Osteoarthritis

Looking at her medication list, her medical history may be rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, GERD, hypertension, anemia, hypothyroid, and a current infection. Why should you query her on the Bactrim, and would you consider it a routine home medication? Explain your answer. I would question the need for her to be on TMP/SMZ since she has no current infection that she is aware of. Although, she may be on this medication to regulate and prevent endocarditis since she has a history of…

diseases which vary in the pathophysiology of disease which may worsen the disease condition due to circadian rhythms. Diseases like allergic rhinitis [5], cardiovascular diseases [6&7], asthma, cancer [8], peptic ulcers, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, etc. shows circadian rhythms in their pathophysiology. Hence Chronomodulated systems are gaining a lot of interest and attention these days as these systems deliver the drugs at specified time as per the pathophysiological need of the…

1.Shanb, A. A., & Youssef, E. F. (2014). EFFECTS OF ADDING BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING TO ACTIVE EXERCISES AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. Journal Of Musculoskeletal Research, 17(1), 1-10. doi:10.1142/S0218957714500018 (2014), Effects of adding Biofeedback training to active exercises after total knee arthroplasty. 2 The title is concise and clear. It addresses the effect of biofeedback training to active exercises after total knee arthroplasty to a particular group of people “ older adult in a…

to reduce BMI to 25 or less, participate in 150min aerobic exercise per week, reduce blood pressure and progression of Osteoarthritis (OA), improve self- esteem and reduce cardiovascular risk factors. Medical Health Conditions Mrs. G. Patterson’s referral indicated diagnoses history of severe morbid obesity BMI 47.3, hypothyroidism, hypertension, anxiety, depression Osteoarthritis (OA) in hips and knees and hypovitaminosis. Severe morbid obesity is characterised by excess body weight with BMI…

Caring for patients who have received a hip arthroplasty, requires some specific and unique nursing considerations and care. While it is an elective surgery, many patients opt to get it to decrease pain due to osteoarthritis and to increase mobility. Each patient will have different perioperative experiences, and as a nurse it is important to be able to know the interventions and what to consider to make their overall experience as positive as possible. Trigger Event My first week of clinical,…

(Clough, 2006) however, arthritis can also effect other systems in the body, This assignment seeks to explore the effects arthritis has on the anatomy and physiology whilst covering the aetiology, related symptoms, treatments, and social impacts. Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis There are many different types of arthritis, however the two main types…

One day in high school, I feel a pain begin fester in the back of my leg while running one day. Eventually this pain becomes so unbearable that I need to see a doctor. He was recommended to me by a friend saying that he uses alternative methods for healing. I went to see him and when there, he used a couple different techniques, including acupuncture. The next day I was able to run again with a significant decrease in pain. For over 3,000 years, acupuncture has been used to treat pain and…

maintenance, they could even lead close-to-normal lives if not a painless existence. Combat Arthritis with Knowledge To fight arthritis, it is crucial that you know what form of arthritis you are suffering from. The two most common kinds are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The former shows cartilage wear and tear as the telltale sign while the other one, RA, is an autoimmune disease. Since RA is an autoimmune disease, it means that the body is starting to attack its healthy cells.…

Paralysis is a condition linked with the inability to move and involves loss of muscle function. It can occur due to many different reasons such as illness, poison or trauma. Flaccid paralysis and spastic paralysis are two conditions that are considered different forms of paralysis. It can be accompanied with sensory loss as well as loss of feeling. Flaccid paralysis is the loss of muscle tone. It gives rise to limp and floppy muscles that lack firmness due to loss of activity in these muscles.…

formulate and answer a question. P stands for population or problem; an example of this would be an 84-year-old woman with osteoarthritis of the knee. I stands for intervention; an example of this would be to use COX-2-inhibitor to treat the osteoarthritis. C represents comparison intervention; an example of this would be the use of other NSAIDS in the treatment of osteoarthritis. O stands for outcome; an example of this would be less GI bleeding and control of pain. The question that this…