Week 1 - Homeostasis: Engage/Explore 2

When you looked at these images, did you think of a heart attack?  

 

            When I first looked at the images , it's came into my mind that there might have the problem with heart. Relate the picture its show that the person was pressing on his chest looked like he is having sign of heart attack.

Heart failure?  

Compare the two heart picture, which appeared normal and abnormal heart , hypertrophy of heart .

Kidney problems? 

 Patient has kidney problem because he had taken haemodialysis .

 Hormones?

With these picture  i cannot able to interpret  the hormonal problem.

  The brain? 

 All of those things, and more, could be involved.  These images most directly relate to one another through a condition called congestive heart failure (CHF). 

 CHF is a condition where the heart begins to wear out and no longer effectively circulates blood to the body's tissues. 

 According to the CDC

Links to an external site., about 5.7 million people in the U.S. have CHF and CHF contributes to one in every nine deaths.   

As you can see, this condition is unfortunately quite common.

Interestingly, CHF is a disease that is often made worse by a series of reactions by our own cells and organs. 

 We're going to build some common vocabulary and concepts so that we will hopefully be able to describe these unfortunate interactions among our cells that contribute to the worsening of this disease.  Click "Next" to begin developing this vocabulary.

 

Heart Failure

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Heart failure happens when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs in your body.  

Heart failure is a serious condition, but it does not mean that the heart has stopped beating.