Nausea

• Carefully follow any recommended diet, including any fluid restrictions. • Keep all follow-up visits as directed by your health care provider. This is important. • Do not drink alcohol. SEEK MEDICAL CARE IF: • You develop worsening nausea, fatigue, headache, confusion, or weakness. • Your symptoms go away and then return. • You have problems following the recommended…

ingestion of greasy foods. She has a positive Murphy’s sign upon assessment. Her pain is radiating to the right scapular area. Indicative of pain of the liver, ulcer, cholecystitis (Jarvis, 2012). Pain is described as constant with the presence of nausea and vomiting on occasion. Further testing is required to determine the state of the gallbladder and cystic duct. Testing will include: CBCd, serum Amylase and Lipase, ultrasonography, CT, and hepatoiminodiacetic acid (HIDA) scan (Dains,…

Journal 10 Tuesday, November 17th: Today was my second day with Hospice. We were the piece of Hospice that makes visits in the home. It the beginning of the day however, we started in the building with other members of the hospice team. They were meeting together for a weekly meeting. The weekly meeting they were having is one that they are familiar with. They have this meeting every Tuesday to discuss their patient’s plan of care. They cannot cover all the patients every Tuesday for time…

began three days ago, and has been progressing significantly such that the last two evenings she has not been able to sleep at all. At times, she says the pain extends to the right arm and shoulder and that she has been vomiting and has had severe nausea especially after meals. She feels excess gas and significant bloating while rating her pain at 7. Past Medical History: she has not significant medical history and she rarely goes to hospital. Past Surgical History: caesarian section…

and hypermagnesemia are magnesium imbalance, common caused by malnutrition, medications, chronic diarrhea, alcoholism, malnutrition. Signs and symptoms of magnesium imbalance are abnormal heart rhythms, confusion, seizures, muscle cramps and weaken, nausea, vomiting. Bicarbonate as buffer helps in the regulation of acids. Alkalosis is when the blood pH is above 7.45 and acidosis below 7.35. We need a good diet to regulate most electrolytes essential for body function. Mrs. Meriwether also…

Name: Jamie Chustz Causative Agent: Naegleria fowleria Echinococcus granulosus Disease: Primary amebic meningoenphalitis Hydatid Disease Classification of the causative agent: N. fowleria is an Thermophilic (warm loving) Ameba. Rarely infecting humans. E. granulosus is a parasitic worm called a tapeworm also called dog tapeworm hydatid worm or hyper tape-worm Virulence factors of the causative agent: It has three stages of its lifecycle 1. Cyst Stage which it…

lessen which causes a reduction in appetite that leads to malnutrition. Moreover, marijuana can ease symptoms such as “muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis and nausea from cancer chemotherapy” (par. 11 line 1-2). Chemotherapy is known to have a range of side effects and nausea is one of many. Therefore, marijuana can alleviate nausea and promote an appetite. This article explains the various ways of how marijuana could be used to ease certain symptoms that are caused these illnesses.…

Our patient is a 27yr old male with history of Crohn’s disease who presented to the ED with vomiting and nausea for 1 day. Patient has been having non-bilious non-bloody vomiting around 10-15 times /day. Patient complained of mild generalized abdominal pain but denied any diarrhea or fever. He denied any recent travel or sick contacts or eating outside food. Patient was a known case of Crohn’s diagnosed at an outside hospital –the outside hospital was contacted and the information was confirmed.…

colonic motility and muscular disorder, with the following risk factors as a diet low in fiber, age, alcohol, NSAIDs, obesity and smoking (Natesan & Bury 2015). Patient with diverticulitis present with abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, fever nausea and vomiting (Natesan & Bury 2015). Diagnose is based on the symptoms as abdominal pain is usually from the left lower abdominal quadrant, a CT scan will show abscess and perforation, laboratory work for infection and kidney function (Natesan…

spread to all the different parts of the body if it goes unchecked. The severity and whether the poisoning is acute or chronic depends on how much and how long the employee is exposed. Lead poisoning can cause a variety of health effects such as “nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, fatigue, headache, nervous, urinary, and reproductive system damage, and can eventually cause death” (OSHA 1995) if not treated properly. Compressed Oxygen and Propane are used in the process of melting the lead sticks…