BODY SYSTEMS CONTINUE

What happens if our major organs do not work?

1)Heart Most people they do not have problems

with their heart until they are old.

1)High blood pressure causes blood vessels to burst.2)Blood vessels in the heart causes heart attack.3)Blood vessels to the brain causes stroke.

Heart problems

-Medicines lower blood pressure.-Operation widen blood vessels.

Treatment

2)Lungs

1)Diseases can reduce the flow of oxygen to the lungs(makes it difficult to breathe)Ex : Asthma2)Smoking damages the lungs.

Problems

-Doctors use medicines to get more oxygen into person’s lungs but, doctors cannot always cure lung diseases.

Treatment

3)Brain

-When blood supply to the brain stops for a short time the brain cells die this may cause a person not to be able to walk or talk again.

Brain problems

-Careful nursing helps.

Treatment

4)Kidneys

-If the kidneys and liver stop working properly wastes starts to increase in body.

Problem

-Dialysis used to clean blood.-To get better the person needs a new organ

Treatment

5)Stomach and intestines.

-Indigestion.-Gastro intestinal infections.

-Medicines.

Problem

Treatment