Certain diseases, surgeries, and habits make one more likely to develop this condition. As is suspected in this client, acute pancreatitis is most often caused by alcohol abuse. (Bare, B.; Cheever, K.; Hinkle, J.; Smelter, S., 2008). Symptoms of pancreatitis include abdominal pain felt in the upper left quadrant. This pain may become worse within minutes after eating or drinking, especially high fat foods.
Purging anorexia is achieved by vomiting, using laxatives or diuretics (Smith and Segal, 2014). The signs and symptoms of an anorexic are; dramatic weight loss, feeling fat even though the person may be underweight, fixation on body image, harshly critical of appearance and denial that they may be too thin. Symptoms of a purging anorexic may include; using dieting pills, laxatives or diuretics, vomiting after eating and compulsive exercising. There are also food behavior signs of an
A kidney infection needs rapid medical care. If not treated accurately, a kidney infection can permanently damage your kidneys or the bacteria can spread to your bloodstream and cause a life-threatening infection. Kidney infection treatment typically consists of antibiotics and often needs hospitalization. When the 34 year old woman was brought into the emergency room the conditions that led to the conclusion of pyelonephritis is first off the fever she had and the chills. The 34 year old also had back pain, most likely lower back pain where the kidneys are located.
When the condition of gastroparesis is present the stomach is not able to crush food or release it into the duodenum causing normal digestion not to occur. (Mayo Clinic) There are a number of causes for the risk factor and condition of gastroparesis, but in several cases, it is believed to be caused by damage to the vagus nerve, which is a nerve that controls the stomach muscles, the vagus nerve helps manage the process in the digest system tract, including signaling the muscles in the stomach to contract. Gas has been associated with several diseases such as diabetes, adrenal and thyroid gland problems, anorexia, bulimia, scleroderma, Parkinson’s disease, neuromuscular diseases, idiopathic, and some forms of chemotherapy, and surgery of the upper intestinal tract. As any surgery on the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum may result in injury to the vagus nerve. Symptoms of postoperative gastroparesis may develop immediately or a year after the surgery is performed.
Bowel Obstruction A bowel obstruction happens when either your small or large intestine is partly or completely blocked. The blockage prevents food, fluids, and gas from moving through the intestines in the normal way, the blockage may cause severe pain that comes and goes. Bowel obstruction covers a blockage caused by tumors, scar tissue, or twisting or narrowing of the intestines. It does not cover ileus, which most commonly happens after surgery on the belly (abdominal surgery). Tumors, scar tissue (adhesions), or twisting or narrowing of the intestines can cause a bowel obstruction.
Assessment Name: Joanna Gniazdowska Part 1: Know about different eating disorders 1a. Describe at least two different eating disorders. Eating disorder 1: Anorexia Nervosa – unrealistic perception of body weight and fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. People suffering from anorexia consume restrictive quantities of food which can lead to starvation. They count calories, may be obsessed over weight loss programmes, repeat weighing and physical examinations, skip meals and use laxatives.
Following an MI irreversible necrosis of a portion of heart muscle results due to prolonged ischaemia (Lilly 1998). The prolonged, unrelieved ischaemia results in hypoxia and as the amount of oxygen to the cardiac cells diminishes cellular death ensues. However, cardiac cells can withstand ischaemic conditions for about 20 minutes even though they are metabolically altered and non-functional (McCance and Huether 1997). If oxygen supply is not resumed the death of a segment of heart muscle (i.e. a
Recent medical research has shown that healthy eating habits can curb many of the symptoms associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Abdominal pain, bloating and discomfort are some of the main symptoms. Other symptoms may include constipation diarrhea. Reducing the amount eaten at meals and the level of digestive tract stimulants taken in has a large impact on these common symptoms. Though this will not eliminate the symptoms all together, they will have a noticeable effect.
Cholesterol is essential for healthy cells, but if there is too much in the blood it can lead to CAD. Cholesterol is carried in the blood stream by molecules called lipoproteins. Cholesterol is made from eating fatty foods, excess alcohol and caffeine etc. Which means that the more of these you eat the more likely you are to suffer from CAD 3) Carbon monoxide, nicotine, and other substances in tobacco smoke can promote atherosclerosis and trigger symptoms of coronary artery disease. Smoking: * Causes the platelets in your blood to clump together easily by making your blood cells more "sticky" and more likely to form clots.
Identifying and defining themselves according to their perceived "fatness", eating disordered people tend to conclude that they are unacceptable and undesirable, and as a result, feel quite insecure and inadequate, especially about their bodies. For them, controlling their eating behaviors is the logical pathway in their quest for thinness. The current article is designed to provide you with more information about the nature of eating disorders, their causes, potential treatments, and strategies for prevention. This information can be helpful in