telling me. Starting at a young age‚ I have had severe health challenges that put me on this path. This challenge has contributed to who I am now in addition to what I desire to one day become. When I turned seven years old I was diagnosed with acute asthma and my condition became more severe and problematic as I grew older. In the ninth grade I had health issues and was missing many classes. I was starting my high school experience with a reputation for having attendance issues and falling behind in
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onto the phone. Mary was one of the trapped people. She felt that her airways had tightened and she found it hard to breath. She felt weak and lay helplessly sprawled on the ground. She was having an asthma attack! Before she fainted‚ she could only see people run like there was no tomorrow and her asthma inhaler laying just a few centimeters away. She felt herself lifted up. When she regained her conscious‚ she was out of the raging fire. Sirens could be heard as fire engines‚ police cars and ambulance
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felt my heart beating so fast people could sort of hear it beat. I took a quick break to drink water and again I went back into action. After several minutes I fell to the ground and I thought I was having a heart attack‚ but really I was having an asthma attack. I started to cough a lot and I was wheezing severely. Those symptoms reminded me that I did not take my inhaler. My friend and my brother saw me on the ground after that my friend was the only one with a phone and he called my dad who was
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Pathophysiology of Ovarian Cancer Joseph Santa Maria NUR-334-01 Salve Regina University Cancer is a condition that has the ability to affect people in all different types of ways‚ and in all different body systems. Women however may be likely to develop a specific type of cancer in the reproductive organs named the ovaries‚ or ovarian cancer. One of the downsides of this type of cancer is that its symptoms can be moderate for various months and may lead women to suspect the disturbances
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My parents have always been very supportive of me. I think their mantra is "We only have one kid‚ let’s not have regrets." Because of this I was one of those kids that played almost every sport. Most of them didn’t work out considering I have asthma‚ but that didn’t stop me from trying! In middle school after trying soccer for a few years we decided it wouldn’t be good for me. On a whim my parents decided to put me on a recreation league volleyball team‚ and I thank them every day for it. I played
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Case Study on Placement of Older Adults Healthcare Issues In Mr.Trosacks case study‚ there are several areas in which the case manager needs to address when planning for Mr. Trosacks discharge. To begin‚ the primary focus should be on proper care for a post op patient. This would include but not limited to; pain management‚ his ability to perform ADL’s and his accessibility and safety in his apartment. Education on his recent surgery and limitations he will now face and the
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In this article “the Descriptors of Breathlessness in Children With Persistent Asthma “‚ the authors Andrew Harver‚ Richard‚ harry kotses‚ Thoms Humphrise‚ Karen Schmaling‚ and Melanin demonstrate that dyspnea is composed of different sensations. It is a shared symptom with various diseases‚ such as‚ the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. There are different measurements for breathiness‚ such as; intensity and salience‚ which include cognitive and emotional components. In this article‚ different
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persistent asthma (p. 918-928). In your initial post: Despite of the advances in medical therapy‚ millions of Americans continue to suffer from asthma; a respiratory disorder defined‚ by chronic inflammation airways and characterized by presence of persistent cough‚ shortness of breath‚ and wheezing that commonly occurs after exposure to a stimulus. The severity‚ of this respiratory ailment varies from patient to patient‚ and its classification( mild‚ moderate‚ severe persistent asthma) is based
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HEMATOLOGY ORGAN SYSTEMS SMALL GROUP ANSWER KEY Case 1 1. Iron deficiency vs thalassemia vs anemia of chronic disease. 2. Serum iron‚ TIBC‚ ferritin. 3. Blood loss‚ likely GI. A GI evaluation is indicated. 4. Slow response (weeks) to oral iron. 5. Incorrect diagnosis‚ non-compliance‚ continued blood loss. Case 2 1. Anemia of chronic disease vs iron deficiency. 2. Serum iron‚ TIBC‚ ferritin. 3. Consistent with ACD‚ but also iron deficiency with inflammation. 4. Bone marrow iron stain
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well is called Asthma. This disease is one of the common diseases I’ve known beside lung cancer. Asthma is a lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. When the airways get inflamed‚ it causes the airways to become swollen and the muscles around it tighten. This makes it difficult for the air to move in and out of the lungs causing a continuously whistle sound when you breathe‚ chest tightness‚ shortness of breath and coughing‚ especially at night. Not every person with asthma has the same
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