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describing disease process and medication regimen at all times. Instruct patients that behavioral changes, skin rash, fever, sore throat, mouth ulcers, easy bruising, petechiae, unusual bleeding, abdominal pain, chills, rash, pale stools, dark urine, or jaundice, angioedema (swelling of the lips, throat, and difficulty breathing), needs to be reported to a health care professional immediately (Deglin, Vallerand, & Sanoski, 2014, p.…

Midwife A midwife has to be confident and be able to work under high pressure because their role is the most physically and mentally challenging. Midwives are involved with patients who want to have a baby, during their pregnancy, during labour and birth, and for up to 28 days after the baby has been born. Before any pregnancy they give advice and plan with the patient. During pregnancy they monitor, examine the women and unborn baby providing antenatal care, if any risk or abnormality is…

Many environmental factors play a role in the health of your unborn child therefore creating a risk factor for your child developing cerebral palsy. Small habits such as smoking drinking alcohol and use of any illicit drugs is putting your unborn baby at risk for permanent and potential health One of the most common questions about cerebral palsy is, is cerebral palsy genetic? 'A growing body of evidence ' suggests that cerebral palsy is a result of a combination of genetic factors, like those…

For those interested in improving their social status, wanting confidence, and desire to have that beautiful Barbie body should STOP! Say ‘goodbye’ to that thought, and say ‘hello’ to that beautiful person standing in the mirror staring back at thyself. Being perfect is the pressure that is forced upon women, teens, preteens, and even young girls. Society’s standards are too high for girls, and that pressure is forced onto them to become someone they’re not, rather than to be happy.…

Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease (infection) caused by the Hepatitis C virus. This disease is spread from person to person through blood contact and bodily fluids. You cannot transmit it or catch it by shaking hands or hugging. A mother who has Hepatitis C can pass it to her baby during birth both by caesarean or vaginal delivery, although there is only a 5-10% chance. There is no research showing that breastfeeding is a current risk of passing the virus from mother to child. Hepatitis…

Hypothyroidism in Adolescents, Adults, and The Elderly Hypothyroidism, commonly referred to as underactive thyroid disease, is a disorder where the thyroid gland in a person’s body slows its production of hormones. This in turn causes a person’s body to create less energy, therefore making that person’s metabolism exceptionally lethargic and unresponsive. Studies show that, over 1/10 of the U.S. population alone suffer from hypothyroidism. There are many different theories on what exactly…

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder, in which people have abnormal hemoglobin. This causes a variety of problems for the person throughout their entire life, but severity of the disease varies. Sickle Cell Disease is not necessarily deadly, but it decreases the average life expectancy of a persson. In countries like the United states, a person with Sickle Cell Disease has a life expectancy of about forty to sixty years. Other than stem cell transplants there is no cure…

As a result, the liver cannot make a sufficient amount of protein or filter toxins out of the blood. As the liver function decrease, fewer proteins such as albumin are produced causing fluid buildup (edema or ascites). Some symptoms include: jaundice, portal hypertension, fatigue, and skin itching (pruritus). According to Fullwood D. (2014) a liver biopsy is used to confirm the stage of ARLD and is required for an official diagnosis. The recommended energy intake for patients with…

Color Therapy, or Chromotherapy, is used as an alternative to medicine and is considered to be a type of pseudoscience. Color therapy is a holistic and non-invasive, yet powerful, type of therapy that goes back to thousands of years. Color therapy can be found in India, China and Egypt texts that are ancient. Color is a light of wavelengths and energies used in color therapy. The light affects all living cells. When this light is used correctly, it can have a healing effect on humans, animals…

Signs and Symptoms There are a few indications to look out for when thrombocytopenia is the suspected disorder an individual is suffering from. We know that thrombocytopenia is caused by a low platelet (Thrombocyte) count which would result in a bodies hindered ability to perform important blood clotting functions [2]. Most of the time the symptoms aren’t life threatening and in mild cases the person suffering from the disorder doesn't even experience any related symptoms [3]. In severe cases,…