often start children on the path to health problem that were once confined to adults‚ such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Being overweight also raises a child’s risk of sleep apnea‚ hepatic steatosis (fatty degeneration of the liver)‚ asthma‚ slipped capital fermoral epiphysis ( a cause of hip pain)‚ cholecystitis (gall bladder disease and gall stones)‚ Pancreatitis (upper abdominal pain‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ and fever)‚ pseudetumor cerebri‚ which causes headaches and vision changes
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person to their heart in pain‚ and to hold the responsibility for taking their own father to these procedures for his treatment. Cancer nowadays is the most diagnosed disease all around the world. I experienced cancer when my father was diagnosed with Liver Cancer in 2013. It was easy for my family and I to provide him with support to alleviate the emotional pain‚ however‚ we weren’t always able to alleviate the physical pain he went through. Fortunately‚ the medication and treatments were able to help
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Hepatic disease is a term that indicates damage to the cells‚ tissues‚ structure‚ or liver function‚ and this damage can be induced by biological factors (bacteria‚ virus‚ and parasites) and autoimmune diseases (immune hepatitis‚ primary biliary cirrhosis)‚ as well as by the action of different chemicals‚ such as some drugs [high doses of
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Outpatient Blind Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Infants and Children: it safe? Mortada H. El Shabrawi‚ Hanna ; El- Karaksy Departments of Pediatric and Forensic Medicine‚ Faculty of Medicin‚ Cairo Unnniversity‚ Ministry of Health and Population‚ Cairo‚ Egypt. http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&hid=20&sid=b8f320da-b9cd-4a89-9ac9-e41864f959af%40sessionmgr4 Introduction This article caught my attention because it talks about the blind percutaneous liver biopsy and in laboratory
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human body is the liver‚ weighing roughly three pounds.1 The liver is located on the upper right side of the abdomen beneath the rib cage.1‚ 2 It performs numerous functions in the body including energy metabolism‚ processing of foods into nutrients used for body processes‚ and removal of toxic substances from the blood system.1‚ 2 A variety of factors can affect the liver; for example‚ genetic disorders‚ hepatitis viruses‚ alcohol abuse‚ obesity‚ and diabetes.2 Damage to the liver may result in scarring
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decided to do my experiment on chicken livers. It was interesting to do this experiment on chicken livers. The results were that since there is DNA I needed to stir the ingredients slowly and do the experiment as quickly as I can due to the fact that there are enzyme in the cells. I found out that liquid detergent is an active agent which the detergent destroy the cell membrane and also the protein. Abstract I chose to do my experiment on chicken livers to see what the results would be. The
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Lab test results show a positive anti-HCV and confirm that Chad has Hepatitis C. The nurse explains to Chad that Hepatitis is liver disease with inflammation of the cells of the liver. Chad states "I can’t have Hepatitis. I had all three of the vaccinations before I started working as a paramedic." There are five major types of viral Hepatitis: A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ and E. 1. What information about the vaccination series for Hepatitis received by healthcare workers will the nurse use in response to
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MTX Side Effects Applies to methotrexate: compounding powder‚ injectable powder for injection‚ injectable solution‚ oral tablet Hematologic Hematologic side effects have included myelosuppression which is one of the primary toxic effects of methotrexate. Methotrexate suppressed hematopoiesis has been reported to have caused anemia‚ aplastic anemia‚ pancytopenia‚ leukopenia‚ neutropenia‚ thrombocytopenia‚ lymphadenopathy‚ and lymphoproliferative disorders including reversible hypogammaglobulinemia
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analysis of variance using SPSS (version 17) statistical analysis program. Duncan’s post hoc multiple comparison tests were used to determine significant differences among groups. P < 0.05 was considered to be significant. 6.3 Results 6.3.1 Liver function tests Liver toxicity markers were assayed to assess hepatic injury. The activities of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)‚ acid phosphatase (ACP) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) were significantly altered in the diabetic control group‚ indicating damage
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Biology investigation: Liver and hydrogen peroxide By Cuong Tran Abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the optimum temperature for enzyme activity. The stated hypothesis was that 37oC would be the optimum temperature for liver enzymes to break down hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. The dependent variable was to measure the amount of foam being produced‚ while testing 4 different temperatures with 3 repetitions each. Out of the 12 trials only 2 outliers were found
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