Colonoscopy

From June 27 to the present, I have been volunteering as a Student Ambassador at Pennsylvania hospital. I work throughout the hospital in various departments, depending on the day of the week. My supervisor is Ms. Barb, who assigns us into different departments and makes sure that we sign in and out for the day. Pennsylvania Hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital is known to have been the first hospital in the American colonies and is…

Faye was seen today following her PET scan and EBUS biopsy of her right upper lobe lesion. Unfortunately it has revealed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma and the PET san was positive in the area of the lesion. Reassuringly though there was no evidence of loco-regional lymph node spread or any evidence of distal metastases. This would normally suggest a stage 1 lung cancer but the complicating factor here is that the immunohistochemical staining has come back positive for an…

few, if any at all, symptoms. Because of this reason, doctors tend to recommend having regular screening tests to help prevent colon cancer by recognising and removing polyps before they become colon cancer. Screening tests usually consist of; colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, double-contrast barium enema, CT colonography, and stool tests. Screening is the best tool to find polyps while they are small and treatable. Most cases…

however, dialysis was not needed at that time because the kidney function began to improve. She said she would have refused the dialysis treatment anyways. She also has profound anemia and she has refused treatment for that as well. The doctor does a colonoscopy on the patient to see if she had cancer. The test showed that she at some time had a malignant spot, but it had cured itself. The patient is now asking for her pacemaker to be turned off so she can die. Her reasons for wanting to die…

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any part of the digestive tract or GI tract. The most common portion affected is the terminal portion of the ileum, or the first part of the large intestines. That is why another name for this disease is called ileitis or enteritis. According to Nordqvist “Approximately one fifth of all people with Crohn’s disease have a close relative with some type of inflammatory bowel disease. People of Jewish descent have a higher chance of…

Crohn’s disease is a form of inflammatory bowl disease also known as IBD that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms of this disease vary between people depending on where it occurs in the bowel, and the severity of the inflammation. Typically, the signs and symptoms will be chronic diarrhea that contains pus, blood, or mucus, weight loss, fever, gastralgia (stomach pain), cramping, and rectal bleeding. It is not known how one gets crohn’s disease, but there are a few factors that…

A new and intriguing discovery has let us to change on how we see poop. Despite the stench of the feces, Dr. Thomas Louie of the University of Calgary has made up a way to use stool bugs as a pill to cure a fatal gut disease known as Clostridium difficile or C-diff. Half a million Americans get infected with this disease and about 14,000 die each year. You can get this by touching surfaces contaminated with feces, then touch your mouth. Symptoms include nausea, cramps, and diarrhea. These…

Why practice based on Evidence-based practice? According to Warren, McLaughlin, Bardsley, Eich, Esche, Kropkowski and Risch (2016), evidence-based practice has been defined as a problem solving approach to the implementation of healthcare. This approach includes the best practice possible based on clinical evidence of experience and patient centered values to improve patient outcomes while improving patient safety through quality of care by reducing inconsistences. Whether using best research…

later during a follow up colonoscopy the doctors found a growth in her colon. This time no chemo or radiation she had to have surgery immediately. She ended up getting a colostomy. My mother is now seventy-five years old and has dementia. She doesn’t remember what she had for lunch some days but, she never forgets me taking care of her when she was sick. My mom didn’t get her annual physical exams as she should have. She had no idea that you should have your first colonoscopy at age fifty or get…

Stacey Simon released an article on behalf of the American Cancer Society on cancer statistics. This article is based on research from the past two decades, showing that the death rate fell for men and women by 23%. The article reports statistics on “lung, colon, prostate and breast cancer” along with new cancers that are increasing, and cancer in children. The rate of new cancer diagnosis from 2009 to 2012 decreased by 3.1% in men, but stayed about the same in women. Cancer Statistics, 2016…