Assignment 1 1. Lecture During the second lecture of the Contemporary Issues of Vegetarian Diets class, Dr. Sabaté covered the topic of Physical Growth and Developments of Vegetarian Children. The main question of the topic was if vegetarian diets could support an adequate regimen for children and support growth. During the lecture, Dr. Sabaté gave his own personal story about his first child, and how the medical doctors in Spain disagreed with him in terms of raising his child vegetarian. Dr.…
CC Mrs. Hoffman is a 57-year-old female here today complaining of a persistent cough. HPI The patient tells me she actually saw Katy Lilly, MD for the same cough back on September 25, 2015. At that point, she had had a cough for about three weeks. She is now going on approximately five weeks with the cough. She describes it has an annoying type of dry cough. She says that the symptoms initially that she had were cold symptoms with a runny nose, stuffy nose, and the cough. The rest of them…
Hypertension also referred to as blood pressure, it 's the force pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them, (Medical Dictionary, 2016). When the heart beats to push out blood from the arteries blood pressure is at its highest.Hypertension sometimes called “Silent killer” because patients can live with the condition for years without any signs and symptoms. Systolic is the first blood pressure reading, it is when the heart is contracting while diastolic is the second blood…
Supplements: Multivitamin, especially encouraged int eh beginning to bring his body back to a positive state from the deficiencies it's suffered from his previous way of eating. Protein, pre- and post- workout to help with building mass, strength gains, and recovery.…
CC Simon is a 13-year-old male here today with his mother to establish care. They recently relocated to the area from Cane. Simon has been complaining of some bilateral, though left greater than right, knee pain. HPI The patient has had knee pain on and off now for at least several months. They did have this evaluated with his prior doctor. Reportedly a left knee x-ray was done. It was normal. The doctor there recommended that they just monitor it. He has the pain only when he runs and…
CC Ms. Fielders is a 56-year-old female here today complaining of difficulty breathing. HPI The patient tells me her symptoms seemed to start out of the blue on Tuesday. She started feeling achy, had some chills, and had a fever to 103.5 degrees. Her appetite was decreased, but she did not have any vomiting or nausea per se. No diarrhea. She had a headache as well as a cough at that point. Through the next day, she developed a lot of chest congestion. She has had a lower fever since…
Karen Soppe is a labor and delivery nurse at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. On a regular basis she deals with women who are in some of the worst pain they have ever experienced in their lives and yet still have a wonderful outcome by having a baby. This can be very stressful at times because everyone deals with pain differently. Soppe explained that, “some are very quiet and say nothing, some scream and are very restless”. Helping women cope and get through this difficult time is essential.…
“About 70% of pancreatitis are due to chronic heavy alcohol consumption,” (Gastroenterol, 2013). Alcohol can affect much more than just the liver in a person and chronic alcohol abuse is a major issue in hospitals. In the personal experience of the author about one third of the clinical patients had some sort of history of alcohol abuse and/or in for alcohol detox. This case study is about a patient from the Medical Surgical floor, whose medical diagnosis is acute pancreatitis, but the patient…
Anti-aging is a prime consideration for many people when it comes to their diet and what supplements they may take. Of course, when it comes to living longer and looking younger while doing so, a lot of that battle is just not doing the things that we know are bad for us such as smoking or eating junk foods. Additionally, there are many foods that can be recommended for helping people live longer and healthier lives. Also, given that many of us may not get everything our bodies need for optimal…
helps prevent polyps. A diet high in fiber is recommended in most cases. Individuals should exercise several times a week and not eating high fat foods. Other ways to help reduce the risks of developing polyps include taking folic acid found in multivitamins, taking calcium found in low fat dairy product, and not smoking. If you are at high risk of developing polyps, your primary doctor might recommend other therapeutic options, such as anti-inflammatory drugs or hormonal replacement…