tissue; loss of teeth‚ dentures‚ difficulty chewing‚ diminished sense of taste‚ dry oral mucosa‚ poor fitting dentures Esophagus: lower esophageal sphincter pressure decreases‚ motility decreases; epigastric distress‚ dysphagia‚ potential for hiatal hernia and aspiration ABD wall: thinner and less taut‚ decreased number and sensitivity of sensory receptors; more visible peristalsis‚ easier palpation or organs‚ less sensitivity to surface pain Stomach: atrophy of gastric mucosa‚ decreased blood
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I know you are busy‚ but I would like to tell you about the beginning of Basak’s sickness. Basak used to like ice cream‚ and she used to have some of it as a daily basis. One day‚ she said that she would not have ice cream by explaining that ice cream blocked in her stomach. She began not to have ice cream anymore‚ and she began to suffer from constipation and bloating in her stomach when eating even small size of food. Then‚ we took her to a regular doctor at Med7 in Sacramento‚ CA‚ and the doctor
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The Digestive System Why is it that 1 in 3 people perhaps even more regularly battles some kind of digestion problems? Understanding how the digestive system works will help to understand why digestive problems are so common. The digestive system is more than stomach and intestines. It is a system of organs that turns food into energy and is one of the most important functions the body performs. There are many reasons that cause so many people to suffer with digestive problems. Three of
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Acid Reflux or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is caused by stomach acid rise towards the esophagus and cause pain in the solar plexus or a burning sensation in the chest. The cause of acid reflux (GERD) is the proper functioning of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). LES is a circle of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus. LES serves as the automatic door opens when food or drink down to the stomach. After the food came in‚ the LES will be shut down to prevent the existing food and acid
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Medical Terminology 8/28/13 The ninth edition of the book is totally fine.YAY. But we need the book. Do a browser check. Blackboard specialist (561) 868-3100 Three things due for each chapter. 1. Upload the test yourself stuff.(try to save it as a pdf file.) 2. If you close a test‚ you cannot re-enter the test.(matching) 3. At the end of each chapter there are purple or yellow ‘fill-ins”. This is due 2:00pm at the NEXT class. Bring scantrons 9/4/13 Dx- Diagnosis Px- Prognosis
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Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Nursing Program – Region 6 Nursing Care Plan and Evaluation Student: __ Instructor: _Date: _1-28-2010_____ Instructions: 1. The nursing care plan evaluation is based upon the application of criteria appropriate for the student’s skill set. 2. All nursing care plans must be typed (Times New Roman‚ 12 point font). The nursing care plan form is available on Blackboard™ in each clinical course. 3. The grading rubric must be attached – last page
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suppress the immune system and has been linked to cancer‚ heart disease‚ diabetes‚ hypoglycemia‚ gout‚ kidney hypertrophy‚ retinopathy‚ obesity‚ hyperactivity‚ learning disability‚ viral‚ bacterial‚ fungal‚ and yeast infections‚ peptic ulcer‚ hiatal hernias‚ gallstones‚ Crohn’s disease‚ shortened life span‚ and depression. Sodas also provide empty calories‚ and that is also not a good point in drinking it. These are calories that enter your bloodstream without even providing vitamins‚ minerals‚ or
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The one disease that this article talks about is gallstone disease (during major weight loss of obese people) but it does mention that dietary fiber can help with constipation‚ hemorrhoids‚ gallstones‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ coronary heart disease‚ hiatal hernia‚ diverticular
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ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA There is a new epidemic that is threatening the health and even the life of Spanish adolescents: anorexia and bulimia. The importance given to physical appearance in Western culture influences a lot of people who feel dissatisfied with their image.Before you speak of the symptoms of these disorders‚ I’d like to reflect on our culture and stage of life rather complicated‚ adolescence. It seems that both anorexia and bulimia are frequent especially from the 80s‚ in the culture
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Nutrition Assessment ● Which of the following diets have the potential to meet all the pt. nutrient needs? → soft + full ● Mid-arm muscle circumference provides information about → somatic protein status ● Purpose of nutritional screening → ID pts. at nutritional risk. ● Nut. screening should be done (H) within ??? after admittance → 24 hours ● Limitations to 24h recall → not representative‚ reliance on memory ● Which of the following can be used for assessing bone mineral density + fat
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