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    and disorders of the heart and blood vessels. 1. Anxiety is a common symptom that has been seen in cardiac tamponade. When the pericardial sac is filled with too much blood or fluid it will compresses the heart and the heart will stop working correctly. 2. Weakness is one of the symptoms seen in congestive heart failure. Also abdominal pain and breathlessness can be experienced. Congestive heart failure is a condition that causes the heart not to pump enough blood. 3. Nausea and chest pain are some

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    heart and blood vessels which may cause various problems relating to the blood flow to the heart. Many complications arise from cardiovascular disease, which may lead up to other life threatening illnesses such as heart attack or stroke. According to the American Heart Association a heart attack occurs when the blood flow of blood to part of the heart is blocked by a blood clot; if the clot cuts the flow of blood part of the heart muscle begins to die. A stroke occurs when blood vessel that supplies

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    Jonas has been experiencing problems pertaining to his heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system. He has had chronic hypertension for 7 years and his doctor prescribed medication for it, but Jonas has not been taking it frequently enough to actually bring his blood pressure down. He usually misses three pills a week, so of the estimated 2,500 hypertension medication doses that he was supposed to take, he has only taken around 1,450 doses. His breathing has suffered as he has shortness of breath

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    [The purpose of the cardiovascular system is to circulate blood throughout the body. The cardiovascular system transports gasses, nutrients, and wastes. Also, the cardiovascular system protects the body against infection, regulates temperature, and helps maintain fluid balance within the body.] [Cardiovascular disease is a range of disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Examples of CVD are an arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, and congenital heart disease.] [Tobacco use increases the risk

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    prevalent and singularly predominant underlying cause of premature death and disability in the modern world, attributing to 4.35 deaths per year in Europe alone. 1 This general category collectively comprises of all diseases of the heart and/or blood vessels including atherosclerosis, which is a chronic inflammatory disease that manifests in the wall of arteries 2 causing their narrowing and hardening due to the aggregation of fatty plaque deposits. More specifically it affects the intimal layer

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    Body Injury

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    local response consist of vascular response and cellular response. shortly after the injury has occurred there is brief construction of blood vessels which may last for five minutes. this is replaced by dilatation if the vessel occurring within thirty minutes of the injury. the dilatation of the blood vessels account for increased blood supply -(hyperaemia) and increased permeability of the venular and the capillaries. Exudation (escape) of some cells and fluid (plasma) into the tissue

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    formation of new blood vessels. Our body exactly filled with blood vessels. End to end, they would circle the earth twice. The smallest ones are capilleries. Usually, they save our lives but sometimes they cause dead. Blood vessels don't normally grow in adults. We get most of them in the womb, except in some special conditions like after injury. When we get an injury, blood vessels must to grow under the scab to heal wound. Endotelial cells line the inside of the blood vessels and they begin to

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    Introduction Cancer is defined as diseases that have abnormal growth of cells, and they can invade to other tissues and affect other part of the body ( http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/). The genes in a cancer cell that are used to regulate cell growth and differentiation have been mutated, and lead to uncontrollable cell growth. After a period of growth, the proliferation of those abnormal cells form a tumor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer#cite_note-WHO2014-1). Currently,

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    Macular Degeneration in Two Forms Essay

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    factors, but differ in symptoms and treatments. Although the causes of each type of the Macular Degeneration are different, the risk factors are essentially the same. The wet form of the disease is caused by small blood vessels that grow beneath the retina. The blood vessels leak blood and

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    diet and the good news about this diet is that we do not have to limit the food we take, but rather add specific plants and herbs to it. The so called “angiogenesis” is a term which stands for the process by which our bodies develop blood vessels. Although it doesn’t seem to be an incredibly difficult process, “angiogenesis” is the source of many well-known terminal diseases. Nowadays cancer has become extremely dangerous and very common; therefore scientists are looking for the right medicine

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