Asthma

Child Allergies During the first few crucial years of life, many new things change for a child. A child begins to understand new things, there is an increase in their vocabulary, and they develop the ability to communicate with others. A child’s eating habits will also begin to change. Children can become pickier eaters; they must have a certain food or have that food prepared in a particular manner. As a parent you must be equipped with all of the tools that it may require to care for your…

Family Health Case Study Kirstin Fisher Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences University of Colorado Colorado Springs A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of NURS 3010: Pathophysiology FALL 2016 Introduction The family member I will be focusing on in this paper will be my maternal grandfather, Andy Anderson. Mr. Anderson is 70 years old and was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease over 5 years ago. He is a 2 pack a day…

Addiction has many faces, cigarettes being the most notorious. In all honesty, cigarettes damage lungs. By the same token, cigarettes give people cancer. Even worse, is the high price of cigarettes. They contain a nasty chemical, and that chemical is called nicotine. On top of all of that, cigarettes weaken a human 's immune system. Cigarettes are dangerous to any and all users. As if a person did not already know, smoking destroys your lungs like an atomic bomb. Smoking can cause the body’s…

Subjective: CC (Chief Complaint): “Cough and sore throat X 3 days”. PHI: Mr. M. B is a 38 year old black male who presents in the clinic with c/o cough and sore throat over the last 3 days. The patient reported productive cough with greenish sputum. Patient also reported nasal stuffiness, post nasal drip, and itchiness in ears, eyes, and nose. The onset of CC started 3 days ago. M.B. Described sore throat as a dull aching pain, constant 10/10 which is aggravated by coughing and swallowing.…

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, or bronchi, that bring air into the lungs. Inflammation is a chemical reaction in the body that produces redness, swelling, and pain. When the cells lining the bronchi are irritated, the tiny hairs (cilia) that normally trap and eliminate things from the outside stop working. Formation of material associated with irritation swelling also increases; causing the passages to become clogged. The same viruses that cause colds, often cause acute…

frequently amongst Aboriginal Australians and at a considerably younger time of life. Aboriginal folks report diabetes at a higher rate than other Australians. Indigenous individuals were nearly double as non-Indigenous individuals to inform having asthma. Consequently, charges of inpatient stays and death are greater amongst Indigenous…

Do you think fish feel pain? There are fishermen out there just fishing for these fish not caring about how they feel. Think about it. When a fish is out of water it’s like they are having an asthma attack without their inhaler because we don’t care. Have you ever thought that way about a fish? No, because we don’t care we just want to make that fish a meal for later. How do you think they feel when they get caught? I know this sounds bizarre…

conducted by a trained operator using a spirometer that provides quality feedback, the majority of patients can be coached to provide acceptable and repeatable results” (John, Walters, & Walters, 2014). Spirometry should be conducted on patients who have asthma and people who smoke or are former smokers especially if they are over 40 years old. The cost of the test is around $40 making it a very inexpensive but extremely effective way to diagnose and treat…

who was been diagnosed asthma. I had a list of questions for Sam and was interested in the ways that she would respond and what insight she could give me as an outsider looking in on the topic of asthma. Playing basketball with Sam I could easily see she struggled when it can times to do sprints, but I did not have a full understanding of why. Here are a few the questions I asked her to get a better understanding of the disease. Q: When were you first diagnoses with asthma? A: I was first…

Research on Allergies By Jonas Wilson, Ing. Med. Allergies are exaggerated immune responses to substances that would otherwise be seen as harmless. Allergies rank high on the list among the world’s most common health conditions. They begin when an allergen, the substance responsible for the reaction, causes the production of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies, which coat mast cells. On subsequent re-exposure to the allergen, IgE reacts and causes the release of histamine and other…