Hi my mother is 54 years old and having strange symptoms. She is suffering from chronic high blood pressure since a long time now and got dengue fever around 20 days ago. She has been cured now and her blood platelet count is back to normal. She is having normal range blood pressure like 117 by 73 which never used to be attained before but her pulse is between 50-59. She does less work but suddenly she gets very dizzy & today she told me that her ears start blocking and she has to lie down for a while. i checked her pulse and it is 54. i cannot figure out what has happened to her.

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I’m 19 (male). I had urinary tract infection 10 days ago (had fever too). The UTI is gone now (I took Nitrofurantoin to cure UTI). I took Nitrofurantoin (Nintoin) for 1 week (100 mg tablet 3 times a day) Now doctor found that I have fatty liver (Triglyceride is 219.0 mg/dl). So he gave me Atorvastatin (Atova) for Dyslipidemia (10 mg 2 times a day for 1 month) and some diet restictions. Suddenly my blood pressure went high (after finishing the nintoin course) so the doc gave me Furosemide (Lasix, 1 tablet per day for 5 days) . So at the moment I’m taking 2 medicines Atova and Lasix and I’m feeling very bad…. sick! I’m having problem breathing (doc said i dont have heart and lung problems) and feeling very weak (dizzy) like a dead man! I’m not like this. Usually I’m a strong person. I don’t know, what’s exactly happening but I’m not feeling well. Please help. Thanks!

Is my double vision stress or cocaine?
I have had a hugh amount of stress recently including buying a house 6 weeks ago, starting up a decorating business last year and still struggling, Getting ripped off £2500 for a job last week and having my first child last week. I smoke weed most days and drink 8 cans of lager twice a week I also took quite a lot of cocaine over a couple of days for the first time in 2 years but I used to take a lot more. I had taken coke when my partner went into early labour which took 30hours. She had to stay in hospital for a week with the baby. During the week she was in hospital I juggled the business and employees, the house work (trying to get the house ready for the baby coming home) Fighting to collect the debt AND TRYING to spend every miniute I could with my partner and new baby in hospital, Then at nights I was taking a bit of cocaine. I got so stressed I was constantly had tears in my eyes for 2 days. The doctor gave me a small ammount of diazapam. Then we got the baby home, then the next morning I woke with double vision. (I had no cocain the night before) This went away after 1 hour. The hospital checked my blood pressure and my eyes and vision and put it down to stress but I didnt tell them about the cocaine. That night I drank beer and took a half gram of cocaine and the double vision came back while I was high. I have now had for 3 days, permanent double vision when both eyes are open only. When I look straight ahead my eye starts to stray on its own. Which is the cause and what is the cure?

I am a 16 year old former high school athlete and I have had to drop off of my school Track and Cross Country team due to a persistent leg condition that I have been suffering from. This problem arose during the Fall/Winter of 2009, during my sophomore year. One day while performing a quadricep excercise called "Wall Sits", I experienced an abnormally large amount of pain, followed by violent shaking of the legs until eventually I collapsed on the floor. I informed my coach of the incident and was instructed go for a short run afterwards (about 1/4 mile). I remember barely being able to even jog the distance due to a severe fatigued feeling in my legs. I tried to attend a few more practices, but upon seeing my poor performance, and hearing my constant complaints, my coach told me to take a break. Adults all around me, including him, said that they were likely nothing more than growing pains. At the time, the idea didn’t seem so absurd, so I went for weeks even months before I really pushed my mother to take me to my doctor, all the time having to deal with this "limitation." My legs (quadriceps and calves) began to feel fatigued extremely rapidly compared to even most average people. I was a rather skinny teenager at that time, and frequently ran upwards of 6 miles a day in Cross Country practice, but my legs seemed to be in even worse condition than before I had begun to run Track. Keep in mind that throughout my life I have always been active, involved in many sports and have never had problems with my legs. I eventually saw my doctor, who suggested that I take anti-inflammatory medication. After this failed, a whole fiasco of referrals and tests unraveled. I was given blood work, to test for any chemical imbalances in my body, the results came back just fine. I was sent out to an orthopedist who gave me x-rays and a bone density scan. He ultimately ruled out any structural defects and declared that there were no problems with my bones or joints. I was recommended to a neurologist, who tested my blood while I was at rest, then instructed me to perform "wall sits" and took my blood once more after I felt the pain. Her results did not indicate any problems. I was recommended to a vascular doctor, who did not say much to me directly, but i did over hear him tell his assistant that I lost my "AT pulse" when I flexed my calf muscle. He gave me a referral for a CT scan, which showed no problems. I was also given a sonogram of my legs, once while I was resting, and another time immediately after being asked to perform "wall sits." I was also strapped with a series of inflatable cuffs hooked up to a machine (similar to those used to guage blood pressure), which I believe were supposed to monitor bloodflow through my legs. Both were inconclusive. I am open to suggestions. I did try refraining from all intense physical activity for almost a month at one point, but as I have grown more and more hopeless about curing this "limitation" I have grown accustom to accepting the "limitation" as part of my daily life. I do play sports and continue to be active on a slight to moderate level, but after sustained continous activity, my legs will begin to pain me, and eventually if I am playing a game such as basketball, i must take slight breaks from constant running throughout the game. When I do stop what I am doing the pain quickly vanishes and I don’t even notice much wrong with my legs. I know that if I am going to a party, in which I will be dancing all night, or taking a paintballing trip, I should not plan to not do any strenous actviity during the days preceeding it. The pain and fatigued feeling will quickly emerge with any heavy activity (leg excercises, running, sports, etc.) that make use of my calfs and quadriceps or even prolonged minor activites (jogging, standing on one leg, etc. ) targetting my legs, however it seems to appear more rapidly and dramatically, if I was doing making heavy use of my legs prior to that activity. As I mentioned, it quickly reduces as soon as I quit the activity, however after very strenuous activity, I might find standing or other even basic activities slightly uncomfortable. Keep in mind that the things that I consider strenous might not be considered very strenous for the average healthy human being, especially a male teenager. I still continue to excercise my upper body with weights, and am rather healthy. I have a family history of bone and joint problems descending from one side, but on the other, it appears that my family has had some leg problems. My cousin who is a year older than me, claims to have the same symptoms, and my father was diagnosed with Venous Reflux Disease. I have tried to search all over for answers to this problem, but if you have had similar experiences or have any sort of knowledge that might help me, it would be absolutely appreciated. If you have any further questions about my

A person’s blood pressure changes in rhythmic fashion, with a periodicity set by the beating of the heart. Suppose a person’s blood pressure P in mm off mercury at time t (seconds) is given by the formula above.
a) Find the period of the function T
b) Find the number of heartbeat(cycles) per minute.
c) Find the maximum and minimum blood pressure

I could ask hundreds of questions about treatment (and sometimes non-treatment) that this person is receiving at repeated hospital stays and could explain at length the many changes I see when a particular medication is working, and others are not. But what amazes me_and this has happened in two different states in the US, is that doctors just expect her to die, and since she’s not dying yet they just keep on telling me she’s on end stage of COPD and CHF. They extubate her apparently much too soon, very quickly remove meds that help her be much more stabilized and even though she very much wants to live, while at home and feeling lack of oxygen and/or other symptoms asks to be taken to hospital, while there is interested in all treatments, etc., with very caring family members present and asking all pertinent quesitons to medical staff, still doctors told me this days ago upon her last hospital discharge: "You know she’s on end stage, next time they she comes into hospital they might not intubate her". I then ask, "Why have different doctors been telling mostly the same for past 3 1/2 years? What am I suppose to do, not bring her?

Their answer "There’s hospice that can come to the house?" I ask if hospice would be intubating her or able to provide tracheastomy. "No" is the answer. And I repeat that at home she does have (as they all know) all the care from four members of family 24 hrs a day. That I take her to hospital for her health problems.

Not to make a newspaper out of this_and leaving out the disheartening opinions from so many doctors, nurses, and even respiratory therapists_I will say that it has been a constant agony for this family to make sure this person lives, mainly due to misdiagnosis at first, then simply negligence in appropriate care from other doctors, and mostly the unwillingness to simply understand it is NOT ONLY the family who wants her to live, but she herself. They know this because her mind is perfectly well for her age and illnessess, and they can see how she wants to be if not cured, made well enough to go back home.

To make matters worse and add salt to the injury, upon her release days ago, when they removed apparently what they call a line from part between thigh and abdomen there was considerable bleeding accroding to family and herself. Nurse didn’t really telll me whole story as I phoned in to find out why she was still there, even when ambulance had gone over to pick her up.

PLEASE, let me know if you know what’s going on here? I appreciate any help. She suffers from COPD, CHF, attrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, and appears to have something wrong with adrenal glands.
Thank you for two answers so far. JESSICA, I am the primary person listed with ALL her doctors and hospital personnel. I had just spent couple of hours at that hospital, speaking precisely with THAT NURSE before I left for home to get everything ready for her return!!!!!

Suppose a patient must take a blood pressure medication that is dispensed in 125-milligram tablets. The dosage is 15 milligrams per kilogram of body weight and is given every 8 hours. If the patient weights 25 kilograms, how many tablets would be needed for a 30-day supply? Use the formula n=24d ÷ [8(b x 15 ÷ 125)], where n is the number of tablets, d is the number of days the supply should last, and b is the body weight of the patient in kilograms.

i keep getting 30 tablets, but that doesnt make sense…

Marks: 3 The best time to monitor your resting heart rate is:
Choose one answer. a. In the morning before getting up.
b. In the morning after eating breakfast.
c. At night after dinner.
d. After exercising.
..Question 2
Marks: 3 An exercise for muscle fitness (sometimes used in rehabilitation) that regulates the speed and resistance so it is the same throughout the full range of motion is:
Choose one answer. a. An isometric exercise.
b. An isotonic exercise.
c. An isokinetic exercise.
d. None of the above.
..Question 3
Marks: 3 Isostatic stretching is when someone assists you in stretching farther than you normally stretch on your own.
Answer: True False ..Question 4
Marks: 3 Which of the following will produce the greatest amount of cardiovascular/cariorespiratory fitness?
Choose one answer. a. Weightlifting and calisthenics.
b. Running and swimming.
c. Isometric exercise and golfing.
d. Walking and isotonic exercise.
..Question 5
Marks: 3 The best definition of muscular strength is:
Choose one answer. a. The ability to run the fastest, jump the highest, and throw the farthest.
b. The maximal amount of force a muscle can produce against a resistance one time.
c. The ability to carry out light workloads over extended periods of time.
d. The maximal power used to lift a weight at least 5 times.
..Question 6
Marks: 3 Exercising your muscles repeatedly against a resistance requires:
Choose one answer. a. Muscular strength
b. Flexibility
c. Coordination
d. Muscular Endurance
..Question 7
Marks: 3 BMI stands for:
Choose one answer. a. Basal Metabolism Inventory
b. Body Mass Index
c. Body Metabolic Index
d. Body Measurement Information
..Question 8
Marks: 3 Cardiovascular fitness is defined as:
Choose one answer. a. The ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to function efficiently, and continuosly provide oxygen to the muscles as they perform work over extended periods of time during exercise.
b. The ability to excell in recreational activities.
c. The ability of the body systems to work together efficiently.
d. The ability to use good reaction time when exercising.
..Question 9
Marks: 3 Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type are all components of:
Choose one answer. a. Progression
b. Overload
c. Specificity
d. The FITT formula.
..Question 10
Marks: 3 The best spots to take your pulse are:
Choose one answer. a. chest and wrist
b. chest and neck
c. wrist and chest
d. neck and wrist
..Question 11
Marks: 3 Identify this principle: You should gradually increase the resistance in strength training exercises.
Choose one answer. a. Overload
b. Intensity
c. Progression
d. Specificity
..Question 12
Marks: 3 The primary cause of cardiovascular disease is:
Choose one answer. a. Excessive activity.
b. Smoking.
c. Blood clots that block passageways.
d. Build up of fatty deposits on artery walls.
..Question 13
Marks: 3 A method tha combines muscular strength, endurance, and aerobic conditioning is called:
Choose one answer. a. Aerobics
b. Circuit training
c. Strength training
d. Endurance training
..Question 14
Marks: 3 What is true regarding flexibility?
Choose one answer. a. Flexibility exercise is not needed if weight lifting is performed.
b. Flexibility is not influenced by age.
c. Physical inactivity can cause flexibility to be lost.
d. Stretching is only effective if done before a workout.
..Question 15
Marks: 3 Which of the following blood pressures would be considered to be in the NORMAL range?
Choose one answer. a. 120/80
b. 130/50
c. 100/60
d. 140/90
..Question 16
Marks: 3 Which is not a type of weight lifting?
Choose one answer. a. Body Building
b. Calisthenics
c. Power lifting
d. Weight circuit training
..Question 17
Marks: 3 Which of the following is LEAST likely to be an aerobic activity?
Choose one answer. a. jogging
b. jumping rope
c. weight lifting
d. swimming laps
..Question 18
Marks: 3 Which of the following is the appropriate way to prevent muscle soreness?
Choose one answer. a. Proper warm up.
b. Progressively increase your workload.
c. Do not bounce or jerk with movements.
d. All of the above.
..Question 19
Marks: 3 You should lift large muscles first and then lift small muscles after to prevent large muscle fatigue.
Answer: True False ..Question 20
Marks: 3 A body fat percentage of 5% for a 15 year old male would be considered:
Choose one answer. a. Hi

The blood pressure values are normally distributed with a mean of 65.3 and stand dev of 10.3. Find the reading which separates the bottom 81 % from the top 19 % ( hint use Z score formula)