the patient was drowsy and tired‚ I asked the patient if it was ok to inquire her history from her husband‚ she nodded and said yes. So‚ as I took the history‚ I found that the patient was diagnosed with advanced stage of cancer and had her last chemotherapy few weeks back
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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Chemotherapy and cancer treatments have been a process in the making for over a hundred years. Although people have a sort of cynical approach towards cancer‚ saying that it is incurable and will ravage humans and society for the years to come‚ advancements have been made and in a positive manner. Cancer has been seen in a negative manner even in the ancient ages. People believed (and still do) that once cancer had taken root‚ there was no way to stop or cure it. They believed that more harm than
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Induced fit theory is a variation of the lock-and-key theory of enzymatic function. It is proposed that the substrate causes a conformational change in the enzyme such that the active site achieves the exact configuration required for a reaction to occur. The overall effect would be a tighter binding for the substrate and enzyme. Think of it as a lock and key model. There are specific substrates that combine to a specific enzyme. The theory basically states that both enzyme and active site change
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second time. During this experiment‚ the sensory receptors located in the nerve endings on my fingertip responded to the presented stimulus‚ recognizing the pressure of touching the sandpaper. This information was transmitted through my body via the peripheral nervous system to my brain. This is an apparent example of anatomical encoding. The brain then interpreted the signals coming from these receptors‚ and formed a perception of coarseness. This is an illustration of functional encoding. This perceived
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As soon as I walk into a room and smell germ x hand sanitizer I am thrown back into the days where I had chemotherapy. The picture that I get in my flash back is of a hospital room with me on the bed holding my dad’s hand while Dr. Salvi puts the needle into my port. Dr. Salvi was the best in the business‚ there was no better than him and his partener. I would not feel any pain as the doctor slips the butterfly needle into my port because I had put numbing cream on it two hour before. I had always
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female. It may be more pronounced in men as compared to females due to the hormonal differences. The causes of loss of hair include hormone testosterone‚ pregnancy‚ illness‚ emotional or physical stress and chemotherapy especially among cancer patients. This article will concentrate on chemotherapy and other drug related hair loss and treatment. Let us start by having an understanding of the drugs that cause the loss of hair. It is not every drug that cause this phenomenon. It is therefore not necessary
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for infection (Cefazolin‚ 2011). She delivered on 10/28/13 without complications. Her blood pressure decreased to the 140’s/80’s-90’s range where it remained. She was given the rubella vaccine and magnesium sulfate was discontinued. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) occurs in 5-10% of pregnancies (Sibai & Ross‚ 2010). Symptoms include nausea‚ vomiting‚ dizziness‚ headaches‚ and sudden weight gain (Sibai & Ross‚ 2010) but its occurrence may never be noticed and the mother may feel perfectly
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Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) is defined as a hearing condition in which sound enters the inner ear normally‚ but the transmission of the signal to the brain is impaired. The characteristics of ANSD are highly variable and can manifest as any degree of hearing loss and functional ability. Some individuals with ANSD have minimal auditory complaints and do not know of their condition until adulthood. Others can have a complete lack of sound awareness‚ localization and auditory-based
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P.‚ & O’Byrne‚ P. M. (2015). Asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in athletes. New England Journal of Medicine‚ 372(7)‚ 641-648. Burnett‚ D. M.‚ Burns‚ S.‚ Merritt‚ S.‚ Wick‚ J.‚ & Sharpe‚ M. (2016). Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction measured by standardized testing in healthy college athletes. Couto‚ M.‚ Stang‚ J.‚ Horta‚ L.‚ Stensrud‚ T.‚ Severo‚ M.‚ Mowinckel‚ P
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