Blister

Fallen trees littered the once lush forest floor, now reduced to mud and ash by rain and artillery. Bodies yet to be recovered lie all about, their wounds telling the stories of their demise. Skin covered in blisters and lesions, causing mustard gas. Limbless torsos meant howitzer fire. Pierced chests caked in congealed blood meant bayonet charges. Two months into the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the final major battle of World War I, the Americans had grown accustomed to such sights. Lulls in…

as tingling, burning, itching, and neuralgia of the area around the mouth or the oral mucosa may occur and can persist for several hours prior to the formation of lesions, commonly called “cold sores”(Ensor, 2005). These lesions first appear as blisters and shortly after dry to form crusts and ulcers (Ensor, 2005). Primary lesions are more severe than recurrent or secondary lesions, which are less painful and appear usually at the same site as the primary (Drugge & Jackson Allen, 2008). Other…

What is the most sincere feeling that human has? It is fear. Fear will always tell you whether you should fight or flight. Fear was the reason that we continued to make more and more fire during our early stages of evolution as intelligent creatures. Fire gave us light, light drove away beasts in the darkness, And even if the feeling of safety was brief, it was satisfying nonetheless. Then we made houses to keep the dangerous beasts away from us. They gave us feeling of safety that lasts as long…

children, against whom there was not slightest ground for suspicion.” The author of the passage witnessed many slaves receiving hundreds of lashes, tortured with a bucking paddle, and whipped until there were copious amounts of blood and also many many blisters. Something is not a success when the whole plan…

Background Each year, more than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers (Berlowitz, 2014). “Skin lesions bring pain, infection risk, and increased health care utilization. Moreover, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid no longer provides reimbursement to hospitals to care for a patient who has acquired a pressure ulcer while under the hospital’s care” (Berlowitz, 2014, p. 1). Thus, pressure ulcer prevention has become a priority in hospitals. The first step in pressure…

How does the sun harm us? : Skin exposure to UV light causes sunburn. Abigail Pereira The Sun is the center of the universe. Sunlight is essential to all living organisms on the earth. However excess exposure to the sun may causes immense damage to living organisms as follows. Skin cancer (1) is caused due to mutations in the DNA of our skin cells. These mutations cause the cells to create big cancer cells in the body. Most of the damage caused to your DNA cells are mostly due to UV rays. The…

down on your enemies. There were 17 different poisonous gases created during this time. We were the first to use them and it was a surprise to the other side. The most deadly poisonous gas was the “mustard gas” it caused coughing, blindness, skin blisters, lung damage, and even death. Eventually, there were masks that were designed to prevent the gas from harming you, otherwise we would just pray that it rained that night to clear out the gas. Some of the higher ranked soldiers came up with the…

within the blood line. Symptoms for endometriosis are lower abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities, infertility, pain in bowel movement and urination, and stated by the Mayo Clinic Patient Care and Health Info, the condition also causes “painful blisters covering the inside of the pelvis.” In good cases, endometriosis is not fatal, but the cells within the endometrium called endometrial cells, form into cysts and can rupture causing internal bleeding which can widespread within the lower…

salivation, dyspnea (difficulty in breathing due to bronchoconstriction/secretions), sweating, bradycardia (slow heartbeat), loss of consciousness, convulsions, flaccid paralysis, loss of bladder and bowel control, apnea (breathing stopped) and lung blisters” (Facts About Tabun, http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/tabun/basics/facts.asp). As stated chemical weapons are a very bad tool that we…

exposure to an allergen or by an infection. The cause of chronic urticaria is largely unknown yet until nowadays. Contact dermatitis is a kind of reaction that appears when the skin comes in contact with an allergen or an irritant. Symptoms can include blisters, a rash, burning and itching. Soaps, fabric softeners, laundry detergents, shampoos or even excessive exposure to water can all result to contact dermatitis. Other items that can cause a severe reaction are metals such as nickel, a…