Social Sciences: A&P

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Lower extremity edema is common in elderly people. Congestive heart failure can cause lower extremity edema because of the gravitational effect on the body. The edema is the excess fluids in the body that result in swelling of the body tissues. The Loop of Henle keeps removing the excess fluids out of the body through its permeable walls that allow fluids to pass under pressure. The pressure that enables the Loop of Henle to perform its work comes from the heart’s pumping pressure of blood. When the heart fails to function properly, the fluids cannot be eliminated out of the body by the Loop of Henle, so they accumulate in the body tissues. Furosemide induces the secretion of the more antidiuretic hormone that increase the permeability of the walls of the Loop of Henle. The pores of the Loop of Henle allow the passing of more body fluids to the kidney (Lippincott, 2008).
Children with symptoms of excess vomiting and diarrhea are possibly under bacterial infection. Bacteria such as salmonella typhi that cause typhoid, plasmodium or food bacteria can cause vomiting and diarrhea. Children who vomit and diarrhea for a reasonable period have many symptoms. They record high body temperatures and are weak physically. The children are dehydrated with below average body weight. Children under two months are still very sensitive to bacterial infections and their reaction is severe. The remedy for diarrhea in children is oral rehydration salt (ORS) that helps them rehydrate they body (Vaziri & Guandalini, 2011). Th...