Hyperthyroidism

Delirium is a state of mental confusion that develops quickly and usually varies in intensity and is a syndrome, or group of symptoms, initiated by a disruption in the usual performance of the brain (Delirium, 2015a). An individual suffering from delirium has a reduced awareness of and responsiveness to the environment, which may be exhibited as disorientation, incoherence, and memory disturbance (Delirium, 2015a). Hallucinations, delusions, and dream-like states are often exhibited when an…

The term health can be categorized as either mental or physical. Mental health refers to a patient’s cognitive, psychological, and intellectual state of being. Physical health refers to a patient’s physiological and biological state of being. A patient’s health determines how they go on with their lives. There are different levels and dimensions to health, with each encompassing its own array of benefits and detriments. Society may judge health by physical appearance. For example, being…

THE PHYSICS BEHIND RADIOTHERAPY What is radiotherapy? Radiotherapy is the treatment of disease, but predominantly cancer, which uses forms of radiation. It uses high-energy rays to treat disease and it works by destroying cancer cells in the area that's being treated. With external radiotherapy a carefully controlled beam of radiation targets the area where the cancer cells are found. A team of radiation therapists, cancer specialists and physicists try to work out the best way to target the…

density in your bones. Also smoking, alcoholism, caffeine intake, and malnutrition are major risk factors. Malnutrition can include not enough intake of calcium. People that are lactose intolerant are also at risk. Some endocrine disorders such as hyperthyroidism, hyperparathryroidism, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cushing’s syndrome put people at risk. Major complications that occur with this disorder can be hip and wrist factures, loss of mobility and compression fractures of the…

single out any one cause. Secondary Hypertension is when the high blood pressure comes as a result of something else. This can be another disease or disorder. Secondary Hypertension can be a result of hormone replacement therapy, kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, and many other reversible or controllable…

Chronic Kidney Disease is also known as Chronic Kidney Failure. This diagnosis describes a set of renal-degenerative symptoms and stages that eventually lead to dialysis, kidney transplant, and/or death. What makes chronic kidney disease so dangerous is its innocuity. Its early symptoms are often nonspecific and can appear to be from other illnesses. Usually, by the time the kidney damage is noticed due to loss of function, it is irreversible. Due to advancing medical technology, improved…

hamster, cat, turkey, bovine and sheep. Animal models for hypertrophy are rat{ aortic constriction, pulmonary artery constriction, hypertension (renal ischemia, DOCA, Dahl salt sensitive, spontaneous hypertension rats) arteriovenous fistula, hyperthyroidism, hypoxia, catecholamines and exercise}, rabbit, dog, pig, cat, hamster, ferret, sheep, baboon, guinea pig, mouse (renal ischemia, exercise, aortic constriction) and transgenic (gene over-expression, gene mutation and knock out gene) animals.…

β-blockers were however indicated for some cases of hyperthyroidism (Levy et al 1970). The first generation beta-blockers such as propranolol, nadolol, timolol and pindolol were non-selective, so resulted in blockage of β2-receptors in smooth muscle within the bronchi. This became an issue when constriction of…

Schizophrenia is the scientific name for depression. Schizophrenia symptoms are most likely to be negative, instead of being positive such as, losing interest in daily activities like going walking or watching football, feeling out of touch with people such as family and friends, lack of feeling or emotion (apathy), and inappropriate feelings in certain situations. It affects people differently and symptoms can vary from person to person. Some people may have many symptoms, while others may only…

with deuterons and some with neutrons to reveal iodine 131, which had a half-life of eight days. (talk about iodine 131’s importance). In Seaborg’s life, the meaning of this element held major importance due to its aid in his mother’s cure of hyperthyroidism. Seaborg and Jack also discovered cobalt 60, which is also a critical medical isotope. Cobalt 60 emits gamma radiation which in turn focuses directly on cancer cells to destroy it. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans have had their cancers…