Question

You will be choosing an organ / body part (not a system) within the body. Within your research you must include; the importance of the organ and what it does for the body, the importance of nutrition in relation to the organ, a rare disease or disorder related to that organ, how the disorder / disease is diagnosed and treated, specialists you would seek out in relation to the chosen organ, and finally your visual (see below) with an explanation of why you chose what you did and how it benefits the chosen organ. (The heart)

Answer 1

Heart is one of the major organ internal organs of human body, it acts as center of circulatory system and pumps oxygenated blood to all other body organs through a network of blood vessels. Blood pumped by the heart contains other nutrients required along with a oxygen.

FUNCTIONS

- Pumping of oxygenated blood all around the body.

-Receiving deoxygenated blood from body organs and pumping it to lungs for getting it oxygenated again.

-Transportation of nutrients from site of absorption to the site where they are utilized.

-Transportation of harmones from site of production to target organs.

-Maintenance of blood pressure within blood vessels.

NUTRITION

For a healthy heart one should eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables

Whole grains

Healthy fats and high proteins.

As they help in reducing cholesterol levels and triglycerides.

Foods to be avoided includes High fatty foods and High sodiut foods. In other words packed and processed foods are to be avoided.

RARE CONDITION OF HEART

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy or ATTR-CM.

It is a form of rare cardiac amyloidosis. If it is underdiagnosed it's life risk for the patient and they may die.

It is characterized by amyloid deposition in ventricle, gradually resulting in heart failure.

Diagnosis

-ECG. That shows changes in cardiac rhythm due to changes in the thickness of cardiac wall.

-ECHO. Shows thickned walls.

-Cardiac MRI

-Hearth muscle biopsy.

Treatment

Use of drugs like Tafamidis meglumine(Vyudaqel) tafamidin(vyndamax) capsules.

Surgical treatment includes heart transplant sometimes simultaneously liver transplant is also done.

Specialist involved in treatment includes cardiologist, cardiac surgeon