it means that the lungs are starting to get clean and later the cough would fade. Another recommended method is to maintain a good hygiene by washing your hand correctly and frequently. Moreover it is important to get the yearly flu vaccine and pneumonia vaccine. Finally‚ we should prevent ourselves to getting expose to chemicals or fumes that are toxic to our lungs because it would make the lungs’ task of filtering pollutants
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HAT task 3A Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a coronavirus; initial symptoms are lethargy‚ generalized aches and fever followed by cough‚ shortness of breath and occasionally diarrhea. The virus is known to be transmitted by droplets of body fluids when the infected individual coughs or sneezes. It is also thought to possibly be transmitted via contact. The virus is known to survive for up to 3 hours after contaminated droplets have dried. Live virus has also been found in the
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Whooping Cough Everyday parents tell their kids over and over again to “wash your hands!”‚ but how many kids do you think really listen to their parents? I know I never listened to them when it came to staying clean and keeping me healthy when I was younger and lived at home. Many people don’t understand how much washing your hands really helps prevent one from germs and catching diseases. The cleaner you try to keep yourself‚ the less likely your chances to catch a bad disease. One disease
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1) Anatomy & Physiology 227 Spring 2012 Dr Sheila M Wicks Take Home Exam Chapters 23 & 24 100 points Due April 8 Critical Thinking Clinical Questions Sami has been hospitalized with acute gastritis. Her symptoms were epigastric pressure (just above the stomach)‚ headache‚ nausea‚ and vomiting. She revealed that she had been suffering back pain and drank four shots of gin and took three aspirin to "kill the pain." What led the physician to make this diagnosis‚ and
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smothering‚ tightness‚ drowning‚ or suffocation. When a patient experience’s dyspnoea they commonly describe symptoms of an inability to achieve an adequate air supply and describe a feeling of suffocation‚ smothering‚ tightness and/or drowning. Pneumonia affects the movement of air and blood into and out of the lungs (Porth‚ 2011)‚ this leaves Margaret at risk of developing respiratory failure (National Institute of Health‚ 2011). The oedema in Margaret’s alveoli is restricting the flow of oxygen
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This page intentionally left blank I N T E R P R E T I N G C H E ST X- R AY S Illustrated with 100 Cases Interpreting chest X-rays can seem baffling and intimidating for junior doctors. This highly illustrated guide provides the ideal introduction to chest radiology. It uses 100 clinical cases to illuminate a wide range of common medical conditions‚ each illustrated with a chest X-ray and a clear description of the significant diagnostic features and their clinical relevance. Where appropriate
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Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease
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The second week of my preceptorship brought many new experiences for me‚ and I can honestly say that each day I spend with my preceptor is better than the last. This week I focused on time management of a full patient load with continued documentation practice as well as admission and discharge procedures. I’ve had brief experiences in my past rotations assisting with discharge teaching and admission assessments however I have never been able to fully take charge and complete the process from start
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things such as heart failure‚ liver and/or kidney disease. Exudative which is more “protein-rich fluids and low in sugar. These effusions are “excessive collection” (NIH/NLM‚ 2015) of these fluids. Exudative is normally linked to such things as pneumonia‚ tuberculous‚ and collaganized disease like arthritis and lupus. (Schiffman‚
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certain incident during my surgical rotation. Our patient was an 87 year-old demented woman with multiple co-morbidities who had just had surgery the day before. She was now presenting with new-onset delirium and was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia. When we saw her that morning‚ her breathing was quick and labored. Her heart was racing and the levels of oxygen in her blood were dropping at an alarming rate. Although she could only moan‚ it was evident that she was suffering. But‚ when
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