Answer:
The lack of mobility, or literally immobility, in patients, can be a very high-risk situation not just for the physical body, but also because it causes severe emotional and psychological imbalances. On the physical physiological side, however, is where the most visible impacts of immobility lie. There is basically no organ system that will not be altered by it, and this is important to know for healthcare providers, as their care plans for these patients must include a way to solve this problem, before it can become much more serious. As such, the answers to your question would be:
A: Weight loss, decreased muscle mass and weakness: Tissue catabolism. This happens because the body begins to use its own tissue to provide necessary elements for energy production. It is almost a self-destructive mechanism.
B: Constipation, or pseudodiarrhea. Dehydration, ceased absorption, and fluid and electrolytes: Gastrointestinal disturbances such as decreased.... These are all problems that affect people with immobility. Motion is not just for going from one place to another; muscle movement encourages the different systems to activate themselves. As motion disappears, these systems start malfunctioning.
C: Helps regulate through maintenance of sodium, potassium, water, and acid-base balance: Endocrine system. This is our hormone and chemical messenger system. It is responsible for the proper functioning of all our hormone-controlled activities.
D: Pathological fractures: Calcium resorption. Calcium is vital for bones, but also for proper muscle functioning, among many other things. However, as the body stops moving, calcium begins to be re-stored in the ER of cells, and as the body requires a certain level, it will take it out of the bone mass.
E: Damage to the vessel wall, alterations in blood flow, and alterations in blood constituents: Virchows´s triad. This triad explains what factors take place regarding thrombosis, a very common problem with immobile patients.
