Ultrasound Physical effects of ultrasound: 1- Thermal effects 2- Non-thermal effects 3- Effect of US in tissue repair First: thermal effect @ It is due to generation of heat within the tissue due to adsorption of US. @ Tissue with high amount of protein absorbs US more than other tissues. @ Generation of heat within the tissue will decrease pain‚ joint stiffness & increase blood flow. @ Thermal effect achieved if the temperature of the tissue is raised to 40°c - 45°c for at least
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0314 Biofilms in Chronic Wounds: Current Research and Future Direction ABSTRACT Chronic wounds continue to be a significant healthcare problem. Although myriad factors have been implicated in impaired wound healing‚ recent research has focused on the role of matrix-based bacterial communities called biofilms that are often associated with chronic wounds. Various in vitro and in vivo models have been developed to study the role of biofilms in non-healing wounds. Basic science and clinical
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and now to chronic conditions”. (Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean) Research has shown that during the last century‚ the incidence of and the mortality rate associated with chronic disease‚ has by far surpassed that of infectious disease and is most rampant in those countries that are developed and are developing. Barbados‚ classified as one of the more progressive islands in the Caribbean‚ has not been spared‚ and now records 68% (PAHO) of chronic non-communicable
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Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment for the Substance Abuser In the United States‚ there are more than 100 million people suffering from some sort of chronic pain. With the most common treatment is being prescribed medications such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory‚ or opioids (Boyles‚ 2011). Treating chronic pain with opioids can be affective. But the long term use presents many problems. Especially with treating a substance abuser of prescription or nonprescription opioid drugs. Patients that
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cells namely histamine and proteases. The activation of mast cells is a complex process that can be initiated by various signals often through specific mast cell surface receptors (1). The mechanisms by which mast cells are activated and induce chronic urticaria is not fully understood‚ however they can separated into immunological and non-immunological (2). IgE mediated allergic urticaria is ‚ also known as a Type 1 hypersensitivity and is initiated by antigen/allergen binding to mast cell surface
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The purpose of this paper is to incorporate one family’s experience of living with multiple chronic illnesses into the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) and Rolland’s Chronic Health Challenge Framework. CFAM was developed by Dr. Lorraine M. Wright‚ a professor Emeritus of nursing and by Dr. Maureen Leahey‚ a manager of a mental health outpatient program both have over 25 years experience while still managing to supervise‚ teach‚ consult‚ write‚ and maintain a part-time clinical practice in individual
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over-ingestion of fluoridated dental products–includingfluoride gels‚ fluoride supplements‚ and fluoridated water–can cause serious poisoning incidents‚ including death. The debate today‚ however‚ is not about fluoride’s acute toxicity‚ but its chronic toxicity (i.e.‚ the dose of fluoride that if regularly consumed over an extended period of time can cause adverse effects). Although fluoride advocates have claimed for years that the safety of fluoride in dentistry is exhaustively documented and
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life and the world around him. INTRODUCTION: Attention-Getter: Engage the audience with a Hypothetical Story of pain condition met with standard medical practice. Relate to Audience: I’m sure you all know someone or have personally experienced chronic pain or limitation at some point. Establish Credibility: That story was me several years ago‚ but when I heard the words “You are not broken”‚ I sought out the person responsible for that teaching. Reveal Topic: His name is Pete Egoscue. Preview
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Introduction Chronic diseases are the dominating cause of disability and death. (Cekici‚ Kantarci‚ Hasturk‚ & Van Dyke‚ 2017). Chronic Periodontitis is among the many chronic diseases our society faces today. Oral care is often something taken for granted‚ habits are formed which don’t always include a thorough oral care plan‚ it is easy to forget how good oral hygiene can be life saving. Throughout this paper we will be discussing health promotion related to Chronic Periodontitis‚ which is a prevalent
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British professor and historian Robert Conquest also brings his view on the topic in his book The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-famine published in 1986. Conquest has written many books on the Soviet Union and was in fact an open communist in England up until the Second World War started. His thesis is that the famine was purposeful and thus constitutes genocide. He says that Stalin wanted to subdue Ukrainian nationalism‚ and the way Stalin believed to do that was to kill
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