During summer time hyperthermia can go deadly as it is risky for people causing death to occur. If hyperthermia is not taken care of a person might begin to feel confused or faint. The heart could become stressed, and may stop beating. Hyperthermia is able to cause serious damages if the body gets over heated. Being hot for too long can cause many illnesses such as,
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Heat cramps: These tighten the muscle in the stomach part or the legs and arms. This may require the person to drink
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Heat Edema: this cause swelling in the ankles when the body gets too hot.
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Heat syncope: This causes dizziness that may occur when you’re active all of a sudden. It also may make you weak and faint.
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Heat exhaustion: This is like a warning and may make your body weak making you thirsty, dizzy, clumsy sweating a lot. This condition can progress to a heart stroke.
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Heat stroke: Heat stroke can be life threatening as medical attention should be required straightaway. This is when the body goes over heated and is not able to resist it.
- Other heart related diseases and death.
Blood glucose of fall and rise above normal ranges
There are two types of effects in the body when blood glucose falls or rises from above its normal range, they are known as, Hyper and Hypo. Hyper is when the body goes too high because of the sugar installed in the body and Hypo when the body goes down this is when the body does not have enough sugar. Hypo is tends to make the blood sugar too low and hyper tends to make your blood sugar too high. If blood glucose level becomes too high it’s very dangerous and may make a person dehydrated and exhausted.
Hypo may cause,
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Sweating
- Hunger
- Shaking
- Mood swings
Low blood glucose can happen if a person does not have enough sugar from the food that is absorbed into the blood .When the blood glucose level turns low Hypoglycaemia occurs. This tends to cause an effect on a person life as they may miss out regular meals, don’t eat enough quantity of food required to, loosing weight constantly, and drinking alcohol etc…
Uncontrolled blood sugar is able to cause serious damages for life; without a correct blood glucose control the diabetic patient is at risks of numerous of disorders and complications that are caused by high blood sugar levels. Maintaining blood sugar levels prevents the cause of disease. If the body contains in high blood levels for a long period of years it is able to damage the small blood vessels. This is able to increase other dangers affecting the body with complications such as,
- Retinopathy – This is Eye disease making a person blind for life
- Nephropathy – This is Kidney disease
- Neuropathy – This is nerve disease
- Cardiovascular disease – This is other diseases caused in the heart such as, heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, hypertension and many other parts that may not allow the circulation to work properly e.g. gangrene.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that can be permanent for life; this prevents the body from making the food into energy. The glucose settles into our bloodstream and is left without any treatment. People with diabetes have too much glucose in their blood. Glucose is another substance that is used as sugar in the body to give us energy and keeping us active when we need to. In contrast it also can be processed negatively making people ill will diabetes. As diabetes is a disease for life this means the body is not able to make insulin or even use insulin. This is viewed as high blood glucose. There are two types of diabetes that can be occurred in the body if the blood glucose is not balanced, one found in teenagers and children and the other found in adults. The first one is when the body does not provide insulin in order to convert sugar into glucose a hormone. High blood sugar is produced as glucose is not able to convert into energy or taken up by cells. In the second one when the body does not cope with large quantity of glucose on normal times it can cause high blood glucose in the body. When constant sugars of glucose are made in the blood it creates constant insulin and the cells become less responsive and do not respond well in order to get rid of glucose from the blood. This is what leads to high blood glucose level, this is known as hyperglycemia. Insulin is made by pancreas when the volume of blood increases, the pancreas senses the volume and discharges insulin at full speed in order to remove glucose. Also too much insulin or exercise without enough equivalent food taken in diabetics can be operated in low blood sugar. This is where the body goes down as it does not contain enough sugar needed. Through both ways it is risky which is why it is vital to keep the blood sugar regulation balanced at its normal range 90mg/100ml.
Too much or too less Glucose in the body
If too much glucose is produced in the blood then the receptors in the pancreas sense this and they deliver a message to the brain. Messages are also delivered to cells in order to create insulin; the insulin is released into the bloodstream by using the capillaries. This increases the eating of glucose by all the cells in the body and makes discussion of glucose into glycogen. This lowers the quantity of glucose in the blood in order to return stable. It then gives the body a feeling of being full. If less glucose is stored in the blood then also a message is delivered to the brain again giving the feeling of hunger in order to take in food. Glucagon is also produced in the body by specific cells. Glucagon is discharged into the bloodstream by the use of capillaries and makes glycogen into glucose in the liver. The liver then converts amino acids into glucose, the quantity of glucose in the blood rises so the balance is sustained and attained. Cells create insulin and affect all the cells in order to take in glucose; cells also make glucagon and mainly affect liver cells in order to break down glycogen. Some glucose is stored in the body and can give diabetes later on in life starting from an early age. If the glucose concentration is too low the release of insulin stops.
Blood sugar regulation
The sugar in the body is carried in the blood as glucose; the amount of glucose in the blood is measured approximately as 80mg per 100cm3 blood. The regulation of glucose occupies with liver and the pancreas. In the pancreas the cells secretes two types of hormones which are the insulin and glucagon. When the blood sugar level rises for example, after having a large meal the cells sense this and release more insulin and little glucagon. The insulin passes to the liver and informs the liver to do various things such as, convert glucose to glycogen which is collected in the liver and muscles; it also converts glucose to fat, as an outcome here the blood sugar level falls. Insulin makes glucose to travel form the blood and into the cells, it lowers the blood glucose concentration if it became high. This can take place after eating a meal that contains high carbohydrates such as, sweets, bread, rice, pasta etc…The release of these two hormones is regulated by negative feedback. Blood sugar levels are regulated by negative feedback in order to keep the body in homeostasis.
When blood glucose falls below normal level this is sensed by the receptors and onto the islets of Langerhans of pancreas. If the blood glucose level falls to dangerous levels, the Alpha cells of the pancreas discharge glucagon, which is a hormone which effects on liver cells in order to increase blood glucose levels. A process known as glycogenolysis takes place here, this converts glycogen into glucose. The glucose is released into the bloodstream, increasing blood sugar levels. When the blood glucose level increases above its normal range a message is sent to the cells of islets. Insulin is provided to the blood as it joins with the glycoprotein receptors. This tends to make the cells of fat and muscles soak in glucose earlier. The respiration speed rises and helps liver and muscle cells change glucose into glycogen quicker.
Too much or too little water in the body
Too much water in the body can lead to serious consequences as some people may over drink too much than required in the body. This may be leaded to water intoxication in other words known as hyperhydration or water poisoning. If too much water is drunk serious disturbance will occur within the brain functions. This is when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is driven out for of safety boundaries because of the over intake of water in the body. The main risk of too much water in the body could lead to death as some people may drink up more than 10 liters of water within just few minutes. Another way can also occur during long exercises the electrolytes may not be accurately refilled but still large quantity of fluid are still consumed. This can cause serious problems in body leading to sodium in the body which is hyponatremia. Water intoxication and hyponatremia occur when a dehydrated person drinks too much water without electrolytes. People like athletes can also suffer from water intoxication as they sweat heavily, losing both water and electrolytes together. When too much water goes in the body it also enters the body cells, the tissues swell and puff up with the excess fluid. Imbalance of water and tissue swelling can cause irregular heartbeats, making the solution going into the lungs this may cause eyelids tremble. The brain gains too much pressure by the swelling ness which may make a person behave unusual. When the brain tissues swell up it is able produce attacks such as, coma and death unless water drinking is controlled.
However sometimes the body may face a situation where it would not contain enough quantity of water this may cause the blood pressure level to fall dangerously low. The blood clots may form and your kidney may not function properly. It may be a lot harder to constipate. If low blood level is occurred in the body people are able to gain dreadful dry skin and urine infection causing also headaches. People feel thirsty as dehydration may occur, they may sweat less and excrete less urine. If dehydration still continues the tissues of the body begin to dry out causing damages. If the body is not gaining enough quantity of water then the body will respond by pulling from different locations in the body such as the blood. This is able to cause the smaller vessels which are the capillaries to close making the blood thicker more of clotting which makes it harder to pump through the system more. This is able to cause serious complications in hypertension which produces high cholesterol and heart disease.
What might the consequences of having a very slow or very rapid heart and breathing rate be?
When the heart beats more rapidly than normal range which is 100 beats per minute this is known as tachycardia. Different changes in the heart rate are mostly reported symptoms of panic attacks caused by rapid or irregular heart speed. Very slow heart rate causes you to collapse and become unconscious and very high heart rates can make you hyper-ventilation and people may become nervous. Slow heart rate causes heart failure. When the breathing in our lungs is rapid the body temperature is higher than normal. For example, when a person senses the shortness of breath less blood is flowed to the lungs, this is caused by the less blood flowing detected by the lungs and the alveoli capillaries are tightened. This is what causes a person to sense the shortness of breath. Slow heart rates are less than 60 beats per minute this is known as bradycardis. With a slow heart rate and occurred vessels, less gets to the brain, and causes fainting. and emotional may also be generated.
Slow heart rate can cause various things in the body which can be dangerous such as,
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Loss of ,
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occurred
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Dry and produced
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Recurrent produced
- Fragile nails
- Difficulty in concentrating
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Another disorder that is able to occur if Homeostasis is not balanced this is known as, Hypertension. This usually occurs when the blood is forced through the arteries at an increased pressure. High blood pressure takes place of the tightening of small arteries known as arterioles. The Arterioles tend to control the blood flow through the body, when the arterioles tighten the heart is forced to pump harder in order to push blood through the small space. This creates pressure inside the vessels as they tend to rise.
A rapid heartbeat is when the heart is beating faster than normal; a normal heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute. When exercising or carry out an activity your heart will normally beat faster, this allows the heart to pump blood through out your body providing oxygen to the tissues. However when a person faces fear, stress or nervousness the heart speed will rise. Some heart rise can cause serious heart conditions and may be required for medical attention. This is why it is very vital for people to maintain our breathing rate, if pressure gets too much our body cells would not function properly and this is what causes the cells to fail in our bodies.
There are other various ways which causes of rapid heartbeat such as:
- Infections caused in the lungs this may be known as pneumonia
- Infection in the blood that may produce fever
- Low blood pressure
- Thyroid disorder
- Heart disorder regular
- Dehydration
Physical causes of rapid or irregular heart rate:
- Arrhythmia
- Tachycardia
- Organic heart disease
- Shiverness
- Heart failure
- Extra systole
- Infections
- Artery disease
This is why it is important for the body to have a normal heart rate so that the blood circulation could run normal and the muscle cells gaining the right amount of oxygen needed in order to maintain the body and develop more. It is also needed so that heart problems are not caused such as the ones mentioned above. Whilst the breathing rate changes, the negative feedback will restore the pulse. This will bring the speed back to its normal position.
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