Medical Health | Assignment

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CASE STUDY
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CASE STUDY
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Answer 1.
Tachycardia can be defined as a health condition when the heart beats at a rate that is
higher than the normal range. This condition can be detected from the heart rate or pulse rate
observation in a patient. The heart rate >100 beats/minute indicates tachycardia
(Gopinathannair and Olshansky 2015).
Tachypnoea can be described as a health condition when an individual breathes
rapidly. This condition can be detected from the breathing rate in the observational chart
(Park and Khattar 2019).
Angina is a common clinical manifestation of cardiovascular diseases, which
indicates that the heart muscles are not getting enough oxygen for their proper functioning.
Patients generally describe a feeling of severe pain in their chest, which can be mentioned in
the observation chart (Goyal and Zeltser 2019).
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure in the blood vessels. A BP that is
greater than 140/90 mmHg is a detector of hypertension condition in the observational chart
(Iqbal and Jamal 2019).
Anxiety can be described as a clinical condition that results from the impaired mental
health in an individual in response to a stressor. A constant feeling of sadness, sleep
disorders, and headaches are examples of some symptoms (Thibaut 2017).
Tremor itself is an observable clinical manifestation, which results from a rhythmic
but uncontrolled contraction and relaxation of the muscles (Agarwal and Biagioni 2019).
Answer 2.
In order to carry out an immediate assessment of her tachycardia condition, an ECG
report can be useful, and for a continuous assessment of the same condition, there should be
an application of a cardiac monitor (Gopinathannair and Olshansky 2015).
The assessment of the tachypnoea condition can be done by counting the number of
breaths per minute. Proper monitoring of the situation can be done by repeating the method in
every fifteen minutes. There should also be a use of the pulse oximeter device in order to
monitor the blood oxygen level in the patient (Park and Khattar 2019).

CASE STUDY
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There are various devices to measure blood pressure in an individual. For proper
monitoring of the hypertension condition in the patient, the BP should be measured with a
regular interval (Iqbal and Jamal 2019).
The assessment and monitoring of angina and anxiety condition can be done by
interviewing the patient. The tremor can be detected by simple observations.
Answer 3.
Asthma is a medical condition that results from an inflammation in the smooth muscle
cells present in the walls of the lower respiratory tract of an individual. The inflammation
event involves the migration of the lymphocytes at the area of inflammation, which triggers
the edema of the respiratory wall. The swelling of the respiratory wall puts pressure on the
airway, which is involved in the gas exchange event between the lungs and the environment.
As a result, the airway becomes narrower, and the gas exchange event is interrupted. The
inflammation event also triggers an increased mucous production, which also gets
accumulated in the airway, and the airway becomes even narrower, and the event presents an
individual with more difficult to breathe properly (Bush 2019). That is the reason for an
individual with asthma experience the symptoms like shortness of breath.
As a result of this condition, the lungs are unable to provide enough supply of oxygen
in the blood. The oxygen level in the blood becomes low, which can be detected by checking
the SpO2 level in the blood. When the blood does not carry enough oxygen to different
organs, the natural function of those organs is impaired. The heart starts to beat more rapidly
in order to pump more blood for meeting the oxygen requirement all through the body. That
is the reason for the detection of a higher heart rate in the individual experiencing an asthma
attack (Bush 2019). The heart muscles also begin to ache due to the strain on the muscles
resulting from the rapid beating of the heart. This incident results in angina or chest pain in
the patient (Goyal and Zeltser 2019).
Low oxygen supply in the blood also results in an uncontrollable contraction and
relaxation of the muscles in various organs, which results in tremors (Wan et al. 2017).
Answer 4.
The generic name of Ventolin is salbutamol. This medication is used for treating the
asthma condition in the patient, along with other bronchospasm conditions in the patients.
Salbutamol drug binds to the beta 2 adrenergic receptors present in the smooth muscle cells