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to newborns, and adults who suffer chronic diseases. Silvestri & in Silvestri, 2017, found the following on GBS: GBS is a leading cause of life-threatening perinatal infections. The gram positive bacterium colonizes the rectum, vagina, cervix, and urethra of pregnant and non-pregnant women. Meningitis, fasciitis, and intraabdominal abscess can occur in the pregnant client if she is infected at the time of birth. Transmission occur during vaginal delivery. Early-onset newborn…

Prostate laser surgery is a procedure to eliminate prostate tissue. There are two types of prostate laser surgery: ablation (prostate tissue is melted away) and enucleation (prostate tissue is cut out). LET YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER KNOW ABOUT: Any allergies you have. All medicines you are taking, including vitamins, herbs, eye drops, creams, and over-the-counter medicines. Previous problems you or members of your family have had with the use of anesthetics. Any blood disorders you have.…

infertility. And with one in five women with chlamydia developing PID, chlamydia is the most common cause of infertility in women (Dr.Ed, 2016). The site of initial infection is most often the cervix first (the cervix is the opening of the uterus; the urethra and the rectum may also be infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001). If not treated the chlamydia bacteria spread to the fallopian tubes and the ovaries. It can then cause damage to the hairs lining the tubes, which help…

1. Detail the first part of the digestive system from the mouth to the esophagus including the structure and functions of each part. The first part of the digestive system is comprised of the mouth, the pharynx and the esophagus. The mouth is an oral cavity that starts the process of mechanical and chemical digestions when food is received. The mouth is bounded by the cheeks and lips. The mouth contains a soft and hard palate, salivary glands, teeth (crown and dentin) and the tongue (covered…

1) How should a urine sample be collected to ensure accurate laboratory results? As a nurse, what can you do to encourage this practice? A urine specimen can me collected in many ways: clean-catch method, by using a catheter, suprapubic, cystoscopy, and nephrostomy. Edith is a patient that could easily use the clean-catch method. This method is for patients that can understand instructions for depositing urine into a sterile cup. The female patient is to first wash her hands to avoid…

infection that recurs and may last for weeks or months. The cause of nonbacterial prostatitis is unknown, but may be related to a previous infection with a bacteria or virus. Bacterial prostatitis is caused by bacteria that enter in the bladder or urethra and infect the prostate. The symptoms of prostatitis include persistent pain between the scrotum and rectum that may felt in the groin and genitals. The pain may also occur with urination and often accompanied by urinary urgency and frequency…

of the pivotal reasons as to why it is so critical to get tested if you are going to be sexually active. What happens with gonorrhea is that the bacteria infects the membranes of the reproductive tract, the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and the urethra in both women and men. It is also to be noted that gonorrhea can also be seen to spread to areas of the mouth, throat, eyes, and rectum. A few of the signs and symptoms that are observable for men are a urethral infection along with a yellow,…

Kidneys are pretty important, and often an underdog in the grouping of organ systems. Without functioning kidneys, none of us can live for more than about a week, making the kidneys pretty important from a survival standpoint. Seems interesting that a person can literally be brain dead and survive–but without kidneys you can’t. Kidneys often get lumped into the “random organ” category and people often think of them like their gall bladder and appendix. Kidneys are more like lungs if you are…

symptoms, they seem easily interchangeable for other sicknesses – in some cases just a common cold given the soreness in the throat and around the mouth or perhaps a urinary tract infection or yeast infection. They include: an inflamed rectum, inflamed urethra, soreness in the throat or mouth, vaginal discharge, a burning sensation during…

things. Nephrons found in these organs filter the blood to create urine, since proteins and blood cells cannot pass through the walls of capillaries. It is then carried to the bladder by the ureter. Finally, another tube coming from the bladder (the urethra) delivers the urine outside of the…