bleeding are hematemesis, coffee ground vomiting, melena, hematochezia (maroon coloured stool) if the hemorrhage is severe, severe syncope, chest pain, shortness of breath and anemia. Esophageal varices, esophagitis, Mallory-Weiss tears, esophageal ulcers or even esophageal cancers may cause esophageal bleeding. Esophageal varices are defined as extremely dilated and tortuous sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the esophagus. They are most often a consequence of portal hypertension, commonly secondary
cost the healthcare system a lot of money. There is no cure for Achalasia, therefore this is something that needs to be treated, sometimes as often as every 3 months (Dugdale, George & Zieve, 2010). When my mother has the surgery to stretch her esophageal sphincter, the average cost of her surgery ranges from $1,900 to $3,000, depending on anesthetics and whether or not they need to suck out food that is stuck in the esophagus. Insurance pays the majority of the cost (Brown, 2013). Achalasia effects
The following questions relates to the patient within the first 24 hours 1. Outline the causes, incidence and risk factors of the identified disease and how it can impact on the patient and family (450 words) This case study is about Abdul Chidiac, a 51 year old male, married with 4 children. He had a medical history of hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and cirrhosis with two admissions in the last six months. He is a smoker and drinks beer, 5-6 bottles per day. As Carithers & McClain (2010) explained
wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar, and promoting digestion.” (Green tea) Green tea is good for the body. It is good by the use of long life, lowering the chances of heart disease, prevention of HIV, decreasing the risks of esophageal cancer, and also introduced for losing weight. Even though it has good sides there are also risks about it. Having a longer life is one of the good principles of drinking green tea. According to Dr. Emily Senay, “researchers from Japan conducted
Radiation and Cancer Treatment Cancer, or the the disease in which one’s cells abnormally and uncontrollably divide in a certain part of the body, results in the form of tumors or malignant growths. “In 2015, an estimated 1,658,370 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 589,430 people will die from the disease.”(National Cancer Institute). From the mere discovery of the x-ray, discovered by Bertha Roentgen, which able to show the image of the skeletal structure within his
I came into this course with a lot of questions in regards to pathology, as well as patient care and how medical practitioners are affected emotionally by it. It was difficult hearing how patients are being diagnosed with cancer and even worse when they are told that they have a short time to live. I once heard in a hospital meeting, that an oncologist sees death every day and that nullifies the pain of losing a patient. I learned that this isn’t true. It is the emotional
Sometimes people gain weight as a symptom of acute disease or due to another existing disease. Here are some disease which contribute obesity directly or indirectly. First, Hypothyroidism is a condition where thyroid release too little hormones than normal, which cause slow metabolism rate in our body and often causes weight gain. Second, Cushing’s syndrome is other condition where adrenal glands produce an excessive amount of steroid hormone called ‘cortisol’ which results to add fat in different
hear the word cancer, they automatically think death. Worldwide cancer is the leading cause of death. Cancer is also the second leading cause of death in the United States. One out of every four deaths in the United States is due to cancer. In the year 2012 1.9 million deaths were caused by lung cancer, 745,000 deaths were caused by liver cancer, 723,000 deaths were caused by stomach cancer, 694,000 deaths were caused by colorectal cancer, 521,000 deaths were caused by breast cancer, and 400,000 deaths
Working with children who have cancer is both one of the most challenging and humbling experiences of my professional and personal life. Some of my most remembered patients were the children and families that I cared for from their initial cancer diagnosis, through chemotherapy treatments, to remission or unfortunately occasionally death. This is an area that I am truly passionate about and it is essential that all nurses be an active part of the healthcare team in order to ensure safety and accuracy
Skin Cancer: The Stealth Killer Cancer has been an active concern in our society for the past couple decades, since we truly discovered the nature of cancer and the potency it brings along with it. However, it was not until the mid-20th century that scientists were beginning to truly understand the origin of cancer. Scientists dating back all the way to the Renaissance, when they first began performing autopsies to learn more about the human body and form, noticed abnormalities but it never clicked
The Connection between Diet and Cancer Cancer is a disease that can affect many different body parts. But no matter which body part is affected, cancer always involves cells that, due to various causes, go through genetic changes such that they start to proliferate wildly. In most forms of cancer the expanding masses of cells form tumors that eventually push against and invade neighboring tissue, disrupting body systems. In the course of time they may metastasize, travel via the blood or lymph
Opponents argue that Medical Marijuana is addictive and dangerous and it is not approved by FDA. They said that medical marijuana is an excuse for drug legalization and recreational use. Some claim that Marijuana is not a medicine and have the same side of effect as smoking tobacco, chronic cough and wheezing. Studies have been done on adolescents that long term memory impairment increases over time, prolonged psychomotor performance impairment, 600% increases in the incidence of schizophrenia. It
The comparison of the short-term effects of both drugs obviously shows that tobacco is more dangerous since tobacco has sudden drastic internal health changes. The long-term effect of marijuana is that marijuana smoke contains some of the same cancer-causing comp...
regularly smoke tobacco, which is one of the most avoidable risk factors for cancer, I wish to inform you of a research article that reveals progression toward understanding the mechanism by which tobacco smoke damages the genome, an organism’s complete set of DNA, and creates the mutations that ultimately cause cancer. Tobacco smoking is linked to at least 17 different types of cancer such as lung cancer and oral cancer, and it leads to more than six million deaths per year. The smoke itself is made
Alice Walker makes a great argument against smoking in her short essay, “My Daughter Smokes”, by sharing with the reader a personal experience that she had concerning cigarette smoking. She describes what happened to her father because he was a smoker for most of his life. Walker talks about what happened to his appearance and his health because of smoking. She also makes a point in showing how society and Hollywood make smoking out to be attractive. Walker wrote this essay against smoking for one
Obesity is a chronic condition where an individual has an excess amount of body fat. Body fat is measured using the body mass index (BMI). Children with a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and lower than the 95th percentile of the same age and sex are considered overweight; whereas a child with a BMI at or above the 95th percentile for the same age and sex is considered obese. The leading causes of childhood obesity are living a sedentary lifestyle and consuming more calories than required for
(COPD) which can be compare to lung cancer. If a person has asthma they should not allow any one in their personal space, because it only increases an attack. If the smoker continues this path they can develop a related sickness called pneumonia. Smoking can also produce an unpleasant odor in the mouth known as halitosis, which dries the tongue. Smoking causes numerous health risks, but this focus of study is on the respiratory system. The probability of lung cancer forming consists of a smoker’s
Causes of Cancer Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Cancer is very deadly and is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. There are more than one hundred types of cancer, and this year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer. Even though, so many people die from Cancer, there are many survivors. About 4 in 10 people survive cancer (40%) (“Cancer Facts”) . Most of these people could have prevented Cancer by knowing
A Critique of “Thank You for Smoking. . .?" Peter Brimelow is a senior editor for Forbes magazine. The essay was written taken from Forbes magazine (July 4, 1994). Peter Brimelow’s “Thank You for Smoking” is a misleading argument which has very little precise evidence and illustrates a weak argument. The essay is about how smoking in some small ways, can be good for you. (Brimelow). In his claim it sounds like he isn’t sure of it himself because he used “might be” and “some” which are
Hairball A solitary woman sits in conversation with a benign tumour that had just recently been removed from her ovary. As the woman speaks, the inanimate tumour, which she has named Hairball, looks on from its glass encased perch atop the fireplace. The scene is macabre and certainly unusual, but such is the life of Kat, the main character in Margaret Atwood’s short story, Hairball. Kat’s life is filled with the unusual and the shocking, a lifestyle that has been self-imposed. Throughout the