Essays on Vascular Disease

Peripheral vascular disease is a term to describe the phenomenon of narrowed veins or arteries outside of those that supply the heart, brain, or lungs (Gardner, 2012). The most common form of peripheral vascular disease occurs in the legs and feet, and can be a side-effect of diabetes. The main symptoms of peripheral vascular disease are blue skin, the development of skin ulcers, cold skin, and poor growth of hair and nails in the affected area (Gardner, 2012). Although peripheral vascular disease is treatable, particularly if caught early, complications include infections and tissue death that can require amputation (Lockhart ...

Headache is a common complaint that afflicts most of the adult population at some point in their lives (Hainer & Matheson, 2013). Headaches are by and large a subjective phenomenon with few objectively measurable factors (McMurtray & Saito, 2014). Most headaches will be the benign, but a small percentage will indicate an underlying neurologic or systemic pathology (Hainer & Matheson, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the chief complaint, “I have headaches or a headache.” The paper will discuss the objective and subjective data that needs to be collected, headache triggers and drug treatments, and the health promotion strategies ...

with numbness in both feet.

With numbness in both feet.

Normal aging process symptoms Numbness of both feet in an obese 75 year old male could be attributed to several causes inclusive of the normal aging process. Some are peripheral neuropathy; monnueropathy; diabetic neuropathy; spinal stenosis; slipped disk and peripheral vascular disease. With regards to aging and unassociated with any other disease process numbness in both legs at age 75 accompanied by obesity could signal nerve damage linked to poor circulation in the extremities (Digiovanna, 2000). Blood vessels and heart muscles tend to age with age. This means that valves, nerves responsible ...

Abstract.

The aim of the study was to determine differences in cardiovascular disease (CDV) risk factors in four cross-tabulated sets of body fatness and cardio respiratory fitness in adolescents. The participants included 755 females and 860 males aged 9-15 years from schools in Australia. Subjects were cross tabulated using maximum oxygen consumption and percentage body fat to split the groups to four .In males, differences across the group included blood pressure, triglycerides, high and low density lipid cholesterol but in females the variations were observed in high density lipid cholesterol and blood pressure .In females, variations were seen between high-fat/high-fitness ...

Part 5: Final Draft

This paper has several sections. First, it gives an analysis of a psychological report which was published in popular media. The second part documents the original research cited in the psychological report in section one. The third step gives a comparison between the first and second report.

Analysis of a Psychological Report

The title of the report was Silent Cerebral Emboli May Hasten the Progression of Dementia (Journal Watch, 2012). The author notes that the findings of the report were drawn from two groups: patients with dementia (loss of cognitive ability particularly, memory, attention, and language) and patients with Alzheimer disease. The author begins by notifying ...

Introduction

Cardiovascular disease is a common disease that makes it impossible for the cardiovascular system to provide the body with enough nutrients and oxygen during sustained physical activities. The major causes of cardiovascular disease are narrow blood vessels which can not deliver enough blood to the muscles or a weak heart which can not pump enough blood to the muscles. A weak heart is as a result of poor signaling or infections affecting the heart muscles. Healthy blood vessels are strong and flexible. They can with stand the high pressure of blood pumped from the heart. When cholesterol is deposited along the inner walls ...

According to Typep-1 Siegenthaler & Aeschlimann, (2007) the neme diabetes wass derived from a greek word, diabeinein which implies “to siphon”. There are two main types id diabetes (type 1, type 2) even though some researchers often contend that there is a third type called gestational diabetes. Ideally,type 1 diabetes is autoimmune conditions that occurs when the beta cells of the pancreas have been spifflicated (Siegenthaler & Aeschlimann, 2007; News medical, 2013). The leads to loss of glucose that becomes visible in the urine if it is above the renal threshold that is 190 to 200 mg/dl on average. This condition of ...

Epidemiology, as the name suggests is the study of diseases by analysing their trigger factors and their causes and rate of spreading. Since it is a composite study of diseases and health problems and focuses on solving these problems by research and understanding the various factors. Analysts therefore utilize various methods dependent on the disease or the health issue in question and the desired outcome of the study. The term “disease’ here covers a wide range of health related issues including their causes, controls and outcomes at various stages of the disease such as disability and eventual death. There are many ...