Essays Tagged: "shortness of breath"
Legal Issues in Nursing for BSN. Case study
was suffering from a sore throat,wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields, seal-like cough, shortness of breath (SOB), bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were pulse rate 160, respira ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
The disadvantages of smoking
of lung cancer in the United States are caused by smoking. The lungs become coated with tar causing shortness of breath. It also damages the heart, arteries, eyes and digestive system. Not only that, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Asthma
gs to contract or shrink making it difficult for air to enter and exit the lungs. When this occurs, shortness of breath will take place and breathing will make rough wheezing sounds. This contracting ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
The "Gulf War Syndrome".
nesses that have varied in seriousness and effects on the veteran. Symptoms included the following: shortness of breath, loss of balance and fatigue, flu-like chills and sweats, diarrhea and loss of b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Lung diseases associated with smoking
ound to cause acute bronchitis.Emphysema,progressive respiratory disease characterised by coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing, developing into extreme difficulty in breathing, and sometimes re ... rson to another. A typical attack, which often occurs at night, begins with coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath, but in some individuals a dry cough may be the only symptom.Poliomyelitis,The v ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Report on asthma and its causes and effects.
t allow air to pass into and out of the lungs periodically narrows, causing coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. This narrowing is typically temporary and reversible, but in severe attacks, as ... ing for the classic symptoms: episodic problems with breathing that include wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. When symptoms alone fail to diagnose asthma, doctors may use spirometry, a test ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
A phobia is an excessive or unreasonable fear of an object.
she/he experiences immediate anxiety. The physical symptoms of anxiety may include a racing heart, shortness of breath, sweating, chest or abdominal discomfort, trembling, etc. and the emotional comp ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
An in depth report on Anxiety Disorders as well as some common terms associated with it
siologically, the symptoms of anxiety accord to those for fear, including nausea, light-headedness, shortness of breath, and increased heart rate--the typical fight-or-flight response; yet when there ... Fight-or-Flight ResponseA series of psychophysiological reactions, such as increased heart rate and shortness of breath, that prepare the body to take action against possible threats or dangers in the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
CVD, Nutrition, Exercise
eries. The symptoms that may cause cardio - vascular diseases are nausea, left side pain, sweating, shortness of breath/dizzy, feels like indigestion and quizzing feeling in the chest. Also some risk ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness
Cardiovascular System
in the amount of blood returning to your right heart from your body. Here is where the problem of "shortness of breath" may come in, as you get older!Studies have shown that physical inactivity is a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
AIDS
mptoms: Swollen lymph nodes Diarrhea Weight loss Fever Cough and shortness of breathRoutes Of Contraction Of AIDS:Sexual contactThe male and female's reproductive or ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Speech about SARS disease
erformed. His symptoms got worse. He visited the hospital again with dehydration, cough, and severe shortness of breath. Soon after, he was admitted to the hospital again with a diagnosis of a typical ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Smoking, a Dangerous Habit
xample, teenagers who smoke are less fit than their non-smoking peers and more likely to experience shortness of breath, dizziness, and coughing. It is estimated that one third of teenagers who start ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Congestive Heart Failure
and cancer. John notices feet and ankle swelling. He wakes up in the middle of the night with acute shortness of breath. He feels tired most of the time. John's medical diagnosis is Congestive heart f ... gns and symptoms of congestive heart failure can be observed (Brashers, 2002).John was experiencing shortness of breath (dyspnea), cough, fatigue, peripheral edema, nausea and tachycardia. Due to the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Case Study: Aortic Valve Stenosis
me symptoms include fainting, light-headedness, and dizziness, especially during or after exercise, shortness of breath, fatigue and chest pain. The patient indicated he had been suffering from fatigu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Stigiophobia (Fear of Hell)
just your bedroom.The symptoms of the fear are simple as probably any other phobia. Panic attacks, shortness of breath, irregular heartbeats, sweating a lot, probably feinting as well and so on. Of c ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Second Opinion
was diagnosed with asthma and received a prescription for a Ventolin inhaler. Despite her continued shortness of breath, loss of vision in one eye, and weakness in her arm and hand, no blood tests, ch ... ost important underlying aspect in asthma. Asthma's characteristic symptoms are wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. More importantly, Dr. Berger later states other possible r ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Heart Palpitations
symptoms include skipped beats, fluttering, pounding, and racing of the heart. Lightheadedness and shortness of breath also accompany these symptoms.Key to the diagnosis of this disease is the medica ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Phobias
nd there is no explanation. Some symptoms include anxiety, dizziness, sweating, rapid heartbeat, or shortness of breath. People with this phobia will experience the fear more as it gets closer to them ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Morning After Pill
women can develop a blood clot it's very rare but very serious. Severe abdominal pain, chest pain, shortness of breath, headaches, blurred vision, and maybe severe leg pain can occur.Contraceptive pi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues