Venous Ulcer A venous ulcer is a shallow sore on your lower leg caused by poor circulation of the veins. This condition used to be called a stasis ulcer. Veins have valves that help blood return to the heart. If these valves do not work properly‚ blood flows backward and backs up into the veins near the skin. This causes the blood to pool in your lower legs. The blood can then can leak out of your veins and irritate your skin. This may cause a break in your skin and lead to stasis venous ulcer. A
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occurrence can be cited as normal but we cannot discount the truth accompanying these little eating deal breakers – that they are painful and awful. Scientifically called apthous ulcer‚ canker sores are tiny open holes that can emerge on any part of the mouth‚ mostly on gums‚ tongue and cheeks. These round mouth ulcers usually measures from three to ten millimeters and can be yellow‚ white in color being surrounded by swollen ring that’s red in color. These mouth irritations ca stay from up to
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Peptic Ulcer Thomas Shepherd 2V What is it? A Peptic Ulcer is a small crater in the lining of the stomach or small intestines. It is commonly caused by either bacteria or Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These are the main ingredients in painkillers and aspirin. Symptoms? Some of the main symptoms are: Vomiting (Vomit may look like blood or mucous) Nausea Pain or burning feeling in your stomach or intestines between meals Heartburn Forms of Peptic Ulcer? There
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epidermis and the dermis. When pressure is applied to the skin the blood supply is cut off and the tissue becomes damaged. 2. There are three main types of force that cause damage to the skin through pressure. These are: 1. Direct Pressure 2. Shear or shearing force 3. Friction or friction force 3. How long does it take for pressure ulcers to start forming? It is different for each person‚ some are more susceptible than others. Previously people thought that pressure ulcers started forming after two
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Case Name: Selection of Pressure Vessel Manufacturer I. Major Facts: The engineering department hand-carried a purchase requisition for a pressure vessel to Jack Toole‚ supply manager‚ Oceanics‚ Inc. Quickly Jack went to work to get quotes from twenty different manufactures. Once they received back the quotes Jack narrowed down the potential suppliers to two companies. The two likely suppliers are Nuclear Vessels and Atomic Products Company. The advantages and the disadvantages seem to
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Significance of the study This section will provide brief description on the various significances of the study. The primordial purpose of the study is to provide the students with a complete and balance education by avoiding peer pressure. Thus‚ the results of this study will benefit the students‚ the school administrators‚ the teachers not only in English but also in other subjects‚ and especially the parents who are concerned about the behavior of their children. This study will serve as the
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Reflecting Writing Leg ulcers Reflecting on the situation that had taken place during my second placement working in the community. This will give me the perfect opportunity to develop and utilise my commutation skills in order to maintain the relationships with my patient. In this reflection‚ I am going to use Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle. This model is a recognised framework for my reflection. Gibbs (1988). Baird and Winter (2005‚) give some reasons why reflection is require in the reflective
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE Definition: Peptic ulcer disease is an excavation (hollowed-out area) that forms in the mucosal wall of the stomach. Erosion of a circumscribed area of mucous membrane is the cause. Predisposing Factors Precipitating Factors ➢ Age (40-60) > Malignant tumors ➢ Gender > Gastric Hyperacidity
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*PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE* Brief Introduction * Peptic Ulcer is a break in the gastric or duodenal mucosa that arises when the normal mucosal defensive factors are impaired or are overwhelmed by aggressive luminal factors such as acid and pepsin. * Ulcers extend through the musvularis mucosae and are usually over 5 mm in diameter. * In the United States‚ there are about 500‚000 new cases per year of peptic ulcer and 4 million ulcer recurrences; the lifetime prevalence of ulcers in the adult
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common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot ulcer. Approximately 15% percent of diabetic patients will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime and 6-40% of diabetic patients must receive a limb amputation (Kajagar‚ Godhi‚ Pandit‚ & Khatri‚ 2012). Currently‚ diabetic foot ulcer accounts for more than 60% percent of non-traumatic lower limb amputation (Tchanque-Fossuo‚ et al.‚ 2016). Diabetic foot ulcer is very difficult to treat and manage due to impaired wound healing related
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