Mammograms play a very important role in breast cancer detection and helps decrease breast caner deaths . Many woman begin mammograms at the age 40 and have them every one to two years. The goal of screening exams for breast cancer is to find cancer before they start to cause symptoms like a lump that can be felt. Breast cancer found during screening are more likely to be small and still confined to the breast. The size of the breast cancer and how far it has spread are some of the most important factors in the prognosis of a woman with this disease.
Health Psychology “Critically evaluate health psychology theory and research to explain patients’ experience of breast cancer.” An electronic journal search was conducted using the search facility of OVID, (2001 – 2008) and EBSCO, electronic journal services if the full journal article was not available via OVID. The search strategy used two key terms, breast cancer, and social support. The initial search for breast cancer revealed 6674 articles but when combined with social support the number available was reduced to 16. Of the 16 identified journal articles 3 were removed as the relevance to the subject was inappropriate and 2 articles, which were unavailable via Ovid, were accessed via EBSCO. The focus of the literature review will be upon breast cancer and social support received, and the psychological consequences that social support has upon the coping adaptability of breast cancer patients.
(Since a portion of this thesis is discussion of the correlation of immunologically mediated disorders that silicone may or may cause this article explores this. The article begins defining what a human adjuvant disease is and goes on to say that there were sporadic cases of this disease that had been reported following injections with silicone fluid. But, there have been no clear cases following silicone gel implant mammoplasty Baldwin & Kaplan (1983). The article goes on to describe a particular case of a well 35 year old female who had a soft connection of a reaction to silicone. She became ill after breast implantation, they were removed, the signs and symptoms resolved.
Open Appendectomy Case Study I. Anatomy Patient Profile Name: Victoria Bianca Rubalcava Age: 26 Years Old Gender: Female Occupation: College Student Civil Status: Single Nationality: Latino Religion: Catholic C/C: Abdominal Pain Date Admitted: October 26, 2013 at 9:30pm Source of Information: Patient and Parents Patient V.B.R. is a 26 year old young lady who was admitted to Arcadia Methodist Hospital October 26, 2013 at 9:30pm due to severe pain at her right lower quadrant, the patient was diagnosed with acute appendicitis. The patient underwent an emergency appendectomy the next day October 27, 2013 at 6:00 am. The appendix is a small, pinky shaped organ that connects to the cecum which is part of the small intestine. An appendix that has a hole in it can leak and infect the entire abdominal area, which can be life threatening, this condition is called Appendicitis.
About 11,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3600 will die. (Atkinson) Cervical Cancer is cancer of the cervix, the lower narrow part of the uterus. The uterus is hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows during a women’s pregnancy. (Facts) Morton 2 Merck began marketing Gardasil in 2006 after the Food and Drug Administration approved it for females ages 9 to 26. The vaccine is the first of its kind to build immunity against two strains of HPV, which lead to 70% of cervical cancer cases in the United States.
There are two vaccines (Gardisil and Cervaix) that are given to year 8 girls to prevent HPV. “This vaccine is said to save an estimate of 400 women each year [1].” A pathogen is a biological agent that causes diseases or illness to its host A cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is a problem to body because it can spread and then takes over parts of the body that carries out essential functions A vaccine protects your body from specific diseases that make you become very ill, disabled or even kill you. The way the HPV vaccine works is by using an inactive form of the virus.
Option 1: Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Take one of the health risk assessments located on the LRC website. After completing the assessment, write a 500- to 750-word summary that includes the following: * Description of the disease. Breast Cancer is a lot of tissues that are inside of our breast and we need to try and lose weight to keep us from becoming in the risk of breast cancer and keep on getting our regular mammograms like we are doing now to prevent us from it. Breast cancer has all kinds of different feeling you start hurting in your arms, head, legs and so forth down the line. So we really and truly need to keep up with our breast exams each year and do self breast exams ourselves as well.
CASE STUDY Assignment: Pain Management Mrs. Chang is an 80-year-old Asian female with terminal small-cell carcinoma of the right lung with brain metastases. The patient is on your palliative care unit and frequently reports intense breakthrough pain. Data Obtained From Nursing Assessment • Vital signs: afebrile; pulse, 92; blood pressure, 112/86; respiration, 28 • Dyspneic • Weight: 96 pounds • Height: 5 feet, 2 inches • Lung sounds: bilateral rales and gurgling; improved after nebulization therapy • Confused, restless, and agitated • Bowel sounds diminished in all four quadrants • Last bowel movement 2 days ago • Speaks few words in English; family members at the bedside can translate • Points to “4” pain rating on FACES pain scale • Has used 6 rescue doses for pain in last 24 hours Lab Data • CBC shows anemia: Hb 9 • Pulse oximetry: 92% on 02 2L/NC Current Drug Therapy • Fentanyl 75 transdermal patch, change q72h • Morphine, 1–3 mg IM qh prn for breakthrough pain • Amitriptyline, 150 mg PO bid • Albuterol solution for inhalation, 2.5 mg, diluted to 3 mL with normal saline via nebulizer, three to four times daily Case Study Questions: 1. How do these drugs work together to address Mrs. Chang’s underlying pathologic conditions? (10 pts.)
This movie is the story of Professor Vivian Bearing which is suffering from the advanced metastatic ovarian cancer. She is diagnosed by Doctor Kelekian. Her cancer is undetected in stages one, two and three, in this stage the cancer is growing too fast and the most effective treatment in this stage is chemotherapeutic agent, doctor Kelekian suggests and also he mentions that it is an experimental treatment by combination of drugs which is specifically designed for stage three and four ovarian cancer. This treatment is in eight cycles and she has to be hospitalized as a patient for each cycle and there is another battery of test afterward. This treatment has some serious side effects.
In most women inner beauty lays growing tumors and unknown breast cancer. A simple mammogram cant always catch the first signs of breast cancer or of a growing tumor. A brand new research the first 3-d ultrasound for breast cancer and tumor treatment. You should be interested in this research because for 48 years of a healthy body sometimes lies a tumor or cancer inside. I’m very interested in this research because a 3-d ultrasound that can define your cause of pain can be resolved by one simple 3-d image.