Diverticulosis

Home Health Aide: Digestion The three most common digestive disorders in American seniors are constipation, diverticulosis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). WebMD estimates that nearly 40 percent of seniors over 60 will experience at least one of these disorders. There are many different causes behind digestive disorders in seniors. However, there are some common lifestyle changes that can significantly improve most of them. For example, smoking weakens the muscular flap (esophageal…

gastrointestinal tract declines, slowing down the storage of digestive juices. Peristalsis, a wavelike motion of the colon moves waste through the large intestine, also slows down, often resulting in chronic constipation in older people. Increased risk of diverticulosis and polyps – and for some - the development of colorectal cancer are common ailments of an aging gut. When detected early, cancers within the colon are treatable. Approximately 80% of colon cancers can be observed and removed…

EVALUATING THE EXPRESSION 15-HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE IN COLON CANCER TREATED WITH ASPIRIN According to the World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) men (black men more specifically) in the United States have the highest incidence of colorectal cancer as compared to women. Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum due to the abnormal cell proliferation caused by Prostaglandin E2(PGE2). PGE2 is increased or stimulated by…

Etiology & Incidence: In the US, the third most common gastrointestinal illness requiring hospitalization and the leading indication for elective colon resection is diverticulitis. Of the people who have diverticulosis, 4-15% of the patients will develop diverticulitis, and increasing with age. An older belief was diverticulitis was caused by an obstruction of the diverticula (fecaliths), current belief is it is related to pressure or inspissated particles in the lumen. Other things believed to…

Support of assessment Subject and objective data are separate assess that are important in the assessment of the patient. In a subjective data the patient, tell you what is going on with him or her in his or her own words, which can only be measured by the patient. It is also used to determine the success of a procedure or an outcome (Harreld et al. 2013). The patient will be able to tell how they feel after the process. Objective data, on the other hand, is information obtained from the…

Did you lose weight while you were attending the DPP, and has your weight changed since then? Christine: I lost four pounds and I kept that off. I lost that the second week and now I am jut stable and stay at the four. I get my book our every now and then, but like I said, it is such a hassle to track all of these grams and keep my calories down too. That was another thing, if I keep around one thousand to eleven hundred calories, I could lose the weight, but if I stayed at the twelve hundred,…

Monitoring daily personal diet and exercise routines is a great way to help a person assess more about themselves from a health standpoint. By keeping track of the nutrients one takes in on a daily basis a person can figure out what diseases or health related problems one may be putting themselves at risk for as a result of their diet. Personally I have never taken advantage of monitoring my daily activity and diet. This most likely is because I have always had a routine created for me to follow…

Erythritol – Your New Favorite (Antioxidant-Rich, Diabetic-Friendly) Sugar Substitute! The verdict is in: Sugar is BAD for our health! But, does this mean we’ll never again be able to enjoy a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a plate of warm, chewy cookies, or a heavenly handful of candy ever again? Absolutely not! Thankfully, there is a sweetener out there that tastes like sugar, bakes like sugar, and can even improve your health (unlike sugar). It’s called erythritol (pronounced Air…

I was using baby wipes, antibiotic creams, creams to ease the burning and stinging and a hospital strength pain relieving spray. I also tried several kinds of diaper rash products, thinking that may help. However, nothing completely relieved those symptoms, or healed the rash, until after I had stopped taking the Benicar and the diarrhea had stopped. December 3, 2011- I ended up going to the emergency room at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital @ Hamilton, again. I had severe nausea,…

Chapter 1 Introduction Waste generated from food industries is a source of an untapped energy which is mostly dumped inland fills whereby it releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It is very difficult to treat and recycle food waste due to its composition. Food industry produces large volumes of wastes, both solids and liquid, resulting from the production, preparation and consumption of food. These wastes lead to increasing waste disposal and can pose severe pollution problems and…