A PARTIAL REQUIREMENT IN T.L.E II Recommended Dietary Allowance is a Guide in Determining Nutrients a Day Submitted by: Mariel Mae A. Maculbe Submitted to: Mr. Armando C. Prado August ‚2010 I. Introduction Human beings require food to grow‚ reproduce‚ and maintain good health. Without food‚ our bodies could not stay warm‚ build or repair tissue‚ or maintain a heartbeat. Eating the right foods can help us avoid certain diseases or recover
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was brought by the ambulance to the ER. The triage nurse performed the general assessment on the patient and came up with the following information: Personal History: 65 years old‚ married with two children. Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus‚ Anemia‚ Hemiplegia A. Diabetes Mellitus- a disorder in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high because your body is not producing enough insulin to meet its need. The production of insulin is made by the pancreas and helps lower blood glucose. The
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Case Study 97 1. Sickle cell disease is a group of disorders that affects hemoglobin‚ the molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body. People with this disorder have atypical hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S‚ which can distort red blood cells into a sickle‚ or crescent‚ shape. SCD affects millions of people worldwide‚ particularly those with African‚ Spanish‚ Mediterranean‚ and Indian ancestry. Some 120‚000 infants are born with SCD every year worldwide
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weight fluctuation over the past 6 months Is there a history of diabetes in your family? Have you had any radiation therapy to your head and or neck? 3. You know that potential causes for some of R.M.’s symptoms include depression‚ hypothyroidism‚ anemia‚ cardiac disease‚ fluid and electrolyte imbalance‚ and allergies. As part of your screening procedures‚ describe how you would begin to investigate which of these conditions probably do not account for R.M.’s symptoms. As part of screening procedure
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transplant. The following diseases affect the production of bone marrow cells; sickle cell anemia‚ aplastic anemia‚ thalassemia‚ congenital nuertopenia‚ and severe immunodeficiency syndromes‚ the stem cells in the bone marrow don’t work function properly (“bone marrow”). The large production of defective or immature cells is called leukemia. The production of an excessive low blood cell counts is called aplastic anemia. These immature or defective blood cells cease the production of normal blood cell‚ and
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Amino Acid-the building blocks from which proteins are constructed Alpha-Globin- blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis. Anemia- a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin‚ often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor‚ weakness‚ and breathlessness. Prognosis-a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease‚ especially of the chances of recovery Trait-This passed on in sex chromosones Symptom a phe
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ANILA‚ Philippines?As the administration of President Benigno Aquino III settles down and braces for work for the next six years‚ a review of the latest National Nutrition Survey (NNS) might be imperative to guide it in one of its proclaimed crusades?to reduce poverty. Through Executive Order No. 128‚ signed on Jan. 30‚ 1987 during the time of the President?s mother‚ the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is mandated to undertake research
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Blood Case Studies BIO 169 1. A) The primary disorder of this person is Hemolytic Anemia. That is when the bone marrow is unable to produce more red blood cells to make up for the ones being lost. There are more being destroyed faster and the bone marrow can not keep up. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ha/ha_whatis.html B) The cause of the leukocytosis is that there is an increase in the production of white blood cells and in this case it is the level of lymphocytes that are
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A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together that represent the smallest unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction. (http://www.dictionary.com) In kitchen chemistry today‚ there are many types of food molecules such as minerals‚ vitamins‚ fiber‚ and water. But there are four molecules that people refer to as food‚ also known as the four basic food molecules‚ which can be used to produce energy which are carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and alcohol which is not considered
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NAME-FOSU-MENSAH EMMANUEL ID NUMBER-10372921 VITAMINS Vitamins are organic compounds which are needed in small quantities to sustain life. We get vitamins from food‚ because the human body either does not produce enough of them or none at all. An organic compound contains carbon. When an organism cannot produce enough of an organic chemical compound that it needs in tiny amounts‚ and has to get it from food‚ it is called a vitamin. Sometimes the compound is a vitamin for a human but not for
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