Appetite

My patient is a forty-one-year-old female who was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma of the biliary tract. Her secondary diagnosis includes a jujuneostoomy, infection of her incision and wound care. Prior to admission she had a cholecystectomy which required her to be admitted to the hospital to receive skilled nursing care because she cannot care for herself. She has a large abdominal incision that requires packing. Additionally, she requires tube feeding and lots of IV antibiotics. She will be…

Hormones are only one factor known to contribute to appetite; these hormones are often released in the morning after waking (Ivy). Ghrelin is one example (Consumer Reports). Consuming food in the morning suppresses those hunger inducing hormones reducing one’s appetite. Other hormones are present that affect the uptake of glucose from the blood stream and the release of glucose into the blood stream. Glucose…

almost every day. There is a noticeably decreased interest or pleasure in more or less all activities (anhedonia). Some of the symptoms vary from person to person. For example, patients may experience a dramatic increase or decrease in weight and appetite may either increase or decrease. In addition, there can be a lack of sleep (insomnia) or over-sleeping (hypersomnia), and psychomotor retardation or agitation. Persons suffering from MDD are usually very lacking in energy, feel worthless and…

transform his character from hero to villain. Macbeth was clearly his own worst enemy, but there were others in his life who contributed to the orchestration of his downfall. The witches and his equally ambitious wife fed his ego and whetted his appetite for power. The tragedy of Macbeth manifested itself…

Westlake Research Hospital - Final I. Organization This paper will discuss the analysis and design process of a medical database for the Westlake Research Hospital. The Westlake Research Hospital is conducting a double blind test study for a new depression drug. The study will be conducted for the duration of 18 months. The study will include 2 Test Supervisors, 20 doctors, and 400 patients. The new depression drug will be given to half of the patients and the other half of patients will be…

Given how you usually experience it – in one sudden jolt – attraction seems to defy analysis. You feel it, spontaneously, like a sudden flame rising up. You don’t “think” about it – at least not at the moment it’s happening. Call it chemistry. Call it animal instinct. Fate. That “special something”. It’s weeping and unmistakable. And you don’t want to know exactly the reason why you are drown to someone because you worry that you will only ruin things and take the magic away. You’d rather just…

the United States had long had ideas on how to use Cuba, for example, and an expansionist cabal of some influence pressed for war primarily to satisfy geopolitical ambitions (McCartney, 2012). The Spanish-American War was not motivated by imperial appetites. Instead, it was fought for a range of humanitarian, geopolitical and commercial reasons that once the war was won, allowed the United States to take a larger global role at the turn of the century (Schultz, 2013). The war was sparked by…

He further responds to the third difficulty, that people have good reason to act unjustly “for the life of an unjust person is… much better than that of a just one,” in Books VIII and IX. Most importantly, he states that “even if one has every kind of food and drink, lots of money, and every sort of power to rule, life is thought not worth living when the body’s nature is ruined” (445 b). As addressed in the response to the first difficulty, the body’s nature is to be good and just. Therefore,…

Plato’s writings often focus on finding the essence; or eternal, unchanging form of a concept, what is the essence of tree, or piety, or justice. When Socrates questions characters in the dialogues as to what they think he is often given an example instead of a definition. Plato, in his writings, tried to do the opposite to determine the form and then in turn determine how that would be represented in the physical world. Plato’s Ontological hierarchy begins with living true to your being which…

abdominal discomfort, decreased appetite (which can lead to weight loss over time), dizziness, vertigo, irritability, and mood swings (Rosack, 2002). According to Shatkin (2009), “stimulants remain the most effective and commonly employed treatment for ADHD” (p.46). Some common stimulant medications used to treat ADHD include: Concerta, Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, Daytrana, Focalin, Methylin, Metadate, Dexedrine, and DextroStat. Nausea, headaches, insomnia, and decreased appetite are the four…