Jaundice

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

Telehealth technology is rapidly evolving with the potential to use video capability to promote health to individuals in rural and underserved populations (Hall & McGraw, 2014). Use of telehealth technology for breastfeeding is an area of promise that could help meet the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Healthy People.gov (n.d.) objective of 25.5% of infants that are exclusively breastfeeding by six months. The purpose of this paper is to analyze: the impact of…

15) There are various symptoms of this disease. Some symptoms can be known as swelling in your body such as in your feet, and hands. Another symptom is very unusual dark urine, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. The main symptom is known to be jaundice. Jaundice is the yellowing of your skin, eyes, or anywhere that is a part of your body. Risk factors are the number one common factors of increasing your chance to either get this disease or make it worst. The number one risk factor is heavy…

Plants have major role in changing the life of human civilization both for health as well as quality life from ancient times. Since inception of knowledge about the usefulness, out of 258,650 species of higher plants 10% are considered to be useful for curing the diseases. (Shinwari 2010). From the human civilization different systems of treatments like Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Sidha, Homeopathy and many more have been devised ; but the source almost remain same i.e., medicinal plants for…

symptoms: Patient denies fever, chills, sweats, fatigue, unexplained weight change. The patient states she has good hydration and nutritional intake. Patient well kept, dressed well and appropriate mood. Skin, Hair Nails: Patient denies rashes, jaundice, pruritus discharge, or any new skin abnormalities, bruising or bleeding. Head: The patient denies headache or head pain and denies head or neck trauma, pain or limitation of range of motion to head or neck. Eyes: Patient reports no visual…

female baby born on March 18, 2015 and weighed 6 pounds. She was assessed on September 24, 2015 at 10:00 am. She resides in Tallahassee, Florida with her mom, dad, and brother. She was born at 38.4 weeks gestation age. She was diagnosed with mild jaundice at birth. She is now 6 months, 6 days old. She stays at home with her father five days a week. She does not receive weekly therapy. She sees a Physician every two months. She had the 4 months required shots and scheduled to get 6 months shots…

A Brief overview of Cerebral Palsy and how it can be classified Cerebral Palsy or CP, is a neurological disability that affects movement, coordination and posture. ‘Cerebral’ refers to the brain and ‘palsy’ refers to a lack of muscle control. CP is a permanent life-long condition caused by damage to the developing brain either during pregnancy, shortly after birth or during a child’s first year of life. CP can affect people in very different ways including their movement, muscle control,…

Five-day-old male accompanied by his mother and his father. Parents are the primary historians and they are deemed reliable. Chief Complaint: First check up after discharge from the hospital. History of Present Illness: This is a 5-day-old male presenting to the office for first checkup following discharge from the hospital 3 days ago. Parents report that baby is breastfed every 2-3 hours. Mom reports that baby is latching with no difficulties, feeding last about 20 to 45 minutes. During the…

is a three to six-day incubation period before symptoms emerge. In mild cases, the resulting fever would have been hard to distinguish from other diseases of the time. In severe cases, however, hemorrhaging can occur, along with “black vomit” and jaundice (Acha and Szyfres 1987)” (S. Wright Kennedy, Andrew J. Curtis & Jacqueline W. Curtis, 2015). Very few people who would survive beyond two weeks would most likely have eternal immunity, but upon getting better, they would have to endure an…

1. How widespread is the use of steroids? In today’s time many people are constantly looking for ways to excel in sports or perform better in their normal jobs. Furthermore, we live in a society where people are judge by their physical appearance. The trend of performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids and corticosteroids has been increasing in use to achieve some of these goals. People still abuse steroids despite the illegality of steroids and also how steroids are band by multiple…