Corticosteroid

of magnesium sulphate. This medicine reduces muscle contractions and blocks the communication (impulse) from nerves to the muscles, which helps prevent seizures. Medicines to lower and control blood pressure may also be used. Steroid hormones (corticosteroids) may be given to help your baby's lungs mature faster. Your health care provider may recommend that you take one low-dose aspirin (81 mg) each day to help prevent high blood pressure during your pregnancy if you are at risk for…

inflammation. Primary adrenal insufficiency can also be caused by infections, tuberculosis, tumors or cancer within the body and certain type of blood thinners. Adrenal insufficiencies can be caused if a patient does not take the administered amount of corticosteroid medication prescribed. An injury to the hypothalamus can cause Addison’s disease. The hypothalamus is in the brain that produces hormones that tell the endocrine glands to begin or stop production of hormones. An injury to the…

In chapter 13 the key points of focus are stress, health and coping. As defined by the cognitive appraisal model, stress is a negative emotional state that is in occurrence to events that are seen as appraised as taxing or exceeding one's resources. Psychologists that study stress and other psychological factors that influence health, illness and treatment are health psychologist. Events or situations that produce stress are known as stressors. Significant sources of stress include daily…

one performed in the next couple of days. Moving forward, with regards to her inhalers, given her hoarse voice, I have discussed swapping her over to Spiriva as he long-acting bronchodilator and I think she would be safe not to be on inhales corticosteroids, given the mild to moderate nature of her COPD and the fact that she had not had more than two exacerbations in the last twelve months. She had one exacerbation requiring prednisolone this year and then responded very well to this and, as…

To sweat (sweating) What is hyperhidrosis? Hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating is a common disease that can cause a lot of stress and unhappiness. It is estimated that up to 3% of the population in the UK suffer from armpit (armpit sweating) or soles of the feet and excessive sweat (palladium hyperhidrosis). The armpit problems tend to start in the late adolescence, while the palms and single sweats tend to start as early as 13 years old (average). Untreated, these problems may extend the whole…

and the virus remains dormant in the host for the host’s remaining life, treatment of Epstein-Barr virus focuses on treating secondary infections of the virus, and easing the symptoms of the virus. An example of treating the symptoms would be corticosteroid medication being prescribed to help ease severely swollen throats and tonsils. (Epstein - Barr virus Infection: Symptoms and…

The common symptoms of bacterial meningitis are fever, vomiting, severe and persistent headache, stiff and painful neck, confusion, unconsciousness, and seizures. One of apparent signs is that people who has infected are inability to lower their chin to chest due to stiffness in the neck. Symptoms can be varied depends on age as well. In infant or young children, they experience fever, cold, unusual cry, rapid breathing, or grunting, refusing food, and vomiting. In adults, besides those symptoms…

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that is for a long term. And it’s happen in the joints, surrounding tissue and other organs causing inflammation of those organs. Causes: The cause of RA is unknown and not clear. It is an autoimmune disease which means that the body attacks by mistake their own immune system and the healthy cells. But it's thought it may involve environmental factors, genetic makeup and hormones changes. Smoking may involve to RA. It happens…

Prednisone: 5mg daily PO. Patient is on this medication for severe inflammation and due to immune suppression from chemo/radiation. (deltasone, meticorten, prednisone intensol) anti-inflammatory med, corticosteroid. Side effects: peptic ulcer/possible perforation, depression, hypertension, circulatory problems, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal distension, hyperglycemia, psychic derangements. Nursing considerations: monitor blood sugar in diabetic patients due to cause’s hyperglycemia. Contact…

Endocrine System The endocrine system is basically the network of glands that secrete hormones into the blood stream which regulates activities of cells or organs. The sexual development and function of the body and the metabolism are two examples of what the endocrine systems does. The major contributors to the endocrine system include the pituitary gland, thyroid, hypothalamus, parathyroid, adrenal glands, pineal body, reproductive glands, and the pancreas. The pituitary gland is…