Crohn ’s disease is named after Burrill B. Crohn‚ the physician who described the disease in a paper written in 1972. Crohn ’s disease can also be referred to as Morbus Crohn ’s‚ Granulomatous Enteritis‚ Regional Enteritis‚ or Terminal Ileitis. Attacks of Crohn ’s disease may affect patients in their teens or early twenties‚ and tend to recur throughout the individual ’s life. The History of Crohn ’s Disease Crohn ’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease of an undetermined cause that afflicts
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383. Panchasakara choorna It is an Ayurvedic remedy which is available in powder form. It is used for the treatment of bloating and constipation. The medicine is based on Northern Indian Ayurvedic theories. Take one to two grams with milk or hot water‚ one or two times daily‚ before or after meal‚ or as instructed by the doctor. Over dose of the medicine can cause diarrhoea. Self medication is discouraged. Hypertensive patient should take extra care. It contains ginger‚ shatapushpa‚ senna leaves
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National Public Radio broadcast‚ "Study Finds Online Symptom Checkers Are Only Accurate Half The Time" (July 2015)‚ suggests that although online symptom checkers are sometimes correct‚ the real solution to the illness takes more than just a potentially correct diagnosis. The author used evidence from a Harvard Medical School study about the accuracy of online symptom checkers‚ and also some quotes from the people who work for or run the symptom checking websites. The purpose of this broadcast seems
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Communicable Disease HCS/457 August 30‚ 2010 Rachaline Napier Communicable Disease What is a communicable disease? A communicable disease is an infectious disease that can be transmitted from one person to another either directly by contact or circuitously by fomites and vectors. HIV/AIDS is one of the many communicable diseases in the world. Throughout this presentation‚ a detailed analysis will be given on HIV/AIDS. I will also recommend different ways a community can educate
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Alzheimer’s disease Classification and external resources Comparison of a normal aged brain (left) and the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s (right). Differential characteristics are pointed out. ICD-10 G30‚ F00 ICD-9 331.0‚ 290.1 OMIM 104300 DiseasesDB 490 MedlinePlus 000760 eMedicine neuro/13 MeSH D000544 GeneReviews NBK1161 Alzheimer’s disease (AD)‚ also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease‚ is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease‚ which worsens
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Crohns Disease What is it? * Crohns disease ‚ causes inflammation‚ swelling ‚ and irritation of any part of the digestive system Symptoms * Related to Inflammation * Persistent Diarrhea * Rectal bleeding * Abdominal cramps and pain * General symptoms that may also be * Fever * Loss of appetite * Weight Loss * Night sweats * Loss of normal menstrual cycle Causes of Crohns Disease * Crohn’s disease may affect as many as 700
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Heart attack symptoms in men and women What is a heart attack? Heart attack is the death of a segment of the heart due to a blockage in the coronary arteries by a blood clot. Coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply the heart with nutrients and oxygen. Heart attack takes about 8-hours to be complete. During a heart attack symptoms just last for about 30 minutes. Heart attack can be diagnosed when there’s a severe chest pain and tests such as the cardiac enzyme test‚ electrocardiograph‚
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Palliative treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer is important. Patients should be monitored closely for depression and treated when it arises. Other complications that require palliative intervention include pain; gastric outlet or duodenal obstruction; and bile duct obstruction and subsequent jaundice‚ cachexia‚ hypercoagulability and malabsorption caused by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (Yim et al; 2001). Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and subsequent malabsorption should be
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The Pros & Cons To Anxiety Treatments By Bowe Packer Aug 16‚ 2009 If you have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder‚ chances are that you will be given an option of different treatments. These treatments may include anti-depressants‚ anti-anxiety medication and therapy. There are pros and cons to all of these types of anxiety treatments. Here is a run-down of what to expect with each: Anti-Depressants Today‚ most anti-Depressants are used in combination with anti-anxiety medication. Anxiety does
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projects. The decision was colossal since the chosen candidates would be the first products Vertex attempted to bring through development and hopefully onto the market on its own (Pisano). Industry Response Of the several drug candidates in clinical testing‚ four candidates were thought to be the most promising that had not been partnered yet. The candidates were VX-148 (Psoriasis)‚ VX-702 (Acute Coronary Syndrome)‚ VX-765 (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis)‚ and VX-950 (Hepatitis C)
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