Hot Weather and Cardiovascular Disease
The summer season is rapidly approaching and will likely bring some extreme conditions to the South Florida region such as higher temperatures, more intense rain precipitations, flooding, and stronger tropical storms and hurricanes as consequences of climate change. There is scientific evidence that these environmental conditions can adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Recent research performed at Jackson Memorial Hospital showed a trend to increase the number of hospital admissions for acute heart attacks and other cardiovascular conditions during the hurricane season. Therefore, our community members should be prepared to deal with this situation that can negatively impact their cardiovascular
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The solar energy is usually at its strongest during this period of time. Take advantage of the more friendly early morning and evening temperatures. Remember to wear appropriate clothing. Choose loose-fitting and light-colored clothes. Don’t forget to use sunscreen with a protection factor of at least 15.
• Check with your physician before you start an outdoor exercise program. Some of the heart medications can cause dehydration, affect the normal electrolyte levels, and reduce the response capacity of our body to stress.
• Take frequent rest breaks. Do not overestimate your physical strength and give yourself a break frequently. This will lower the stress on your heart. Pay careful attention to how your body reacts during those resting periods.
• Listen to your body. Your body will start sending warning signs when its capacity to deal with heat is overwhelmed. It is also important to recognize the heart attack, congestive heart failure, and stroke manifestations to look for immediate help. Even if you are having vague symptoms that seem unusual to you, have yourself checked out. Don’t wait and call 9-1-1
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Alcohol makes the skin arteries wider resulting in a significant increase of the blood flow to the skin surface. This promotes heat loss and sweating. In addition, alcohol increases urine output and it can affect your body’s ability to regulate temperature when it is consumed excessively. The net effect is dehydration with a subsequent drop in your blood pressure which can compromise your brain and heart circulation.
• Drink fluid carefully. It is important to be well hydrated. However, if you have congestive heart failure, you should be careful to avoid drinking plenty of fluids. In this case, it is better to remain in a cooler environment and follow the fluid restriction and the daily weight-tracking recommended by your physician.
• Choose the right fluids. Stay away from beverages that contain high sugar content because they can cause dehydration. It is better to drink sports beverages that can replace the water and minerals you lose through sweating during hot weather
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One of these vital organs is the kidney. Our kidneys filter harmful substances from your blood. One of these substances is alcohol. Alcohol can cause changes in the function of the kidneys and make them less able to filter your blood. In addition to filtering blood, your kidneys do many other important jobs. One of these jobs is keeping the right amount of water in your body. Alcohol affects the ability of your kidneys to do this. When alcohol dehydrates (dries out) the body, the drying effect can affect the normal function of cells and organs, including the kidneys, disrupting the body’s water balance, thus effecting the maintenance of homeostasis in the
Bring Plenty of Water & Keep Cool: Nothing’s worse on a hot day than being dehydrated.
Excess alcohol intake- Alcohol increases blood flow in small blood vessels at skin surface, causing the visible effect of aging on the skin.
The effects that alcohol has on the brain is that it can cause blackouts, memory loss, anxiety and psychological problems. “The brain continues to develop until age twenty-one, and that young brains can be irreversibly damaged by alcohol” (MacPherson). Alcohol may also cause inflammation in the stomach, causing ulcers or gastritis which prevents the absorption of food causing cancer in the stomach. Excessive drinking may also cause infertility in both men and women (The Effects of Alcohol). Alcohol affects almost every part of the body, many times resulting in death; in fact, alcohol is the cause of 75% of suicide deaths
Roger E. Meyer writes this article to explain the effects of alcohol and how it affects the body. Once alcohol is taken into the body it is absorbed from the stomach and the small intestine and into the bloodstream. If too much alcohol is taken in the stomach may secrete a mucous that will slow absorption. One tenth of the alcohol exits form the body as sweat or urine, as the rest is slowly broken down by the body. This article and information can be helpful to me because it will give me a background and information on alcohol and what happens when one consumes it.
The immediate effects of alcohol when rapidly absurd are that about twenty percent of it is absorbed into your body’s blood stream this is known as your blood alcohol level, the rest of it will be absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract. How fast a person’s blood alcohol level raises depends on many different things such as their age, gender, weight and many others. The short term effects of alcohol are that when people first consume alcohol they may feel relaxed, more confident, happy or even more social. This progressively leads to bad behaviors most of the time though. Alcohol when consumed leads to a person having slower reflects, less coordination, impaired thinking, depression, poor judgment and many other things. Alcohol use has also been linked to violent behavior among all age groups. Long term effects of alcohol include the risk of many cancers such as liver, breast, esophagus, larynx, pharynx, pancreas, and mouth cancer. Alcohol when consumed over time can also become addicting. People often become dependent on alcohol and become unable to control the impulse to drink or how much they drink. Consumption of alcohol over time effects almost your entire body
Increased abuse of alcohol leads to physical damage to the body. Alcohol is absorbed directly into the brain, dulling one’s senses and weakling one's will power. According to the article from the Mayo Clinic Health Information, “Excessive use of alcohol can produce several harmful effects on your brain and nervous system. It also can severely damage your liver, pancreas and cardiovascular system. Alcohol use in pregnant women can damage the fetus” (Mayo 1). Continued ingestion of alcohol affects every organ in the body. Every organ in the body is affected. The liver has serious effects that may lead to cirrhosis and death.. At first the liver adapts and tolerates alcohol. It works harder and finally damages itself in time. Alcohol leads the liver to the inability to metabolize facts. Furthermore, it leads to increase in cholesterol and triglycerides leading to clogged arteries. Red blood cells are also affected leading the individual to become anemic.
When you see a alcoholic beverage do you ever wonder about how it affects your body? Well first with just one drink it affects you within the first 5 to 10 minutes 20% of it is absorbed into your bloodstream while 80% is absorbed through the small intestines. It usually is fully in your bloodstream and goes to all your organs within 30-90 minutes. The feeling of drunkenness occurs when you drink faster than your liver can break down the alcohol when your liver is breaking it down it usually turns it into water or carbon dioxide and what the liver can't break down, is broken down with your lungs,urine,and sweat. When alcohol is in your lungs your risk for pneumonia increases and one long term effect is does to
The human body needs water to maintain enough blood and other fluids to function properly. Along with the fluids, the body also needs electrolytes, which are salts normally found in blood, other fluids, and cells. Dehydration is a serious health problem but can be treated but coaches and athletes should try to prevent this the most by staying hydrated. One way to make sure your hydrated is the color of your urine: Clear or light-colored urine means you 're well hydrated, whereas a dark yellow or amber color usually signals dehydration. Coaches can help prevent their athletes from being dehydrated in humid conditions are by Requiring young athletes to drink plenty of fluids before practice and during regular beverage breaks even if they aren 't thirsty, Make sure clothing is light colored, lightweight and loose fitting, or exposes as much of the skin as possible, and Decrease or stop practices or competitions if necessary, or move them indoors or to a shady area. Reasons for dehydration that athletes should now and be able to prevent are Wearing clothing or protective gear that contributes to excessive heat retention,Rarely exercising ,Is overweight or obese, is sick or had a recent illness, especially involving diarrhea, vomiting or a fever,Is taking certain supplements or medications, such as cold medicine. Last if any athletes are expiriencing any feeling of dehydration symptoms are Dry or sticky mouth, Thirst ,Dizziness and excessive fatigue. f your child plays sports in hot weather, encourage him or her to drink plenty of fluids before, during and after practices and games. Teach your child the signs and symptoms of dehydration, as well as the importance of speaking up if they occur. Involve your child 's coach, too. Talk to the coach about adjusting the intensity of practice depending on the temperature and humidity on the field and support the coach 's decision to cancel games and practices
Neurotransmitters are chemicals that help transmit signals from one nerve in the brain to another (Drinkaware). Drinking decreases our mental sharpness and judgment. According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor-vehicle crashes” (NIAAA,). Another problem that affects us mentally is addiction. Alcohol is very addictive and people go through withdrawal. (Brittanica, Mark Keller). Alcohol affects human’s bodies and causes them to die at a young age. Alcohol harms your organs such as the heart, liver, pancreas, and the brain. (NIAAA). Also, there is an increase of developing cancer around the mouth, esophagus, throat, liver, and breast (NIAA). Consuming alcohol came lead to people taking actions they might not have taken when sober. Regular drinking lowers the levels of serotonin in your brain. This leads to depression and
The abuse of alcohol can lead to different dysfunctions in the body. In this essay, I am going to focus on the effects on the kidneys that the overconsumption of alcohol can cause. Throughout the essay, I am going to identify and discuss the different effects that alcohol abuse can cause to the renal apparatus. In this essay, I am going to identify the different changes that can happen at different levels. Ethanol can affect the regulation of the different electrolytes, hormones and the concentration of substances that need to be either reabsorbed or secreted. Alcohol can also cause changes in the anatomy of the kidneys and change the conformation of the different tubules in the nephron. Furthermore, the control of blood acidity and the regulation of other fundamental substances is affected and, together with the other factors listed above, they will be discussed in this essay.
Alcohol has many terrible effects on a person’s health. Alcohol affects many different parts of the body, but first of all, alcohol affects the brain. A person’s brain is very important, it shows how someone thinks, makes decisions, and controls their body. According to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Effects of alcohol are many and are all bad. There is not one good effect of excessive alcohol drinking, except what an alcoholic considers a good feeling after getting drunk. The alcoholics drink for many reasons, but the results are all the same. Alcohol has very bad effects on all human body organs; it causes disease and some of those diseases are dangerous and even fatal, and the most common diseases re...
An unavoidable part of life is dealing with stress and learning how to handle it. While the busyness of people’s lives steadily increases, the stress level of an individual tends to rise. There are many stress relief methods that exist. I believe cardiovascular exercise is one good beneficial approach to reducing stress. Different forms of cardio exercise can physically contribute to ease stress. It can also provide benefits for the mind. Since exercise is an outlet for frustration, it can be a healthy and effective way to release these negative emotions. There are many practical things that someone could do to exercise to relieve stress. By prioritizing cardiovascular