The name of my medical disorder that I am researching on is called high cholesterol. According to Dr. Juan Alvarado high cholesterol "is an elevated grease in the organism that produces the arteries to harden". Also according to doctor Paulysney Guerrero her definition of high cholesterol is that it is "when the recurrent levels go over 250 mg. The LDL and the HDL always have to evaluate to check to the good and bad cholesterol”. The result of having high cholesterol is that it can lead to several medical catastrophes such as stroke, heart attack, heart disease, blood vessel disease, etc. Dr. Paulysney Guerrero also mentions how "normal cholesterol is between 150-200 mg. This levels increase with bad eating habits." The main causes of high cholesterol are things such as the things you eat (butter, cheese, milk eggs, pork etc.) for example my uncle Alfonso Sanchez explains how the reason why he was diagnosed with high cholesterol was because of the way that him and his family ate everyday. "back in El Salvador when I was little all that my family would eat for breakfast was eggs along side with milk that came from the cows since we had a farm at the time, but we ate this almost most everyday, mainly because it was all that my family could afford at that time."Another cause of high cholesterol would be the amount of time you exercise a day in which an example would be that the elderly have a tendency of having high cholesterol mainly due to the fact that their body can't function and move as well as it used too, so as a result they can't exercise as much or at all , so as a result they get high cholesterol due to their lack of physical activity. Another main cause of high cholesterol is that a person could have it because they got...
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...sted to have checkup every three months. The ideal checkup is to test the lipid levels in every patients" Dr. Guerrero explained. Some new treatments that are being made in today's society is that they are coming up with more statins medications in which doctors prescribe these types of medications to people who have really high cholesterol. The more common statins in today's society would be medications such as Zocor, and Lipitor. What statins do is that it interferes with the way that cholesterol functions throughout your body, and these types of medications are mainly used because they can significantly lower your cholesterol, but taking statins could result in liver problems. So with new medication being discovered to significantly lower a persons cholesterol, will there ever be a medication that will completely get rid of a person high cholesterol in the future?
illnesses. Some of the major diseases that contributes to poor nutrition is diabetes, obesity, in addition to high cholesterol. One of the goals of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Take Care New York 2016 Preliminary Plan, under the healthy Children & Youth topic, explains that “strategies
the simplest terms, hypercholesterolemia may be any excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood. The clinical definition however, as outlined by the University of Maryland Medical Center [UMMC] (2010), considers a total cholesterol level of 240 mg/dL or higher to be high cholesterol. Within this total is the level of high-density lipoproteins (HDL or “good” cholesterol) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL or “bad” cholesterol). Below 40 mg/dL is considered poor for HDL, while an optimal level of
sequences that lead to diseases and disorders. Epigenetics has come a long way since the first genome sequence had its draft breakthrough in the year 2000 (NOVA 2012). From depression to cancer, epigenetics has made its way through to provide families with the appropriate knowledge and perhaps medication in order to avoid these diseases and disorders in the future. The video, “Cracking the Genetic Code,” brought for forth some great interest in knowing that the medical field and technology has advanced
INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Hypercholesterolemia, which is a specific type of hyperlipidemia and characterized by excessively high plasma cholesterol level, is a strong risk contributor for many cardiovascular diseases, particularly atherosclerosis (Stapleton et al., 2010). The by-products of cholesterol cause the stiffening of the arteries by forming a thick tough deposit on their inner walls, leading to the starvation of the heart with blood by making the flow of blood stop entirely (Thomas
disease, stroke and peripheral artery disease all in the same way? By having increased cholesterol levels (Wedro, 2014). It is estimated that 71 million Americans have high cholesterol, and of those, only one-third of them have it under control (CDC, 2011). A reduction in LDL cholesterol has been shown to decrease the prevalence of strokes and heart attacks. That being said, it has also been shown that cholesterol levels above 200mg/dL put an individual at twice the risk for coronary heart disease
syndrome.3 There are 3 etiological categories for metabolic syndrome, disorders that deal with adipose tissue; insulin resistance, and a many independent factors that mediate different aspects of the metabolic syndrome. The medical history should include evaluation of symptoms for OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) in all patients.1 OSA is commonly associated with obesity, HTN, increased circulating cytokines and insulin resistance.1 Medical history should include evaluation of symptoms for PCOS in premenopausal
Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in teenagers over the past thirty years (Ogden, 2012). Childhood obesity has become a major medical issue since the extra pounds have led to medical conditions that were once only seen in adults, conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, fatty liver disease and high cholesterol. Childhood obesity can also lead to poor self-esteem and depression. Background and significance of the disease The percentage of children between the
is defined as an excessively high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass. Genetics, nutrition, physical activity, and family routines are all leading causes of the increase in American obesity. If one parent is obese, there is a 50% chance that the child will be obese, this study shows how obesity is carried down, being the reason obesity is increasing (National Heart, Lungs, and Blood Institute, Health Risk 1). Day to day money is directly spent on medical care and prescription drugs related
It is a general term for disorders whose similar effects to the arterial walls are its thickening and its loss of elasticity. Arteriosclerosis may occur as three types namely, Monckeberg’s medial calcific sclerosis, the calcification of the media of muscular arteries; arteriolosclerosis, the hyaline thickening of small arteries and arterioles; and the most common atherosclerosis, the formation of atheromas—a thickening of the arterial wall that is brought upon by cholesterol laden plaque and the amassing
Nutrition Assignment Healthy eating is vital, good food make people live a healthier life but unfortunately not everyone eats healthy daily or keep track of their healthy eating. This assignment is to help students keep track of the foods and drinks they consume daily, and what kind of food nutrients they are missing or completely having based on their food or drink intake. Another purpose for this assignment is also help students to become aware of what kind of diseases they might likely be risk
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure is a medical condition where the arteries are constantly experiencing high blood pressure due to the force exerted on the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood throughout the body. Hypertension is considered a “silent killer” as it may not exhibit obvious signs and symptoms while it is slowly damaging the organs or causing several illnesses, such as damage to the renal arteries (renal artery stenosis), stroke, retinopathy, cardiac arrthymias
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formation of plaque is also known as aterioscelorosis which is usually a result from cholesterol fats, nicotine, high blood pressure and unbalanced blood sugar level. The arterioscelerotic cardiovascular disease is severe and chances of development increases as people aged. Arterioslerotic heart disease, also referred to as ischemic heart disease or coronary heart disease (CHD), is a general term used for a group of disorders where there is thickening and elasticity loss, as well as hardening of artery
Cayenne Herbal Supplements – Lowering Your Cholesterol Modern society always has the problem with cholesterol. How can they deal with high cholesterol? It’s simple. Cayenne Herbal Supplements offer both health benefits, especially for the heart. Its nutrients are quite proficiency. Cayenne becomes a very useful herb and helpful medicinal herb too. It contains high nutrient such as Vitamin C, A, and B complexes. This herbal medicine also contains potassium and calcium. For the human heart, the calcium
stated, you may ask yourself, what’s so bad about a little high associated with coffee or chocolate? I mean it’s practically harmless, right. Not exactly, caffeine still a drug which means almost always comes with side effects. Notably caffeine seems to have the same high as cocaine, just to a lesser degree. Some evident effects of caffeine and related stimulants range