Tired all the time concept map

PATHOLOGY & PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:

1- Hypothyroidism leading to lethargy. • lack of motivation.

2- Heart failure leading to lack of • disturbances of appetite.
supplement to tissues. • pallor.
3- Air way diseases e.g.(COBD).
• Tiredness.
4- Respiratory muscle disease
=myasthenia graves. leading to • S.O.B.
impairment of respiration. • Chest pain.
5- Interstitial lung disease (fibrosis of • Sleep apnea.
alveoli). • Cough.
6- Destruction of B cells in pancreas • Dizziness.
leading to insufficient insulin level -> • Headache.
diabetes.
7- Insufficient or nonfunctioning HB

INVESTIGATIONS: TREATMENT:

• Chest x-ray. • Paracetamol.

• ECG , ECHO. • Iron , Vitamin B12.
• Blood test for glucose. • Treatment of lung diseases.
• Thyroid hormones test. • Injections of insulin.
• Urine test for glucose. • Treatment of pancreatitis.

EPIDEMIOLOGY RISK FACTORS: STRUCTURES INVOLVED:

• Smoking. 1- heart.
• Air pollution . 2- brain.
• Obesity. 3- lung.
• Fasting or famine. 4- pancreas.
• Social problems. 5- thyroid gland.
• Sleep deprivation and social 6- skeletal muscles.
problems. 7- RBCs.

FUNCTIONS INVOLVED: PSYCHOLOGICAL & SOCIAL IMPACT:

1- Pumping blood. • Depression
2- Control of electrical impulses.
3- Respiration (exchange of O2and CO2).
4- Secretion of insulin.
5- Regulation of growth and metabolism
processes.
6- Movement.
7- Transport O2into tissues.