Chronic Disease
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Understanding Cardiovascular Disease
The heart is an organ that circulates blood and oxygen throughout the body. The heart beats about 60-100 times per minute when the body is at rest. Each time the heart beats, oxygen-depleted blood enters the right side of the heart and is pumped to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
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Understanding Heart Conditions
The heart is an organ that circulates blood and oxygen throughout the body. Abnormalities in the heart's structures and electrical system can cause heart conditions such as heart murmurs and cardiac arrhythmias. These conditions are sometimes harmless, but may life-threatening in some instances.
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Understanding Hypertension
Blood pressure is the pressure created as the heart beats in order to circulate blood throughout the body to allow for tissues and organs to function properly. Blood pressure is a result of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure, which are both represented numerically in a blood pressure reading. Systolic pressure occurs when blood pumps out of the heart and into arteries. Diastolic pressure is created when the heart rests between beats. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is when the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels is too high causing the heart and blood vessels to work harder and less efficiently.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a long-term, progressive disease that damages the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe. The damage from COPD is irreversible and gets worse over time. COPD consists of two separate diseases: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. People with COPD may have chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both conditions.
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Understanding Viral Hepatitis
The word "hepatitis" means "inflammation of the liver". Inflammation of the liver may be caused by a number of things, including metabolic causes (alcohol and non alcoholic fatty liver disease (i.e, NAFLD)), viruses, genetic disorders, autoimmune disease, drugs, medications, ischemia or decreased blood flow to the liver, and even toxins. Viral hepatitis remains a common cause of a hepatitis, which is caused by a virus that directly attacks the cells of the liver (i.e, hepatocyte).
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Understanding Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body's cells have become resistant to insulin. To understand what this means, it helps to understand the roles of glucose and the hormones insulin and glucagon in the human body.
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Understanding Chronic Kidney Disease
Your kidneys are two fist-sized, bean-shaped organs located on either side of your spine in your lower-middle back. They are responsible for cleaning and filtering your blood. When your body is functioning in a healthy manner, the kidneys are responsible for producing waste from the normal breakdown of tissues and the food you eat.
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