Adult Case Study (Ear) What additional historical data would you like to collect? A general history of ear, nose, mouth, and throat including current or recent exposure of respiratory infections should be collected. In order to find out if the vertigo is from a systemic cause, ask key questions like: What other health problems do you have? Are you anxious or nervous? What makes the dizziness worse or what makes the dizziness and ringing in your ear go away? Cardiovascular problems such as…
Introduction: According to Drugs.com, “Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body.” This includes conditions such as headaches, painful menstrual periods, toothaches, back pain, dental pain, migraines, arthritis and any minor injuries. Ibuprofen is also used to treat and reduce fever as well and is typically administered to individuals, both adults and children ages 6 months and older. Ibuprofen has been…
A.) Introduction Oxycodone is a narcotic medicine similar to Morphine. Oxycodone helps dull the intensity of pain by increasing the bodies’ pain tolerance or eliminating the pain completely. Oxycodone is usually prescribed to people who require constant pain relief for their everyday lives. Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opioid, which means it is made in a lab from natural opiates. Oxycodone was first made in 1916 from thebaine, an opioid alkaloid, by two German scientists named, Freund and…
The amount of diabetic patients have considerably increased worldwide throughout the past few years. Lifestyle has a high impact in developing Diabetes. Day (2002 ) states “ Keeping fit is an essential aspect of maintaining good control of diabetes”( page 190 ). Exercise is essential for people with Diabetes to achieve better blood glucose control. Although regular exercise has a positive impact on both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes as it improves blood glucose balance, it appears to be more…
main energy source through the process of glycolysis. Due to the lack of carbohydrate digestion in this process the fatty acids cannot be used in the citric acid cycle. Therefore, ketogenesis is used instead, however the accumulation of too many ketone bodies can lower the pH of the blood. In Johns case, he is susceptible to type two diabetes because of his excess carbohydrate intake. obesity is strongly linked to diabetes dependant on BMI as this is a sufficient way to analyse diabetes in…
Type One Diabetes Cause and Effect I. Introduction: Diabetes is a growing problem in the world, in just 2012 almost 29.1 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes. Then almost 8.1 million were undiagnosed! Numbers these days are only increasing too. In the United States alone, diabetes is the seventh cause of death. (American Diabetes Association) II. Causes (Use as many as your topic discusses.) A. “Body does not produce insulin. The body breaks down the sugars and starches you eat into a…
Many chronic diseases are rising and becoming more common, such as heart disease, respiratory disease, such as COPD and many autoimmune diseases. One chronic disease that is rising and becoming more common is diabetes. Diabetes develops as a result of an imbalance in blood sugar levels. An increase in diabetes has proven that the disease is becoming more common than before. More than 220 million people worldwide have been known to have diabetes and the World Health Organization predicts that…
allow us to take up any complex injection molding project. Types of Injection Moldable Plastic Materials that We Work With Some of the popular types of injection molding plastic materials we work with include the following. • PEEK (Polyether ether Ketone): This is a transparent thermoplastic polymer used mainly in engineering…
There are several causes as to why metabolic acidosis occurs. One cause of metabolic acidosis is with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes. Diabetic acidosis, a type of metabolic acidosis, is when acidic substances, ketones, build up within the body. This occurs because type 1 diabetes is not under control. Another cause is severe diarrhea. Hyperchloremic acidosis, another type of metabolic acidosis, results from an excessive loss of sodium bicarbonate from the body…
One of the many strategies that the nurse can use to provide chances for effective communication would be to determine whether RJ would prefer a professional interpreter. Although RJ goes to elementary school, English is still her second language which is why she should be given the option of communicating through the help of an interpreter. Furthermore, through the help of a professional interpreter the chances of falsely communicating health care related information are undeniably lowered…