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    Case Study Volvulus

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    For my case study I diagnosed my patient with Volvulus of the small bowel. Volvulus is an obstruction caused by twisting of the intestine that can occur at any part of your gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms of Volvulus are: abdominal tenderness, dark/bloody stool, constipation, distended abdomen, pain in abdomen, and nausea/vomiting. Volvulus usually occours to infants usually during the first year of life. The patient is a 10 month old, female, this coresponds with the diagnosis of Volvulus as…

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    For Unit 3 discussion board I decided to talk about colon cancer. I recently have a really close resident at the assistant living I work at get diagnosis with colon cancer. Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine and lower part of the digestive system. This cancer begins as small, noncancerous clumps called adenomatous polyps. Which later turn into cancer if not caught fast enough. Some of the symptoms to watch out for are bowel habits such as diarrhea and/or constipation, blood in stools…

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    Irritable bowel syndrome is a disease of the large colon that disturbs with the normal function of the bowel. According to the National institute of Health department, 3 in 5 of Americans have IBS. In addition, IBS affect about 20%-40% of the worldwide population and it is very common in women than men. It begins at the early age of 16 to early adulthood at 29 and hardly ever start after the age of fifty. IBS is the common disorder in women that have negative change on patient’s quality of life…

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    Crohn’s disease is a relapsing inflammatory bowel disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract, the lower part of the digestive system. The gastrointestinal tract is a pathway of many similarly hollow organs joined in a long twisting road connecting the stomach to the anus. The contractions of muscles in the GI tract helps in the digestion of food and with the production of many different hormones and enzymes. Crohn’s disease is a fatal disease caused by the inflammation of your…

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    What is acute pancreatitis? According to Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, and Sandberg-Cook (2013), acute pancreatitis is a very sudden, severe, painful, and excruciating stomach ache due to the inflammatory process of the pancreas. The vulnerability and presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary among the different populations. A typical patient experiencing acute pancreatitis will exhibit severe upper abdominal pain that may intensify with breathing, resulting in patients being reluctant to take…

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    Acute pancreatitis occurs when the pancreas becomes severely inflamed (Buttaro, Terry, Trybulski, Bailey, Sandberg-Cook, 2013). The patient with pancreatitis usually present with a dull, boring pain of steady onset that gradually intensified until its really severe. The pain is usually in the mid-epigastric or upper abdomen. But it can also be on the left or right side. The pain may also radiate through the abdomen to the back. The pain usually last more than a day. Other symptoms often include…

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    Crohn's Disease

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    Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s Disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that typically affects the distal ileum and colon but can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. This disease causes inflammation to the lining of the digestive tract which can be both painful as well as debilitating for the sufferer and, unfortunately, in severe cases this may lead to life threatening conditions. The exact etiology of Crohn’s remains uncertain but studies have indicated that the disease is…

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    Abdominal Adhesion Essay

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    Abdominal Adhesions are imperative since they are a typical reason for stomach indications, especially stomach torment and they can cause gut blockages or impediment. The term adhesion alludes to the development of scar tissue between inside circles and the inward coating of the stomach divider or with different organs inside the stomach cavity. Adhesions form when irritation happens on the surface of the stomach organs or the peritoneal coating of the stomach pit; the arrangement of scar…

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    GABHS Infection

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    It is important to differentiate GABHS infections in chil- dren. The antibiotic therapy should be started within 9 days after the onset of infection to prevent potential cardiac and renal complications. It is not possible to make a diagnosis of GABHS infection by clinical examination alone. Throat swabs are necessary to identify Streptococcus (Fig. 3.1.1). Gener- ally, a cherry red tongue and perioral pallor suggest GABHS infection. In infectious mononucleosis, the cervical lymph nodes are…

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    The most common side effect of colon cancer chemotherapeutic (CPT-11) is patients having severe diarrhea, caused by symbiotic bacterial β-glucuronidases. Which causes the drug to reactivate inside the gut. The enzymes were targeted without destroying bacteria that’s needed for human health. However, the purpose of these inhibitors is a way to prevent damage to mammalian cells that’s present in the intestines. If β-glucuronidase which causes the diarrhea isn’t inhibited the patients will have a…

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