Case Study: Describe your Approach to Care

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Introduction
Congestive heart failure is a chronic disease with an increasing prevalence among the elderly. This illness is known for its cause for hospital admission with high treatment costs. Counseling and education are a critical component in addressing this illness This encompasses medication management, dietary improvements, activity recommendations, self-monitoring, coping skills, social support, spiritual needs, prognosis, and caregiver stress.
CASE Study 1 and it’s Rationale
In this case, Mrs. A is mentioned to have been experiencing menorrhagia for at least 10 to 12 years. Menorrhagia is defined as the excessive loss of blood during menstruation and usually occurs when there are instances of hormonal in imbalance, especially in estrogen and progesterone. Other causes also include fibroid tumors of the uterus, miscarriage, pelvic inflammatory disease among others (Mullner & Sage Publications.2011). This disease is prevalent among women who experience disorders in bleeding. When there is a high prevalence of menorrhagia and poor management of menstrual loss, a woman may be prone to contract chronic iron deficiency anemia. Blood loss is attributed to the major cause of this kind of anemia in adults.
In this account, it is alleged that Ms. A uses aspirin every three to four hours when she experiences menstruation that lasts a period of six days, and when playing gold to avoid pains on his joints. It is important to realize that aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medicines can develop significant gastrointestinal bleeding even if taken in small doses (Mullner & Sage Publications.2011).Ms. A is a golf player, and on this day she was playing gold on a mountainous course. As a sports lady who was participating in a strenuous activity, she was likely to develop iron deficiency even in the absence of anemia. Iron in this instance is a part of hemoglobin, which is a protein that transports oxygen to cells in the body. The brain has a higher demand for oxygen and without oxygen in the system; an individual finds it hard to concentrate and feels irritable and tired. These were same with the case of Ms. A.
Inefficient iron in the body can harm aerobic metabolism by decreasing the delivery of oxygen to tissues. These results in a reduced capacity to use oxygen in the production of energy. In the event that Ms. A involved herself in a strenuous activity, her red blood cells increased, and there was a great demand for iron (Jones, 2014). It is evident that iron in her body was lost through gastrointestinal bleeding that is common during exercises that are straining.
In hospital, the doctor mentions that Ms. A had an elevated heart rate and respiratory rate and low blood pressure. When anemic, the heart pumps more blood to compensate for the low count of oxygen. These leads to an intensified heartbeat rate, or in a server case, heart failure or an enlargement of the heart (Jones, 2014). These factors indicate how the body struggles to produce enough oxygen flow to the cells.
Describe your approach to care
According to Ross Advances in treatment and early interventions to prevent breakdown in a patient may delay the illness progression and improve the chanc...