Shortness of breath

these tests arent clear then an airway responsivness test may be carried out as well as testing airway inflamation and allergy tests could also be conducted in diagnosing asthma. Vital signs in acute, severe asthma are: respiratory rate usually >30 breaths/min; heart rate >120 beats/min; wheezing throughout both the inspiration and the expiration; use of accessory respiratory muscles; evidence of suprasternal retractions; and pulsus paradoxus >12…

the past. She describes it as a 9/10 on a pain scale. She said she started noticing the pain a little bit around the sternum. It then progressed to go across her chest, into the shoulders and into the back. She felt she was a little bit short of breath with it, as well as a little bit nauseous, and says that she talked…

First of all, in order to receive a new heart, patients have to register on a waiting list. The waiting list for hearts may take up to 1.3 years on average, because out of all the people who die, less than 1% of them are potential donors. In other words, less than 1% of the people who die are brain dead. A person who is brain dead means he/she has an irreversible damage in the brain, causing the brain to lose its functions. There are two definitions of death in Australia. One of them refers to…

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness: From diagnosis to end of life care As of 2016, pancreatic cancer moved up to being ranked as the 3rd deadliest cancer to date; whereas, in just 2015, it was ranked as the 4th (Hirsberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer, n.d.). Pancreatic cancer is prominent in adults over the age of 60. Cancer research centers, and doctors alike, have researched pancreatic cancer for more than 40 years and it still has the lowest survival rate of all other cancers (Higuera, et al.,…

disease, a viral illness entailing a low-grade fever, cold-like symptoms, and a bright red rash on the face. This virus can cause the bone marrow to halt the making of red blood cells for some time which in return causes anemia. Symptoms of anemia are shortness of…

problems from birth. Others have a milder version of the disease that doesn 't show up until they reach to their adulthood. The main signs and symptoms of cystic fibrosis are salty-tasting skin, poor growth, frequent chest infections, wheezing or shortness of breath, foul-smelling; greasy stools, wide rounded fingertips and toes, called clubbing. (Robert 449- 52) Clubbing occurs mostly in people born with heart disease and other types of lung problems. This signs of cystic fibrosis develops much…

Is Generic Viagra is effective? Viagra is the brand name for ‘’sildenafil citrate’’ along with many others including Caverta, Revatio etc. The generic Sildenafil is manufactured by around 56 companies all around the world. Reviewing history, in 1989, British Pfizer scientists Peter Dunn and Albert Wood created sildenafil for high blood pressure and angina, until researchers found it produced erection. Viagra, was originally invented by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer in 1998. When there was…

Acute kidney failure “Acute kidney failure starts with the kidney(s) failure in the process of filtering waste products from the blood.” (Mayo Clinic staff, 2016). When the kidneys can no longer filter well enough, the wastes start to add up in the blood of the body and the blood levels become imbalanced. This can happen over a few days or in a short period of time. Acute kidney failure is very common in people who are already in the hospital or patients in intensive care units. “Causes of Acute…

pressure. The mortality rate and high blood pressure was connected. Our blood pressure shifts from the beginning to the end of our life. Most individuals who have hypertension have little to no signs or symptoms. Some people have symptoms such as shortness of breath nosebleeds headaches. These symptoms don’t occur until your blood pressure has become extremely severe. There are two categories of hypertension: Primary is the first type of hypertension that develops over the years. For many…

A Cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia Ms. A., a 26-year-old Caucasian female, presents to the emergency clinic with complaints of feeling light-headed while playing in a golf tournament on a mountainous course. She also reports having increased shortness of breath and decreased energy as well as low enthusiasm. Ms. A. reports a history of menorrhagia and dysmenorrheal for the last 10-12 years and for 6 days during her menstrual cycle she takes 1gm of aspirin every 3 to 4 hours. She also reports…