Have you ever dealt with severe pain and discomfort in your sinuses? Or have you ever had headaches or sore throats but categorized it as merely a migraine or cold? Many people may not know that these are symptoms for Sinusitis, a very common health issue that affects 37 million people a year (Balloon Sinuplasty). Sinusitis is “an inflammation of the mucous lining of the nasal passages and sinuses” (University Maryland Medical Center).). Although sinusitis originates from the nasal passages, there
June 9, 2015 Chief complaint: “I am stuffed up and my eyes are watering and itchy.” Subjective History of Present Illness: M.C is a 19 year old male that presents to the office complaining of sneezing, nasal congestion, watery, itchy eyes, and rhinorrhea that have progressed over the last eleven days. His symptoms tend to be worse in the mornings when he wakes up and he has had a sore throat upon awakening that improves as the day progresses. He has also been getting mild sinus pressure 2/10 pain
that she pees on herself sometimes. That she has pain in her chest with the cough and at times get short of breath. This morning she got extra short of breath that she was playing with a relative and that prompted this visit. She notes with it rhinorrhea, ear pain, hoarseness, inability get sputum up, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea which alternates with constipation. She has not eaten in a week. She notes ear pain bilaterally. REVIEW OF SYSTEMS Reveals this recent illness, states that it is
Kristie Benejan 05/11/2018 Lyme Disease in the United States Part 1: Epidemiological sheet: • Causative Agent: Borrelia burgdorferi (2); spirochete bacteria (5) • Route of Transmission: Via a tick bite: Ixodes scapularis (US and Canada) and Ixodes pacificus (pacific coast) (3)(5) • Population: o United States: 96% of cases found in 14 states mainly located in the North East (including Connecticut, Maryland, Main, Delaware, and others) o International: Found in Asia (China, Korea, Japan) and Europe
Multiple. S The patient is a 58-year-old female who tells me she has been having multiple symptoms and worries whether she might be having some tick borne illness or perhaps Bartonella, which she had in 2006. She tells me at that time, she was diagnosed with Lyme, Bartonella, ehrlichiosis, babesiosa. She was treat treated for all four of these. She states she was seeing Dr. Sam Donta in Boston at the time, but apparently he moved to Falmouth, Massachusetts. She has not seen him. I have no records
Headaches Headaches are a neurologic disorder that causes pain to any region of the head, scalp, face and neck area. Determination of the type of headache primary or secondary is necessary for proper treatment. A complete history to include age needs to be obtained to include family history, furthermore information on frequency, location, duration, time of day, precipitating factors, related factors, and types of medications used, a must be took in account to identify the specific headache. Factor
Mankind has always found a way to better and prolong our lives through science and medicine. With the growing interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that has occurred over the last decade, one could easily say that “unconventional,” or non-Westernized, approaches to healing must be a new phenomenon never before seen in American society or around the world. The reality is, however, that the current rise in fashionability for unorthodox treatments is merely the latest of three waves
tool that facilitated and allowed people to attempt to convey more meaning through words, first oral and then written in some languages. Since language first came into being, it has been one of the most important tools employed by humans to communicate with each other. Imagine what life would be like if we did not have language as an instrument to interact with each other. Further, language is often considered to be an integral part of culture; and most humans are well aware of the importance of
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important issues facing health care today, with wide reaching future implications if abuse continues. In the United States alone, antibiotic resistance is responsible for over two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths per year. Providers need to be judicious in the disbursement of these life saving pharmacological agents, while being informative of why antibiotics are not always the answer (Talkington, Cairns, Dolen, & Mothershed, 2014). In the case listed
Withdrawal is the hardest part to stop because it gives you the overpowering craving to reuse. The most common symptoms are diarrhea, tremor, rhinorrhea, lacrimation, mydriasis, chills, sweating, tachycardia, nausea, anorexia, and hyperthermia (Lyvers,1998). Majority of people start these symptoms and do whatever they can in their power to get rid of them. I wasn’t for sure that I was not going
Risk factors for severe RSV infection or hospitalization can include premature birth, low birth weight, liver disease, Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities (4). Signs and symptoms are similar to those of the common cold. It can include rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, pharyngitis, and cough (3). Other characteristics of RSV include mucosal edema and a fever (4). Usually, infections travel to the lower respiratory tract and cause bronchitis, pneumonia, fever, middle-ear disease, and wheezing
Gas exchange is defined as the process by which oxygen is transported to cells and carbon dioxide is transported from cells (Giddens page 161). Gas exchange in the human body occurs in the lungs and as the primary function of the respiratory system it exchanges two gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide. The process of gas exchange happens as we breath through ventilation, transport and perfusion. As you inhale oxygen, the oxygen travels deep into the lungs until it reaches the alveoli. Here in the alveoli
Introduction In 1918-19 approximately 50 million deaths were a detriment of the Spanish H1N1 virus pandemic; a respiratory virus. According to the World Health Organization, the second Influenza A H1N1 pandemic in 2009 spread to more than 200 countries causing more than 18 000 deaths. Before the World Health Organization had announced the official end of the pandemic in August 2010, in July 2009 the World Health Organization sent out a phase 6 warning that H1N1 could soon be a global pandemic.