who have experienced a debilitating illness or trauma know all too well what that experience is like. Dysphagia occurs after damage to the sensory function of the muscles or nerves in the throat. Dysphagia can occur due to several reasons such as stroke‚ brain/spinal cord injury‚ post-polio syndrome‚ multiple sclerosis‚ muscular dystrophy‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ polymyositis‚ dermatomyositis‚ esophageal spasm‚ scleroderma‚ gastric reflux disease‚ esophagitis‚ allergic reactions‚ diverticula‚ esophageal
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were 12.22‚ 23.81‚ and 24.97. The women’s relative risk of death in the contemporary cohorts was higher than that of men. The authors concluded that the relative risks of death from all causes — including lung cancer‚ COPD‚ ischemic heart disease‚ and any type of stroke — are almost identical for female and male smokers. For men 55 to 74 years of age and for women 60 to 74 years of age‚ the rate of death from all causes is
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Amnesia Is a disorder that can have complex physical and psychological causes. It can last from a few hours to a lifetime. The common Symptom is an inability to remember the past. The person with amnesia might forget a particular event of time. The amnesia might involve a total loss of memory about the event or period‚ or might leave a person with fuzzy memories of events that happened before an illness or injury. Amnesia might keep the person only from retrieving old memories of events that
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My topic of interest deals with exploring other possible ways to measure intelligence that are not currently supported by the common IQ test. The IQ test still holds validity in our society‚ but I wish to further explore some of its shortcomings. This topic became interesting to me after reading through unit one of this course. I began to think about all other ways that I confront challenges in day-to-day situations that have yet to be measured on a standardized test. Further light was shed on this
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will fall increasingly on developing Countries NCDs remain the major cause of death in developed countries. The NCDs that are related to diet and nutrient intakes are obesity‚ hypertension‚ atherosclerosis‚ ischemic heart disease‚ myocardial infarction‚ cerebrovascular disease‚ stroke‚ diabetes mellitus (type 2)‚ osteoporosis‚ liver cirrhosis‚ dental caries‚ and nutrition-induced cancers of the breast‚ colon‚ and stomach. They develop over time in genetically susceptible individuals because
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Physiology Chooljian Lecture Exam #3 Review FIRST: Be sure to: Study chapter objectives‚ summaries‚ and reviews Review your lecture notes ANS Define: denervation hypersensitivity‚ ganglia‚ mass activation‚ sympathoadrenal system‚ dual innervation. What are the two divisions of the ANS? Where are the neurons for each division located‚ and what is the major function of each division? What type of neurons (sensory or motor) are in the ANS? What are the names for the two
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Atherosclerosis A number of ageing changes occur in the aorta‚ arteries and arterioles. The age related changes that occur in muscular arteries are usually known as arteriosclerosis. It involves alterations of the smooth muscle hypertrophy and intimal fibrosis further reducing the diameter of the vessel. Atherosclerosis is the most common arterial abnormality known as arteriosclerosis which is defined as the stiffening or hardening of the artery walls. However‚ atherosclerosis refers to the hardening
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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1. Atherosclerosis is a disease of large and medium-sized muscular arteries Characteristics: endothelial dysfunction vascular inflammation buildup of lipids‚ cholesterol‚ calcium and cellular debris within the intima of the blood vessel wall. The build up results in atheroma (plaque formation). It is a fatty deposit in the intima of an artery‚ resulting from atherosclerosis. Atheroma/Plaque is made up of: fatty substances Cholesterol Waste products from cells Calcium
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What is Aspirin? Aspirin is on of the first drugs to ever be commonly used and is still one of the most widely used in the world. How widely used you ask? Approximately 35000 metric tonnes are produced and consumed every year. Chemically aspirin is known as acetylsalicylic acid with the chemical formula of C9H8O4. Aspirin is an analgesic‚ anti-inflammatory‚ antipyretic‚ and is an inhibitor of platelet aggregation. The history of Aspirin Aspirin has been a major part of just about everyone’s
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