Headaches

The Bubonic Plague also known as “Black Death” because of its dark patches is a bacterial infection caused by infected fleas from small animals such as rats. The disease only takes about seven days to start feeling its symptoms. It killed about seventy five million people in Europe and more than sixty percent of its whole population. As more deaths occurred over the next several years the economy and livestock started decreasing and becoming more scarce. The outbreak cause much depression and…

Case 2: Drug selection in treatment of migraine-Triptan Migraine is a severe headache felt as a throbbing pain at the front or side of the head. Triptan, the 5-hydroxytryptamine agonists are widely used as first-line abortive therapies for migraine headache patients. The currently available triptans offer clear evidence of improved clinical and economic outcomes compared with previous anti-migraine therapies, such as ergotamine alkaloids. However, the clinical and economic benefits of triptans…

Seth Holmes is a cultural anthropologist and a physician. His research focuses on issues such as social inequalities, ethnic hierarchies, immigration, and healthcare. Holmes’ Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies is a riveting ethnography that describes the suffering of undocumented Triqui farmworkers from Oaxaca, Mexico. In this ethnography, Holmes calls for immigration and healthcare reform, and emphasizes the high costs to human bodies and the planet of cheap food accessible in developed countries…

According to American Psychological Association, some common symptoms of overwhelming amount of stress includes muscular problems, including tension headache, back pain, jaw pain, gut and bowel problems such as heartburn, acid stomach, flatulence, diarrhea, elevation in blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, sweaty palms, heart palpitations, dizziness, migraine headaches, cold hands or feet, shortness of breath, and chest pain (Miller & Smith, 2016). Stress can manifest itself on one’s body through…

Year to year mumps can range from a couple hundred to a couple thousand people? Mumps is virus that causes swelling to the face. In 2010 there were about 2,612 cases and in 2013 there were 229 prior to the U.S. mumps vaccination program implemented in the United States was about 186,000 cases were reported each year. Since the pre-vaccine era, there has been more than 99% decrease in mumps cases in the United States. Mumps was one of the leading causes of hospitalization during World War 1.…

damage a person’s eyes. Tablet’s can also cause headaches, blurred vision, and drowsiness if used for long periods of time (Klindt 1). While tablets can cause damage to children’s vision and brain, it also affects adults and older people. There was a report written by the American Optometric Association that suggested that students using or that have used tablets have an increased risk of computer vision syndrome (1). These symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, neck pain, fatigue, eye…

Weight gain can cause diabetes, high cholesterol and conditions that will primary affect your heart. The lack of time which can use to eat at certain times or eat unhealthy because we are in a rush and this also affects our health. Stress can cause headaches and even strokes in worst case scenarios. Stress can also cause effect on the brain specifically the hippocampus nerve related to memory. Stress can make you anxious and fearful. (Psychology media suite [Video file]. (2008). I can recognize…

In the beginning of my freshman year in high school, I used to read a lot of books. I used to read from romantic novels to long articles about conspiracies that had to do with Area 51 and extraterrestrial life. I loved the idea that I could gain so much knowledge from articles and books if I took some of my time to read it. I would read books within a week because that is how captivating and enjoyable the books were to me. However, by the end of my senior year, I had realized that I had spent…

Throughout my life I have watched people around me set good examples and bad examples. A bad example would be the consumption of marijuana. What I didn’t know was that that whenever I too an aspirin or an advil I was setting just as bad of an example. Did you know that advil contains NSAID which can cause stomach bleeding?!! Ya, me neither, but did you know marijuana can kill certain cancer cells and shrink tumors? There is much for you to learn about the complicated world of medicine, so please…

effective at 92% and 89% respectively. Emergency Contraception unlike the rest does not require specialized healthcare provider visit. Both, daily pills and emergency contraception have characteristic side effects that are similar such as nausea, headaches, and irregular menstrual…