Inflammatory bowel disease

who is a practicing Hindu. After being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, he had a surgical colon resection. Currently Mr. Hall is 36 hours post-operation, on a clear liquid diet, and continuing intravenous fluid replacement. Upon the return of bowel sounds, his diet will progress to continuous tube feedings through a nasogastric tube. The constant pace of continuous feedings will prevent risks of intolerance and aspiration of the formula. Progression of Mr. Hall’s diet from continuous tube…

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is a cognitive disorder with two forms: neurodegenerative and vascular disorders. Neurodegenerative is a deterioration of the mind and vascular disorders are caused by a decreased blood supply to the brain.(Lewis et al., 2014, p. 1444) With Alzheimer’s disease, the brain starts to change with age and brain transmitters start to get covered with plaque, get tangled, louse connections, and cause death in some transmitters. These…

children aged 2-11, and boys are affected twice as often as girls. A seasonal variation with a peak incidence in spring has been noted. The disorder was named after two German physicians, Eduard Henoch and Johann Schonlein, who first described the disease in the 1800s. Sometimes it’s also called allergic purpura or anaphylactoid purpura. (www.kidshealth.org) SYMPTOMS _ The most striking feature of HSP is a purplish rash, typically on the buttocks, and lower extremities, but it can also appear…

for dogs to manage health issues such as osteoarthritis, canine atopy, and other skin allergies and diseases. In humans, it is also used to help with cardiovascular diseases, but since dogs generally do not have as much concern for cardiovascular issues like humans do, it is not considered a preventative for cardiovascular issues in canines. Since this is about fish oil as…

Inflammation is an essential part and highly regulated response to injury that promotes healing and provides protection against infection. Inflammation is frequently painful and hot, which can be easily controlled by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. In 2012, 98 million NSAIDs were prescribed in the U.S. (“Treating Osteoarthritis and Pain” www.consumerreports.com) NSAIDs are commonly used to treat pain and reduce fever and inflammation by reducing the amount of prostaglandins the body makes.…

Cite! Fibromyalgia is referred to as an arthritis associated condition. Fibromyalgia has been around as early as the 1800’s. According to “spine-health” Fibromyalgia was seen in 1904, by pathologist Ralph Stockman”. Dr. Stockman first found the inflammatory changes in the fibrous the intra-muscular septa a.k.a. the thin membrane that divides two soft masses of tissue. The difference between arthritis and fibromyalgia is that unlike arthritis; fibromyalgia…

Tenvir-EM vs Truvada Truvada and Tenvir-EM are two drugs that are categorized as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP for short. PrEP is a medication that prevents the contraction of HIV. It is most commonly prescribed to individuals who are at high risk for contraction, mainly gay men. PrEP is only prescribed to people who are healthy and do not have HIV. PrEP is not a treatment, only a preventative measure. PrEP has been shown to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 92%. Tenvir-EM is the…

the hospital dehydrated, skinny, exhausted, and suffering with my first perianal abscess. When I told my doctors again what I thought was wrong, they ordered more tests—and, finally, a colonoscopy. My hunch was right. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and my life changed forever. Lesson One: Adaptability. My first experience in the hospital was my worst. It was a new world to me. I didn’t know how to be sick. I felt helpless. My mom ran from doctor to doctor, nurse to nurse asking…

parental poverty and low educational levels are associated with the child not receiving the proper immunizations. Achieving the child-survival, the Millennium Development Goals may require attention to a range of childhood morbidities, such as diarrheal diseases, malaria, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition…

non living reservoirs. Human Reservoirs is a source of infection by which a human acts as the host to a pathogenic microorganism. There are two types of Human reservoirs, these include: acute and carriers. Acute is people who are infected with the disease agent and become ill. Carriers are individuals that harbour the infectious agent but are not ill, serving as a source by which other individuals can be infected. Animal reservoirs are the same as human reservoirs. They are in two categories,…