I remember the day just like it was just yesterday. That day started out cold and rainy but I still had to get up with the horrible pain in my stomach to travel to the doctor to find out what was wrong. This pain had been bothering me for almost three weeks and I couldn’t take it anymore. I was scared! Just two months before this my husband and I was told that I had possibly developed Endometriosis with the possibility of not being able to have children. We were told that my ovaries had collected
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shoulder made the exam go very smooth and easy for both the patient and the sonographer. The way the sonographer kept comforting the patient made the patient emotional to the point where she cried. After the exam was over the patient called the ultrasound department manager and asked her to let the sonographer “who scanned her” take her up to her room instead of the transporter. What I learned from this as a sonography student is to smile‚ care‚ and be patient‚ compassionate‚ careful and respectful
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alter the shape of the cornea in the eye so the patient’s eyesight can return to normal‚ and he/she will no longer need those bothersome glasses. Ultrasound is used in the medical field for destroying various unwanted substances in the body such as kidney stones. Ultrasound uses sound waves to dissolve these foreign bodies. If not for physics‚ ultrasounds would never have been discovered and utilized. MRI scans‚ another new discovery‚ are able to show a complete three dimensional picture of the interior
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hypersensitivity to heat‚ cannot be applied to infections‚ rashes‚ and lesions or burns and new scars. As for the use of ice packs some contraindications to consider are open wounds and Raynaud’s Disease. Lastly‚ the contraindications for therapeutic ultrasound are vascular insufficiency‚ thrombophlebitis‚ pregnancy‚ pacemaker‚ malignancy‚ and infection. . If used properly these modalities will show much improvement and pain relief in a quick period of time activities. In addition to these modalities;
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Abortion hurts one‚ but kills another The right to live‚ is an exclusive right that each and every human being should have. No one has the right to rip it out of somebody’s hands‚ especially if it’s someone as innocent as a tiny little baby who has no say. People who commit murder are punished harshly‚ in many cases get the death sentence. Abortion is not any different from murder‚ they are both the same in the sense that they take away an innocent persons’ life? People need to understand that not
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Learn about TTTS. 5/9/2008 Jesselle Davis Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome April 28‚ 2008 Jesselle Davis When most people think of someone being pregnant with twins they think “Oh how cute‚ what a blessing!” or something among those lines and you have your few that give you this shocking look of pity and think “Oh my God‚ GOODLUCK!”‚ but no one has a clue exactly how delicate and stressful carrying identical twin babies can be. When I found
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urolithiasis and had a bilateral ureteroscopy done earlier this year. An ultrasound was performed on the patient’s right side in which two small stones were discovered in the kidney. Both stones were measured‚ the largest approximately 2mm. The patient assumed she could pass the stones and thought no further evaluation was needed. Five days later‚ the patient came back to the department with bilateral flank pain. Another ultrasound was performed which confirmed that both kidneys measured normal in size
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rapidly advancing patient safety holds firm. Sonography differs significantly from other modalities in the imaging field. Unlike other modalities sonography does not use ionizing radiation. Ultrasound is the science of sound waves that have ultrasonic frequency. Sonography is the use of high frequency ultrasound waves to produce a medical image. A sonographic image can show tissues and organs. The most popular organs that may be viewed in sonography include: the brain‚ the heart and other vascular
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As with other birth defects‚ most myelomeningoceles are discovered by routine ultrasound evaluation between 16 and 18 weeks into the pregnancy. Sometimes‚ a blood test known as maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) is also positive‚ triggering the ultrasound. Sonographic features suggestive of myelomeningocele include a cystic mass anywhere on the spine. If no skin covers the defect‚ alpha fetoprotein levels in the
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Application of the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care HCS/465 University of Phoenix Obesity Definition of the Problem The problem that the article covers is obesity. According to Reynolds‚ obesity involves an inbalance of the caloric intake to energy expenditure‚ meaning that more calories are consumed than are burned‚ which causes weight gain. But obesity is more than a simple equation of weight
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