Gastroenteritis

CC: “I feel awful and ache all over” HPI: M.M. is a 19 year old female presenting to the clinic today with complaints of malaise, increased somnolence/fatigue, non-productive cough, fever/chills, headache, and generalized myalgia (7/10). Symptoms began yesterday morning, prior to school, and continued to get worse. Patient drank an energy drink around 7pm yesterday and again this morning to increase her energy but was unsuccessful. She took OTC Tylenol last night for other symptoms with no…

Case Study A 22 year old female has been brought to the emergency room after fainting at home with complaints of flu-like symptoms for the last eight days (GCU, 2010). She has reported vomiting several times a day and having difficulty keeping food or liquids down. She states she has been “taking more than the recommended dose of antacids to help with nausea symptoms”. She has become dehydrated, so an IV has been placed and fluids have been started. She also has had an arterial blood gas (ABG)…

Facts about Norovirus The norovirus is highly contagious virus that causes irritation in the stomach and intestines; resulting in stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea. The norovirus is so widespread that about one in 15 Americans will catch the norovirus every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The norovirus is one of the viruses that can cause food poisoning; according to the CDC, leafy greens, shellfish (especially oysters), and fresh fruit are the most…

Furuncular Myiasis Case Report Two college students returning to America from their study abroad program to Senegal Africa both had visited the hospital for lesions on their persons. Patient 1: A 20-year-old male presented to the emergency department with painful, pruritic, tender red lumps on the bilateral legs of 1 week’s duration. The lesions had developed 1 week after returning from a month long trip to Senegal with a volunteer youth group. He did not recall enduring any sort of painful…

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is one of the major causes of peripheral and tissue eosinophilia. EGE presents one member within the spectrum of diseases collectively referred to as eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs), which includes eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), gastritis, enteritis, and colitis[5]. It is a rare disease and pathophysiology is not clearly understood. The diagnosis of EG is difficult due to its various form of clinical presentation, and it requires a high index…

infections like meningitis, invasive gastroenteritis and endocarditis. Every year 1600 people in United States get affected, with significant mortality of 260 people annually. Listeria gastroenteritis has the third highest mortality rate among all the food born infection. Invasive listeriosis most commonly affect Pregnant women, extreme of ages, people with co morbid disease and weakened immune response. We here present a rare case of invasive listeria gastroenteritis in a 83 year old female…

causes, and prevention. Three of the main diseases or illnesses that caused death in children in the 1970s are gastroenteritis, pneumonia, and anoxia. Gastroenteritis, also known as the stomach flu, had a large death rate in the 1970s due to the few treatment options available in the 1970s. This disease is an infection of the stomach and attacks both the stomach and intestines. Gastroenteritis…

derived neurotoxin [EDN]) and lipid mediators, which are cytotoxic. In eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) cytokines interleukin (IL)-3, IL-5 and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor may be responsible for the recruitment and activation of eosinophils and hence the pathogenesis. Atopy is present in a subset of patients. However, studies also have shown non-IgE mediated mechanisms. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis runs a chronic and relapsing…

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…

Crowding plus hygiene are really protective alongside gastroenteritis, however we incorrectly point their results to breast-feeding. 6.) Knowledge and support must also be considered causal factors in this study as a special nurse worked with the mothers of the experimental group to stimulate and encourage breastfeeding…