L4-5 and L5-S1 degenerative changes. Patient is status post cervical laminectomy from C3 through C7 with posterior cervical fusion on 09/06/16. Per the medical report dated 09/09/16‚ the patient was diagnosed with severe cervical myelopathy and stenosis and underwent surgery on 09/06/16. Post-operatively‚ she was placed on Aspen collar. She was stabilized. Because of her myelopathy‚ physicians recommended that she come to the rehabilitation hospital to see if her functional status can be increased
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from physical examinations‚ which show a characteristic appearance of the affected bone. Symptoms include localized bone pain‚ bone deformity near joints like hip‚ knee‚ ankle etc.‚ fracture of vertebrae or neural compressions like lumbar spinal stenosis‚ deafness‚ and headaches (Ethel 1998). Researchers identify Paget’s disease to be caused due to both genetic and environmental factors‚ however‚ the latter cause is still considered to be a hypothesis and is rejected as a cause by many. Genetically
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Respiratory System Terminology adenoid/o adenoids Adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy alveol/o alveolus‚ air sac alveolar bronch/o bronchi/o bronchial tube‚ bronchus Bronchospasm: This tightening of the bronchus is a chief characteristic of asthma and bronchitis Bronchiectasis: Caused by weakening of the bronchial wall from infection. Bronchodilator: This drug causes dilation‚ or enlargement‚ of the opening of a bronchus to improve ventilation to the lungs. An example is albuterol
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with the study of 1/30/04. There is spondylolisthesis and spondylosis at L4-5 with facet degenerative changes and mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. There is degenerative disc disease at multiple levels‚ particularly at T12-L1 and L1-L2‚ but no stenosis. Mild left-sided foraminal narrowing at L1-L2 and L3-L4 was noted. The patient underwent L2-3‚ L3-4‚ L4-5‚ L5-S1 bilateral facet joint
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the year. In 2012 we were finally able to get her to a doctor where they couldn’t even examine her trachea with a tiny camera because it was so blocked. She was instantly taken to the emergency room where they diagnosed her with subglottic tracheal stenosis. In the following years she had to endure a tracheotomy and nine surgeries that attempted to remove scar tissue and open her trachea. The recovery time for these surgeries was very extensive which meant that I had to care for the home and my mother
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“Regional Ileitis” by authors Burrill Crohn and colleagues published in 1932 proposed‚ that this disease affects the terminal ilius of some young adults. It presents subacute and chronic necrotizing and cicatrizing inflammation‚ this can lead to stenosis (hardening) of the lumen in the intestine‚ which can form multiple fistulas. In the US approximately 780‚000 people are plagued with Crohn’s disease. People of all ages can be affected‚ but
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and into the rest of the body. Each of these four chambers contains a valve which is extremely important for proper blood flow. These valves open and close to allow the blood in the heart to flow in only one direction to avoid regurgitation. Stenosis is also a major problem with heart valves and this occurs when the valve does not open properly and causes blood to not flow properly. This may cause the backup of blood‚ pressure in the pericardium‚ and an enlarged heart due to the amount of work
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Cardiovascular disease is a group of things at are all combined together and are affected by this terrible disease. The things that get affected that involve the human heart are arteries‚ veins‚ blood vessels‚ and capillaries. Heart disease causes many different kinds of problems that are related to the process known as atherosclerosis. The condition happens to a person when a good size amount of plaque has built up in their arteries. The results from this occurring narrows the room inside of our
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2.5 Non Specific Low Back Pain Non-specific low back pain is often also referred to simple or mechanical low back pain (Burton et al.‚ 1995; Marcus‚ 2005). These are all general terms that refer to back pain in the lumbar area of the back that is not related to severe or surgical pathology (Burton et al.‚ 1995). Burton et al.‚ (1995) states that finding no exact cause also constitutes towards a diagnosis of NSLBP. 2.5.1 Stages of NSLBP NSLBP can be categorized into three categories: acute‚ sub-acute
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The small intestine (or small bowel) is the part of the gastrointestinal tract following the stomach and followed by the large intestine‚ and is where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place. It receives bile juice and pancreatic juice through heptopancreatic duct‚ controlled by Spincter of oddi. Ininvertebrates such as worms‚ the terms "gastrointestinal tract" and "large intestine" are often used to describe the entire intestine. This article is primarily about the human gut‚ though
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