Bleeding

• PCOS carries with it body changes that may be more troubling for a female than the actual cause of these changes. What body changes may affect the female? How does the nurse practitioner address these with the patient? What education and counseling does the nurse practitioner offer? Patients with Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have a multispecialty hormonal disorder presenting with irregular menses or anovulatory and body changes resulting from signs of hyperandrogenis such as acne,…

old resulting in an unusual bleed,” (Ramchander, 2009). Then he starts “bleeding frequently from different sites like his gums, nose & ears,” (Ramchander, 2009). Three years later he bleeds from his forehead & hip after a fall, he experiences a major bleed in the urinary tract, & lastly his right knee is swollen making his movements a little difficult. At the age of 5 he starts to attend school and because of all his bleeding issues his frequent absence due to pain cost him his education. A…

the body lacks certain blood clotting factors because of a defective gene. (worldbookonline.com) A hemophiliac’s blood lacks the active form of one of these factors.(worldbookonline.com) People with this disease experience excessive, or even fatal bleeding. (galegroup.com) Number of people affected – It is estimated that 10,000 people are born with this disease. It is a lifelong and chronic illness. (google.com) Life Expectancy- as of 2015, hemophilia was the most common coagulation factor…

Epidemiology Hemophilia is one of the most dangerous inherited bleeding disorders, affecting people from the entire world in equal frequency. Overall, the affected population frequency is low and the diagnosis of this disease is inherited about 70% of the time. Sometimes, hemophilia can occur when there is no family history of it and this is called sporadic hemophilia, having approximately 30% of people with non-inherited hemophilia, caused by a change in the person’s own genes…

Hemophilia Hemophilia is a rare hereditary bleeding disorder where the blood cannot clot normally at the site of a wound or injury. Where someone who has a minor cut can profusely bleed, and it can get so bad that it could end up making them sick. There are two types of hemophilia, Type A and Type B. Type A: Is the most common type, it is caused by lacking Factor VII, which is one of the proteins to help blood form clots. Type B is caused by lacking Factor IX. Hemophilia is normally diagnosed…

Genetic Disease Summary: Hemophilia A Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder that slows down or prevents the blood clotting process. There are two main types of hemophilia: hemophilia A and hemophilia B. Hemophilia A, which is known as classic hemophilia, is caused by a mutation in the F8 gene. People with hemophilia often display excessive bleeding, including bleeding in the stool and urine, though it is usually painless. Joints are also heavily affected, causing swelling and decreased…

certain blood clotting factors are missing or do not work properly.The two main types of hemophilia are A and B.Although the two types have very similar signs and symptoms, they are caused by mutations in different genes. Hemophilia-A is an X linked bleeding disorder resulting from a defect in a protein known as coagulation factor VIII. Since the disorder is X linked it is expressed mainly in males, who must have mothers who are carriers. Females who express the disorder must have affected…

Patient is speaking, so airway is patent. No evidence of breathing difficulty, but could develop later, so monitor breathing. Circulation is important, since the urinalysis revealed gross hematuria, there could be bleeding at multiple locations. Monitoring for signs of internal bleeding is priority. Rapid neurological exam should be performed. The patient denies loss of consciousness, but he could have lost consciousness and doesn’t remember it. Brief focused medical history – previous trauma,…

patient J.M. However, encephalopathy can also be caused secondary to infections, anoxia, metabolic problems, and drugs (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015). In this case, forceful trauma to the head can cause further brain damage due to bleeding in and around the brain. If bleeding occurs, such as in this case, it can leak into the intracranial spaces and cause an increased pressure within the skull. As a result of this increase in pressure build up, it causes a decrease in the amount of blood flow to…

• PCOS carries with it body changes that may be more troubling for a female than the actual cause of these changes. What body changes may affect the female? How does the nurse practitioner address these with the patient? What education and counseling does the nurse practitioner offer? PCOS is the most common endocrine disease affecting women. There are multiple changes that occur within the body due to PCOS. PCOS causes an increase of LH, resulting in hyperandrogenism; in PCOS FSH is decreased.…