Carbon monoxide and 3 diseases of smoking

Carbon monoxide limits oxygen flow and nicotine affects the nerve impulses.  Three diseases from smoking are lung cancer, emphysema, and asthma.

Emphysema

Lung cancer

Asthma

5 questions on alcohol

1) An ounce of alcohol contains the amount of calories as a baked chip or a glass of milk.
2) In the united States beer ranked fourth in consumption.
3) Binge drinking is defined as having 5 drinks or more on one occasion
4) Each year thousands of people choke on their vomit while intoxicated
5) By the time students have hit 8th grade 55% of students have tried alcohol.
 Answers:
1) 5/5 no
2) 2 yes 3 no
3) 2 yes 3 no
4) 1 yes 4 no
5) 4 yes 1 no

Addiction and Withdrawl

Addiction is a state of dependence of something.  It can be a pop or it can be meth or heroin it doesnt matter it all depends on the person.  Withdrawl is a painful reaction when the drug or whatever it may be is discontinued.

Right side Parylisis and Stroke

If your right side gets paralyzed its your left side of your brain injured.

 

 

http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20411053,00.html

5 Ways to Prevent a Stroke

Exercise regularly
In a study of more than 47,000 men and women in Finland, moderate and high levels of physical activity were associated with lower stroke risk. Exercise helps reduce blood pressure by making the heart stronger. And the stronger the heart, the less effort it takes to pump blood around the body—so the lower the blood pressure. Physical activity also can help decrease the risk of developing diabetes and control cholesterol levels, both of which up your chances of a stroke.

Drink moderately
Experts aren?t clear on why alcohol raises blood pressure and increases stroke risk, but research from the University of Cincinnati has shown that having more than two drinks a day is associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage, a particularly deadly type of stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the brain; it tends to strike premenopausal women.

Likewise, Tulane University researchers reported several months ago that the risk of ischemic stroke rises with greater alcohol intake.

Control your weight
Gaining even 22 pounds after the age of 18 is associated with increased risk of stroke.

Eat a healthy diet
Diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol can raise blood-cholesterol levels.

?Cholesterol tends to adhere to the arteries, and blood tends to stick to those spots, increasing the risk of clotting,? Morgenstern says. Excess sodium intake can contribute to high blood pressure, too. Eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day may reduce stroke risk.

Stop smoking
Stroke risk decreases significantly two years after quitting and is at the level of nonsmokers by five years, research shows. In fact, recent data from the Women?s Health Study showed that women who smoke a pack a day are at increased risk of hypertension. What?s more, the nicotine and carbon monoxide damage the cardiovascular system, leading to a higher risk of stroke.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/poststrokerehab.htm
Rehabilitation from Strokes

 

Rehabilitative therapy begins in the acute-care hospital after the person’s overall condition has been stabilized, often within 24 to 48 hours after the stroke. The first steps involve promoting independent movement because many individuals are paralyzed or seriously weakened. Patients are prompted to change positions frequently while lying in bed and to engage in passive or active range of motion exercises to strengthen their stroke-impaired limbs. ("Passive" range-of-motion exercises are those in which the therapist actively helps the patient move a limb repeatedly, whereas "active" exercises are performed by the patient with no physical assistance from the therapist.) Depending on many factors—including the extent of the initial injury—patients may progress from sitting up and being moved between the bed and a chair to standing, bearing their own weight, and walking, with or without assistance. Rehabilitation nurses and therapists help patients who are able to perform progressively more complex and demanding tasks, such as bathing, dressing, and using a toilet, and they encourage patients to begin using their stroke-impaired limbs while engaging in those tasks. Beginning to reacquire the ability to carry out these basic activities of daily living represents the first stage in a stroke survivor's return to independence.

For some stroke survivors, rehabilitation will be an ongoing process to maintain and refine skills and could involve working with specialists for months or years after the stroke.

Dendrite, Axon, and Neurotransmitters

Dendrite is a mineral chrystalizing in another mineral in the form of another branching or tree like mark.  Axons carrie impulses away from the cell body.  Neurotransmitters stimulate nearby dendrites to start new impulses.

T and B cells

T cells are antigen eaters they are a part of an immune system.  The B cells remember that antigen after the T cell destroys it so if it comes back it knows how to fight it.  So basically the B cells help fight it if it comes back again and the T cells fight it if your body hasnt encountered it.

Blood, Blood Cells, and Plasma

Plasma carries nutrients such as amino acids and glucose molecules to body cells, and takes waste products away from cells. White blood cells protect against viruses and bacteria. Red blood cells carry respitory gases.