Pelvic inflammatory disease

There are hundreds of diseases in the world that many people do not know about. Cretinism is a disease that many people have not heard of, including myself, before I started to research it. Granted the disease is not very common and mainly occurs in newborns, it is important that everyone knows what it is and how it occurs. Cretinism is a disease of the thyroid gland also more commonly known as congenital hypothyroidism. The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located in the anterior part of the…

Medical marijuana is a big debate in the United States on whether it should be legalized for medical purposes. There are certain states that have already passed the law and made it possible for people who have a chronic disease to get their medication, if the patient is in a state that does not have medical marijuana then the patient does not have the right to consume the drug and they could actually face legal charges. When consuming medical marijuana it is different than when people consume…

explosive, gas, bloating, nausea, and more. If you have a career and can't just stay home, or if there is an event that you simply must attend, and can't get out of or postpone, or an important meeting, you may want to keep the fact that you have Crohn's disease to yourself, and hide the symptoms that you're having as best you can. It is probably impossible to completely hide all your Crohn's symptoms, but the following 20 tips may help. 1. Take the medicines your doctor has prescribed. This…

Crohn’s disease is a form of inflammatory bowl disease also known as IBD that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms of this disease vary between people depending on where it occurs in the bowel, and the severity of the inflammation. Typically, the signs and symptoms will be chronic diarrhea that contains pus, blood, or mucus, weight loss, fever, gastralgia (stomach pain), cramping, and rectal bleeding. It is not known how one gets crohn’s disease, but there are a few factors that…

1 Chrohn’s Disease Chrohn’s disease is named after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn who discovered it in 1932; 2 he described it as a part of Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD. Chrohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the beginning of the colon and or the small bowel, also known as the ileum. It doesn’t just affect the previously stated body organs but as well as digestive tract in general which also include: the stomach, the esophagus, or even the mouth.…

1) Name the two types of inflammatory bowel disease and discuss the differences between the two types and their characteristics including diarrhea, rectal bleeding and areas involved? “Inflammatory bowel diseases are of two types: Regional entitis (Crohn’s disease) and Ulcerative colitis”. (Bare, Day, Paul, Smeltzer & Williams, 2010, p. 1172). Regional colitis refers to the inflammation of GI tract and most commonly affects the distal ileum and ascending colon. The inflammation begins with edema…

Did you know Crohn’s Disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the US? My paper is going to be about Crohn’s disease. I chose this because over the past years I have had the time to really learn on my own what is like to live with someone who has Crohn’s. I will be going over some of the symptoms, treatments and other home remedies and facts about Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Symptoms can vary depending on the person. The most common…

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Crohn’s Disease is a systemic autoimmune disorder progressively rising in the United States. People of all ages are affect. But, it seems to be more dominant in people between the ages of 14 – 35, including those that smoke cigarettes, family members with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and Jewish descent. Crohn’s disease is chronic, causing abnormal inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, affecting the end of the small intestine to the beginning of large intestine. It affects the…

A review of the records reveals the member to be young male with a birth date of 01/15/1999. The member has a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease. His provider, Reinaldo Garcia-Naveiro, M.D. recommended Prometheus Anser IFX diagnostic testing that was performed on 12/15/14. The carrier has denied coverage of Prometheus Anser IFX testing as investigational. There is a letter to Nancy Twigg from the carrier dated 11/24/15. In the letter, the carrier states in part: “The submitted medical records…