Osteomyelitis

Periosteal lesions are non-specific changes to the underlying bone that can occur due to a range of diseases or other problems affecting the skeleton (Ortner, 2003). These lesions occur because the periosteum, which is the dense layer of connective tissue enveloping the bone, maintains osteoblastic capability throughout life. The lesions are not restricted to infections, but rather can be a result of any bone formation following a traumatic event affecting the skeleton (Ortner, 2003). Waldron…

and bactericidal effects.(biosynthesis of nanopartices by MOs) They interact with phosphorous moieties in DNA resulting in inactivation of DNA replication. Several forms of silver have been demonstrated to be effective against severe chronic osteomyelitis, burns urinary tract infections and even central venous catheter infections. Also silver exhibited excellent antibacterial effect when treated to implant materials coated with hydroxyapatite(A mechanistic study of antibacterial effect of…

Introduction Diabetic foot ulcers are rated as one of the principal causes of diabetes mellitus hospitalization in the US and worldwide. Diabetic foot disease causes complications which account for huge medical expenses. For instance, in the UK, it is reported that NHS spends five million pounds annually on diabetes foot ulcers. Studies show that 100 patients lose their lower limb of their foot as a result of diabetic foot disorders (Nicholas, 2013). Diabetic foot ulcers result into amputations.…

classification there are four grades of foot ulcers with the probe to bone technique being used. Of this study on 195 patients, 49% of ulcers were infected, 21.5% were of Grade 2 and 26.7% of Grade 3 and a total of 25.6% of patients were prevalent of osteomyelitis. Within a year 20-58% of diabetic patients would develop another ulcer, which was said to be due to increasing age as skin easily damages. Osteomyleitis is relevant to Marjori’es case as she is on alendronate and a 25.6% chance would…

Most everyone has a bad habit, or behavior they wish was different. For me, that is biting my fingernails. Fingernail biting involves raising the fingers, usually one at a time, to the face and then inserting them inside the mouth. Once inside the mouth, the teeth are positioned around the fingernail to bite it and make it shorter. This is then repeated for all ten fingers time and time again. Fingernail biting belongs to a cluster of behaviors called pathological grooming. These behaviors stem…

Pressure ulcers is a great concern in the health care system today. Treatment for pressure ulcers is costly. The development of pressure ulcers can be prevented by the use of the evidence-based nursing practice. Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they will not pay for additional costs incurred for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers in 2008. There are nursing interventions that can be done to prevent pressure ulcers. [Heading 1] A pressure ulcer is an area of skin that has been damaged…

of both sexes with wound ulcer area between 50 and 200 cm2 and diagnostic criteria based on Diabetes Mellitus made by the American Diabetes Association. Meanwhile, it excluded patients aged less than 20 or more than 75 years of age, septicemia, osteomyelitis, malignant disease in a wound, venous insufficiency, patients taking immunosuppressive drugs, cardiovascular, pulmonary and immunological disease. It involved two groups, which were randomly divided- study group and control group (Nain et…

Although the 3-D printing industry did not see much growth in the first twenty years of its existence, the recently rapid development of the technology has led to breakthroughs within the field of medicine. Old fashioned and impersonal prosthetics are slowly being replaced by custom, innovative replacements. The 3-D printer is an incredibly efficient tool that doctors have begun using to create personalized solutions for problems that the medical field previously had no solutions for. Johnson…

Important Pathways to recognize prior to understanding clinical complications and scenarios: Lingual Nerve Pathway: CNV3 → Lingual Nerve (+Chorda Tympani from Facial Nerve) →Submandibular Ganglion Inferior Alveolar Nerve Pathway: CNV3 Mandibular Nerve → Inferior Alveolar Nerve →Inferior Dental Nerves → Mental Nerve (+ Nerve to Mylohyoid) Lingual Artery Pathway: External Carotid Artery→ Lingual Artery → Sublingual Artery, Deep Lingual Artery, Dorsal Lingual Artery Inferior Alveolar Artery…

Disadvantages of Vaccines What is a vaccination? How do they benefit individuals? Is there any harm that can come from receiving a vaccine? A vaccination is defined as the injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease. Scientists make vaccines by first making the pathogen, or disease-causing microbe, in mass amounts in a laboratory. The pathogens must then be altered to ensure that the disease is not actually triggered. Alterations of these pathogens can…