Stickler’s Syndrome Stickler’s Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes problems with vision‚ hearing‚ bones‚ and joints. Stickler’s Syndrome was named after Dr. Gunnar B. Stickler. In 1960‚ a 12 year old boy was analyzed at Mayo Foundation in Minnesota. The boy had expansions of quite a few of the joints‚ he was also very short sighted. His mother also had a problem‚ she was blind. Dr. Stickler founded that other members of this family had similar symptoms. This made Stickler
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Drug related problem Drug related problems (DRPs) are prevalent and causing considerable patient morbidity and mortality. Many of these DRPs are preventable through following the guidelines and rational drug used. There are many factors controlling the DRP occurrence such as patient age‚ disease status‚ drug characteristics‚ etc. High risk factors 1. Elderly (> 65 years); due to age related changes in pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetics 2. Acute diseases such as acute renal
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Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Misuses of Drugs (safe custody) Regs 2007 Mental Capacity Act 2005 Health and Social Care Act 2008. 2.1 Describe common types of medication including their effects and side effects. Pain Killers-Paracetamol‚ Asprin and Ibuprofen. These are used for the relief of common aches and pains such as headache‚ toothache‚ period pains‚ fever and symptoms associated with cold and influenza‚ muscular and joint pains. These medicines are considered over-the-counter medicines and available
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PERICARDITIS The heart is a strong muscular organ that is responsible for sustaining life. During the course of the lifespan‚ many different types of illness or injury can interfere with the heart and its functioning. The heart is located within a sac‚ a double layered‚ flexible holding vessel that is named the pericardium. The pericardium is responsible for keeping the heart in the proper place. It is also the reason that the heart does not fill with more blood than it can hold. This
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drugs in the dermis by in vivo microdialysis after topical or systemic drug administration. Acta Derm Venereol 78:274–278. Brain KR‚ Green DM‚ Dykes PJ‚ Marks R‚ Bola TS. (2006). The role of menthol in skin penetration from topical formulations of ibuprofen 5% in vivo. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 19:17–21. de Lange EC‚ de Boer AG‚ Breimer DD. (2000). Methodological issues in microdialysis sampling for pharmacokinetic studies. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 45:125–148. Francoeur ML‚ Golden GM‚ Potts RO. (1990). Oleic
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Part I Multiple choice or short answer questions 1) (2 points) Identify a solid a. Definite volume and no definite shape b. no definite volume and no definite shape c. definite volume and definite shape 2) (2 points) A substance composed of two or more elements in a fixed‚ definite proportion is a. A solution. b. A heterogeneous mixture. c. An alloy. d. A homogeneous mixture. e. A compound. 3) (2 points) Read the water
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HOME REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND COLD My Remedy The common cold is the most common human disease globally affected both men and women. Not to mention that in the Philippines there were clinical studies and evidences that number of incidences was increasing not just in big cities but also in rural and far flung areas. In such‚ as student researcher I would like to personally identify my own basic home remedy just to alleviate crisis brought by this most common
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Student Name Assignment 01: Migraines Part A 1.) While very similar in nature‚ the classic migraine has two distinguishing features that differentiate it from the common migraine. 85% of all migraine headaches are characterized as a common migraine. A common migraine often brings about a pain of moderate-to-severe intensity that is described as “throbbing” or “pounding.” While this pain typically manifests itself unilaterally‚ meaning the pain is localized to one side of the head‚ it is
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CONTENTS EAR NOSE THROAT ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 CERUMEN IMPACTION (EAR WAX BLOCKAGE) ............................................................................................................................... 2 OTITIS EXTERNA (SWIMMER’S EAR) .......................................................................................
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Alzheimer’s disease‚ a neurodegenerative brain disease‚ is the most common cause of dementia. It currently afflicts about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and accounts for a large percentage of admissions to assisted long-term care facilities. Psychotic symptoms‚ such as delusions and hallucinations‚ have been reported in a large proportion of patients with this disease
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