a person has hepatitis‚ the doctor may administer steroids or antiviral drugs to reduce liver cell injury. * Good nutrition is key to the management of advanced cirrhosis. Diets which include ‘easy to digest’ forms of protein‚ such as legumes‚ poultry and fish‚ are important as is a low-sodium diet in patients with edema or ascites‚ the build-up of fluid in the legs or abdomen. * General measures recommended in patients with cirrhosis should include vaccination for hepatitis A and B and influenza
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questionnaire depends on three different sets . The first set is the diseases symptoms set‚ which contain information on symptoms of diseases such as fever‚ high temperature‚ headache‚ rash‚ vomiting‚ etc.. The second set is the diseases set ( chicken pox‚ Hepatitis B‚ etc.)‚and finally the patients set ( a sample of 49 patients)‚ the next step was to form the membership functions for each symptom‚ and then the
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of diseases that vaccines were not discovered for. Maurice Ralph Hilleman was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 36 vaccines‚ including the vaccines‚ that are still used today‚ for measles‚ mumps‚ hepatitis A‚ hepatitis B‚ chickenpox‚ meningitis‚ pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria. From the early harassment of smallpox‚ to the establishment of vaccination mandates‚ to the effect of war and social unrest on vaccine-preventable diseases. Edward Jenner
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Our patient had a history of drug abuse and as such had only one home medication‚ which is Methadone. Methadone has been associated with thrombocytopenia in patients with hepatitis. She does have hepatitis hence she is at risk for thrombocytopenia because of methadone. This patient has continued this therapy throughout her stay in the hospital‚ as such not meeting any of the criteria established in the table above plus she has had methadone for years prior to hospitalization.5 This patient was on
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Unit 1 PART A Pharmacology at Work 1. What are the requirements for dispensing schedule II and III prescriptions? Name some examples of each. Schedule II can only be prescribed in person‚ unless it’s an emergency. Schedule II’s dispensing is very strict since it has a high possibility of abuse. An example of schedule II would be morphine‚ fentanyl and hydromorophone. Schedule III has a moderate potential for abuse. Unlike schedule II which doesn’t have refills on prescriptions‚ Schedule III
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a very safe vaccine. Most people do not have any problems with it. The vaccine contains non-infectious material‚ and cannot cause hepatitis B infection. Some mild problems have been reported * Soreness where the shot was given (up to about 1 person 4) * Temperature of 99.9°F or higher (up to about 1 person in 15). Severe problems are extremely rare. Severe allergic reactions are believed to occur about once in 1.1 million doses. A vaccine‚ like any medicine
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However‚ an infectious disease or communicable disease is contagious and caused by a biological agent‚ such as a virus‚ bacterium‚ or parasite also known as pathogens (The Metro Health System‚ 2002-2012). There are some diseases‚ such as hepatitis B‚ hepatitis C‚ human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Characteristics of a chronic disease‚ examining the relationship between a healthy nutritional diet‚ and cardiovascular disease‚ the effects of chronic
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SYMPOSIUM Last August 24‚ 2012(Friday) at 2 o’clock we have a symposium which discuss about STI/STD‚ HIV‚ AIDS‚ Boy-Girl Relationship‚ Family Planning and many more topics. In that symposium we have learned many things. They first discuss about STI/STD in which they said‚ “Marami ng may STI sa GenSan.”. Sexually transmitted infections (STI)‚ also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and venereal diseases (VD)‚ are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by
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in the future. My patient was a man of 68 years old who ws very good with me. He came to the Emergency room on november 2 because he was having fever of 102 F of unknown causes and weight loss of 17 lbs in 2 months. Patient have a long history of Hepatitis C‚ COPD‚ arthritis ‚ hypertension ‚ GERD‚ insomnia‚ catarat and pherpheral neurophathy so it was really interesting to go through his chart and look everyhting. I did the assessment on him but I fell nervous of
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Harbin after their honeymoon gets over. The word saboteur is used for a person who commits sabotage. The main conflict began when the policemen decanted the hot tea on Mr. and Mrs. Chiu’s sandals. Mr. Chiu was suffering from heart disease and acute hepatitis. The motif of Mr. Chiu of spreading the disease is because of a policemen who accused Mr. Chiu and took him to the jail. While in a jail‚
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