Tonsil

need to get my tonsils and adenoids out. He said he wasnt sure without looking at my throat better so he told my to open me mouth. He sprayed this brown liquid in my mouth them before I knew it, he took a tiny camera with a tube in it and he shoved it down my throat. He didn’t tell me what he was doing or anything, he just shoved it in my throat. The camera worked though because you could see my throat and everything he needed to look at. He soon realized that I needed to get my tonsils and…

contagious disease also known as streptococcal pharyngitis. It causes inflammation and swelling of mucous membranes or the lining of the back of the throat and the tonsils. The symptoms of strep throat include sudden pain in the throat without cold symptoms such as coughing or sneezing. Also white or yellow spots on your throat or tonsils, plus a bright red throat or dark red spots on the roof of your mouth or near the back of your mouth towards the throat. This bacterial infection commonly…

customized to suit every unique condition of a patient. 1. causes of sleep apnea in children Children same as adults are affected by similar conditions that cause sleep apnea. However, the most common causes of apnea among children are tonsils and adenoids. When the tonsils enlarge, they block the breathing system, which causes short breaths.…

sense. The five basic senses that everyone can generally agree upon are touch, smell, sight, and hearing. The sense I was assigned to research is taste. The sense organ associated with taste is the tongue. The Lingual Papillae, Sulcus Termanalis, Tonsils, Adenoids and Frenulum Linguae are the main parts of the tongue. The Superior Longitudinal, Inferior Longitudinal, Transverse and Vertical muscles are the Intrinsic Muscles. The Genioglossus, Hypoglossus, Styloglossus and Palatoglossus muscles…

After conducting some medical tests and evaluation, I talk to Mr. Jones, a husband’s patient who currently has surgical repair of her left femur. I told him that she had comminuted fracture of epiphyseal plate; it means in the region of bone growth in her left thigh has been broken into pieces due to the previous accident. Because the calcification in her bone is less than normal, which is called osteopenia; it made the fracture was even easier. In addition, she had injury in both syndesmoses,…

Streptococcus is a genus of non-motile gram-positive cocci classified by serological types (Lancefield groups A through T), by hemolytic action (a, B, Y) when grown on blood agar, and by reaction to bacterial viruses (phage types 1 to 86). The various species occur in pairs, short chains, and chains. Some are facultative aerobes, and some are anaerobic. Some species also are hemolytic, and others are non-hemolytic. Many species cause disease in humans. Streptococcus faecalis, a…

1. Describe your level of awareness of the prevalence of medical errors before this course and reading part 1 Before reading part 1, I was in the delusion that medical mistakes occurs and are extremely rare. After reading the part 1, I realized that medical mistakes are not as rare as I thought it was. According to Institute of Medicine report (IOM) report, nearly 98,000 thousand people die each year from preventable medical error (Gibson, & Singh, 2003). 2. Part 1 of Gibson and Singh details…

Interview Report An actual description of the career in nursing is to help patients understand and write down information on a patient’s medical file. I think the appeal of the nursing career is that it is = interesting and changing over time. What I mean by changing over time is the nursing care is not the same as it was ten years ago. For example, Rita Connors remembers nurses’ names to be highlighted after different shifts to have information on who was the nurse that took care of which…

by definition, is the failure to achieve oronasal air flow for at least 10 seconds at a time while sleeping. This can occur five to 10 times per hour in people who have obstructive sleep apnea. The cessation of breathing is caused by the tongue, tonsils, or fatty tissue in the throat blocking a person's airway into their lungs. Types of Sleep Apnea There are two types of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea and central…

The lymphatic system is a serious of ducts, nodes, nodules and lymph vessels among other structures and components that teams up to fight off bacteria and foreign substances that enter the body. The system is part of the immune system and it relies on various types white blood cells called lymphocytes that fight off bacteria, reduce inflammation, and respond to allergic reactions. The white blood cells are produced in the marrow of the bones beginning as stem cells. The stem cells…