Pleural cavity

Breast cancer is a severe disease that has taken tons and tons of lives. Including women and people of all ages in some cases men, although it is rare. Breast cancer is cells that form in the breast. In this paper, you will be informed on all the prospects of this disease. Furthermore, the cause, symptoms, the many or not so many ways it can appear in your body, and the diagnostic. The symptoms of cancer are pretty self-explanatory, a sudden lump, pain in your chest, a swelling in the…

Discussion Elastography is a non-invasive imaging modality that detects tumors based on their stiffness (elasticity) compared to normal tissue. Generally breast cancer tissue is harder than normal breast tissue. With elastography the elastic properties of breast tissue can be imaged in real time by means of color-coded superimposition on the B mode image and then used for differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions (8). Elastography is a supplementary method for conventional US…

Hazel who is a sixteen year old teenager, has thyroid cancer and doesn’t really have many friends at all. Her mother makes her go to a support group with many other teenagers with illnesses. These support groups are ran by a man of the name Patrick, who is a survivor of cancer himself. Here, at these support groups Hazels begins to become friends with this boy named Augustus. Augustus is a amputee, which means he has lost one of his legs, one night after support group Augustus asked if she…

Breast cancer has definitely become a serious worldwide health challenge. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), public health data points shows that the global burden of breast cancer in women, measured by the number of times something happens, death, and financial based costs, is large and on the rise. Worldwide, it is estimated that more than one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and more than 410,000 will die from the disease (Ajithkumar 2011). In…

“Is There a Link Between Stress and Cancer?” It’s a common belief in women with breast cancer that stress caused their cancer. However, studies on this topic, including other types of cancer as well, have shown otherwise. Polly Newcomb, head of the cancer prevention program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, conducted a study on whether or not stress causes breast cancer. She used trained interviewers to ask healthy women and women with cancer about their environments,…

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Canadian women, with the majority of these deaths resulting from metastasis of cancer to other tissues. In 2015, an estimated 25,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,000 will suffer from cancer-related deaths. When breast cancer is isolated to the breast tissue, cure rates surpass 90%; nonetheless, as cancer cells settle into the adjacent or distant tissues, long-term survival is markedly declined. The…

It all began in the Fall of 2012, my dog, Wrinkles got sick and though she got sick a few times per year,but this seemed different. I never understood why her breed of dog had such a tendency of getting sick with what is currently known as “Shar-Pei fever,” but after a little bit of researcth I realized it was bound to happen to her, and any dog of the Shar-Pei breed we could have adopted after her. Veterinarians had no idea how to cure or even how to fight the disease, and at this point in…

to the ER in Jamestown, TN on January 16th with shortness of breath, unproductive cough, and an overall feeling of weakness. Patient stated “I was having a hard time catching my breath and just felt real weak all over.” Patient was found to have a pleural effusion of the left lung with diminished breath sounds and rhonchi. He was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and chronic cardiomegaly. Patient was transferred from Jamestown medical facility, due to high patient occupancy, to Methodist…

Priority 1. Impaired gas exchange r/t altered blood flow to alveoli secondary to pulmonary embolus -Patient’s c/c -Patient has difficulty answering questions because of dyspnea and pain. -Patient is pale which demonstrates lack of oxygenation. - She is restless, agitated, slightly disoriented; decrease LOC. -Sputum is blood streaked; damage to lung tissue. -Respiratory rates in order; 28,30,36 showing that his body is not receiving enough oxygen. - ABG: Uncompensated respiratory alkalosis with…

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, October 13th is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Metastasis occurs when the cancerous cells have traveled from the breasts to a vital organ, and is now threatening that patient’s life. Finding out the cancer has spread to other parts of the body can be devastating, but Dr. Everardo Cobos with the Grace Health System Blood Disorders & Cancer Therapeutics Center said patients are now living full lives while dealing with advanced-stage…