...in the scenarios has a different blood disorder caused by different factors. This paper will explain the blood disorders, identify the cause, and discuss methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Scenario One Amy, the four year old Caucasian girl is suffering from a blood disorder called iron deficiency anemia. This occurs when the body is not getting enough iron through the patient’s everyday diet. In Amy’s case her poor diet and her mother’s lack of financial stability is causing her to have this blood disorder. The iron helps the body to produce hemoglobin which is a part of red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen throughout the body and without enough hemoglobin the body will start to lack oxygen. Diagnosis for this blood disorder can be as simple as making a doctor’s appointment with a family physician. “Your doctor will do a physical exam and ask you questions about your medical history and your symptoms. Your doctor will take some of your blood to run tests. These tests may include a complete blood count to look at your red blood cells and an iron test that shows how much iron is in your blood” (WebMD, 2005-2010). The Doctor might also check to see if he can find what is causing the anemia. The treatment options available for this kind of anemia usually consist of taking iron pills, but if the doctor found something else that was causing...
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...Anemia There are more than 3.5 million people in the United States who suffer from blood deficiency. This is the statistic of the Wrong Diagnosis website. Maybe our days are so busy that we hardly have time for one of the three main meals of the day and perhaps we commonly stay up late at night trying to finish homework or trying to advance work for the next day, we feel stressed, weak and/or exhausted. The point is that we are losing a lot of energy and we do not do anything to help to replace it, so our body does not produce enough red blood cells. All of these can lead to that famous, so common and dangerous disease, Anemia. According to the National Anemia Action Council, “Anemia occurs when you have a below-normal level of hemoglobin or hematocrit. Anemia can be a temporary or long-term disease, and can range from mild to severe. If you have mild anemia, there may be no symptoms or only mild symptoms, but severe anemia can result in a major impact on the quality of life”. In other words, it can also be defined as the lack of red blood cells in our body. In the following report, I am going to give a more clear explanation about what is Anemia and I am going to focus on 6 important factors about the disease which will help clarify the understanding of it. This report will be developed in the next order: Definition, Classification, Types, Causes, and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Cure besides other relevant information. I hope to be clear and direct with the...
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...Despite the fact women could not practice medicine as physicians; many had medical training and served as country healer and midwives (Wagner 200). As for the surgeons, they had little formal education and learned their trade by performing operations under the instruction of physicians. Barbers played an important role within the medical community. Barber surgeons became the first recognized medical guild in England. They were allowed to pull teeth, engage in minor surgery and cut hair. Barbers generally wore short robes and surgeons along with physicians wore long robes. Physicians rarely saw patients, preferring the method of diagnosing illnesses from a urine sample (Wagner...
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...Today, American women use multiple different types of birth control methods. In 2011, forty-five percent of pregnancies were unintended ("Unintended Pregnancy"). In other words, that is almost half of all pregnancies. These unintended pregnancies are a huge reason as to why many women make the decision to use birth control. Some of the most common types of birth control (birth control pills, intrauterine devices, abstinence, and tubal ligation) are methods prescribed or suggested by a woman's health care provider. Each birth control method has a negative side effect but they all assist in preventing pregnancy and offer other health benefits as well (SP3). For example, birth control pills may cause heart attacks, but they also help prevent pregnancy and acne ("The Pill"). Although birth control can have negative side effects, it has health benefits that outweigh the risks....
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...behavior of doctors when prescribing drugs for Iron Deficiency anemia Research paper presented to SPPSPTM, NMIMS In partial fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree B.Pharm + MBA (MBA PharmaTech) By Dishali Shah A073 Academic Year 2015 - 2016 Statement by candidate This is to submit that this submission report is my report entitled “Prescription behavior of doctors when prescribing drugs for Iron Deficiency anemia” represents my ideas in my own words and where others’ ideas have been included, I have adequately cited and referenced the original sources. I also declare that I have followed all the principles of academic honesty and integrity and have not misrepresented or fabricated or falsified any idea/ data/ fact / source in my submission. I understand that any violation of the above will be a cause of strict disciplinary action by the School and can also evoke penal action from the sources, which have thus not been properly cited, or from whom proper permission has not been taken when needed. P. Score________% Signature of Student Name of Student SVKM’s NMIMS Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai-400056. SHOBHABEN PRATAPBHAI PATEL SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, SVKM’s NMIMS 2 Certificate The work described in this report entitled “Prescription behavior of doctors when prescribing drugs for Iron Deficiency anemia” has been carried out by Ms. Dishali...
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...The Female Athlete (2009). The Olympic Textbook of Science and Sport, The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine An IOC Medical Commission Publication. Chapter 23 382 -397 Wiley- Blackwell , Chichester, UK Introduction Since women’s first involvement in the Olympic Games in 1900, great progress has been made in increasing the participation rates of women across most events. In 2000, women represented 44% of the competitors at the Sydney Summer Games, although this was not matched by coverage of women’s sports in the major newspapers of Belgium, Denmark, France and Italy. In these countries, women’s sport at the Sydney Olympics represented only 29.3% of the articles and 38% of photographs (Capranica et al. 2005). The number of published research studies on females to support the increased participation, can be reflected in the number of publications in the Journal of Applied Physiology in the first 5 months of 2006. This data suggests that there is still a short fall in the proportions of female studies when compared to those on male. Of those articles specifically referring to exercise in humans (n=36), 61 % were on males only, 5 % were on females only, 8 % were on males and females with the genders being studied separately and 26 % were on males and females, with no acknowledgment of the mixed gender. Collating these facts, together with the observation that many of the early findings on females and exercise have been found to be invalid because of poorly-controlled studies, it...
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...“Vitamins were first introduced in 1911 by the Warsaw-born biochemist Casimir Fink (1884-1967). Nutrition is essential for growth, development and well-being. Behavior to promote good health should start early in life with breastfeeding and continue through life with the development of healthy eating habits. It is also the responsibility of the parents to continue to contribute to young people’s growing knowledge of nutrition, not only by providing nutritious meals in the home but also by periodically explaining the importance of vitamins, minerals and other essential vitamins. Too much or too little intake of vitamins can lead to serious illnesses. A person can become vitamin deficient if they are lacking the minimum amount of certain vitamins needed by the body to maintain regular good health. If long term vitamin deficiency occurs, a deficiency disease can develop, and this can also lead to probable death. Unlike some other food substances, such as protein and carbohydrates, of which the body needs to consume large regular quantities, vitamins are needed in small quantities. Hence, vitamins, minerals and supplements should be an important part of our daily diet in order to achieve a healthy lifestyle and to avoid vitamin deficiencies. According to researcher Meirner “a deficiency in either vitamin B12 or folate may due to inadequate dietary intake, malnutrition, chronic, significant alcohol intake, problems with gastrointestinal absorption, history of gastric surgery, sever...
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...The Reproductive Health law is Philippine law aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. It is a way of helping people to be more advance, well prepared, and to widen up each and every individuals mind setting about our society now a day. There is this top agreement about its provisions on maternal and child health care, there is great debate on its proposal that we taxpayer and the private sector will fund and undertake widespread distribution of family planning devices such as birth control pills (BCPs) and IUDs, and as the government continue campaigning to broadcast a good information and effect on its use through health care centers nationwide. Everyone has been talking about this RH law, for some agreed and some don’t. In some part of each individual, RH law may help and it may bring into some point also that it may trigger to do such thing that will ruin someone’s life. But as the saying goes that every little thing that is too much is not good. So, it depends on how we’re going to take it and treat it as long as we are only motivated to do well and focus only to what could bring us a healthy and happy life. The bill mandates the government to “promote, without bias, all effective natural and modern methods of family planning that are medically safe and legal.” Although abortion is recognized as illegal and punishable by law, the bill states that “the government shall ensure that all women needing care for post-abortion...
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...birth control and maternal the bill has been introduced as early as the year 2000 by Albany Representative Excel Lagan but the bill has not been implemented nor approved in the congress and in the senate. The bill is designed to control the population in the country by promoting family planning methods and contraceptives using condoms, pills and other devices that will be distributed to the public they will also disseminate information in various communities and municipalities. There are thousands of people opposing such bill including then on, the academe, some political people and the church are against the bill. Through this concept there are various arguments that arises the contra has been debating for years and they are arguing about its effect. As of this year of 2011 the implementation of such law has not been allowed, the final debate and the implementation or abolition of the law is expected to be reviewed within the year of and hopefully it will be finalized by 2012 to make the necessary resolution if such law is worthy to be included in the Philippines. It is true that most Filipinos are in favor of family, there are bills that also promote such family planning method like Senate bill 2378 by Miriam Defense Santiago and it is almost the same system, but there are differences in RH bill and these differences creates so much arguments. Here are some of the following arguments I have collected from various people who are engage in rallies and activities that opposes...
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...------------------------------------------------- Reagent index[edit] A[edit] Chemical name | Chemical formula | Common name | Source and description | Acetic acid | CH3COOH + H2O | 5% Solution: White vinegar | Grocery store; "white vinegar"—5% or "cleaning vinegar"—10%Photography supply store; "Indicator Stop Bath"—89% (with Bromocresol Purple dye) or "Glacial Acetic Acid" 99.5–100% | Acetone | CH3COCH3 | Acetone | General; "nail polish remover"Discount store; Onyx, Cutex. Boating supply; "fiberglass cleaner" Hardware store; "Acetone"While composition varies from product to product, paint removers have more acetone per volume than regular nail polish remover, and industrial grade (rather than consumer grade) paint removers used by professionals + sold in bulk will contain more acetone still. Some stores sell pure acetone as well.[2] | Acetylene gas | C2H2 | Ethyne | Hardware store or Welding supply; "acetylene"By reaction of calcium carbide and water. | Acetylsalicylic acid | C9H8O4 | Aspirin | Pharmacy; "Aspirin" | Aluminium | Al | Aluminium | General; "aluminium foil"Fine art store; "metallic pigment"—powdered aluminiumFiberglass supply shop; powdered aluminium as a filler material.Refined from mined aluminum ore, or bauxite.Often coated with wax to reduce flammability. | Aluminium hydroxide | Al(OH)3 | alumina hydrate | General; "antacid tablets"—blended with magnesium hydroxideAntacid Tablets; Alu-cap, Amphojel, Dialume—100%Fine art supply: "thickening agent"...
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...be caused by demonic spirits and witchcraft so treatments such as exorcisms were performed in hopes of healing the patient. With little to no knowledge of mental illnesses, in the early 1400s, the first asylum was established. Though not everyone admitted to these asylums were schizophrenic, many of them were. In the beginning, asylums were not created to treat any of the patients, but to house them after family had abandoned them and keep them from roaming the city. The conditions were horrible, and there was little concern for any of the patients enrolled in the asylums. Butcher’s study (as cited by Foerschner) talks about the conditions of La Bicetre, which were not at all limited to this single asylum but to many asylums worldwide: Iron cuffs and collars permitted just enough movement to allow patients to feed themselves but not...
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...of the species Ancylostomaduodenale and Necatoramericanus. Together, the hookworms infect an estimated 576-740 million individuals today of which 80 million are severely infected. The morbidity associated with severe infection includes intestinal blood loss, anemia, and protein malnutrition. The burden of infection is concentrated mostly among the world’s poorest who live on less than $2 a day. A particularly vulnerable population is children in low and middle income countries as infection with hookworm can stunt growth and physical fitness and impair and intellectual and cognitive development. The tragic irony of the situation is that there are readily available and cheap resources for treatment which often cost less than 2 cents per pill.[1] Morphology Adult A. duodenale worms are grayish white or pinkish with the head slightly bent in relation to the rest of the body. This bend forms a definitive hook shape at the anterior end for which hookworms are named. They possess well developed mouths with two pairs of teeth (Figure 1). While males measure approximately one centimeter by 0.5 millimeter, the females are often longer and stouter. Additionally, males can be distinguished from females based on the presence of a prominent Figure 1. Teeth of Ancylostoma on the right and cutting plates of Necator on the left.[1] ...
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...Running head: CULTURALLY SENSITIVE NURSING CARE Culturally Sensitive Nursing care In Maternity For Japanese Patients March 28, 2012 Abstract Nurses need to be culturally congruent in order to offer culturally, competent care to their clients. To be able to care for Japanese women, during the prepartum, intrapartum, postpartum phases and for her newborn infant, it is necessary to have knowledge and continued education of the patient and her family’s culture and customs. The US Census Bureau accounts that approximately 1.3 million individuals of Japanese descent reside in the United State (US census bureau 2009). In the Japanese culture, the main focus for men is to support their family financially; therefore it is the woman’s job to care for their household. During the pregnancy and postpartum period, Japanese women will benefit from the care, support and education given by their nurse. Culturally Sensitive Nursing care in Maternity for Japanese Patients The nurse’s cultural knowledge and understanding of the patient’s religion, customs, beliefs, and nutritional preference, are crucial tools for successful communication. Teaching and implication of nursing intervention are also very important during: prenatal, postnatal and motherhood stages during her hospital stay and in the community setting. Japanese are taught the English language from the age of six; therefore...
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...Before the battle of Berlin, in the final days of the war on the 22nd of April 1945, before his death, Hitler received news that the orders that he had issued to SS-General Felix Steiner to move Army Detachment Steiner to Berlin to help defend the city had been dismissed, this failure to obey orders would have made Berlin a much easier city to take, being as it was an unexpected attack by the Russians. When Hitler was notified of his General’s actions (or lack of actions) he made a speech to the public saying that he’d stay in the city and then at the end he would shoot himself. Later on the same day, he asked his physician Dr. Werner Haase the most reliable method to commit suicide, Haase recommended the “pistol and poison method” and said that it was probably the safest. By the 27th of April Berlin had lost radio communication with all defending units, Führerbunker Command Staff had to rely on telephone communication...
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...Betty’s Unfolding Case Betty is a 20 year old single black female. She has never been pregnant, and she does not have a history of any health conditions. Her family history includes HTN on her father’s side (PGF and F). Her MGM had breast cancer, and is now deceased. She does smoke, but states that she plans to quit when she stops being so “stressed out from school”. She presents in the health clinic complaining of a foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Which questions would you ask to elicit thorough information about her history? 1. Is she sexually active? (If so, at what age did she become sexually active?) 2. Has she had sex recently (with multiple partners or received oral intercourse)? 3. How many sexual partners has she had? 4. How many packs of cigarettes does she smoke a week? How long has she smoked? 5. Does she use street drugs or alcohol? 6. What is her diet like? 7. Does she exercise? 8. What color is the discharge? When did it start? Is she experiencing any vaginal itching or burning? 9. When did her last menstrual period start? What is her usual menstrual cycle like? What is her normal amount of menstrual discharge? 10. Does she do regular breast self-exams? What is the likely cause of the discharge? • Foul-smelling vaginal discharge is a sign of infection, such as bacterial vaginosis, which is caused by an overgrowth of bacteria and produces a white, gray, or milky discharge. It could...
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