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3.2 diseases Flashcards

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Metabolic syndrome

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The name for a group of risk factors that raise your risk for atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, type II diabetes and stroke

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Metabolic Risk Factors

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  • Must have three of these factors
  • central obesity
  • elevated triglycerides
  • reduced HDL cholesterol
  • elevated blood pressure
  • elevated fasting glucose
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Metabolic Risk factors- central obesity

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Waist circumference

  • greater than 40 inches in men
  • greater than 35 inches and women
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Metabolic Risk Factors- Elevated triglycerides

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150 mg or greater when untreated

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Metabolic Risk factors HDL cholesterol

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  • Less than 40 mg for males

- less than 50 mg for females

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Metabolic risk factors elevated blood pressure

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Systolic 130 MMHG or Greater or

diastolic 80 MMHG or greater

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Metabolic risk factors elevated fasting glucose

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100 MG or greater or drug treatment for it

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Health risk from metabolic syndrome

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-2 to 3 times more likely to develop
heart disease
-five times more likely to develop diabetes
- increased risk of stroke

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Predisposing factors metabolic syndrome- Modifiable

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  • abdominal obesity
  • active lifestyle
  • insulin resistance
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preDisposing factors metabolic syndrome non-modifiable

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  • Personal history of diabetes
  • PCOS family history of diabetes
  • being female
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Lifestyle factors to help metabolic syndrome

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  • Healthy weight e
  • exercise heart
  • heart healthy diet
  • stress management
  • quit smoking
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Arthritis

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Painful inflammation and stiffness of joints

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Arthritis types

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  • Osteoarthritis

- Rheumatoid

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Arthritis lifestyle intervention

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  • Increased movement especially yoga tai chi water aerobics
  • lose weight if overweight
  • anti-inflammatory diet
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Osteoarthritis

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  • Wear and tear arthritis from use
  • cartilage breaks down and
  • there are changes in the bone commonly affects and hands and knees hips
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Rheumatoid arthritis

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  • Auto immune disease
  • joint tissue is attacked by the body’s immune system —- - affects any joint mostly hands wrists and knees
  • factor present in blood test
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Osteo arthritis risk

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Older Age 
Obesity 
joint injury 
Overuse 
Female 
Family history of OA
Race
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Rheumatoid arthritis risk factors

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Older age over 60 
female - no children/breastfeeding lowers
smoking 
obesity 
genetic-human leukocyte antigen
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Rheumatoid arthritis signs and symptoms

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  • Pain
  • stiffness
  • swelling
  • fatigue
  • loss of function
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Lifestyle changes rheumatoid arthritis

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  • Attain a healthy weight
  • quit smoking
  • exercise
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Inflammation acute

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  • Healthy response to promote healing by increased blood flow
  • swelling
  • warmth
  • promotes tissue repair and remove the injurious stimuli
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Inflammation chronic

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  • Characterized by persistence and lack of clear resolution

- immune system perceives that it is under continuous attack

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C reactive proteins

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increased levels in the blood means inflammation

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Causes of chronic inflammation

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Anything perceived by the body as a foreign or harmful by the immune system like micro-organisms, allergens toxins, processed food

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chronic inflammation video

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check out mark hyman video

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Fibromyalgia

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  • Condition that causes pain all over the body, sleep problems, fatigue and emotional and mental distress.
  • Causes pain sensitivity or abnormal pain perception processing.
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Fibromyalgia symptoms

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  • Pain and stiffness all over the body
  • fatigue and tiredness
  • depression and anxiety
  • problems of thinking and memory
  • headaches
  • widespread pain at least three months without cause
  • previously used tender point count
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Fibromyalgia risk factors-known

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  • Middle age or older

- having lupus or rheumatoid arthritis

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Fibromyalgia risk factors suspected

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  • Significant stressful trigger
  • familial predisposition
  • female repetitive joint injuries
  • obesity
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Comorbidities fibromyalgia

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  • Major depression
  • death rate from suicide and injuries
  • arthritis and other autoimmune conditions

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