Discuss research into stress-related illness and the immune system. Stress is a reaction, involving heightened mental and bodily states; it is a psychological as well as a physiological response to the environment. Your brain produces a stress reaction when you are in a situation that is physically or mentally demanding. The Immune System which is made up of special cells, proteins, tissues, and organs, defends you against germs and microorganisms every day. In most cases, the immune system does a great job of keeping everyone healthy and preventing infections.
Thus, it is essential that the technician inputs the mathematical formula correctly because too much radiation can cause the patient to get sick, depending on how long or the amount of gamma radiation is exposure to the patient. Some types of radiation are not harmful, such as the radiation used to kill cancer cells in the anatomy of a patient; this type of radiation to project bones would be bad if the formula is not
IC01: The principles of infection prevention and control The prevention and control of infection is the responsibility of everyone working in a health and social care setting. Both employers and employees have particular roles to avoid the spread of infection. 1.1. As a health & social care practitioner it is essential to maintain a clean and hygienic environment and also to be aware of the infection control policies and procedures that are used in the workplace. Maintaining a high level of personal health and hygiene will also help in the prevention of infection.
The steps taken to help prevent infections will be maintains, you will already be treating all people as high risk, but with confirmed infection outbreak, you will need to be more vigilant and record and report any changes in a person’s condition. 1.2 Employers have the responsibilities to protect employees from danger and harm, as far as is reasonably possible. For example employers must Carry out risk assessments to assess the dangers of certain work activities Provide a safe workplace Provide training for staff Provide personal protective equipment Ensure regular health and safety checks are undertaken These responsibilities extent to employers protecting employees from the risks posed by biological hazards such as blood, body fluids and associated infections. Your employer will have put infection prevention and control policies and procedures in place for staff to adhere to. Care managers have a responsibility to the people within the care of the organisation and should undertake regular checks on the cleanliness of the setting, monitor hand washing practice, know who to contact in the event of an infection outbreak and report it to
When someone has asthma the bronchi will be more inflamed and more sensitive than normal. When they come into contact with something that will irritate their lungs, which is known as triggers. Their airways become narrow, the muscles around them tighten and there is an increase in the production in the production of sticky mucus. The cause of asthma is not fully understood, although it is known to run in families. Someone is more likely to have asthma if one or both parents have the condition.
Signs of an asthma attack are tight chest, cough, and wheezing. People with asthma respond to different risk factors. Risk factors are things that can start asthma attacks. It is important to know which risk factors start your asthma attacks. Some risk factors are animals with fur, cigarette smoke, dust in beds and pillows, dust from cleaning, strong smells and sprays, pollen from trees and flowers, the weather, colds, and sports or hard physical activity.
The immune system, which is made up of special cells, proteins, tissues, and organs, defends people against germs and microorganisms every day. Your immune system attacks organisms and substances that invade the body and cause disease. When foreign substances that invade the body (also called antigens) are detected, several types of cells work together to recognize them and respond. These cells trigger the production of antibodies. So once these antibodies are produced they continue to exist in your body and “remember” the antigens and continue fighting off that same antigen if it ever arises again in your body.
there are many different training opportunity to keep myself up to date with, I.e Infection prevention control, which in a hospital environment is extremely important to help prevent the risk off infection to both us as staff and the patients we provide care too. there are also standards we have to follow, for example we have to wear PPE(Personal protective equipment) we have to use gloves with every patient that we feel we may be dealing with any body fluids or anything we feel we as staff members may be at risk with, we also have to wear both gloves and aprons if we have to go into a side room if a patient is being barrier nursed(e.g if they have MRSA, VRE, GRE, C-DIFF etc) so we
Running Head: CANCER Approach to Cancer Care Grand Canyon University NRS 410-V November 11, 2012 Diagnosis and Staging: The biggest goal in the prevention of cancer is early detection because it is important to detect cancer in the body before it affects our entire body. Immediately after the detection of cancer, finding the most accurate diagnosis and staging the cancer are important in creating a plan of attack. Through testing and a large team of medical experts, a treatment plan is developed. It is also important that the medical team share as much information as possible with the patient and family so that they may take an active role in their own treatment. There is no single way to diagnose cancer in an individual.
NF is a lethal and potentially deadly disease; early analysis is of major importance and combative multidisciplinary treatment is obligatory. Early recognition and treatment by antibiotics can prevent its frenzied course with a fatal outcome. The number one priority in every case is to go ahead with essential surgical debridement. Once NF is diagnosed, all patients must be treated immediately with surgical debridement, and a broad range of antibiotic combinations against the anaerobs, that were altered to other antibiotic mixtures as determined according to the culture acuteness of the microbial separates and clinical advancements of the patients. The microbiological isolates were polibacterial in most of the subjects with either essential or secondary NF in accordance with some recent studies.