Swollen blood vessels in legs

    • [DOC File]“Booze Blues: A Case on the Liver”

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      Mrs. Fender appears emaciated with bruising of various ages on her arms, legs, and face. She is jaundiced (yellow-skinned) and has the strong smell of alcohol on her breath. Tim palpates the inferior border of her liver, which is hard and enlarged; Mrs. Fender moans with pain. Her entire abdomen is ascitic (swollen and fluid-filled). Mrs.


    • [DOC File]Newsletter #1

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      Diabetes can affect the large blood vessels that go to the heart, brain, and legs. Diabetes can also damage the smaller blood vessels (capillaries) of the eyes and kidneys. Your blood carries nutrients to all of the cells in your body. As the blood flows through the vessels in your kidneys, blood is filtered or cleaned.


    • [DOC File]BACNursingStudents

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      The fetal blood does not mix with the mother’s blood; the exchange of gases, food and waste is passed through the placenta. Blood Vessels. The heart pumps the blood to all parts of the body through a remarkable system of three types of blood vessels: Arteries. Capillaries. Veins . Arteries


    • Patient assessment - American Heart Association

      Also, blood backs up into blood vessels around the heart and fluid seeps into the lungs. That is why you may have shortness of breath or trouble breathing at night. You may also get swollen legs and feet and have weight gain. As heart failure gets worse, the heart attempts to make up for lost pumping power. This may cause changes in the shape ...


    • [DOC File]YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT

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      Blood vessels are hollow tubes with many branches that carry blood to and away from every tiny part of the body. Vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body are called arteries; those vessels that carry blood back to the heart are called veins. ... Swollen ankles or legs. Weight gain (often a few pounds over just a few days ...


    • [DOC File]Phoenix VA Health Care System

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      Superficial thrombophlebitis - a blood clot that forms in an inflamed part of a vein near the surface of the body (i.e., not a deep vein) Varicose veins - blood vessels that are abnormally swollen and twisted . Blood clots in arteries . Arthritis . Cellulitis - an infection in tissue under the skin . Bone fracture


    • [DOC File]CH. 21 DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

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      Life Cycle: Eggs passed in feces ( hatch in moist soil ( free living larvae ( burrow thru skin feet, legs ( blood vessels ( lungs ( coughed up, swallowed ( intestine ( mature into adults ( burrow head into intestinal wall - feed on blood. Causes abdominal pain, loss appetite, protein and iron deficiencies (anemia).


    • [DOC File]Dorchester School District Two / Homepage

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      Blood returns to the heart first through the smallest . Vessels merge to become larger . The largest vessels that deliver oxygenated blood back to the heart are the left and right ____. Blood enters the . Then passes through the valve. And into this chamber with a larger muscle layer due to pumping to the systemic circuit.


    • [DOC File]Blood Pressure Determinations

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      Arterial blood pressure is directly proportional to cardiac output (amount of blood pumped out of the left ventricle per minute) and peripheral resistance, that is: BP = CO X PR Peripheral resistance is increased by constriction of blood vessels (most importantly the arterioles), by an increase in blood viscosity or volume, and by a loss of ...


    • [DOC File]HHPD PAC 06

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      blind-ended capillary vessels . and nodes that transport the lymph throughout the body. Blind-ended vessels: there is no heart pumping the lymph fluid as in blood circulation—it relies on it being squeezed by our muscles as we move. Lymph is transported from the capillaries to lymphatic collecting ducts that drain into the venous system


    • [DOC File]Heading 1 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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      The veins appear twisted and swollen under the skin, most commonly in the legs Contributing factors include heredity, obesity, prolonged standing, and pregnancy Varicosities can impede blood flow and lead to edema, thrombosis, hemorrhage, or ulceration


    • [DOC File]Medical Terms WW1

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      Carbuncle Red, swollen and painful cluster of boils connected under the skin. Cardio Vascular Disease Circulation of blood in heart, arteries, capillaries and veins. Catarrh Discharge from mucous membrane. Frontal Cararrh Discharge from mucous membrane (face) Cellulitis of leg Infection of skin giving hard, red, shiny appearance



    • [DOC File]Pathological Conditions: The Heart and Blood Vessels

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      Small vessels in brain – occlusion of vessel with small clips. Larger arteries – resection of vessel with synthetic graft. Peripheral vascular disease – blockage of blood vessels in lower extremities due to atherosclerosis. Arteries in groin or upper leg narrow or become blocked, blood flow to lower leg and foot is reduced


    • [DOC File]Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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      Also, blood backs up into blood vessels around the heart and fluid seeps into the lungs. That is why you may have shortness of breath or trouble breathing at night. You may also get swollen legs and feet and have weight gain.


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