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    the joker, moon knight, dick grayson, Scarecrow,gambit, and x-23 Now, I bet that you know one or two of these characters, but most are obscure. I’m about to tell you about all of them, even some stuff that you didn’t know about these people. Now i'm going to tell you about the joker. He was a normal criminal once, just stealing to keep his family alive, until he falls into a vat of chemicals and gets horribly transfigured and changed his normal skin tone to white. He committed crimes and ten was…

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    provided relief for aches and fever. Anthihistamines reduce secretions that cause runny nose and watery eyes. Decongestants reduce nasal congestion by shrinking blood vessels in nose lining to clear passages and restore free breathing. Cough suppressants reduce cough reflex. Expectorants provide relief from chest congestion by loosening the…

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    The author, Lenny Bernstein, writes about how a mother of seven children was against vaccinating her children until all of them got the whooping cough disease. Bernstein currently writes for the Washington Post and typically covers medicine and health. He attended Trinity College where he studied American Studies, and he also graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan where he studied American Culture. In this post Bernstein seems like he is against the anti-vaccination…

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    Pertussis Pathophysiology

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    Pertussis Pathophysiology Pertussis is an extremely contagious respiratory infection that is usually referred to as “whooping cough”. This is a respiratory disease that is caused by the organism Bordetella pertussis this is a gram- negative bacteria that is transmitted only from human to human. Pertussis is transmitted through droplets up to 3 weeks after the cough has started if untreated. After it is inhaled the organism attaches itself to the ciliated respiratory epithelial cells that are in…

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    Pertussis

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    known as whooping cough, is a very contagious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Infection occurs from breathing in the bacteria carried on droplets of others coughs and sneezes. The bacteria then attaches itself to the lining of the airways in the respiratory system which allows the release of toxins that prohibit the lungs from moving fluids and germs out. Because of this, mucus is concentrated in the lungs and causes an uncontrollable cough. The brutal cough makes it very…

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    History (PMHx) includes Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), bronchiectasis, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, asthma, and interstitial lung disease. Patient presents with 1-week history of subjective fever and worsening cough. Patient was previously admitted due to congestion and cough with fever, discovered to have bronchiectasis exacerbation requiring IV meropenem. Patient’s past medical history is combined T and B cell Immunodeficiency, chronic interstitial lung disease with bronchiectasis,…

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    I noticed my patient had a cough and had the suctioning machine at her bed side. Overall though, her lung sounds were clear and had an unlabored respiratory effect. Personally, I did not think her cough was severe. She has a minimal cough, without reading her record I would have never guessed she had two respiratory infections. Lastly, one out of her two nursing diagnosis is risk…

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    Pneumonia in Children Pneumonia is a serious life threatening illness in children. It is a form of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) that affects the lungs that are made up of small sacs called ‘Alveoli’. Hen hey get infected, these alveoli fill with pus and fluids. This makes it difficult for the baby to breathe and limits the oxygen intake. The Scary Statistics: • Pneumonia is the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five. • Each year, pneumonia takes the life of 1.4 million…

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    One event was when the ghost’s started talking to Briony telling her to stop the workers from taking the swamps water or the Boggy Mun, the swamp ruler will get mad, and give everyone the swamp cough which could kill them.…

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    or food allergies and a history of several URI and common colds who presented to clinic with chief complaint of “I go through periods when I cough a lot, I never cough up anything; its just a dry, hacking cough. I have coughing episodes after I swim in the pool, and it seems like I just can't take a deep breath.” Aside from her periodic nonproductive cough and childhood respiratory complications, Amy denies any chronic illnesses, surgeries, major accidents, prior hospitalization, smoking…

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