Gadolinium based contrast agents studies revealed they were linked to brain hypersensitivity in two areas‚ the dentate nucleus and globus pallidus‚ which correlated with the number of gadolinium exams. At the present time it is not known what the higher level of hypersensitivity mean but hyper-intensity in the dentate nucleus is associated with people who have multiple sclerosis. Patients with multiple sclerosis have a higher
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AUB prob 2 ® to Submucous Myoma I. Data from Textbook Cause Submucous myoma has no known cause‚ it is idiopathic. Although there have been many theories developed. Some say it could be caused by increased Estrogen hormones. Some say that it is hereditary and has a tendency to run in the family. Signs and Symptoms Submucous myoma is generally symptomless. But some of its most common features were experienced by client ILN and they are: * Swollen breasts * Loss of sex drive
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Migraine 1. Overview 2. Classes and Types of Migraine Headaches 3. Physiological Mechanism of Migraine 4. Serotonin System and Migraines 5. Antimigraine therapy 1. Overview 1 Migraine More than 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine‚ with women being affected three times more often than men. This vascular headache is most commonly experienced between the ages of 15 and 55‚ and 70% to 80% of sufferers have a family history of migraine. Migraine is often misdiagnosed as sinus headache
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glucocorticoids‚ anti-cholinergic drugs and decongestants help to alleviate the symptoms of allergy. Adrenaline is used to treat severe allergic reactions called anaphylactic reactions. Immunotherapy can either reduce the severity or eliminate hypersensitivity reactions. This is done by vaccinating the person with progressively larger doses of the allergen in question. For this general concept of the changed capacity for reaction‚ I propose the term "allergy". "Allo" denotes the deviation from the
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halo of cytoplasm with no visible granules. a) lymphocyte – major combatant in immune responses b. WBC contains dense blue-purple granules that hide the nucleus. b) basophil – intensifies the inflammatory reaction‚ is involved in hypersensitivity reactions c. WBC has a U-shaped nucleus and a bluish‚ foamy cytoplasm with no visible granules. c) monocyte – phagocytosis and cell debris cleanup d. WBC contains small‚ pale lilac granules and a four-lobed nucleus. d) neutrophil –
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Mr. KH is a 53 year old gentleman who was admitted to A & E after a minor traffic accident. He sustained no traumatic injuries‚ and his main concern was the event preceding accident‚ which was a complete loss of consciousness. He had never experienced such loss of consciousness before‚ and he was not fatigued nor confused upon wakening. He had complete memory of events prior to the syncope‚ and presented with no chest pain‚ nausea‚ palpitations‚ nor sweating pre and post syncope. The only precipitating
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Taxol is an anticancer drug produced by extraction from the bark of the pacific yew tree called Taxus brevifolia‚ which was discovered by Harvard trained botanist called Arthur Barclay in 1962 (wall and wani‚ 1995). It was renamed to paclitaxel when it was commercially developed. It is in a form of whitish crystalline powder with a melting point of 216 ºC‚ very insoluble in water‚ highly lipophilic‚ higher protein binding rate and disturbs the structure of the inner part of the cell membrane (Goldspiel
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access devices (CVADs) is occlusion by thrombosis. Heparin has been used in flushing solutions in attempts to prolong the patency of arterial and central venous lines by preventing these occlusions. Its use‚ however is not without risks such as hypersensitivity reactions and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Recent studies suggest that non-heparinized solutions‚ such as saline‚ may be as effective in maintaining catheter patency. A recent heparin shortage allowed examination of heparin effectiveness
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Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections Catheter acquired urinary tract infection is one of the most common acquired nosocomial infections (Nicolle‚ 2008). According to Newman (2010)‚ they constitute 40% of all hospital-acquired infections‚ and 80% of these infections are attributable to indwelling urethral catheter (IUC) use. The incidence of bacteriuria is 3%–10% per catheter day (Furfari & Wald‚ 2008). Catheter-associated infections have
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ACUTE POSTERIOR MULTIFOCAL PLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY (APMPPE) SUMMARY A 19 year-old Army active duty white male‚ presented to the optometry clinic with sudden onset of decreased vision and a constant area of central blurry vision in the right eye for 1½ weeks. The patient noted similar‚ less prominent symptoms in the left eye. Ocular examination revealed multiple circumscribed‚ flat‚ cream colored lesions in the posterior pole‚ originating from the macular area with presentation
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