Mucous membrane

Introduction Every job has risks involved that have the potential to put the worker in danger. However big or small these dangers are, certain steps should be put in place to protect those who are exposed. In the medical field, doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare personnel come into contact with blood on a daily basis. Although blood flows through every human body, harmful bacteria can lace itself into the blood stream and spread from person to person. Controlling these…

Catheter placement is extremely vital for any animal when they are about to go under anaesthetic, this allows the immediate effect of Intravenous drugs and fluids to be administered at the specific times needed and reduces stress in the animal. In Jess’s case placing a catheter was very important, due to her age it allowed instant venous access; should there have been any complications during surgery. Generally catheters are placed in the medial saphenous veins in both cats and dogs to allow…

Thyroid Storm The hypothalamus, the anterior pituitary gland, and the thyroid gland all work together to regulate the thyroid hormones which in turn have a significant role in the regulation of the body’s metabolism and calcium balance (Pullen & Embrey, 2013, p. 14). When these components fail to maintain the appropriate balance of the thyroid hormones, the result can be either a hyperactive thyroid or a hypoactive thyroid. As a nurse, it is important to be able to identify patients who may be…

Animals have the ability to experience a variety of feelings and emotions just as we humans do. They experience pain, pleasure, agitation, and even sadness.Just as we suffer, as do they. During experiments, mothers are breed repeatedly and then separated from the young. When pain is evident, the same process that takes place in our bodies, happens in theirs as well. For the duration of the experiment, test subjects are required to be put under an anesthetic. Reports show that at least 10…

smallpox experience chills, vomiting and occasionally experience confusion. A rash appears 48 to 72 hours after the original symptoms and turns into virus-filled sores, which later scab over. The virus is highly contagious as it moves into the mucous membranes after the rash appears. The body casts off the cells, and virus particles are liberated to be coughed or sneezed into the atmosphere. For about three weeks around the time the scabs fall off (leaving a light-skinned scar) the rash the…

The immune system is made up of different parts that are constantly protecting the body from disease-causing microorganisms known as pathogens. By keeping out these infectious pathogens out of the body or destroying the pathogens that do enter the body, the immune system is a complex network of cells and organs that protect the body from infection. The primary immune response is the response that is activated when the body is first exposed to an antigen, resulting in the activation of…

Definition and Causes of Short Bowel Syndrome The patient in this case study was immunocompromised due to Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) which predisposed her to discitis infection. SBS is a disorder that hinders the absorption of nutrients and fluids usually after extensive small intestine resection (Tee, Wallis, & Gabe, 2011). An average person’s small intestine is 600cm long (Sundaram, Koutkia, & Apovian, 2002). In SBS, the small bowel has been shortened at least 70 percent (Sundaram et al.,…

forty eight hours, giving the patient enough time to receive corticosteroids to help mature lung development in the fetus in instances of emergency deliveries. (Witcher, 2002) The nurse should assess for skin integrity for any tenting, dry/pink mucous membranes and a urinalysis to check for dehydration; dehydration can stimulate the release of oxytocin which activates uterine contractions. (Witcher, 2002) A diagnosis for a preterm labor patient would be risk for imbalanced fluid volume related…

release it to me because of the vaccines that are that made us immune to smallpox. have you heard of diphtheria? I don't really think so,well diphtheria is an acute, very contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. It is now rare in developed countries because of immunization. Actually the cases that…

major component linked to COPD. In 1814, British physician Charles Badham identified bronchiolitis and chronic bronchitis as disabling health conditions (Janchote 2013). He was the first person to refer to ‘catarrh,’ chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane (Janchote 2013). Physician and inventor, Rene Laennec, confirmed that there was a second major component linked to COPD in 1821, known as Emphysema. Rene Laennec is also the inventor of the stethoscope.…