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Carbamazepine (Tegretol) and Phenobarbital (Luminal) belongs to a group of medication called anticonvulsants. Tegretol is prescribed to control epilepsy, prevents facial pan from trigeminal, and act as a mood stabilizer to control mania in patients that have episodes of over activity. The medication decreases the synaptic transmission in the central nervous system affecting the sodium channels in neurons (Deglin, Vallerand, & Sanoski, 2014, p. 265). Similarly, Luminal is prescribed to patients…

Q fever, originally known as query fever, is an infection caused by the microorganism Coxiella Burnetii. “Q fever was first reported in the medical literature in 1937 by Edward Derrick who named the infection Query Fever.” The bacterium belongs to the directive of legionellales. The bacterium typically presents with flu-like symptoms. In some people, the infection can reappear years later. The more fatal form of Q fever can cause a destruction of your heart, liver, brain, and lungs. It’s…

rails when he slipped and fell. He had a lumbar strain. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with lumbar Discogenic pain syndrome; lumbar radiculitis; numbness, chronic bilateral low back pain with sciatica, sciatica laterality unspecified; and myalgia. MRI of the cervical spine dated 1/28/16 (no official report) revealed that C3-4 and C4-5 mild broad-based posterior disc bulge. MRI of the thoracic spine dated 1/28/16 (no official report) revealed that T9-10 left facet arthrosis and focal…

Genital Herpes (Hawkins, J., et al, 2014) Primary Infections can present multiples lesions in both males and females. It is most commonly seen in the male’s penis, buttocks, thighs and females’ labia, fourchette, cervix, buttocks, thigh, nipples. -Myalgia -Arthralgia -Malaise -Fever, lymphadenopathy -Dysuria on both males and females -Dyspareunia -Headaches (can be a sign of Herpes Meningitis) If this is a recurrent genital lesions- it is less painful, no systemic symptoms , unilateral and will…

There are many theories of how Alexander the Great died. It is still a mystery on how the magnificent ruler passed away, but scientists feel they have an idea of what could have caused his death. Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia in 336 BC. He conquered most of the known world in his lifetime; astoundingly forming one of the ancient world’s largest empires, which spread from Greece to present day Turkey. Some may conclude to call him “one of history’s most successful commanders.” But…

INTRODUCTION Two significantly important highly pathogenic infection diseases namely Legionellosis and Influenza remains even today a threat to global health. They can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure but they can also generate hospital-acquired infections.1 Moreover Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection. The cause of influenza was definitively resolved back in 1930s with the isolation of swine influenza; a virus which when administered…

Portugal, he went on camping in a tropical forest region of Malange, close to the Democratic Republic of Congo border. He returned to Portugal to visit friends and relatives and after five days he experienced high fever, asthenia, dizziness and myalgia. He was diagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum malaria with 8% parasitemia (with no severity criteria according to the WHO guidelines 1). He was successfully treated with endovenous quinine-doxycycline.…

Autoimmunity is the system of immune responses of an organism against it own cells or tissues. Autoimmune disease is when the immune system mistakenly decides parts of the body as harmful cells and builds responses targeting it’s own healthy cells. There are many different autoimmune diseases, each affecting the body in different ways. One can have the same autoimmune disease as the other but it may show different symptoms. One of the prominent autoimmune diseases is Lupus, also known as…

During World War II a horrific event occurred in history known as the Holocaust. Jews all throughout Europe were condemned and persecuted by the Nazis. However, before facing their unjust death they were placed in concentration camps located in Germany. The Jews were exterminated in different ways at the camps. An abundance of Jews imprisoned in the concentration camps died from the diseases that were obtained in the camp due to lack of human necessities. These diseases were caused by severe…

cholesterol. Statins help your body use up excess cholesterol. Most people can take statins without many side effects. However, side effects may include “headache, difficulty sleeping, flushing of the skin, muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness (myalgia), drowsiness, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, abdominal cramping or pain, bloating or gas, diarrhea, constipation, &/ or rash. Statins also carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible…