this? How can I live like this? Awful thoughts ran through my head. I Went to see my family doctor at a clinic nearby and he told me the same thing as the other doctor did. However‚ he prescribed me with different medications and told me that my ear would be fine after a week. I felt so relieved after hearing that from him. Every morning I wished to wake up with my right ear being able to hear properly but that wish never came true. I went to Pantai Hospital to see an ENT specialist hoping that
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There are many kind of cell membrane disease‚ There are : Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that cause by gene mutation of CFTR Protein. CFTR it’s stand for Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. This disease causes too much production of thick mucus‚ then the mucus will blocked the ion transport in epithelial cells that line the passageways of the lungs‚ pancreas‚ and other organs. If the passageways of the lungs is blocked by the thick mucus‚ it will make the sufferer
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Surgical site infections are one the most common type of hospital-acquired infection‚ even in occurrence with pneumonia. This is an ongoing problem in today’s health care system. Nurses have many duties to the patient by implementing and following protocols to prevent infections and should also work with the whole health care team to avoid them. Preventing surgical site infections is very important in the perioperative environment. This is so important‚ that the CDC and Hospital Infection Control Practices
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All living cells have a cell membrane and it is probably the most important organelle of a cell. The cell membrane is composed of a phospholipid‚ proteins and carbohydrates. The phospholipids are arranged in a bilayer with the hydrophilic ends facing out and the hydrophobic ends facing the inside of bilayer. Membranes can contain phospholipids with different fatty acids which affects the strength and flexibility of the membrane. There are two different proteins in cell membranes. One is a protein
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Group B Streptococcus Infection‚ Newborn Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacteria that can cause an infection in a newborn. This bacteria is often found in the vagina and rectum of healthy women‚ but this does not mean that the woman has an infection. Most newborns who are exposed to GBS from their mother do not get infected. In some cases‚ however‚ GBS can cause serious infections in pregnant women and newborns. If the newborn is infected in the first 7 days of his or her life‚ the infection
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Yeast Infection Treatment and Prevention Yeast infection may attack the inside and outside the body. It causes the itching‚ irritation‚ and discharge. Yeast infection treatment and prevention can be done by conventional steps and home remedies step. Here is the solution you may choose to treat and prevent this infection. When you come to the doctor for this case‚ the doctor will suggest you to the antifungal cream or suppository. It usually comes in the form of a cream‚ ointment‚ or suppository
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curing of skin infections‚ including diaper rash‚ by using red soils from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Following inoculation of red soils isolated from geographically separate areas of Jordan‚ Micrococcus luteus and Staphylococcus aureus were rapidly killed. Over the 3-week incubation period‚ the number of specific types of antibiotic-producing bacteria increased‚ and high antimicrobial activity (MIC‚ ∼10 μg/ml) was observed in methanol extracts of the inoculated red soils. Antibiotic-producing microorganisms
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*If you ever use this‚ please e-mail me at antisoma@hotmail.com. I ’d just like to know. Cryptosporidium parvum: Transmission and Infection Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan intestinal parasite causing a short-term enteric illness in individuals with functioning immune systems‚ and can cause a potentially fatal infection in immunosuppressed individuals. Because of C. parvum ’s resistance to many of the procedures used to process drinking water and food‚ and the parasite ’s extremely
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The burn unit clinical team consisting of physicians‚ nurses‚ pharmacists‚ and infection preventionists at a tertiary hospital‚ part of a large healthcare system in the mid-Atlantic area‚ recognized an upward trend in CLABSI‚ despite the success in reducing CLABSI in other units in the hospital. While formal research was not conducted‚ efforts to reduce the infections throughout the hospital were associated with evidence based practice initiatives recommended and published by the CDC (2011)‚
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Antibiotics are types of medicines which destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic organisms which can cause abhorrent illnesses such as syphilis‚ tuberculosis‚ salmonella‚ and some forms of meningitis. Before bacteria can multiply and cause symptoms‚ our body’s immune system has special white blood cells which can usually destroy them. Also for the majority of people with these bacterial infections even when symptoms do start to occur‚ these white blood cells are usually
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