Patho Case Study 1 E.O. is an 8-year-old girl with a history of asthma and allergy to bee stings. She has been brought to the clinic complaining of a throat infection. Her health care provider prescribes a course of penicillin to manage her current infection and cautions her parents to watch her closely for a reaction. Discussion Questions 1. What type of reaction is the health care provider concerned about and why? The type of reaction that the health care provider is concerned about is
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Name: Meredith Hillegass Date: 04/10/16 Instructions: All questions apply to this case study. Your responses should be brief and to the point. When asked to provide several answers, list them in order of priority or significance. Do not assume information that is not provided. Please print or write clearly. If your response is not legible, it will be marked as ? and you will need to rewrite it. Scenario D.Z., a 65 year-old man, is admitted to a medical floor for exacerbation of his chronic
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both Claritin and Wal-itin for controlling the various symptoms associated with everyday allergies. This active ingredient, loratadine, has different side effects such a dry mouth, drowsiness and headaches and should not be taken by persons with asthma, kidney disease or liver disease. Dispersion of this drug is generally oral and can be in liquid, gelatin capsules or pill form all with uniform dosage of the active ingredient. Claritin and Wal-itin both contain 10mg of loratadine per dose in all
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This is the second case study that is required for the class. Please submit a paper (doesn’t have to be long; you could even give me bullet-point answers to the questions listed below) that answers all of the questions posed after Case Study 1. I have included an easy second case study which, if you complete it, will be worth extra credit. Answers to the first Case Study are worth 25 points and responding to Case Study 1 is required work for the course. The extra credit, which is not required
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Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4 | | | | | Prompt/Question | Variable Type | Field Name | Properties | Parent School Asthma Pre-Intervention Survey. | Label/Title | PreSurvey | Bold, 24 | Please answer all question below, whether or not your child has asthma | Label/Title | Instruction | Bold, 18 | Child's FName | text | | | Child's Lname | text | | | School ID Number | text | SchoolNum | | Student ID Number | text | StudentID | Required | Address
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weigh 11 stones | Do you smoke and how much? | Yes I do smoke and I roughly smoke about 10 a day. | Do you drink if so how much? | I drink occasionally and only a few glasses when I'm out. | Have you any health conditions? | Yes I do I have asthma and also a personality disorder. | Do you see someone for your mental health? | Yes I do I see a psychiatrist once a week. | Are you on any medication? | Yes I am, I'm currently on 300mg of quetiapine, 225 of veneflaxine and a ventolin inhaler
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LIVING WITH SARCOIDOSIS Stacy Kilgore Nur/427 Sharnee Moore Sarcoidosis is the growth of tiny collections of inflammatory cells in different parts of body most commonly the lungs, lymph nodes, eyes and skin. It is believed sarcoidosis is the result of the body's immune system response to an unknown substance, most likely something inhaled from the air. There is no cure for sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis often goes away on its own. However, signs and symptoms of sarcoidosis may last for years and often
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helped the doctor confirm that Jeremy has EIA were the spirometry tests and the oximetry tests. b) It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all individuals who have allergic asthma will experience symptoms of EIA with vigorous exercise or activity. For teenagers and young adults this is often the most common cause of asthma symptoms. (AAFA, 2005). c) Goals to help EIA are to do a 10-minute warm-up that varies in intensity before you begin regular exercise, if you have allergies, avoid triggers
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string allergies and asthma that E.O responds to particular allergens with a undesirable hyperactive immune response. This oversensitivity is called type I hypersensitivity and is mediated by immunoglobulin E. (2) E.O visited the physician complaining of a throat inflammation/infection. The physician prescribed her penicillin but being aware of her undesirable cascade of immune responses, he is wary of another allergic reaction that is indeed worsened in patients with asthma. (7) The release of IgE
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According to an article from the CDC asthma is affects 1 in 11 children. It also affects 1 adult out of every 12. Is is still unknown as to what causes asthma however studies have shown that asthma can be triggered by the following; - Excersice - Air pollution - Tobacco smoke - Allgerns which include dust, pollen, mold, animal dander, and dust mites Although a “cure” has not been found to end this respiratory disease, it is however treatable. Individuals with asthma can use inhalers to help treat
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