Cyanosis

Congenital heart disease, or CHD, is a problem with the heart's structure and function that is present at birth. Congenital heart disease can describe a number of different problems affecting the heart. It is the most common type of birth defect. CHD causes more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defects. There are many causes of CHD including problems with genes or chromosomes in the child, taking certain medications, drugs, or alcohol during pregnancy,and a viral infection,…

Many people are unaware of the common yet preventable causes seen every day that obesity is capable of producing. Whether it may be because it is cheaper and/or convenient, many people today are not making healthy choices. Restaurants and fast food chains are now introducing bigger portions to satisfy their customers, which more likely will lead to over eating and poor diet. Lack of physical activity is also a key component to the root of obesity considering that those who tend to eat more than…

symptoms of Crohn’s disease which is very common in long-term smokers. Lastly, during the examination of Mr.T’s upper and lower extremities, the nurse is likely to detect decreased peripheral pulses, lower temperatures in the extremities, pallor cyanosis of the skin, and prolonged capillary refill (Ignatavicius, 2010, pp.…

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is an abnormal communication between the atria (McCance, Huether, Brashers, & Rote, 2010, p. 1219). It is considered as the fourth most common congenital heart defect, comprising about 5% to 10% of all congenital cardiac defects. The causes of ASD remains unknown, but it was thought that genetics play a role. A person with no other heart defect, or a small defect (less than 5 millimeters) may remain asymptomatic, or manifest symptoms later in life ("MedlinePlus," 2014)…

used in many industries including mining and iron and steel production. Additionally, cyanide treats wastewater. According to Wu, F. et al. (2014), socio economics status would be a factor likely to increase exposure of foodborne toxicity because people with low-income consume only one or two foods. On the other hand, children under 18 years old are at high risk in toxicological effects of cyanide since they are immature and differ from adult (ATSDR, 2006). Cyanide compounds would be lethal…

Handedness is dominance of one hand over the other , or the unequal distribution of fine motor skills between right and left hands. It refers to the tendency of humans to be more dextrous or skilled with one hand over the other. By self report the rates of right , left and mixed handedness are 56.1%,26.3% and 17.5% respectively. The rate of handedness conversion is 2.7% to 11.8% in prior studies based on the total population including innately right handed people. The rate of conversion of…

Healthcare-Associated Infections definition Healthcare-Associated infections are patients’ infections that happen when the patients are receiving treatments in a health care setting for health issues either medical or surgical condition. There are many places where healthcare-associated infections can happen such as hospital’s inpatient care, outpatient clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, nursing homes, end-stage renal disease facilities, and rehabilitation centers (Health.gov, 2016). Types of…

Hemorrhagic Shock Christina Furino LVN semester Abstract Did you know that there are over thirty different kinds of shock; but upon those there is one major shock, Hemorrhagic shock that I will be discussing today. Hemorrhagic shock also known as hypovolemic shock is one of the most common kinds of shock. Hemorrhagic occurs when the body has insufficient blood volume to maintain adequate cardiac output. This can happen from GI bleeds, childbirth massive blunt force…

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting all ages. Epileptic seizures occur as a brain insult that results in one of three forms. Seizures can be systemic, toxic or metabolic. Epilepsy has been defined as brain disorder characterized by enduring predisposition to generate seizures, by the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological and social consequences of the condition. An epileptic seizure is defined as a transient event of signs and symptoms due to abnormal excessive neuronal…

Anorexia Nervosa, or simply Anorexia, is an eating disorder distinguished by unusually low body weight, along with extreme fear and anxiety about gaining weight and a distorted observation of their own weight. These individuals go so far as restricting how much food they consume, monitoring calorie intake and even using enemas, diuretics, laxatives or other dietary weight loss aids. It is important to know that this condition even though this condition appears to be about food, it is more…