Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a serious infection that spreads easily from person to person. The infection causes coughing spells so severe that it can be hard to breathe, eat, or sleep. Pertussis can lead to pneumonia or hospitalization. Although whooping cough can make adults very sick, another big concern is that adults are the most common source of infection in babies, who are at the highest risk of dying from it. A. Mentally and emotionally: • Pertussis can cause considerable
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mostly in children and affects around 1 in 12 adults. There does seem to be a link between eczema, hay fever and asthma, and as yet there is no known cure for it. Atopic eczema is a genetic condition based on the interaction between a number of genes and environmental factors. In most cases there will be a family history of either eczema or one of the other ‘atopic’ conditions i.e asthma or hay fever. The symptoms of ezcema can vary from being dry, itchy and inflamed to being broken and bleeding and
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Johnson 10/26/15 “ASTHMA” Introduction Most of you may not think of asthma as a killer disease, yet more that 5,000 Americans die of asthma each year. According to the Mayo Clinic web page, asthma also accounts for more that 400,000 hospital discharges annually. As the number of people with asthma increases, the more likely you are to come in contact with a person who has the disease. As far as I can remember, I have had asthma my whole life. My mother and one of my sisters also have asthma, so I have
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Introduction Shivering is a relatively common problem encountered during the perioperative period. It is reported in 40 to 70% of patients undergoing surgery under regional anesthesia[1]. Along with nausea and vomiting, postanesthesia shivering is one of the leading causes of discomfort for patients. Shivering not only adds psychological stress to the patient but also physiologically leads to an increase in O2 consumption by 200-500%, and increased carbon dioxide production which may lead to problems
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The most important cause of COPD is smoking; however, smoking is not the only cause for COPD (Ko & Hui, 2012). Evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to noxious particles and gases is related to the development of the disease (Ko & Hui, 2012). Traffic and other outdoor pollution, second-hand smoke, and biomass smoke exposure are all associated with the development of COPD (Ko & Hui, 2012). Outdoor air pollution in urban areas is a major public health problem due to emissions of air pollutants
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Celcor severe allergy causes rash, swelling, vomiting, and bleeding Tobacco:Denies tobacco usage. Alcohol:Patient reports wine on rare occasions. Past History: Childhood Illnesses. Patient reports history of Bilateral Glue Ear, Chicken Pox, and Asthma. Denies history Scarlet Fever or Rheumatic Fever. Adult Illnesses. Medical: Pre-hypertension, 2006 treatment refused by patient. Surgical: Grommet insertion, 1983; Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy, 2007; Cholecystectomy, 2010; Appendectomy, 2011;
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air out as routinely as normal2. An estimated 40,000 people, including rescues workers were exposed to noxious pollution. Itchy eyes and runny noses envelope people including nearby residents and commuters; 3,800 – 12,600 people have developed asthmas as a result3. Conditions such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis (where the alveoli within the lungs cause hypersensitivity to inhaled organic dust)4. Lung abscess containing necrotic debris flood microbial infections. Restrictive lung disease
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Case Study 2: Session 7 R.J. is a 15-year-old boy with a history of asthma diagnosed at age 8. His asthma episodes are triggered by exposure to cats and various plant pollens. He has been using his albuterol inhaler 10 to 12 times per day over the last 3 days and is continuing to wheeze. He normally needs his inhaler only occasionally (2 or 3 times per week). He takes no other medications and has no other known medical conditions. Physical examination reveals moderate respiratory distress with
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health problems in middle childhood. Asthma was one of the topics covered in the text and coincidently, Mycah has suffered from asthma. Simply put, asthma can be defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that makes breathing difficult. Of course she uses an inhaler as needed to cope with her asthma, but according to her parents she also had to get steroid injections at one point because her asthma attacks would become more frequent. Now that her asthma is under control she was able to
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ASTHMA PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS ASTHMA CASE STUDY RICK, 44 YO MALE COMES TO CLINIC COMPLAINING OF ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA. HE HAS HAD MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA FOR YEARS THAT IS TRIGGERED BY ALLERGIES AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. THE PAST FEW WEEKS HIS SEASONAL ALLERGIES HAVE BEEN BOTHERING HIM, HE HAS BEEN USING HIS ALBUTEROL A COUPLE TIMES A DAY FOR A WHEEZY COUGH. HAS BEEN TAKING BENADRYL FOR HIS ALLERGIES, BUT IT MAKES HIM SLEEPY AND HE CAN’T TAKE IT AT WORK. HE IS ABLE TO WORK, BUT HE
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