Evaluation of the Health History

Running head: EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH HISTORY 1
Evaluation of the Health History
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EVALUATION OF THE HEALTH HISTORY 2
Clinical manifestation reveals that that there are contributing factors to Mr c’s
conditional state and obesity. The patient state of health is possibly because of the nature of the
job that he does. One of the contributing factor is that at the telephone center he spends most of
time resting (inactive in exercises). He indicates that he has he has abnormally increased weight
for a period of two years. Increase in weight is likely because the nature of the job does not allow
him to work out. Similarly, he does not mention that he has been doing physical exercises as part
of health management strategy. Sleeping apnea is simply a potential sleeping disorder where
breathing continuously starts and stops. This could explain the reason why Mr. C has breathing
problem and shortness in breath. The high blood pressure is also a condition that come alongside
obesity (Stansbury & Strollo, 2015). It is a condition that also means that one has an issue with
their dietary habits. Apart from his inactive state of lack of exercises, he also has an issue with
his dietary habits which needs to be taken into consideration even as he seeks for some other
form of therapy for his condition. Chances are high that Mr. C’s dietary lifestyle is poor. Swollen
ankles sometimes are usually because of walking for long or standing for prolonged hours. On
the other hand, swollen ankles could be because of prolonged sitting hours. Pruritus as evident,
could be because the itching skin was becoming more intensive as he increased with age even
though it is a condition that only affects the elderly.
From the objective data, I feel that Mr. C is at a higher risk of developing obesity
since it is reported that he has been increasing in weight over the last three years, his job also
makes him vulnerable to developing obesity since he is not active in the physical exercise most
of the time (Hales et al., 2018). It is also evident that his body cholesterol level is high
(250mg/dl). A normal cholesterol level is considered desirable when it is less than 200 mg/dl.
High cholesterol level indicates that Mr C is at high risk of becoming obese.