difficile) What is Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)? http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/cdiff-eng.php This resource by the Public Health Agency in Canada, describes what CDIFF is (an infection that causes diarrhea and colitis), how individuals get CDIFF, the signs of symptoms of it, and how the use of antibiotics contributes to causing CDIFF. This is a good reliable source because it shows that other countries along with the US are on one accord in the treatment and prevention of CDIFF.…
In class we discussed the pink pill. I was not even aware that this type of pill existed. I was also surprised to learn that this pill is not like Viagra. Viagra is a pill used by men that has to do with the physical body whereas the pink pill affects a woman’s sex drive, which is a cognitive issue. I continued my research of the pink pill and found that the FDA put a number of restrictions on the usage of this pill.…
Brandy Lauder broke a toe and had to get orthopedic surgery to get it repaired. She was then prescribed antibiotics for ten days. The antibiotics depleted the bacteria that kept Clostridium difficile under control, which caused her to get a debilitating infection. She first got diarrhea and then went into shock. Her intestines swelled up and she had to get surgery to give room to her swollen and blood-deprived organs.…
Continent of bowel habits both at home and at the hospital. ACTIVITY-EXERCISE (ADL’s, leisure, amount/type of exercise): Patient seems very fatigues and does not get up out of bed much. Patient watched television most of the day but would periodically fall asleep. Patient worked well with physical therapy and was able to stand up well, take a few steps and sit on the chair. After about 15 minutes of sitting on the chair, patient heart rate dropped to 72, so we moved him back to bed.…
Diarrhoea during World War One was common, caused by bacteria entering the mouth in food or water. This was inevitable in the life of an ANZAC living in cramped trenches with no proper sanitation.…
A new and intriguing discovery has let us to change on how we see poop. Despite the stench of the feces, Dr. Thomas Louie of the University of Calgary has made up a way to use stool bugs as a pill to cure a fatal gut disease known as Clostridium difficile or C-diff. Half a million Americans get infected with this disease and about 14,000 die each year. You can get this by touching surfaces contaminated with feces, then touch your mouth. Symptoms include nausea, cramps, and diarrhea.…
This would help prevent the intake of the disease to people who had not yet contracted…
In the satire novel Brave New World, there has been quite many spectacular changes around the modern city, which automatically gives them an image of a civilized city. The change that has been the most exciting and interesting would be the fact of using engineered blue pills in order to enhance the lack of certain emotions and other sorts, but this has its own positive and negative sides. Undoubtedly, we have many similarities and differences in this scenario as we talk about the controlling medication. In the novel Brave New World we notice that they take a blue pill, I believe its twice a day in order to disable any types of emotions from encountering their minds or feelings as they take the pill it removes the ability to feel love, pain,…
The same procedure was done for the Spanish Flu virus. Who knows? Maybe it will pave the way for a cure for the flu. As Tara Smith puts it, "... it's hard to justify the importance of such work to the public, and touch for everyone to believe it can be done safely and without…
It will be used to give you fluids and medicines during the procedure. • You will be given a medicine that makes you go to sleep (general anesthetic). • Your abdomen will be cleaned with a germ-killing solution (antiseptic). • The surgeon will make a small incision in your abdomen and place a tube through the incision.…
I began having to rush to the restroom once again, constantly worrying where the nearest toilet was on campus. My colon had become inflamed and more and more blood started to coat my toilet bowl. I called my doctor and we started to try and to get things under control. I started an aggressive steroid treatment in an attempt to quench the fire that had started in my colon. I managed to get that fire down to a smolder, but I was still terribly sick.…
Ms. Iversen said she took Norco but it caused constipation. She is taking Motrin until she can speak with the doctor. Ms. Iversen denied any medication allergies. DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Ms. Iversen has a walker and a bedside commode. ADL’S…
The rectal forms are often essential for treating febrile children with emesis and in other conditions where oral administration is contraindicated. There have been several…
Once the bacteria makes its way down into the body’s intestinal tract it causes intense vomiting and diarrhea.…
This medication is used to interfere with the sickling process. Evidence has shown that decreased pain episodes, hospitalization, and blood transfusions in adults, but the evidence was not as strong in children…