Dermatitis is defined as inflammation of the skin. There are several types of dermatitis. They include atopic, contact, seborrheic, stasis, neurodermatitis, and hand dermatitis. Stasis dermatitis is inflammation of the skin on the lower extremities. It is caused by poor circulation, which is usually in the lower legs. Venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins have trouble sending blood back to the heart, which can lead to stasis dermatitis. The poor circulation is a result of a condition
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improved gas exchange. 5. Assess changes in vital signs Rationale: Tachycardia and hypertension occur with increasing work of breathing. The types of respiratory disease are asthma, allergies, COPD, emphysema, lung cancer, sinusitis. Factors contributing to one having tachypnea are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and or heart attack, stress and
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Systemic allergic contact dermatitis. What is systemic contact allergic dermatitis? Systemic contact dermatitis (SCD) or systemically reactivated allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a dermatitis/eczema that occurs when a person who is already sensitized to a substance through skin contact is exposed to that substance (allergen) via a systemic route. Exposure may be through oral, inhalational, injectable, and trans-mucosal routes. Systemic contact dermatitis was first described in 1895 where individuals
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Pulmonary Function Testing Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a "preventable, treatable disease" with "airflow limitation" that is "progressive" and "not fully reversible" (Buttaro, Trybulski, Polgar Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013, p. 445). The paper will review COPD diagnosis, management, and prevention strategies that can be implemented into a clinical setting. A case scenario will be utilized as an example of this application. COPD: Diagnosis, Management, and Preventions Strategies
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Asthma has had a major impact on the health of Americans as well as on the US healthcare system. 1 in 11 children in America have asthma. On a similar note, 1 in 12 adults in America have asthma. Each year asthma is responsible for about 5000 deaths, nearly 500,000 hospitalizations, and 2 million visits to emergency departments. Asthma also restricts people’s activity and is the leading cause of absence from school and work. In 2008, asthma caused 10.5 million missed days of school and 14.2 million
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Asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases, is a significant cause of disability, as it is responsible for population morbidity and causes a large healthcare burden worldwide and thus remains a global health concern (Edwards et al. 2012). Atopic asthma is considered an inappropriate immune T-helper cell type 2 (Th2) mediated response (Navarro et al. 2010; Allan & Devereux 2011). Dendritic cell persistence and activation of the adaptive immune response upon antigen detection are important in
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conditions that cause the skin to become irritated and inflamed. The cause of eczema is unknown, but it is believed that is the body’s immune system overreacting to an irritant. Eczema is also commonly found in families with a history of allergies and asthma. An eczema flare up is usually caused by a trigger. Some of the most common and well known triggers are: dry skin, cleaning products and irritants, stress, hot or cold temperature, sweating, infection, allergies, and hormones. Eczema symptoms will
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1. Using the Rule of Nines, A.N. sustained burns to 45% of her body when combing A&P sites. 2. Criteria to assess includes burns on the face and neck, singed nasal hair, hoarse, dry cough, bloody/sooty sputum, labored respirations. Additionally, edema, blisters, and ulcerations along the mucosal lining of the oorpharyngeal and laryngeal sites. The edema may continue to increase for 24-48 hours post injury, so close pulmonary assessment is pertinent. Asses initially for need of intubation with
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Facts: Mavis Baker, a Jamaican-born citizen, diagnosed with a mental illness was ordered deported, after information was discovered about her illegally living in Canada for 11 years. As a visitor, Ms. Baker entered Canada in August of 1981 and began working illegally as a domestic, where she subsequently had four Canadian-born children. Baker is the sole caregiver for two of her children and provides emotional support for her other two children, which she is in regular contact with. To avoid immediate
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Beginning a. Who is the patient: Trenton Detroit (likes to be called “Jersey”) b. Background history of social, physical, spiritual, psychosocial: Gender: Male Age: 69 Race: Caucasian (born and raised in Anderson IN) Trump supporter Height (in): 69 Weight (kg): 74 (His wife’s cooking is really good he just wish he was hungrier but since being Dx with COPD he doesn’t eat as much anymore although Caroline’s chicken pot pie is to die for. Caroline loves to cook and
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