Patient is a 65- year- old‚heterosexual‚ upper middle class‚ a caucasian female who has been fighting esophageal cancer for the past year and a half. The patient is married with two adult children. She resides at home with her husband and has an exceptionally supportive immediate family‚ friends‚ and relatives. Patient has an older sister whom she is very close with. She reports having a job that she takes great pleasure in. Patient has experienced a difficult time coping with her cancer diagnosis
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Medication Article Analysis Assignment Drug: Zocor (Simvastatin) Medication Analysis Paper Katelyn Powers November 1‚ 2013 94.1 million prescriptions of Zocor (simvastatin) were prescribed in United States during the year 2010. It is a generic cholesterol-lowering statin drug (DeNoon‚ 2010). High cholesterol‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ and heart attacks are all problems that plague the US. The increasing obesity rate of the US does not help with these factors and
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Potato Juice Excellent Tonic: Skin Disorder: Angular cheilitis – One of the most important purposes of potato juice is for treating angular cheilitis‚ a common skin disorder characterized by redness and swelling of the mouth corners. Potato juice is known to be an effective anti-inflammatory so applying this on the corners of your mouth can tone down the lesions in no time. If you make it a habit to drink potato juice every day‚ you’ll get enough vitamin B complex‚ which you need to fight angular
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Materials and Methods Growth condition of clinical isolates and determination of MIC: Twenty clinical isolates of H. pylori were obtained from patients suffering gastritis and duodenal ulcer who referred to Al- Zahra Hospital‚ Isfahan for gastrointestinal endoscopy in a year of 2011. The gastric biopsy specimens were homogenized and cultured on Brucella Blood Agar (Merck‚ Germany). Skirrow’s supplement including polymyxin B‚ vancomycin and trimethoprim (Merck‚ Germany)‚ 5% defibrinated Sheep’s Blood
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Dr. Barry James Marshall is an Australian physician who is significant for discovering Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) as the most common cause of peptic ulcers. Scientists and physicians ridiculed Dr. Marshall for his idea at the time. During the time Dr. Marshall began his work‚ the scientific community agreed that peptic ulcers were the result of various phenomena such as stress‚ spicy food and the stomach overproducing acid. Scientists at the time also believed it was impossible for bacteria
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In Vitro Antifungal 1 In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Orthosiphon aristatus (Philippine Taheebo) against Candida albicans Sheenalyn R. Ching BS Biology University of the Philippines Los Banos In Vitro Antifungal 2 In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Orthosiphon aristatus (Philippine Taheebo) against Candida albicans Tabebuia impetiginosa is a one of the species of the well-known medicinal plant‚ Taheebo. It is common in Argentina
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Malnutrition Predisposing Factors * Age > 45 y/o * Gender (more common in male) * Asian Predisposing Factors * Age > 45 y/o * Gender (more common in male) * Asian Chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter pylori Chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter pylori Adaptive increase in enzymes Adaptive increase in enzymes Liver cells became inflamed Liver cells became inflamed Inflammation of the lining of the stomach (gastritis) Inflammation of the lining of the stomach
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Ronnie Buell HLTH 311 FIZINAL Osteoarthritis- degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone‚ most common from middle age onward. It causes pain and stiffness‚ especially in the hip‚ knee‚ and thumb joints. Lithotripsy- a treatment‚ typically using ultrasound shock waves‚ by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body. Fibromyalgia- a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain‚ fatigue‚ and tenderness in
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stomach‚ or duodenum”(Dudley-Brown & Huether‚ 2012‚ p. 903). Increased secretion of gastrin and gastric acid can cause gastric and duodenal ulcers to form. Some contributing factors that may lead to ulcers include infection of the mucosa with Helicobacter pylori‚ chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs‚ alcohol‚ smoking‚ advanced age‚ and chronic disease such as emphysema‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ cirrhosis‚ obesity and diabetes. Gastric ulcers are those that form in the stomach and occur in
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Endoscopic Grading of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding Forrest classification is a classification of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage used for purposes of comparison and in selecting patients for endoscopic treatment. ------------------------------------------------- Forrest classification Acute hemorrhage * Forrest I a (Spurting hemorrhage) * Forrest I b (Oozing hemorrhage) Signs of recent hemorrhage * Forrest II a (Visible vessel) * Forrest II b (Adherent clot) * Forrest II c (Hematin on ulcer base)
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