Cirrhosis

INTRODUCTION: Alcohol is a part of New Zealand culture and is considered as an inevitable factor for celebrations and for relieving stress (“Alcohol misuse”, 2016). Long-term high rate of alcohol consumption can lead to alcohol misuse and make people dependent on alcohol. It has now become a very common thing to see an alcoholic patient presenting to the hospital frequently to treat the withdrawal symptoms. Most of the patients admitted with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) have multiple…

to themselves is causing massive deaths of individuals worldwide. Most of these are brought about by people’s eating habits, drug abuse, and laziness. More precisely, diseases such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, obesity, depression, stroke, and cirrhosis amongst others are because of alcohol use, smoking, and abuse of particular foodstuff and lack of exercise. The good news is the observation of certain lifestyle processes might save a person from ever contacting some of these…

Why Is Lap Band Surgery No Longer Recommended? Even though the gastric banding or (lap band) surgery procedure was extremely popular several years ago, as it stands now, many surgeons no longer recommended this type of surgery due to the long-term complications that are associated with it, as well as the emergence of safer and more effective procedures. In this article, we are going to look at some of the primary reasons why many surgeons no longer recommended the laparoscopic band surgery.…

When you ask a simple civilian the truth behind medicinal marijuana, they will either reiterate to you about what they had seen on a television show or reinstate unethical statements that the media states to the people not knowing the difference between medicinal marijuana and recreational marijuana. When you ask a person who is suffering from different medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS, Glaucoma, epileptic seizures, anxiety, Alzheimer's and even Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the…

CYSTIC FIBROSIS. Many humans around the world are carriers of a genetic component that can cause their dependents to be born with a genetic disease that can affect their lives forever. Some of these conditions are currently under investigation by facilities which specialise in genetics testing. Cystic Fibrosis is one of many genetic disorders that can affect devilry the patient and their everyday life. Cystic Fibrosis are known to be a recessive disorder, meaning that both parents must a carrier…

“Alcoholism: the disease that makes you too selfish to see the havoc you created and care about the people you shattered.” Alcoholism is an addiction to consuming alcohol and the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting on depending on alcohol. Approximately 16.3 million people in the United States are affected by this horrible illness, not including the minors that abuse alcohol. Although alcoholism is a difficult problem, there are various treatments to help individuals overcome their…

A reduction in the hemoglobin and hematocrit affects the body defense mechanism, the body immunity becomes compromised, and some internal organs over work in compensation for the lack of oxygen resulting in anemia. Anemia is noted when the amount of red blood cells in our body decreases, as well as reduction in the number of the hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. The four classifications of anemia are, microcytic, macrocytic, normocytic, and hemolytic anemia. (Buttarro, Trybulski, Polgar Bailey,…

stores. The drug effects people’s social, mental, and physical health. Although perceived as harmless by teenagers and adults, alcohol is a very dangerous drug. Alcohol has many effects both long and short term. The long-term effects include Cirrhosis, a disease that causes liver failure, which can cause you to die. It also causes dementia, which leads to memory loss and the increase of brain shrinkage. One of the main reasons people become addicted to alcohol is due to the reason it creates…

In the 1950s, with World War II being fought and communistic countries emerging, Americans feared that their government would be taken over by communists. This fear goes down in history as the Red Scare. Americans wanted to know that they would be protected from a communist takeover. One man saw this weakness in the American population as a way to gain personal power. This man 's power trip is now referred to as the McCarthy Era, an era full of witch hunts and lies. Joseph McCarthy allowed…

would ask me about her vital signs and medication, demonstrating to me that she likes and is able to be in control of her health. Though my patient was there due to bradycardia, having HTN, carotid artery stenosis, hyperkalemia, type 2 diabetes, and cirrhosis are contributing factors that that can hinder my patient’s well-being. What my patient’s health means to her family, is that they understand that my patient is well aware of her conditions. On her charting it indicated that she was DNR,…