Ch 3: Medical Conditions

The condition of having a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells.A

• Exercise-induced Asthma

• Anemia

• Insulin Shock

Asthma attack caused by exercise and triggered by dry and cold air, smog, smoke, high pollen levels, poor physical condition, or a high-intensity workout.E

• Anemia

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Exercise-Induced Asthma

Occurs from having half-moon-shaped red blood cells, which inhibits the passage of blood through the small blood vessels, causing a clogging of the vessels.

• Sickle-cell Anemia

• Insulin Shock

• Diabetic Coma

Shock caused by an overdose of insulin.

• Appendicitis

• Insulin Shock

• Epilepsy

Inflammation of the appendix, producing sudden onset of abdominal pain and other flu-like symptoms.

• Asthma

• Appendicitis

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

A lung disorder that causes breathing difficulty, wheezing, and coughing, and that can lead to airway obstruction.

• Asthma

• Exercise-Induced Asthma

• Appendicitis

Abnormal thickness in the ventricle wall making it hard for blood to leave the heart.

• Diabetic Coma

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Cardiac Arrest

A build-up of plaque inside the arteries, causing a decrease in oxygen-rich blood flow to the heart.

• Coronary Artery Disease

• Treatment for Asthma

• Insulin Shock

Coma induced by a lack of insulin in the body, resulting from diabetic ketoacidosis.

• Diabetic Coma

• Epilepsy

• Anemia

A group of nervous system disorders that involve disturbed rhythms of the electrical impulses that fire throughout the cerebrum, resulting in seizure activity or abnormal behavior.

• Sickle-cell Anemia

• Asthma

• Epilepsy