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Disease of the cardiovascular system

November 10th, 2011 | Author: admin

The family doctor

Chapter I. internal Diseases

Section 2. Disease of the cardiovascular system

Cardiac arrhythmia. Violation rate, rhythm and sequence of contractions of the heart. The reasons for it – congenital anomalies or structural changes in the vascular system of the heart in various diseases, as well as autonomic, hormonal, or electrolyte disturbances with intoxication and the effects of certain drugs. Normally, the electrical impulse, born in sinus node, located in the right atrium is on the muscle in the atrioventricular node, and thence to bundle branch directly to the ventricles of the heart, causing them to decline. Changes can occur in any part of the vascular system, causing various arrhythmias and conduction. They come with neurocirculatory dystonia, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, endocarditis, heart defects, coronary heart disease. Arrhythmias are often the immediate cause of death. The main method of pattern recognition – electrocardiography, sometimes in combination with measured load (bicycle ergometry, treadmill), with atrial pacing chrezlischevodnoy; electrophysiological study.

Normal sinus rhythm in most healthy adults at rest is 60-75 beats. in 1 minute.

Internal Diseases

November 9th, 2011 | Author: admin

The family doctor. Chapter I.

Section 1. Diseases of the respiratory

Acute lung abscess (abscessed pneumonia). Called more or less limited cavity formed by the melting of suppurative lung tissue. Pathogen – a variety of microorganisms (usually Staphylococcus aureus). Characterized by reduction of general and local protective functions of the body due to aspiration into the lungs and bronchi foreign body, mucus, vomit – with alcohol intoxication, after convulsive seizure or unconscious. Contribute to chronic diseases and infections (diabetes, blood disorders), disturbance of the drainage function of bronchi, the long-term use of glucocorticoids, cytostatics and immunosuppressants.
Symptoms and flow. More common in middle-aged men, two thirds of patients abused alcohol. The disease begins acutely: chills, fever, chest pain. After the breakthrough of pus in the bronchi, a large amount of purulent sputum, sometimes mixed with blood and odor. Over an area of lung disease initially weakened auscultated breath after breaking abscess – bronchial breathing and vlazhpyehripy.Within 1-3 months of a favorable outcome can occur: a thin-walled cyst in the lung or focal pneumosclerosis, an unfavorable outcome – becomes chronic abscess (cm)
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