Altitude sickness

this time new drugs only needed to be tested on rodents to pass regulatory inspections, but researchers decided to take their studies further. During voluntary human experiments, they found Thalidomide to be incredibly effective at treating morning sickness and insomnia. Although classified as a sedative, Thalidomide soon earned the title of 'wonder drug'. Aggressively advertised as a panacea to all pregnant women and those who suffered from coughs, colds, and headaches, thousands of future…

Public Health Problem The 1960s “Thalidomide Scare” occurred due to the negligence of pharmaceutical companies, bent on seeking profit regardless of outstanding public health concerns and the limitation of drug regulation by international governments. Thalidomide continues to negatively affect fetuses as a teratogen in underdeveloped nations, like Brazil, where drug surveillance is inadequate (Vianna et el. 2011). Additional societal stigma regarding the demonized drug hinders its availability…

Client Education: Hyperemesis Gravidarum Twenty-six year old, first trimester patient presents to the emergency department complaining of intermittent vomiting that began four weeks ago. She was 12 weeks pregnant and she feels very weak and complains of a headache. This patient also reports having pain rated six out of ten in her upper abdomen from vomiting. The environment consists of a brightly lit room with two student nurses in care of the patient while the patient is lying in bed. The…

Nhat Duong Does Ginger have an effect in relieving nausea and vomiting during pregnancy? A natural root of a plant called Ginger (Zingiber officinale) belongs to a Zingiberaceae family including cardamom and turmeric that are mostly cultivated in tropical areas.1(p373) The primary component of ginger called gingerol comes from the root of the plant and its spicy aroma mainly due to the present of ketones called gingerols.1(p132,),2 Ginger is widely consumed in diet as a flavor in cooking and…

committed suicide on January 22nd, 2016. We will never be able to understand the true effects of depression unless we suffer first hand. Until then, we should allow for proper catharsis without prior judgment or criticism. Similarly, image number two, Sickness & Depression, also supports the idea that society underestimates the exact effects of…

Thalidomide is a sedative created in the 1950s by a West German pharmaceutical company called Chemie Gruenenthal. Originally it was produced to treat morning sickness, and was used a lot by pregnant women. It was advertised to be safe for both mother and child, because as they tested Thalidomide on rats nothing happened to them, no matter how big the dose of Thalidomide was they got. It was the new wonder drug and sold for 4 years in 46 countries across the world until it got pulled from the…

Everest or any other high-altitude mountain. The question most should be asking is was it worth it? Varying degrees of mountain sickness can affect a climber. They range from just headaches as a result of acute mountain sickness to death from High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE). High altitude climbing can also kill brain cells, which can impact a person later in life. High-altitude climbing is very dangerous because of the neurological toll it takes on the body. High altitude climbing is very…

amounts of snow, the wind, hidden chasms, ice everywhere, and etc. You made tools and clothes to keep you from falling off from ice and up to 175 mile per hour wind speeds (hurricane force speeds.) The effects on humans and animals are the high altitudes and lack of oxygen, below 0 temperatures, hurricane force winds, and very little resources such as water and food. Mount Everest is an extremely harsh unforgiving climate. It is high up in our atmosphere (less oxygen), it has hurricane force…

Taking acetazolamide, a drug, the day before ascent, also prevents sickness. When combined with a steroid called dexamethasone, it is even more preventative. 4. What alterations occur in strength, power, and muscular endurance with physical detraining? Kinney defines detraining as the partial of complete loss of training-induced…

fulfilment of summiting at high altitude? In Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, the severely hypoxic climbers atop Mount Everest fall victim to a series of fatal mistakes that result in the tragic death of fifteen climbers in the spring of 1996. Serious health implications including AMS, HAPE, and HACE weigh heavily on a climbers decision to summit at high altitude despite the recent technological improvements in modern mountaineering. AMS, or acute mountain sickness, is a broad description of the…