Unit 8. Case Study 1. Sannu’s Story Sannu has contracted Leprosy. As a sixteen year old teenager‚ it is hard to pin point when he was infected since Leprosy has a long incubation period. As a small boy traveling barefoot along trails in his village‚ Sannu’s body has already adapted to his living conditions. Sannu’s feet are tough and calloused. As Sannu ages‚ so does his Leprosy infection progress. The infection will cause neuropathy in his extremities which will lead to many injuries to his feet
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After surgery‚ patients in the general and spinal anesthesia group received opioids for postoperative pain and patients with epidurals received continuous infusions of hydromorphone and bupivacaine for 24 to 120 hours postoperatively (Ong‚ Arneja‚ & Ong‚ 2005). They found that patients who received epidural and spinal anesthesia had a significant decrease in pain in the first week after surgery compared to those who received general anesthesia. However‚ there was no difference in the use of opioid
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amputee is able to perceive sensations from a body part that is long attached to the body. According to McCormick‚ Chang-Chien‚ Marshall‚ Huang‚ & Harden (2013)‚ approximately 80% of amputees experience sensations or pain at some point after an amputation. Sensations during phantom limb syndrome can be described in various ways‚ pain‚ sharp muscle spasms‚ burning‚ stabbing‚ aching‚ pressure‚ and gnawing. The nature of phantom limb syndrome can acute or chronic and vary significantly in intensity
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total loss of a limb develop chronic phantom-limb pain (PLP)‚ pain that seems to be located in the missing limb. Risks factors for PLP include gender (PLP being more common in women)‚ upper extremity amputation‚ presence of pre-amputation pain‚ residual pain in remaining limb‚ or time after amputation. Further‚ stress‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and other emotional triggers also highly likely contribute to PLP. Recommended preventive measures include using pre-emptive and postoperative perineural or epidural
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training simulated extreme life-like situations. After the soldiers went through their training‚ doctors and surgeons would rush in and give medical attention to any wounded. If they needed to perform an immediate amputation‚ they would apply an anesthetic to the soldier and perform the amputation right there. They would lay out a small tarp to prevent dirt from getting inside you and to help keep bacteria out of your amputated body part. Unfortunately‚ not all victims of the war received anesthetics.
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Sannu’s Story A. Leprosy‚ caused by the bacterium Mycrobacterium leprae‚ is a leading cause of peripheral neuropathy worldwide; although it is treatable‚ the damaged caused by the disease is irreversible. In Sannu’s case‚ why is there both sensory loss and muscle weakness? Sannu contracted leprosy from an unknown source and went untreated due to limited medical care. Because of limited medical care and the lack of treatment the sores that were caused by leprosy started to damage the free nerve
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A 17-year-old-male stubbed his toe on his dresser. He stubbed his 2nd Metatarsal. The 2nd metatarsal became very swollen and tender to the touch. The patient believed that it was just a stubbed toe. Due to the extended period of time of the pain and swelling‚ he decided to go in to see the doctor. The injury was diagnosed as a broken toe‚ then a bone cyst and finally correctly diagnosed as osteosarcoma. The reason that this case is unique is because osteosarcoma tumor was missed twice during diagnosis
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BML 107 Introductory Law for Managers Individual Report – Law of Tort and Employment 1205636 Harry‚ aged 10‚ is a pupil at St Botolph’s. One day last year he fell over when running to school and gashed his leg very badly. He managed to hobble into the school to seek help. The school nurse was unwell that day‚ but Mrs Tourniquet‚ the biology teacher who has been employed by the school for 2 years‚ attended to him. Mrs Tourniquet had as a young woman qualified
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ball caused for many of these amputations because the bullet could destroy not only the tissue but also the bone in the person hit by one of these bullets. The closer the amputation was to the body the higher the mortality rate was‚ for example “hip amputations had a mortality rate of about 24%8.” Amputations were frequent because the amount of wounds to the extremities of the body was about 3 out of 4 wound. In the Union army alone‚ there were about 30‚000 amputations. Amputees had to live with
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In the early spring year in 1861 the Civil War began and lasted four years later until the summer of June 1865. An estimated of 620‚000 men had lost their lives. This war was one of the bloodiest wars that occurred in American history. For the union army the purpose of the war was to officially end the act of slavery. However‚ the Confederate army was fighting to continue to have slaves because not only did they work for free‚ but they also had an impact on the growth in their economy. In the novel
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