Gut flora

DISCUSSION CD is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology characterized by chronic, granulomatous, segmental transmural inflammation that may occur in any part of the alimentary tract from mouth to anus. In the human upper digestive tract, the oesophagus is the least common segment involved in CD.[10,11] It is not difficult to diagnose oesophageal CD if other segments of the digestive tract are also involved or in patients with a previous history of crohn’s disease. The typical…

1) How should a urine sample be collected to ensure accurate laboratory results? As a nurse, what can you do to encourage this practice? A urine specimen can me collected in many ways: clean-catch method, by using a catheter, suprapubic, cystoscopy, and nephrostomy. Edith is a patient that could easily use the clean-catch method. This method is for patients that can understand instructions for depositing urine into a sterile cup. The female patient is to first wash her hands to avoid…

What are the consequences of the prolonged use of artificial sweeteners in our diet? Abstract: Non-caloric artificial sweeteners (NAS) are sugar substitutes that are increasingly being used as alternatives to sugar for weight loss and dieting purposes. Extensive research has allowed the safe use of six current artificial sweeteners. Further research still being conducted however, is beginning to demonstrate that consumption of artificial sweeteners, particularly in high doses and on a long term…

In the novel, A Chronicle of a Death Foretold, the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez satirizes the events leading to Santiago Nasar’s death, elaborating that fate is out of mortal hands. This happens mostly for the fact that the victim, Santiago Nasar, goes through a slew of events leading up to his inevitable death, such as the primary reason why he got murdered, the false accusation of a woman named Angela Vicario stating that Santiago stole her purity. Some of these events include having a very…

Intestinal Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) and/or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). What is SIBO? Turn on the television and you will see a commercial for probiotics or a yogurt product that promotes the growth of “good” bacteria. This bacteria or flora resides in our gut, mostly in the large intestine. The small intestine, under normal conditions, has very little bacteria present that usually resides where the small intestine meets the large intestine. There are no bacteria located in the stomach or…

colonies and showed countable colony-forming units.My unknown bacteria’s, E.coli, morphology was that the bacteria were rod shaped. E.coli can be found plentifully in nature. E.coli can be found in the gut of endotherms, which are warm-blooded organisms. E.coli can also be found in the normal flora of the human stomach and allows numerous beneficial functions that include the production of vitamin (Nordquist 1). Most strains of E.coli are harmless, however the strain E.coli does have some…

are also very essential for treatment and control of diabetes. Fermented foods such as cultured vegetables, miso, natto, and raw organic cheese are also important to optimize the gut flora. Human gut hosts a multitude of bacteria that help develop a stronger immune system (Holt 2009). The more good bacteria present in the gut, the stronger the immune system and hence efficient body are functioning. According to research by Harvard School of Public Health, 19% of diabetes type 2 and 42% of heart…

intestines or stomach. Therefore, experts also advise people to eat light meals and drink lot of fluids to keep their stomach clean. Moreover, you should add a great deal of probiotics in your diet such as yogurt, because they help in strengthening the gut…

Urinary Tract Infections “About 50% of women and 12% of men will have a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some time in their lives” (Richards, 2008).UTIs are the second particular type of infection. The bladder contains urine that is sterile. The urinary system compromise of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The urinary system removes filtered liquid waste and urine. UTIs can occurs any area along the urinary tract. UTIs can be classified as lower and upper depending on the area of the…

1. Non-pathogen name: Bacillus subtilis 2. Description of non-pathogen: B. subtilis is a mesophilic, gram-positive bacillus that is commonly found in soil, although it can also survive in plants (1). B. subtilis are facultative aerobes, using butanediol fermentation or nitrated ammonification when oxygen is unavailable (1). The bacillus is motile by using a single flagellum and commonly forms biofilms which contain several B. subtilis all traveling in the same direction (1). It has a circular…