The case of the 10 year old boy, who experienced symptoms of abdominial pain, starving frequently but still does not gain any weight. He was then given a dipstick test. This is for urine and glucose test. After obtaining the result, it shows that he has higher...
Syncope and Vertigo are often used as interchangeable terms. This is inaccurate, despite both being forms of dizziness. The term ‘Dizziness’ is given when a patient experiences changes of consciousness, movement, sensation and perception. The term ‘Dizziness” can be broken into four different types; syncope/presyncope,...
The scenario presents a 4-month pregnant female with Phenylketonuria (PKU). Due the teratogenic effects that phenylalanine has on a foetus, her GP has advised her to go on a low-protein diet. The distress that this caused to Nuria made her drastically change her eating habits...
The human body in many ways acts like the Newton’s 3rd law which is for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the body is going through changes, the body activates the compensatory mechanism. This is what is referred as adaptive response....
The assignment will bring about the assessment on the concepts of healthcare and other related aspects of health and illness among individuals. The report will focus upon the identification and assessment of a case of renal disease. Renal disease or kidney disease is one of...
The patient is a 63-year-old, African-American retired firefighter and whose brother was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. As a former firefighter, he has been able to maintain a healthy lifestyle with regular vitamin intake and no past medical history. He recently went to his primary...
The article called “Frontiers in the Bioarchaeology of Stress and Disease: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives From Pathophysiology, Human Biology, and Epidemiology” by Haagen D. Klaus (2014) reviews a few different aspects of a cross-disciplinary view. He describes three different ideas including pathophysiology, human biology, and epidemiology and...
Anaerobic bacteria do not replicate in the presence of oxygen. Three categories of anaerobic bacteria include obligate anaerobes, aerotolerant anaerobes, and facultative anaerobes. While most species are obligate anaerobes, some can survive under aerobic conditions and are aerotolerant. There are almost 200 species of Clostridium,...
Asthma is a chronic lung disease marked by chest tightness, wheezing, breathlessness, and coughing (Dodge & Burrows, 2018). In the United States alone, there are 19 million adults and 6.2 million children living with asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). The disease can...
The gestational diabetes mellitus ,likewise perceive as GDM is a customary intricacy of certain pregnancies, when hyperglycemia appears throughout the being pregnant [1]. In light of the latest (from 2017) appraisals of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) , it gives the idea that gestational diabetes displays in 14% of...