severe effect you may develop Hemolytic-uremic syndrome and in this case you may suffer from kidney failure‚ loss of red blood cells‚ and a decrease in platelets in blood. Usually within hours up to several days patients develop symptoms that might last 5 to 10 days. Rita Bernstein talked about how her daughter‚ Hailey‚ suffered from E.coli. Hailey was 3 years old when she caught E.coli from a triple washed ready to eat bagged lettuce. She had suffered Hemolytic – uremic syndrome‚ and was
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course is almost invariably one of persistent symptoms‚ waxing and waning in intensity‚ and a progressive deterioration of joint structures leading to deformations and disability What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? What needs to be dealt with? • An autoimmune disease of unknown etiology characterized by involvement of multiple joints‚ affects the small joints more severely‚ usually symmetrical‚ acute attacks and remissions leaving behind progressive joint damage which ultimately results in deformity
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ASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY HEMOSTASIS 1.BLEEDING TIME Bleeding time is used to measure the duration of bleeding after a measured skin incision. Bleeding time may be measured by one of three methods: template‚ Ivy‚ or Duke. The template method is the most commonly used and the most accurate because the incision size is standardized. Bleeding time depends on the elasticity of the blood vessel wall and on the number and functional capacity of platelets. Although this test is usually performed on
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Anticoagulant Medications Cherie Hubbard St. Petersburg College Anticoagulant Medications As our population ages‚ patients are living longer as a result of advances in medical technology‚ surgical procedures‚ and drug development(Bressler MD & Bahl PhD‚ 2003). The average older person is taking two to five prescription medications daily and one in five of this age group has a medication related hospitalization annually (McLean & LeCouteur‚ 2004). In my eighteen years of nursing
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6PROTOZOA INTRODUCTION Parasitism A specific type of interaction between two organisms Host-parasite interactions often operate over a longer timescale than those seen with other pathogens Results in significant host-parasite interaction at the cellular and organismal level E.g. Parasites that alter the behavior of the host Giardia lamblia – induce biochemical change in the host cells at the site of infection (duodenal epithelium) Parasites – have life cycles that often involve several hosts (survival
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1. A few examples of things that can affect our growth and change throughout our lifetime are: telomeres‚ mutations‚ DNA and epigenetics. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid‚ the building block of life that provides the hereditary material that is a blueprint for living organisms. It determines our physical features which are passed on to us from our parents through 23 chromosomes. Genes determine height‚ hair color‚ eye color and many other traits. Genetic disorders occur because of
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Question 11 Blood group O Blood group O (or blood group zero in some countries) individuals do not have either A or B antigens on the surface of their RBCs‚ but their blood serum contains IgM anti-A and anti-B antibodies against the A and B blood group antigens. Therefore‚ a group O individual can receive blood only from a group O individual‚ but can donate blood to individuals of any ABO blood group (i.e.‚ A‚ B‚ O or AB). If anyone needs a blood transfusion in an emergency‚ and if the time taken
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10: Living with Cancer and Other Chronic Conditions Key Terms regulatory gene Genes that control cell specialization‚ replication‚ DNA repair‚ and tumor suppression. oncogenes Faulty regulatory genes that are believed to activate the development of cancer. proto-oncogenes Normal regulatory genes that may become oncogenes. metastasis The spread of cancerous cells from their site of origin to other areas of the body. benign Noncancerous; localized nonmalignant tumors contained within a
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MIC 230 Unknown Identification Report The objective of this experiment was to identify an organism from a mixture of two unknown bacterial species. In order to accomplish this‚ I first plated my unknown mixture on Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA)‚ Columbia Naladixic Acid (CNA)‚ and MacConkey’s Agar (MAC) plates. After 48 hours of incubation‚ it was unclear that two different bacterial colonies had grown on my TSA plate. Only one type of colony was evident. However‚ it was apparent that I had successfully
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David Kennedy Bio 210 Lab Report 1 10/11/13 Microbial Growth Background Information: This lab was conducted in order to understand basic differences among differential and selective media‚ while recognizing how each media is used to isolate and identify microorganisms (Wistreich‚ 2003). The first microorganism analyzed was Staphylococcus epidermidis. This organism is gram-positive‚ single celled‚ arranged in grape-like clusters‚ and cocci in shape (Bukhari‚ 2004). S. epidermidis is approximately
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