Definition Congenital adrenal hyperplasia can affect both boys and girls. People with congenital adrenal hyperplasia lack an enzyme needed by the adrenal gland to make the hormones cortisol and aldosterone. Without these hormones‚ the body produces more androgen‚ a type of male sex hormone. This causes male characteristics to appear early (or inappropriately). About 1 in 10‚000 to 18‚000 children are born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Signs and Symptoms Girls will usually have normal
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Overview Tricuspid atresia is a type of congenital heart defect in which the tricuspid valve between the right atrium and ventricle did not form. Instead‚ there is a solid wall of tissue between the two chambers. When this occurs‚ the blood is unable to flow through the heart and to the lungs to receive oxygen as it normally would do. As a result‚ the baby’s lungs are unable to supply the rest of her body with the oxygen it requires to function properly. In most cases‚ it is not known what causes
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Assessment of pain http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-specialisms/pain-management/assessment-of-pain/1861174.article 18 September‚ 2008 | By Sharon Wood Assessment and diagnosis for succesful pain management To provide optimal patient care‚ nurses require appropriate knowledge‚ skills and attitudes towards pain‚ pain assessment and its management. This must be based on the best available evidence to prevent patients from suffering harm (NMC‚ 2008 ). It is unacceptable for patients
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Lyrical Pain Laura AM Peffer Virginia College Lyrical Pain Music dates back over 40‚000 years where most music was influenced by natural surroundings like animal sounds and wind whistling through the trees. Now‚ most musical influence comes from the experiences and emotions the songwriter faces at the time. A quote of Bob Marley‚ a well-known Rastafarian singer‚ states “One good thing about music: when it hits you‚ you feel no pain.” This quote envelops the idea that
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Scott Most people have probably wondered what it would be like to have a super power. Some certain people‚ who are classified as savants‚ get to know what having a superpower is like. Savants are classified as either a congenital savant‚ or an acquired savant. A congenital savant would be like Superman in the fact that they are born with their powers‚ while an acquired savant is like Spiderman because they have obtained their powers through situations in life. Although being a savant does not
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’alternative medicine’ are deceptive euphemisms meant to give an impression of medical authority. Many women have pain with their periods‚ especially when they are in their teens. In most cases‚ menstrual pain does not mean a more serious problems‚ although sometimes it can be associated with endometriosis or uterine fibroids‚ non-cancerous tumors in the uterus. Menstrual pain is oftenly used synonymously with menstrual cramps‚ but the latter may also refer to menstrual uterine contractions‚ which
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9/7/2012 English 101 On a scale from 1 to 10 "The Pain Scale" by Eula Biss is a very controversial and interesting piece of writing in which Bliss attempts to determine a scale to measure her pain. However‚ the writer begins to realize that the duty of associating pain with a number and measurement is much harder than it appears due to the fact that she is unsure what it truly means to "measure things". The practice of giving pain a set of numbers was introduced by the hospice movement in
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List A: Pharmacological and complementary treatment of knee pain Knee pain is an immobilizing symptom from various of diseases and particularly important to treat in the elderly population. Knee pain accounts for 1.9 million visits to general practitioners and 1 million visits to emergency departments annually. Through history taking‚ focusing on red flags that the patients might present with‚ through physical examination‚ and understanding knee anatomy‚ physicians are able to make the diagnosis
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The Spine Changes With Age And Causes Of Back Pain As we age‚ changes back - the spine to age. At the doctor will call signs of aging for degenerative changes. Such changes can be seen‚ among other things‚ on radiographs. With age‚ the joints will often gradually thinner cartilage. It called for cartilage wear or osteoarthritis‚ the x-ray called it usually intervertebralledsartros. The bone in the joints edges becomes stronger and the formation of "pimples". Even vertebral edges are over the years
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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