Nausea

Cannabis sativa is a hemp plant which the popular drug marijuana comes from. The leaves, stems, and seeds from this plant can be formed into a dried leaf or hash used to smoke and also eat. In 2005 a survey was conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and it showed that 97.5 million Americans age twelve and older reported using marijuana at least once. Research studies also shows that about 9 percent of marijuana users become addicted. Tetrahydrocannabinol also known as "THC" is…

states such as Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska have legalized Marijuana, there is still much debate as to whether or not it should be legalized in other states. Some people argue that marijuana has healing affects. It can help with cancer, nausea (a side-effect of chemotherapy), and sleep. These people who want marijuana to be legalized claim that marijuana is less addictive than other drugs. They also say if others accept cigarettes and alcohol as being legal, why should marijuana not…

In particular, some adverse effects may include nausea and vomiting, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, kidney damage, decreased cardiac output, decreased pulmonary function, myelosuppression, sterility, hearing loss, and fatigue (Osborn, Wraa, Watson, & Holleran, 2014). Similarly, patients are given discharge…

List three differential diagnoses for epigastric pain in adults. Include rationale, diagnostic testing, and treatment. Epigastric is the pain that comes on the upper middle portion of the abdomen. It this can occur due to several conditions i.e. irritable bowel syndrome, peptic ulcer, and pancreatitis, and as a referred pain of myocardial infarction among other minors ones. Diagnosis and treatment Peptic ulcer disease Peptic…

Crohn’s Disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease that is chronic, relapsing, transmural inflammation of uncertain etiology that can affect any portion of the digestive tract from mouth to anus, but is predominantly seen in the terminal ileum and/or colon (Inflammatory Bowel Disease article). The name of the disease came from Dr. Burill Crohn, who first described the disease in 1932. Crohn’s Disease is part of a group called Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD). CD differs from other IBD’s in…

work and make them feel at peace. The audience feels the same way as the woman does when she has a migraine. The woman in the picture has a lightning going on in her head and in her stomach she feels waves. It makes the audience feel the waves as nausea and see the lightning as the sharp pains in their head when they have a migraine. Also, the other pose for the woman she looked relieved that she put the patch on. If she looked relieved that makes the audience feel if they use it they will be…

This causes various gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dysuria, and later neurologic symptoms such as vertigo, ataxia, and seizures. Scombroid fish poisoning (SFP), also known as histamine fish poisoning, is due to the consumption of improperly handled/stored fish. The bacterial spoilage of finfish releases high levels of histamines that cause symptoms in humans such as flushing, headaches, bitter taste, cramps, nausea, diarrhea, palpitations, and anxiety, and more…

fear. The reticence only served to accentuate my feeling of vulnerability. A wave of nausea hit me again, staggering to my feet, I hobbled to the phone. The police had to know about Ariels death before the killer struck again, I let out a weak laugh, trying to mask my growing trepidation, a tinge of desperation laced my voice as I narrated the situation, my vulnerability grew by the second. A second wave of nausea hit me, a deluge of blood and vomit disemboguing from my mouth, a sickly amalgam…

signs and symptoms of heat stroke because immediate medical attention is necessary. What are the Symptoms of Heat Stress? The symptoms of heat exhaustion include headache, heavy sweating, intense thirst, dizziness, fatigue, loss of coordination, nausea, impaired judgment, loss of appetite, hyperventilation, tingling in hands or feet, anxiety, cool moist skin, weak and rapid pulse, and low to normal blood…

On December 27, 2014, I woke up in the middle of the night experiencing severe chest pains and nausea. My family and I rushed to the hospital where I had several scans and tests performed, only to have the doctors ruled out anything “life-threatening”. However, upon being discharged, I fainted in the hallway. I was readmitted immediately, given an IV, and transferred to University of South Alabama Women and Children's Hospital in Mobile, Alabama I was kept three for three days and two nights in…