years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to the bathroom‚ he stumbles a few times and falls once. His wife suspects that he has suffered a stroke and calls . Emergency personnel arrive within minutes of her call and transport Samuel to the emergency room of the nearest hospital. Upon examination by the emergency room physician‚ Samuel is found to have right hemiparesis and diminished
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Pathophysiology Paper Pathophysiology of Congestive Heart Failure I. Description: Congestive Heart Failure is more of a syndrome than a disease. Heart failure may be classified according to the side of the heart affected‚ (left- or right-sided failure)‚ or by the cardiac cycle involved‚ (systolic or diastolic dysfunction). (Schilling-McCann p. 176). The word "failure" refers to the heart’s inability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs. (Schilling-McCann p. 176). When the heart
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most is probably my grandmother. My grandmother is currently living in St.Kitts and is 61 years old. In the year of 2008 my grandmother got a stroke which she is recovering from right now. Three qualities that I admire from is that she is strong‚ never gives up and wants to see me have an education and come out to be something good. My grandmother has a stroke and her whole left part of her body is not moving‚ and for that I call her strong. Could you imagine yourself not being able to move your whole
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The module code: NPCG1011: Principles of Nursing Practice Module leader: Kay Townsend Assignment title: A critical reflection on practice Word Count: 1850 words The following essay will show the importance of reflection on practice in order to explore nursing skills for a patient well-being. For this reason‚ it will explain in more detail that understanding the evidence base which underpins nursing/patient care is an integral part of nursing practice. Also it will
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inhibits the growth of cancer cells and it kills cancer cells with out harming healthy tissue. Drinking tea prevents the body from getting blood clots and prevents blood clots from turning into a more serious matter called heart attacks and heart stroke. Right now they are connecting the "French Paradox" together with green tea because the drank tea and ate food with more fatty content in it and their rate in heart disease was a lot lower then Americans. There is only one negative side to drinking
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agricultural feed promotes drug resistance. How does obesity affect society as a whole? Obesity has significant health consequences for the individual. It is also a key contributor to other diseases and medical conditions‚ such as Type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ heart attack‚ high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It also increases the risk of certain types of cancers and can lead to significant joint problems as excess weight wears down the ankles‚ knees and hips. The most obvious impact on any increase
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days‚ aphasia has become an increasingly prevalent disorder not only seen in the older adults but also in the younger population (Engelter et al.‚ 2006). In the United States‚ there is approximately 80 thousand new cases of aphasia per year (National Stroke Association‚ 2008). Aphasia can be divided into various types‚ namely expressive aphasia‚ receptive aphasia‚ conduction aphasia‚ anomic aphasia‚ and global aphasia (Ardila‚ 2010). Out of these several types of language disorders‚ conduction aphasia
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Pathophysiology of the human immunodeficiency virus Nancy R. Calles‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PNP‚ ACRN‚ MPH Desiree Evans‚ MD‚ MPH DeLouis Terlonge‚ MD Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Provide an overview of the healthy immune system. Describe the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Describe the major components of the HIV life cycle. Identify the various HIV types and subtypes. Discuss HIV’s effects on the immune system. Overview The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus belonging to the family of lentiviruses
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fall as I laid in my seat. All I could smell is the heat coming from the car and the cup of coffee I had to keep me awake. I started thinking about how much I miss my mom who had left a couple days ago to Jordan to see her sick brother you suffered a stroke and is currently in a coma. I thought about all the moments I had with my uncle and how much of a nice guy he is. My uncle suffering a stoke reminded me of my PED class and how important it is to stay healthy and fit‚ to prevent stuff like this at
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were presented about stroke patient. During the presentation‚ one of the group mention with the Mirro Box Therapy. It’s a new thing for me. So I had done some research on it. Mirror Box Therapy is part of a program called ’Graded Motor Imagery’ which offers improvements in pain and disability by retraining the brain and re-mapping neural pathways‚ for patients who suffer from Chronic pain (Neuropathic pain‚ CRPS‚ Phantom limb pain) or for patients who have suffered a stroke or ABI (Acquired Brain
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