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    Peristalsis: A Case Study

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    condition characterized by abdominal pain. Diet Therapy: • Adequate fluid intake • High fiber diet • During diverticulitis avoid high fiber diet, caffeine, chocolate, and milk Irritable Bowel Syndrome This condition cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, or constipation, and cramps. Diet Therapy: • Avoid beans, cauliflower, chocolate, alcohol, milk, fat • Avoid short chain carbohydrates (mono, di, and oligosaccharides (up to six monosaccharides)) • Avoid polyol – sugar free sweeteners • Include…

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    Tacrolimus Case Study

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    immunosuppressive drug prescribed to many transplant patients. It has many common side effects include shaking, headache, diarrhea, constipation, nausea/vomiting (N/V), stomach upset, loss of appetite, insomnia, tingling and swelling of the extremities. In kidney transplant patients, 30% or more side effects are infection, HTN, abnormal renal function, constipation, diarrhea, N/V and insomnia. A very rare disease which is usually presented in Tacrolimus induced immunodeficiency is Progressive…

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    Case Study: Prussian Blue

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    Prussian blue is used to treat thallium and radiocesium poisoning by combining the two in the intestines and stops them from being re-absorbed into the body. Overview Prussian blue treats patients with thallium or radiocesium poisoning by binding the two isotopes in the gastrointestinal tract and the combination removes the poison from the body through the patient’s stools. With the removal of thallium or radiocesium through the stool, the harm to the patient’s tissues and organs remain…

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    or gray for 2–3 days until all the barium has passed out of your body in your stool. You may be given a laxative to take in order to help remove the barium from your body. • Your health care provider may recommend other things to help prevent constipation after this procedure,…

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    Food Essay On Junk Food

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    It malnutrition and harmful to the body system. Most junk foods contain high levels of saturated fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol are toxic to health. They became a lack of dietary fiber, which can easily get involved in causing constipation and other digestive disorders. junk food has gained so much popularity due to good flavor and easy to cook. There was plenty of junk food available in the market readymade packed in a polybag. Most of the people who depend on readymade foods such…

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    The reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are known for their relatively safe list of side-effects, with common problems like constipation, weight gain, and drowsiness making their warning label. Patients who accidentally overdose on these medications show little or no side-effects (Miller). With antidepressants giving the depressed a tiny kick of energy, doctors and caregivers have…

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    celiac disease and aren’t aware. Symptoms of celiac disease may be different for an individual, which makes diagnosis challenging. One person might have constipation, the next may have diarrhea, and the last one might have no problem with stools. The gastrointestinal symptoms include: abdominal pain, bloating, gas, indigestion, constipation, decreased increased or unchanged appetite, diarrhea, lactose intolerance, nausea, vomiting, stools that are foul smelling, oily, and/or stick to the…

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    Etodolac Essay

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    3 DRUG PROFILE 3.1 ETODOLAC Etodolac (ETD) belongs to a class of drug called non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSADs). Other members of this class include aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, etc.), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), indomethacin (Indocin), nabumetone (Relafen) and numerous others. 3.1.1 Physical Characteristics: - (Brittain et al, 2002), (Dollary, 1999). IUPAC name : 1,8-Diethyl -1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrano[3,4,-b] indole-1- acetic acid…

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    how to take care of it. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, also known as IBS, is described as a disorder in which you experience abdominal pain and other symptoms. Typically, these other symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, and altering episodes of both diarrhea and constipation. Most of the time, before you know you have IBS and know how to treat it, your daily schedule is having recurrent abdominal pain from your diet and other factors such as stress. Statistics from aboutIBS.org shows…

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    IBS Case Study Essay

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    Again I personally also deal with all three of these severe symptoms as my case is very severe IBS, IBD, and Chron’s disease. Here is another list by another peer reviewed source that includes their list of triggers for IBS. Fatty foods, alcohol, caffeine and foods such as beans or high fiber foods have regularly been identified as causing IBS attacks. However, it can be difficult for some people to track down which particular foods can trigger their IBS. Further complicating the issue, not…

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