Turmeric (Yu Jin) Curcuma longa (C. domestica) In This information about turmeric and how it is used as a herb in alternative herbal treatments to treat ailments and problems. It provides protection against cigarette smoke condensation‚ is used as an anti-cancer agent and to protect the cell’s DNA. | * Botanical classification of turmeric * Description of turmeric * Parts used * Properties of turmeric * Internal use * External use * Use of essential oil * Safety precautions
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D1: Pharmaceutical drugs D.1.1 List the effects of medicines and drugs on the functioning of the body. Drug or medicine is a substance that does one or more of the following: Alters physiological state – consciousness‚ activity level‚ coordination Alters incoming sensory experience Alters mood or emotion The active ingredients in drugs and medicines can be isolated from a plants and animals or synthesized artificially. Drugs supposed to assist human body’s
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Objectives: 1. To be able to apply in practice the knowledge acquired in providing nursing care for a client with uterine atony. 2. To learn and improve our knowledge in giving nursing care to patient with postpartal hemorrhage. 3. To come up with health teaching necessary for patient with postpartal hemorrhage. Case Scenario: Mrs. Angela Simons‚ 36 years old‚ G8 P7‚ was rushed to the hospital because of active labor. She had a prolonged and difficult labor. During the first hour of her postpartum
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus‚ often known simply as lupus or abbreviated to SLE‚ is a systemic autoimmune disease or an autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases‚ the immune system attacks the body ’s cells and tissue‚ resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. It is a hypersensitivity reaction of the type III variety‚ caused by antibody-immune complex formation. There are several explanations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………. 1 1.1 Case study overview ..………………………………………….. 1 1.2 Prednisolone overview …………………………………………. 1 Chapter 2 Case Analysis [clinical complexities] ………………………………… 2 2.1 Complex Issues [COPD and hypertension] ………………… 2 2.2 Complex Issues [Prednisolone use] ………………………….. 2 Chapter 3 Prednisolone Pharmacokinetics …….………………………………… 3 Chapter 4 Prednisolone Pharmacodynamics …….……………………………… 4 Chapter
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I. INTRODUCTION Hydatidiform Mole (H-mole or Gestational trophoblastic disease) is abnormal proliferation and then degeneration of the trophoblastic villi (Garg & Giuntoli‚ 2007). As the cells degenerate‚ they become filled with fluid and appear as clear fluid-filled‚ grape-sized vesicles. The embryo fails to develop beyond a primitive start. Abnormal trophoblast cells must be identified because they are associated with choriocarcinoma‚ a rapidly metastasizing malignancy. (Pillitteri‚ 2010)
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Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability.[note 1] An abortion can occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is usually called a miscarriage‚ or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy. Abortion‚ when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law‚ is among the safest procedures in medicine.[1] However‚ unsafe abortions result in approximately
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Introduction The word inflammation comes from a Latin word “Inflammare” which means “to set on fire” [1]. Inflammation is a protective response done by our body to protect itself from injury‚ foreign microorganisms as well as initiate healing and repair process. However‚ inflammation can also be potentially harmful to our body because of the chemicals involve in inflammation process which are capable to destroy and injure normal tissues. The components of inflammatory process are white blood cells
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Abortion is a much-argued medical procedure that has been the subject of legal debates as well as medical developments. The decision to have an abortion once raised legal issues‚ but this was changed with the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade. Roe’s argument that most laws against abortions violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment resulted in the legalization of abortions (Cornell Law School). However‚ although most legal and medical issues
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• Infection: Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is commonly caused by a strain of bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. It is neither gram-positive nor gram-negative‚ but instead has a waxy coating on the outside of the cell that enables acid-fast techniques to be used when staining the bug. The bacterium was first discovered by Robert Koch and earned him a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Mycobacterium prevents the acidification of the phagolysosome‚ thus disabling the antigen from being presented
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