Ibuprofen

Pathophysiology One of the babies I cared for today was born at 33 weeks and was born with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). When the baby is in the mother’s uterus, the ductus arteriosus (DA) diverts blood from the pulmonary artery and moves it directly into the aorta, bypassing pulmonary circulation, because the lungs are not functioning and are filled with fluid. The DA opening is possible through the production of prostaglandins in the vessel allowing for it to stay patent (Kim, 2015, p.1).…

calculated instead of aspirin. However, Figure 2 shows that in lane 3 aspirin has an R_f value between acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Therefore, this substance has a polarity in-between ibuprofen (low polarity) and acetaminophen (high polarity). Acetaminophen has a high polarity, this is known because the corresponding spot did not travel far on the silica gel. On the other hand, ibuprofen has a low polarity, which is known because the corresponding spot traveled the furthest on the TLC plate…

Opioids No Better Than Ibuprofen for Chronic Pain In the article it talks about opioids and how opioids may reduce pain but has more of a risk benefactor when taking them. When taking drugs such as, Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs they can reduce pain without the risk of accidental death and addiction. Opioids effect people’s daily life’s when doing their daily activities. Some of those activities can be walking working, sleeping and enjoying life.…

Barbara Ehrenreich, in her book Nickel and Dimed, brings attention to and informs readers of the issues she faced throughout her experiment regarding nutrition and health - an often overlooked byproduct of poverty. Ehrenreich often speaks of dietary and nutritional matters throughout Nickel and Dimed because that issue becomes a byproduct of working low wage jobs which she experiences directly. For example, in Florida, Ehrenreich mentions how her daily lunch consists of the same, small sandwich…

without a medical prescription could have unpredicted impacts on person’s health and may causes severe side effects. Before seven years ago, when I had fever, and my body temperature was about 38.4 degree Celsius. I thought that taking a dosage of Ibuprofen will help me relieve and alleviate my physical pains like headache and stomachache. But as stated by Szalavitz, “we substitute one risk for another” (253). In which I never realized that there would be side effects associated with this…

spring water to get the normal heart rate of the worms. The other control was a caffeine solution that served as our positive control. Our other solutions that we exposed the worms to consisted of increasing concentrations of two different NSAIDs (ibuprofen and aspirin). For each NSAID, we had a solution equivalent to the recommended dosage for a person based on body weight (the proportional dosage solution), ten times the concentration of this initial solution based on the body weight of the…

Interview and the Health History February 5, 2016 Time: 0815 Identifying Information Ms. C. F. is a pleasant, oriented, 72 year old, widowed female. She is a retired housekeeper residing in Michie, Tennessee. She presents to the clinic today with complaints of an itchy rash under her right axilla that is accompanied by severe pain that radiates toward her right scapula. She states her right ear is also aching. Source and Reliability Self-referred. Deemed reliable. Says she came to clinic…

The patient is a 44-year-old individual who sustained an injury on 10/20/15 due to grabbing. She presented with a left wrist pain described as severe. A detailed examination of the upper extremities revealed tenderness over the median nerve at the wrist with a positive Tinel’s sign. There was tenderness over the ulnar nerve at the elbow with a positive Tinel’s sign. There was a diminished sensation primarily in the ring and small fingers. There was tenderness over the flexor carpi ulnaris…

When staff arrived at work, William was standing outside talking to other boys. Staff came in and got report from off going staff. After staff got report from off going staff, staff went outside and William told staff he wants to go to the bank to cash his check. Staff and William left Cyma care at 3:30pm and went to Walmart for William to cash his check, after he was done cashing his check he told staff he wanted staff to take him to Salvation Army and then pizza hut. Staff took William to…

Companies that produce protein powders as a supplement have been found to be spiking their protein blends by third party testing. This spiking has a number of different names that all mean the same; the only difference is how one describes the process of spiking such as nitrogen, protein, and/or amino spiking. Through third party testing of different blends of protein powder, companies discovered a way to lie to the total number of grams of protein that is actually in the blend. When testing the…