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(Pennington). Consequently, relieving the symptoms of respiratory allergies. The application of Omalizumab is restricted to patients 6 years and older. Moreover, in the case of asthma, Omalizumab is applicable to patients who do not respond to inhaled corticosteroids. For chronic idiopathic urticaria, the patients receiving Omalizumab are typically unresponsive to H1antihistamine treatment (DailyMed). The average cost of a 151 mg of the drug is $541. The dosage of the treatment is based on the…

have little white lines running through them that are called Wickham’s Striae. There is no cure for this disease and will often go away on its own. More severe cases can be treated with certain medications such as, antihistamines, topical cream, corticosteroid (prednisone), light treatment called PUVA therapy, or retinoic acid (helps clear the skin) (American Academy of Dermatology,…

The majority of dental clinics offer emergency services to their patients, typically without an appointment. An emergency dentist will welcome a patient who is in unbearable pain, has lost a crown or is having difficulty eating due to jaw pain or broken teeth. When you have been suffering with an acute pain in your jaw, gums or teeth that has completely turned your life upside down, it's time to contact your emergency dentist at your dental clinic who can take care of the problem as soon as…

Mumps a disease that caused by Paramyxovirus. It started by fever, headache and tiredness. It could spread to transmitted by airborne respiratory droplets are coughs or sneezes, also by kissing or shared drinks or someone infected touching their nose or mouth and then passing it onto a surface that someone else may touch. This disease are children that older than 15 could have mumps, in most of the world had occurred and is common everywhere else. In the USA it peaks in late winter to early…

Cholesterol and Steroids can be important to organisms. For example. Cholesterol helps maintain the fluidity of cell membrane and cell membrane are the inside wall of our cells which is important. Cholesterol helps separate the phospholipids so that the fatty acid chains can’t come together and crystallize. Which means cholesterol helps prevent extremes[whether too fluid, or too firm] in the inside of the consistency of the cell membrane. Cholesterol may be good but also it can be…

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…

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. To fight diseases our bodies produce antibodies, but in an SLE patient’s case, their body will produce what’s called ‘autoantibodies’. This means their immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign invaders and healthy cells. These autoantibodies cause the symptoms of the disease. Lupus can affect the skin, joints,…

Multiple treatment regimens have been tested, including bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antiviral agents, nasal suctioning, and decongestants (Caswell, 2011). However, none of these treatments have had any significant impact on any of the symptoms or the course of the illness. The main management strategies for treatment are maintenance…

What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)? It is when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm to the palm of the hand, has excessive pressure on it. The median nerve is the one that gives you feeling to the bottom side of the thumb and to most of the fingers. Women from ages 30-60 years of age are three times more likely to have carpal tunnel than men. This is because the carpal tunnel itself is smaller in women then it is in men. Carpal tunnel can be caused by many other problems like…

Upon an initial assessment of the patient, my first suspicion would be that he is suffering from meningitis. Meningitis is defined as an acute inflammation that affects the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. There are many different types of bacteria, viruses, and microorganisms that can cause a person to suffer from meningitis. Since this inflammation can cause serious damage to the brain and spinal cord, this diagnosis is life threatening. The tell-tale signs of meningitis are…