to determine exactly what he/she has, which is what her doctor did. Her doctor’s diagnosis made it easy for us to determine whether her illness is myasthenia gravis or myotonic muscular dystrophy. Here’s how. We learned through research that myasthenia gravis and myotonic muscular dystrophy are two common forms of muscular disorders. Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular disorder that usually occurs in the arms, head and chest (2). Its symptoms include limb weakness, drooping eyelids, impaired vision
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder meaning grave muscular weakness. Symptoms associated with myasthenia gravis include painless, fluctuating, and fatigable weakness involving specific muscle groups. Weakness is usually least in the morning and progresses as the day continues especially with prolonged muscle use. Double vision and drooping eyelids is usually the first symptom complaint from patients with MG. The patient may complain of difficulty with speech, chewing
Drug Interactions Amoxicillin can interact with medications such as Diuretics, oral contraceptives, Probenecid, Tetracyclines, and Warfarin (Woo, 2012). Drug to Food Interactions There are not currently any drug to food interactions when taking this medication. 4. What patent teaching will you provide? When prescribing medications to children the parent or caregiver needs to be educated on the medication. Amoxicillin is excreted by the kidneys, so while using this medication; the child
(according to Kaplan) 28. Lumbar puncture => AFTER the procedure, the client should be placed in the supine position for 4 to 12 hrs as prescribed. (Saunders 3rd ed p. 229) Demorol for pancreatitis, NOT morphine sulfate Myasthenia Gravis: worsens with exercise and improves with rest. Myasthenia Crisis: a positive reaction to Tensilon--will improve symptoms Cholinergic Crisis: caused by excessive medication-stop med-giving Tensilon will make it worse Head injury medication: Mannitol (osmotic diuretic)-crystallizes
indirectly by stimulating the catecholamine receptor alongside restricting their neuronal reuptake (Ma et al., 2007). Traditionally, the use of ephedrine in mainstream medicine has been for conditions such as asthma, hypotension, urticaria, myasthenia gravis and narcolepsy (Veitch et al., 2013). According to Ma et al (2007), ephedrine has also been used as a nasal decongestant, more specifically as the 1S, 2S-pseudoephedrine isomer, to help reduce the symptoms of hayfever, sinusitis, coughs and colds
all working on this,” Gentile says. Working together, Gentile and his newfound colleagues, Elaine Gay and Jerrel Yakel, discovered a possible mechanism that can explain why nicotine receptors work the wrong way when associated with congenital myasthenia gravis, a hereditary disease that causes severe muscle fatigue. Since gathering further data on the breakthrough, the group has been selected to deliver a paper on the subject at a Society for Neuroscience convention in November (Swearingen). Social
rights of manufacturing few of the lucrative therapeutics for ultra-rare diseases. For developing companies, our criteria is that they have huge potentially growing orphan drug pipeline with expertise advantage in the field. It is also necessary to look at small-mid cap biotech’s partner networks. Thus, we selected GW Pharmaceuticals and Puma Biotechnology for small-mid cap analysis. Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Brief company descriptions: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in
In 1978 he starred in all four of the highest grossing films of India in that year.[13] He once again resumed double roles in films such as Kasme Vaade as Amit and Shankar and Don playing the characters of Don, a leader of an underworld gang and his look alike Vijay. His performance won him his second Filmfare Best Actor Award. He also performed in Trishul and Muqaddar Ka Sikander which both earned him further Filmfare Best Actor nominations. He was billed a "one-man industry" by the French director
demonstrates signs of AIDS-related dementia. The nurse should give the highest priority to which nursing diagnosis? A. Bathing or hygiene self-care deficit. B. Ineffective cerebral tissue perfusion. C. Dysfunctional grieving. D. Risk for injury. 63. After taking glipizide (Glucotrol) for 9 months, a client experiences secondary failure. Which of the following would the nurse expect the physician to do? A. Initiate insulin therapy. B. Switch the client to a different oral antidiabetic agent. C. Prescribe an
|vasopressing.| b.|vasoconstriction.|d.|erectile disorder.| ANS: A DIF: 2 REF: 9-196 OBJ: 4 MSC: TYPE: Applied 97. During orgasm, Laura experienced muscle spasms. These were caused by a.|myoglobin.|c.|myotonia.| b.|myocardial infarction.|d.|myasthenia gravis.| ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 9-196 OBJ: 4 MSC: TYPE: Factual 98. The first phase of the sexual response cycle is the a.|plateau phase.|c.|excitement phase.| b.|orgasmic phase.|d.|resolution phase.| ANS: C DIF: 1 REF: 9-196 OBJ: 4 MSC: TYPE: Factual