The cause of the disorder Jasmine Ray Westwood (MA) Rough Draft Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term form of inflammatory arthritis of the joints in addition to surrounding tissues. This can also affect the organs. This is resulting in painful immobility, in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles. The immune system is designed towards protecting our well-being by attacking foreign cells like viruses and bacteria. Instead it attacks the body’s own tissues, a thin membrane
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COMMON SKIN RASHES Their Causes and Cures Dr. Stephanie Hill Skin rashes are caused by many different things. They are frequently recognized by symptoms of blistering, dryness, itching, reddening, or scabbing of the skin. Some of the more common ailments that fall into the category of skin rashes are eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis. This paper discusses these three common types of skin rashes. ECZEMA Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, causes the skin to appear red and blotchy. The
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often relieved your symptoms of asthma, knowing if you do not find your inhaler you could be flopping on the floor until consciousness is lost. Some asthmatics say it feels like your trying to breathe through a straw. This feeling is due to the inflammation caused by a trigger that causes the narrowing of the airway leading to the chest tightness, shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing. Asthma is the most common chronic disease affecting people today. Asthma is described as an epidemic rather
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Case Study for Respiratory Disorders #2 Scenario A.W., a 52-year-old woman disabled from severe emphysema, was walking at a mall when she suddenly grabbed her right side and gasped, “Oh, something just popped.” A.W. whispered to her walking companion, “I can’t get any air.” Her companion yelled for someone to call 911 and helped her to the nearest bench. By the time the rescue unit arrived, A.W. was stuporous and in severe respiratory distress. She was intubated, an IV of lactated Ringer’s (LR)
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Case Study – Chronic Bronchitis Admitting History A 68 year old retired geologist arrived in the emergency room with his daughter. Well known to the respiratory care consult team, he has a 40 year history of smoking 1.5 packs of cigarettes a day, is widowed, lives alone, and has difficulty managing his daily activities. For the past week the man has experienced increased dyspnea and cough and has been unable to care for himself. On observation, his personal hygiene appeared to have deteriorated
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I had an experience in 2001 that led me to profoundly rethink the effectiveness of some aspects of our medical system here in the United States. I was on-call in house as the anesthesia provider for a military hospital where I worked as an active duty Air Force Nurse Anesthetist. It was a Saturday morning and I had just come on duty for a 24 call shift. I heard an overhead page for "respiratory therapist stat to room 420". I went up to the 4th floor to see what the situation was. The nurse taking
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Assessment task 1: Written Assessment Anaphylaxis is a respiratory disease that can be both acute and severe. It has a 3% mortality rate within Australia caused from a range of triggers that may or may not be known to the victim. Although anaphylaxis prevalence has increased, death rates have decreased due to understanding of the disease pathophysiology alongside better and faster management of life threatening symptoms (Liew, Williamson & Tang, 2009). This essay will discuss these points
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How the character of Billy is prior represented in the opening chapters of the novel regeneration. Pat barker first introduces the character Billy prior in chapter 5. The first character that he was introduced to was Rivers as he was his patient. Pat barker describes him at first as a very mute character and is entirely fictional, I know this because when Rivers asked sister Rogers whether he’s said anything to anyone as he was unresponsive, and she replied to him, “No, if
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Nebuliser Therapies in the Treatment of Bronchiolitis Introduction Bronchiolitis is a mostly seasonal disease, with the majority of cases being caused by the respiratory syncytial virus. Around 2 -3 percent (30 per 1000) of all children under 1 year old are likely to be admitted to hospital with this disease (Smyth and Openshaw, 2006). Using a modified version of the Gibbs Reflective cycle (1988) this assignment will evaluate the assessment and treatment of an unwell infant bought in to the children’s
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Outline & evaluate research into the relationship between the immune system and stress-related illness (12) AO1 - COHEN ET AL investigated the role of general life stress on vulnerability to the common cold virus. 394 participants completed questionnaires on the number of stressful life events experience in the previous year. They also rated their degree of stress and level of negative emotions such as depression. The 3 scores were combined into a stress index. Ps were then exposed to the
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