Cirrhosis

Growing up, you do not usually care much for cancer patients and take into consideration what they are enduring to fight to stay alive. Many people, including me, were not too worried cancer affecting the lives of their families they were raised in. I was raised by two loving, caring, and strict parents with two siblings. We often traveled to the bay and the mountains. I enjoyed the company of my family while thinking nothing could go wrong in it. That all changed on December thirtieth in the…

used are involved in human digestion while others are involved in clinical tests for certain diseases (Wilson, D’Alessio, Schmitt Lavin, Keith, & BIOL 1500 Team, 2015). The ALP enzyme is used to diagnose diseases such as bone cancer, jaundice and cirrhosis of the liver. This enzyme also catalyzes the hydrolysis of a phosphate group connected to lipids in vivo or to proteins (Wilson et al., 2015). There are three major reasons that enzymes are important. The first reason is that enzymes…

Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic inflammatory, multisystem disease in which the body attacks its own liver cells. There are two known forms of this chronic, long-lasting disease. Type 1, being the most common making up eighty percent of autoimmune hepatitis cases, affects mostly young women and often goes hand in hand with other autoimmune diseases. Forty percent of Type 1 AIH cases are diagnosed before the age of 18.Type 2 is less common affecting women ages 2 to 14. It is shown in many…

There are many commonly used psychoactive drugs in America that are legal and widely accepted, but alcohol and nicotine take the cake when talking about being the most accepted. Many people consume these products every single day. Psychoactive drugs are defined as being drugs that “act on the nervous system to alter consciousness, modify perceptions, and change moods.” (Definition from page 146 of Experience Psychology, Laura A. King) These drugs will sometimes make you feel better and relieve…

utilitarian- consequential perspective. This principle allows the person with the best success rate and long-term survival to receive the organ. Mrs. Day’s diagnosis of hepatitis B leads to wide-ranging success rates. Mr. Mann’s diagnosis of alcoholic cirrhosis increases his success rate with a new liver. Mr. Mann is at the maximum age for organ transplantation, however. The last ethical principle by Butts and Rich (2013) is proximity. This principle takes into account the individual who is…

List A: Microbiology of Inflammatory COPD Exacerbation Microbiology Results Indication Sodium Level 142 mmol/L Normal Potassium Level 5.1 mmol/L Normal Chloride Level 101 mmol/L Normal Bicarbonate Level 29 mmol/L Normal Urea Level 7.3 mmol/L High (2.9–7.1 mmol/L) Creatinine 91 umol/L Normal eGFR CKD-EPI 73 mL/min/1.73m^2 Normal Bilirubin Total 10 umol/L Normal Protein Total Level 68 g/L Normal Albumin Level 28 g/L Low (35–55 g/L) ALP 68 U/L Normal GGT 16 U/L Normal ALT 29 U/L Normal AST 22…

Chemical Contamination Hajra Takala Benedictine University Professor, David Milen, Ph.D.,MPH, MS, BA, AAS Chemical contamination refers to the presence of unwanted substances that make the food, air, or water unfit to use. There are two forms of chemical contaminants organic and inorganic. We have chemical contaminant in the substance that we are using every day. There is property or characteristic for some contaminants which is volatile, this lead to having like these contaminates in our…

everyday. My Mom and I have lived alone since the death of my Dad in 2014. My Dad passed away after a failed liver transplant after being sick in the years leading up to his death. He went on disability shortly after being diagnosed with non alcoholic cirrhosis(NASH) of the liver. After his death my Mom was able to receive survivor benefits because I am the child of a railroader. The benefits will stop after I graduate from high school. The benefits have income limit that my Mom was fearful of…

of your life as well. Common health conditions linked to alcoholism include: Breast cancer, cancer of the throat and also of the mouth, liver, colon, and esophagus; and other disorders such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, and digestive disease. If you, or someone you love, needs help or information please call Drug Treatment Centers Orangetown at 845-205-9328. We can…

A. Increase Mather and Puritan Clergyman once said ‘’Drink is in itself is a good creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan, the wine is from God, but the drunkard is from the devil. Woe to drunkards’’ (1673). The use of fermented beverages such as fruits, honey, grains and juice existed in the early years of Egyptian civilization (pubs.niaa.nih.gov). These fermented beverages were used in making alcohols. So lots of Native American…