Appendicitis Valerie Guidone Helene Fuld College of Nursing Pathophysiology March 20‚ 2014 Appendicitis The appendix is small close-ended narrow tube that attaches to the first part of the colon‚ also known as the cecum. It is located in the lower right part of your abdomen. Although medical researchers know where the appendix is‚ the purpose it serves in our body is still unknown because the removal causes no noticeable symptoms (Mohan‚ 2010). Appendicitis is defined
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10 WARNING SIGNS OF COLON CANCER YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE + 6 TIPS TO REDUCE THE RISK MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OFTEN REFER TO COLORECTAL CANCER‚ WHICH INCLUDES COLON CANCER THAT AFFECTS THE LARGE INTESTINE AND RECTAL CANCER THAT AFFECTS THE LOWERMOST PART OF THE LARGE INTESTINE. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY‚ 1 IN 20 PEOPLE ARE AT A RISK OF DEVELOPING COLORECTAL CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. The exact cause of colorectal or bowel cancer is not known. However‚ it is believed to develop when healthy
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Uterine cancer is the most frequent type of cancer found in women’s reproductive organs as well as being the fourth most common type of cancer found in women today (“Uterine Cancer Facts‚”2016). The American Cancer Society is estimating that this year alone within the United States not only will there be sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty new cases of uterine cancer diagnosed but also ten thousand nine hundred and twenty women will lose their life to uterine cancer. Symptoms of uterine
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Surprise Eleventh grade was a substantial upgrade compared to tenth grade‚ although many things were the same. Same drama‚ cliques‚ and crap just a different day. Nothing spectacular happened to me‚ and all year I went through the motions of my weeks having weekends to push me through. My class load and work kept me out of trouble‚ like I said same thing different day. But‚ it was never that simple for me. Then in comes June 10th and I had a routine doctor’s appointment which became abnormal about
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Belly fat is one of the most difficult parts of your body to lose weight from‚ especially if you are struggling with your overall weight. For some‚ losing weight in the abdominal area is difficult even when the weight in other areas comes off with exercise. Changing your diet may be the easiest way that you can lose belly fat‚ especially when you have tried stomach specific exercises with no results. Why Change My Diet? There are several reasons that changing your diet can help you lose excess
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(PTSD) and the use of new tranquilizers amongst veterans. According to the trauma medical director of the Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital‚ DO. Michael Iwanicki Ph.D‚ “The bloodiest war of the 20th Century was the First World War. Penetrating abdominal wounds causing colonic injury were associated with a 66% mortality‚ regardless of the meticulousness of the colonic
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dark or tarry stool or dark blood or bright red blood mixed in stool (National Library of Medicine‚ 2016). Other signs include abdominal pain or cramping‚ dizziness‚ generalized weakness‚ and
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middle age and/or elderly people. People usually have left lower quadrant abdominal pain‚ tenderness and fever‚ and an increase in white blood cells. Some patients as young as 20 years old are diagnosed with Diverticulitis because of its association to abdominal obesity.
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carried or transmitted by food & water. Examples are: Cholera‚ Hepatitis A‚ Amoebic Dysentery‚ & Typhoid Fever INTRODUCTION What is a Typhoid Fever? It is an acute bacterial infection characterized by fever‚ headache and abdominal discomfort. Also known as ENTERIC FEVER PATHOGENS & VIRULENCE FACTORS What causes Typhoid Fever? Typhoid Fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi from the family Enterobacteriacea. Salmonella typhi is a gram-negative
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Introduction Crohn’s disease (CD) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract with an unpredictable course. The peak age of the onset of CD is in second to fourth decades of life‚ and its course follows a pattern of periodic recurrences and exacerbations1. CD predominantly affects the small bowel (in up to 80% of cases) and colon‚ but any part of the gastrointestinal tract may be involved‚ and more than one site may be affected. This disease is characterized by erosions
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