Glucocorticoid

Induction therapy for ANCA-associated renal vasculitis involves the use of high dose intravenous Glucocorticoids and Cyclophosphamide, inducing remission of the disease(1,20). However, this method has a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to infection. Yet this is dependent on patient’s age, duration of the treatment and the dosage of steroids given(20)…

Abdominal pain is the most frequent reason patients seek hospital admissions, but diagnosis can be a bit challenging due to different associating conditions. The initial goal in diagnosing abdominal pain is to determine if the pain is from a benign entities or from a life threatening condition. The initial step in diagnosing abdominal pain is identifying the location of the patient’s pain which helps limit the differential diagnosis to a conditions that cause pain in a specific abdominal…

mistakes. After all of the research they’ve done they came up with a conclusion of each case. They concluded that the first patient have croup, inflammation in the upper airways due to a virus. To deal with this case they prescribed a steroid (glucocorticoid) to the patients, to reduce the inflammation in the airway. On the other side, they‘ve concluded that the second patient have an allergy from cats that’s been causing his symptoms; so, they advised the parents to keep their child away from…

article “Evolutionary Origins and Functions of the Stress Response” initially presents stress as an advantage. More often, stress is portrayed dangerously or negatively that we forget the usefulness of stress response. To illustrate, the release of glucocorticoids could, in part, protect against other aspects of defensive systems. Moreover, ACTH (hormone involved on stress release) is also found in amphibians, reptiles, and insect, and they are usually associated with immune cells that set…

1. Problem to be addressed. To study the effect of a paraprobiotic, heat inactivated Lactobacillus gasserei, on the functioning of the central nervous system using mouse models. 2. Background to the problem. The microbial composition of the gut in early life is known to influence the development and functioning of the adult brain, including behavioral functions. Many behavioural disorders like anxiety, depression and autism have been linked to severe damage to the gut microbiota. Studies have…

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a type of lung disease. That is a medical condition caused by a virus that the destruction of alveoli in the lungs,than causing swelling and fibrosis in the lung tissue and impede the work of the air sacs and prevents oxygen from reaching the blood. SARS is attached with flu-like syndrome, is viruses called the SARS-CoV which forward into pneumonia and from time to time the disease caused to death many people. The history of severe acute respiratory…

Degenerative disease experienced at a higher rate among Japanese Americans The degenerative disease I chose is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may experience trouble with breathing, and coughing. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a term that is used to described a progressive lung disease. One of the biggest causes of COPD is cigarette smoking, and secondhand smoking. Pollutants that are found in the environment like…

Someone can get primary adrenal insufficiency if they have been taking glucocorticoids like prednisone for a prolonged period. Glucocorticoids, like prednisone, is an immunosuppressant drug that helps to treat cancer, arthritis, and most form of inflammation. Primary adrenal insufficiency can also be caused by infections, tuberculosis, tumors or cancer within…

Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is an uncommon form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), it is a cancer which affects a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes in the lymphatic system. There are three main types of BL (endemic, sporadic and immunodeficiency related). The endemic type of Burkitt’s lymphoma is considerably more common in sub-Saharan Africa, in where it has a close link to Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) and Malaria, whereas the sporadic type only has a 20% association with the EB virus and is…

Treatment of co-morbid alcoholism and PTSD in veterans ? comparison with other drug dependencies 11-15-16 Loggins, K., Gutierrez, C.A., PharmD, Wilcox, R.E., PhD.* Target: Journal of Addiction and Preventive Medicine ABSTRACT Combat instigated PTSD is one of the more complicated psychological conditions that occur in the modern world. To add to the complications of treatment, PTSD is often accompanied by other psychological comorbidities and substance use disorders; of which the most…