Download Some Common Ailments of Circulatory System

Some Common Ailments
of the Circulatory System
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HEART
DISEASES
Congenital Heart Disease
This disease is also known as Blue
Baby Syndrome.
It is the disease common in newly
born infants.
It occurs when the opening between
the right and left atria or right and left
ventricles remain open.
This congenital heart defect may be
due to genetic disorders or viral
infections.
Angina Pectoris
Angina is chest pain or discomfort
caused when your heart muscle
doesn't get enough oxygen-rich
blood.
 It may feel like pressure or
squeezing in your chest.
discomfort also can occur in your
shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back.
Heart Failure
 also known as congestive heart
failure.
 In this condition, the heart muscles
weaken and unable to pump enough
blood to the body.
Congestive heart failure can be
caused by diseases that weaken the
heart muscle,
And diseases that cause stiffening of
the heart muscles.
Blood Vessel
Diseases
Aneurysm
 is a condition wherein the aorta and
the artery within the skull bulge during
an increased blood pressure.
 As the aneurysm grows there is a
greater risk of rupture - this can lead to
severe hemorrhage, and other
complications, including sudden death.
Hypertension
 is also known as high blood pressure.
It is called high blood pressure because
the blood pressure when measured is
higher than the normal.
It develops when the body’s blood
vessel narrow, causing the heart to
pump harder than the normal to push
blood through the narrowed openings.
Arteriosclerosis
 Arteriosclerosis is defined as stiffening
or hardening or the arterial walls.
Arteries are blood vessels that carry
healthy, oxygen and nutrient rich blood to
the various peripheral organs of the
body.
As the arterial walls harden, the heart
has to pump harder and against a greater
resistance to enable that the arterial
blood reaches all the peripheral organs.
Stroke
It is also known as cerebrovascular
damage.
Cause by the lack of blood flow to
the brain.
 It may be caused by a blood clot in
one of the arteries of the brain or the
rupture of an artery wall in the brain
with the accompanying escape of the
blood into the brain tissue.
Blood Diseases
Anemia
 an abnormally low number of red
blood cells or low levels of hemoglobin
characterize anemia.
 3 types of anemia:
 Iron- defiency anemia – occurs because the
marrow fails to produce sufficient red blood
cells.
 Aplastic Anemia – is due to the inadequate
production of blood cells in the red blood cells.
 Sickle-cell anemia- is a genetic disorder. It is
cause by a defective gene that produces an
abnormal form of hemoglobin.
Leukemia
 is a type of cancer that affects the
blood cells.
Begins when an immature blood
cells called the progenitor cell divides
uncontrollably, becoming cancerous.
 There is also a significant decrease
in the concentration of red blood
cells in the blood.
Hemophilia
 is a hereditary blood disease
characterized by the inability of blood to
clot leading to hemorrhage or
uncontrolled bleeding.
 Insufficient or lack of blood proteins ,
called clotting factors that participate in
blood clotting, cause the disease.
 Clotting factor is a protein needed for
normal blood clotting. These proteins
work with platelets (PLATE-lets) to help
the blood clot.