KNES 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Ezetimibe
27 Jan 2020
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She is 27 years old and a non-smoker. She lives with her boyfriend who smokes pack of cigarettes per day and mostly in the evenings when he"s watching sports on t. v. Her father plays tennis 3 times a week and her mother is free of medical problems and teaches water aerobics. Sam"s uncle (her father"s brother) had a heart attack at the age of 42. Sam"s dad has had some discomfort in his chest when he exerts himself, but has never had a heart attack or surgery. Sam takes a moderately paced 40 minute walk every night after dinner in her neighborhood. Her blood pressure on two separate occasions was recorded as 110/62 and 126/80. Sam knows that she"s had her lipid profile checked before at a health fair. Hdl = 70 mg/dl, ldl = 124 mg/dl, tc = 172 mg/dl and tg = 100 mg/dl. Sam loves to meet her friends for coffee.
