The Lump

occurred during a fully booked morning surgery post triage and was set in my own room. I was not running late so was relaxed and not stressed or rushed at the time. The patient had pre booked a routine appointment the week before and wanted to discuss a lump he had found on the left side of his neck. He was a 26 year old male, previously fit and healthy and worked on a construction site. The total consultation lasted approximately 14 minutes. During the introduction (44s) of the consultation I…

400), with the excess taxed at a flat rate of 20%. Pension income is taxed at the individual’s marginal income tax rate and is generally on a programmed withdrawal and cannot be taken out earlier than five years before the official retirement age. Lump sums for all plans are taxed at a flat rate of 40%. However, an individual may transfer their pension to an age savings scheme prior to retirement in order to receive a tax reduction of 2.7%…

week there was blood and pus. Neosporin spray healed it for days but then there was a lump and all those nasty stuff overall again. I wanted to do my old healing trick of gold and turmeric paste. I was working at a corporate office and according to rule book piercing was not allowed. Wearing ring would make it more visible. Anyways I could not take it any longer. I remember I had my friend poke the ring though my lump. She tired but it was very difficult to get it through. I was so sad I have to…

Cancer occurs when cells begin to grow uncontrollably. With people having cells throughout their body, this means that you can get cancer anywhere in your body. Cancer can also spread to different areas of your body. Cancer is not a contagious disease. However, cancer can be genetic or it can be by not keeping your body healthy. Cancer normally is a very long process. Sometimes it has a positive outcome and sometimes it has a negative outcome. If it has a negative outcome from cancer, then that…

health, the patients past health habits, and family history. The main focus of this test is to detect any unusual signs in the body such as lumps. Moreover, the next test is called the digital rectal exam, which consists of the doctor inserting conducting a colonoscopy or in some cases inserts a lubricated gloved finger in the rectum in order to detect of feel for lumps or anything that seems unusual. Finally, the last test that a patient undergoes is fecal occult blood test, which consists of…

tertiary education’ strategy will yield best results, this is because of diminishing marginal returns. As graph 2 shows, you only move along the product function (PF) when you increase the labour force, which has been established as the outcome of the ‘lump sum of money’ strategy. On the other hand the ‘free tertiary education’ strategy will make the PF shift upwards, increasing the GDP without being stopped by diminishing…

are rare. Five to ten percent of individuals do not even have this artery. Patients may be asymptomatic or they may complain of itching, pain, paresthesia and the need to restrict the choice of footwear. These are the same symptoms as for other foot lumps. However, these are pulsatile. A painful aneurysm may be more likely to rupture. A ganglion cyst or other lesion could also present as a pulsatile mass if it were adjacent to the artery. It is not advisable to attempt a needle aspiration of a…

eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer. As of today over 2.9 million are survivors of breast cancer in the United States. The cause of getting breast cancer is unclear. The occurrence of the breast cells become benign and start to divide into a lump or mass. The Cancer carcinoma may come from the milk ducts, the lobules, and or tissue or cells of the breast. The cells could metastasize to another part of the body or the lymph nodes. Even the changes in hormones, lifestyle, and the…

traumatica, ankylosing spondylitis and lymphedema. Misdiagnosis can be avoided by simply examine the patient’s great toes as a first sign of FOP. (e) Relation to cancer and soft tissue sarcoma FOP can be misdiagnosed as cancer because tumor-like lumps are associated…

Nodules are lumps and swelling on the gland itself. (Mayo Clinic). Thyroid is very important, thyroid influences every cell in the body. (Mental Floss). In the U.S. 20 Million people have thyroid problems which is 12% of Americans. Yet up to 12 Million people are unaware…