Belika Rosado
Case Study # 4
When I analyzed my case study I knew my patients had something in the bowel system or nervous system. My first thought was a stomach flu because like everyone in my family including myself has had the stomach flu and these symptoms of high fever, nausea, headache and fatigue are very similar to a stomach virus. One thing that made me rethink about my diagnosis was that I don’t recall a stiff neck being associated with a stomach virus. A stiff neck, however, is associated with the nervous system which makes it much more serious. As I did more research I was lead to believe that it must be a bacterial infection that must have been contracted through either sharing drinks, sneezing or coughing, because for 5 kids out of a school of 900 students for them to have these symptoms they must have been related to each other or have been very close friends.
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I was lead to Meningococcal meningitis which is a serious and potentially life threatening infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. The common symptoms of meningococcal meningitis are very similar of those five middle school children, high fever, stiff neck, confusion, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, and purpuric rash. Most cases of Meningococcal meningitis occur in children and teens. Meningococcal disease occurs more often in the seasons of winter or spring and spreads just like the flu. This disease passes from person to person through everyday activities such as risk living in close quarters, being in crowded areas for prolonged periods of time, sharing drinking glasses, water bottles, eating utensils, kissing, smoking or being exposed to smoke, staying out late and having irregular sleeping patterns. All these symptoms can weaken an individual immune
and ears, and in the mouth and pharynx. The causative virus has been shown to be
Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are both in a category of diseases called Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. This is a classification of disease in which inflammation forms in a part of the digestive tract, known as the gastrointestinal tract or GI tract, of the patient. The immune system then treats this area of inflammation as a foreign pathogen and attacks it. The causes of both of these diseases are currently unknown to the medical world.
Hicks, Rob, Dr., and Trisha Macnair, Dr. “Meningitis.” BBC. Dec. 2005. 27 July 2006 .
During the year of 1976, originating at Fort Dix in New Jersey, a swine flu outbreak occurred that swept across the United States. As thousands stormed into clinics, vaccinations reached its peak. Though the success of the vaccines was better than anticipated, several unfortunates began to develop symptoms of an unidentified syndrome. Approximately five hundred of the thousands of people who received a vaccination for the swine flu began to experience prickling in the fingers and tingling in the toes. They also experienced weakness in the legs that seemed to exacerbate into other symptoms that moved towards the upper body, usually to the arms. Twenty five of the five hundred diagnosed with this disorder passed away due to the complications. The government was forced to take blame of the deaths because they agreed to take liability of the vaccinations and their side-effects.
Having aching muscles in the back, arms and legs. A person may experience chills and sweats, headaches, and a dry persistent cough. Along with having fatigue and a sore throat.
Blunt force trauma is defined as a traumatic event caused by the introduction of any blunt instrument forcefully, causing injury to the body or head. The Severity of injury is determined by various factors. It may be due to mechanical force such as compression, traction, torsion or shear. Impact of the injury and severity depends on object and movement of victim. Injuries occurred may be internal such as lacerations of internal tissues, organs, fractures of bones or may be external such as abrasion, avulsion, contusion and laceration (Pollak & Saukko, 2009). Severity also depends on anatomical site impacted for ex: Lacerations have irregular margin, hanging causes abrasions, contusions and hyoid bone fractures, Ocular hemorrhages in case of blunt trauma to eyes or Fracture of ribs when hit on chest by a blunt object (Ressel, Hetzel, & Ricci, 2016). Severity is also determined by the duration of time and amount of force applied. Nature of trauma is of importance in forensic medicine. It helps in
Researchers are unsure of what triggers UC, but have two strong possibilities. One theory is that the digestive system becomes inflamed when it tries to fight of a virus. The inflammation then remains chronically. Some scientists also believe that heredity may play a role in developing ulcerative colitis. However, most people who have ulcerative colitis do not have a family history of it. It used to be believed that stress triggered UC but the belief has been disproven. Symptoms of UC vary greatly depending on the specific location of the inflammation. Therefore, symptoms are classified in 5 categories depending on location:
1. It was emotional and verbal abuse by someone I thought really cared for me.
Digestion is the chemical breakdown of complex biological molecules into their component parts, i.e. lipids into fatty acids, proteins to individual amino acids, and carbohydrates into simple sugars. The functional objective is to produce various chemicals to break down the food, filter out harmful substances when possible, and get rid of solid wastes. The mechanical way the digestion works in order to change the physical form of the food is to chew, tear, grind, mash and mix. The chemical changes produced by digestion are supported by the aid of digestive enzymes and it modifies the composition of the food. The digestive enzymes are special proteins that help break up large molecules of food into very tiny molecules that can be absorbed and used by the cells in the form of nutrition. The phases of digestion are: ingestion, movement throughout the digestive tract, and final absorption. The digestive tract consists in long muscular tube with many sections
Numerous variables can bring about stomach bloating, including inappropriate eating regimen, different pharmaceuticals, stress, contamination from the earth and so forth. Bloating is discernible in light of the fact that the stomach is full and vaporous, and there is burping and mumbling in the stomach range.
Chronic abdominal pain in children is most often caused by a functional disorder. There are a variety of treatments that can be helpful, but no single treatment is best. Thus, most experts recommend trying several treatments. This may require several visits with the doctor, especially if pain has been a problem for a long time. Although functional abdominal pain can be triggered or reinforced by a desire for attention, it is rare for a child to "fake" pain. Therefore this child's pain needs to be acknowledged and believe that her pain is real and offer sympathy, support, and reassurance. Since the CT scan and lab work were negative. Other treatment options can be considered. The first goal of treatment is to help this child return to normal activities. Secondly, is to help her pain improve.
The digestive system is an amazing system that is capable of working a large number of different functions. The digestive system is the process of transforming food into a source of energy, cell repair, and nutrition for the human body like vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins and, carbohydrate. The system is made up of organs that include the mouth, liver, gallbladder, stomach, anus and rectum, large intestine, small intestine, pancreas and esophagus. The digestive system covers mostly our abdominal area, which is where most of the organs are found. The system is broken down into six functions that make up the digestive system. However, it has a number of issues and diseases that come along the way.
The most common cause of gastroenteritis in adults is the transmission of norovirus; a viral infection that spreads from fecal matter. Noroviruses are highly contagious and can spread directly from person to person, or indirectly through contaminated water and food. When a person is infected, the norovirus attacks their small intestine, entering a host cell by attaching to receptors and triggering endocytosis. It then proceeds to replicate itself, increasing the number of infected cells in the body. Symptoms appear roughly 1-2 days after the initial exposure to the virus, and lasts between 1-3 days. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and a loss of appetite are common symptoms of norovirus, however sufferers may also experience muscle aches, weakness and mild fevers and headaches. Rotavirus is another prevalent agent that causes gastroenteritis, however it only affects infants and young children, due to the fact that immunity against it is developed after infection. It is incredibly common and virtually every child in the world experiences symptoms of the rotavirus before they reach the age of
disease is coughing, rapid breathing, discharge from the nose and eyes, swelling near the neck
The patient has experienced fever, chills on body, headaches and anorexia as well as sweating especially during the night. The patient has also been feeling fatigued, muscle aches and nausea as well as vomiting especially after eating (WHO, 2010, p. 117). These symptoms started forty eight hours ago, and the patient has not taken any medication except for some aspirin.