Bowel obstruction

is bound to break down and become vulnerable to different diseases; some curable, some not and some not even known by humanity. In Sherry Jacobsen’s “Diagnosis Discomfort”, she write about an illness that most people are unaware of known irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). To begin with, the medical model of disease is the foundation of health and illness and has various aspects. The model functions with a mind-body dualism, meaning that it tends to treat the mind and the body separately (Reuter,…

Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s Disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that typically affects the distal ileum and colon but can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. This disease causes inflammation to the lining of the digestive tract which can be both painful as well as debilitating for the sufferer and, unfortunately, in severe cases this may lead to life threatening conditions. The exact etiology of Crohn’s remains uncertain but studies have indicated that the disease is…

Emily Mahana Sister Christensen NUTR 7 October 2015 The Effects of Dietary Change on IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome is not a disease, but is a health condition/disorder that consists of a group of atypical symptoms. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, causes pain around the stomach area of an individual, as well as contributes to abnormal excretion. Although this condition has been known by other names, professionals found that this name describes the condition best, because it is both a mental and…

onquer Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Heal From the Inside Out If you've ever been caught in the painful grips of gastrointestinal pain, there is hope, and it may be as easy as changing your diet. Irritable bowel syndrome can be mildly uncomfortable or completely debilitating. It affects nearly 20% of the U. S. population, and this health concern is right up there among the top causes of missed work. The good news is that there is a solution. Avoid Certain Foods Problems in the GI tract can begin…

There are hundreds of diseases in the world that many people do not know about. Cretinism is a disease that many people have not heard of, including myself, before I started to research it. Granted the disease is not very common and mainly occurs in newborns, it is important that everyone knows what it is and how it occurs. Cretinism is a disease of the thyroid gland also more commonly known as congenital hypothyroidism. The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located in the anterior part of the…

My life Any special event can change your life. For example each one who marry. They lives change for many thing like to take responsible for children. Each person always search for happy live without any issues. On August 2014 was my wedding. I married in my country. I started new life with everything new like home, car, and cloths. Starting new life change me many ways such as I took a big responsibility, I became father, and I take care for another person not only my own life.…

Health information used by healthcare professionals as well as consumers should come from a trusted and reliable source. There are thousands of websites, online services, and ‘apps’ available for use that provide health information to anyone searching for it. The importance of knowing what is trustworthy cannot be underestimated for the safety of information recipients (National Cancer Institute, 2015). The content of the Internet is unregulated so confidence level in the content should be…

In the United States alone, more than 50 million adults and 300,000 children suffer from over 100 different types of arthritis and related conditions (“Understanding Arthritis”, n.d.), and it is possible to have multiple forms of arthritis at the same time (“Arthritis”, 2016a). Scientists are currently studying factors such as how genetics, lifestyle, and the environment are related to arthritis, since the cause for most forms of arthritis is unknown (2016a). Arthritis is classified as an…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a communal disorder that disturbs the large intestine in 5-20% of adults. With this gastrointestinal disorder, it would commonly give a person abdominal pain, bloating, cramps, constipation, diarrhea, and gas. Irritable bowel syndrome is classified into four different categories which are IBS with constipation (IBS-C), IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D), mixes IBS (IBS-M), and un-subtype IBS (IBS-U) (Bethesda, 2013). There are patients that have reported discontinuous…

A review of the records reveals the member to be young male with a birth date of 01/15/1999. The member has a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease. His provider, Reinaldo Garcia-Naveiro, M.D. recommended Prometheus Anser IFX diagnostic testing that was performed on 12/15/14. The carrier has denied coverage of Prometheus Anser IFX testing as investigational. There is a letter to Nancy Twigg from the carrier dated 11/24/15. In the letter, the carrier states in part: “The submitted medical records…