Running head: CASE STUDY #1 Case Study #1 Ms. A presents to the ED with complaints of lightheadedness‚ dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia for the past 10-12 years‚ with an elevated heart and respiratory rate‚ temperature of 98° F‚ and decreased blood pressure. She states that she takes 1000mg of aspirin every three to four hours for six days during menstruation‚ and also during the summer months to relieve stiff joints to play golf. Her laboratory values reveal the
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multi-factorial etiology of diabetic foot ulcers is evidenced by the numerous pathophysiologic pathways that can potentially lead to this disorder. A multicenter study attributed 63 percent of diabetic foot ulcers to the critical triad of peripheral sensory neuropathy‚ deformity‚ and trauma (Reiber‚ et al.‚ 1999). The following discusses the pathophysiology of each of the triad in limited detail. Background: Glucose is liberated from dietary carbohydrate such as starch or sucrose by hydrolysis within the
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W6_A1 Human Pathophysiology W6_A1: Urinary Disorders A 45-year-old grocery sales clerk has been suffering from bouts of severe pain in his left flank region. He blamed it on prolonged standing for 8 hours straight while working. He was taking over-the-counter pain medications for his pain. One day‚ he found fresh blood in his urine. He went to a doctor who performed urine tests‚ CT scans‚ and x-rays. He was diagnosed with urinary calculi. •Discuss possible factors that may have been responsible for
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Family Health Assessment Prabha Andrews Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V-O103 Shauna Wise April 6‚ 2014 Introduction Family is considered the natural and fundamental unit of the society. The family members make up the family as a structure. Family includes members of different age group
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Iron Deficiency Anemia Imagine that you lived your life to the fullest potential‚ while not having a single idea that a heart attack was right around for you. You are exhausted and have unusual cravings for ice even when you’re freezing and cannot get warm. On top of that‚ you cannot explain why you are having a shortness of breath or foggy thinking. If you imagine your life like this‚ then you are living with a condition called iron deficiency anemia. IDA is a common type of anemia‚ a condition in
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Sickle Cell Anemia "An ISU student died March 12 from complications of Sickle Cell Anemia there is no cure for Sickle Cell Anemia" (Indiana Statesman‚ 2004). What is Sickle Cell Anemia? According to National Institute of Health‚ Sickle Cell Anemia is a lifelong‚ inherited blood disorder or disease‚ characterized primarily by chronic anemia and periodic episodes of pain. It is one form of sickle cell disease‚ a category of blood disorders caused by defective hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a substance
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sickle cell anemia can make a person more resistant to contracting malaria If it had not been for Anthony Allison‚ the world as we know it today would drastically change. Like the video stated‚ many people with the sickle cell anemia would meet “death before adulthood”. Areas with high frequencies of anopheles mosquito and sickle cell anemia would correlate but nobody would understand why. I admire Allison for not only having the burning inquiry to determine why the sickle cell anemia character was
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Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Anemia occurs in about 1 out of 500 African American births‚ and 1 out of 36‚000 Hispanic births. It is a lifelong disease‚ and sometime can be deadly. According to Dr. Whittaker‚ in our region there are abnormally higher cases of Sickle Cell Anemia‚ so I found it important to learn more about the disease‚ what cause it‚ what are the symptoms as well as the options of treatments for this disease. According to www.invista.com‚ it is believed that sickle cell disease
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A Case of Iron Deficiency Anemia Jennifer Brown‚ Clara Ozoigbo‚ Shanahan Arisa‚ Ndidi Uchegbu March 22‚ 2015 Anatomy and Physiology II 2402- 43002 Eastfield Community College Abstract Delores Welborn is a 28-year-old attorney living in Portland‚ Oregon. Delores is in the second trimester of pregnancy with her first child‚ and though her pregnancy had been progressing normally‚ recently she has noticed that she tires very easily and is short of breath from even the slightest exertion. She also
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Genetics of Sickle Cell Anemia Objectives • To observe how a disease can act as a selective force • To describe changes in allele frequencies in a population as a result of a selective force Hypothesis The starting ratio of HbA to HbS is 3:1; in a typical population‚ the Homozygous Dominant Gene would become the standard‚ but because carrying the Heterozygous version of the allele has an advantage to fighting Malaria it will become the dominant Allele for the population. The HbA/HbS gene will
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