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gastrointestinal peristalsis. Loperamide slows motility by directly affecting the nerve endings, where octreotide in addition to slowing motility, increases absorption of gastrointestinal fluid such as electrolytes as well as decreasing secretion of insulin and glucagon (Geller, Gilmore, Dix, Topping, Davison, Holland, Wingard,…

The digestive system is one of the systems in the human body. Playing a role to maintain homeostasis, it is also known as the Gastrointestinal System. The Essay will inform; the functions and structure of the digestive system, a system that the digestive system is dependent too, how the nervous system and endocrine system control with the digestive system, advanced technology and diseases that such advanced technology can be used to cure. The digestive system has two main functions; nutrients…

Jones. Mr. Jones appeared to be in distressed. He is now using his accessory muscles to breathe, crackles are heard on auscultation and there is decreased air entry in the left and right bases. Chest X ray revealed consolidation on the left lower lobe and atelectasis in the right lower lobe. After a series of investigation in the emergency department, Mr. Jones was commenced on Normal Saline at 125 mls/hr and he was given oxygen via non rebreather mask at 10L/min. He was then transferred…

Diabetes mellitus type-1, also know as type-1 diabetes, is a devastating disease that affects millions of people around the world and can be deadly if it is not properly controlled. It is caused by the autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas and is defined as the inability to produce sufficient insulin, which precludes the absorption of glucose into the body’s cells (ADA, Standards of Medical Care). Some aspects of the disease are not completely understood by the…

go up, the pancreas makes a hormone called insulin. Insulin cells absorb blood sugar to make energy. Once glucose is taken in by the cells, the levels of the bloodstream begin lowering. While this is happening, the pancreas simultaneously creates glucagon, a hormone that allows the liver to give away stored sugar. This allows the body to have a healthy supply of blood sugar.…

to rise and will activate the pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that allows cells to absorb glucose in the bloodstream to lower the blood sugar level in the blood. However when the blood stream lack glucose, pancreas will release glucagon which also is a hormone that indicates the liver to secrete stored sugar to the blood. Carbohydrates (simple carbohydrate and complex carbohydrate) play a major role in increasing or lowering blood glucose level. First, the simple carbohydrate…

• Peristalsis – rhythmic muscular contractions of the digestive track that move its contents along the digestive track. • Segmentation – contraction happening in the small intestine. It divide and mixes the chime (partially digested food and digestive juices) • Enzymes – proteins that speed up chemical reactions without change to themselves. • Esophageal sphincter – the opening between the esophagus and he stomach that relaxes and opens to allow the bolus to travel into stomach and then closes…

Does Januvia signify the beginning of Merck and Co’s (NYSE:MRK) downfall? Merck and Co. (NYSE:MRK) is one of the leading pharmaceuticals in America, if not the world. It provides top of the range healthcare solutions to almost all kind of medical problems. Recently though, Merck and Co. hit a bump in the road with its stocks coming down by 0.79% to $50.55 on Monday the 12th of October 2015 . There was one drug majorly blamed for this: Januvia. Januvia: The answer to our problems or here to raid…

Autoimmunity and the Endocrine System Chad Martin Nursing 631 Grand Canyon University December 12, 2015 Introduction The immune system in the human body is protection. Protection not only from infectious disease processes and foreign bodies but from ourselves. The immune system is great to have when working well, however, there can be unintended and serious consequences when the system fails and initiates inappropriate responses to our bodies own cells. Autoimmunity specifically is the…

diagnoses of pancreatitis it is first important to understand the function of the pancreas. The pancreas works as both an exocrine and endocrine gland. The endocrine portion of the pancreas includes the production of Insulin from beta cells, and glucagon from alpha cells which are released into the bloodstream to help regulate blood sugars.1 The pancreas works as an exocrine organ by secreting digestive enzymes that are released into the duodenum through the common bile duct along with bile from…