Lab test results show a positive anti-HCV and confirm that Chad has Hepatitis C. The nurse explains to Chad that Hepatitis is liver disease with inflammation of the cells of the liver. Chad states "I can’t have Hepatitis. I had all three of the vaccinations before I started working as a paramedic." There are five major types of viral Hepatitis: A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ and E. 1. What information about the vaccination series for Hepatitis received by healthcare workers will the nurse use in response to
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Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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Cause and Effect of Advertising on Blood Donation Over the last 30 years‚ there have been many campaigns in order to promote blood donation. The purpose and focus of these advertisements has been to promote unpaid volunteers to donate blood. This blood is direly needed to keep blood banks full in order to service individuals who need blood transfusions around the world. Overall‚ blood donation advertising has been extremely successful in producing the desired effect. In the past‚ there was
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Let’s analyze Spurlock’s findings: In the beginning‚ Spurlock’s body rejected the supersized food he ingested. As a result for overeating‚ he threw up. In fact‚ his digestive system was not used to these large quantities consumed thus it couldn’t handle it; and especially that he ate foods high in fat and sugars which correspond to foods that are hard to digest. Yet by the end of the month he craved MacDonald’s food and felt happier and calmer once he had eaten some. We here see the mental and psychological
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hkjhjhjkjjjjjjjj For most adults‚ moderate alcohol use — no more than two drinks a day for men and one for women and older people — is relatively harmless. (A "drink" means 1.5 ounces of spirits‚ 5 ounces of wine‚ or 12 ounces of beer‚ all of which contain 0.5 ounces of alcohol. Moderate use‚ however‚ lies at one end of a range that moves through alcohol abuse to alcohol dependence: Alcohol abuse is a drinking pattern that results in significant and recurrent adverse consequences. Alcohol abusers
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physically or mentally addicted to alcohol. You have a strong need‚ or a craving‚ to drink. Long term heavy drinking harms your liver‚ nervous system‚ heart‚ and brain. It can cause health problems or make them worse. These problems include: cirrhosis or pancreatitis‚ high blood pressure‚ osteoporosis‚ certain types of cancer‚ including breast cancer‚ stroke‚ Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Alcohol abuse also can contribute to stomach problems‚ interactions between medicines‚ alcohol‚ and sexual
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beverages can make someone be addicted‚ and can cause different kinds of diseases. According to web4health.com‚ most of these diseases are chronic diseases. Web4health.com also states that ‘‘fatty degeneration of the liver‚ infection of the liver‚ liver cirrhosis‚ sleeping disorders‚ sexual problems‚ infection of the esophagus‚ infection of the stomach‚ cancer mouth‚ and heart problems’’ are caused by alcohol. The risk of many of heart and liver diseases increases by alcohol consuming. All these are considered
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population‚ with estimated prevalence rates of chronic infection at 1.8% of the general population. It is further estimated that 65% of the patients with chronic infections will develop active liver disease over 20-30 years‚ with 10-20% developing into cirrhosis and an additional 1-5% developing hepatocellular carcinoma” (Desai‚ 2002‚ p.396). Hepatitis C virus is transmitted primarily through percutaneous exposure however transmission can also occur though unapparent percutaneous or mucosal exposures such
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Application of statistics in Pharmaceutical industry * * * Bookmark Although the advancement of medicine has prolonged and improved the life of many people over the years‚ it is important to remember that it is not an exact science. While some treatments do seem to offer a complete ’cure’ for any particular ailment universally‚ the vast majority of medicinal treatments do not. As such‚ it is important that statistics are used in medicine in order to justify the development and subsequent
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Running head: The Ups and Downs of Alcohol Use The Ups and Downs of Alcohol Use On the Mind and Body Stephanie Alger ENG 1100: on-line‚ Cause & Effect Paper The Ups and Downs of Alcohol Use on the Mind and Body Aaron Howard said “Responsible drinking. Now that’s an oxymoron!” This however is not necessarily the case. Too much of anything is not beneficial to you and alcohol is certainly not an exception. Alcohol has been recognized as a pharmaceutical with medicinal benefits
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