through an ultrasound. Abott was the first to discover Ectopia Cordis in 1898. The symptoms resulting from Ectopia Cordis include malformation of the heart, a cleft palate, spinal defects, and pulmonary atresia, or underdevelopment of the pulmonary valve. Depending on the position of the heart,…

nation, 75% of our health care dollars goes to treatment of chronic diseases (CDC). Heart failure is among these chronic diseases. About 5.1 million people in the United States have heart failure (CDC). Currently, heart failure has no cure. The disease can be medically treated as well as managed through lifestyle changes. There are many symptoms that people with CHF endure throughout the disease process. Congestive Heart Failure often leads to a lack of energy which we will be expressed as…