Barium swallow

What is respiratory muscular weakness? According to Tecklin, respiratory muscular weakness is a condition or disorder affecting any part in the chain of command in the neuromuscular process that produces a contraction of the respiratory musculature. This process can vary in severity from mild to irreversible. The mild and transient conditions can be treated with physical therapy interventions. The more serve cases include irreversible damage to the respiratory musculature leading to the patient

is lowered down into your esophagus, from which the doctor sees if there are any problem areas in your esophagus. X-rays of the esophagus also known as an esophagram, are also used to determine cancer. In the process you must drink a liquid called barium which temporarily coats the inside of your esophagus so it is easily visible from an x-ray machine. For a biopsy, like an endoscopy a tube descends down your throat and is used to collect a sample of the tissue in the problematic area. This

“Digestive diseases are disorders of the digestive tract, which is sometimes called the gastrointestinal (GI) tract” (Eisner, 2014). “The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a flexible muscular tube that extends from the mouth, through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum to the anus” (Whitney & Rolfes, 2012). During digestion, the body breaks down foods into nutrients to prepare for absorption. During absorption, the cells of the small intestine take the nutrients and send

Do you ever wonder how radiation was discovered? Or when it was discovered? It all started in 1895, when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. Six years later, he was honored with the first Nobel Prize in Physics; by then, doctors were already using primitive x-rays to diagnose illnesses(Men’s Health watch 1). The collaboration between physicians and physicists has continued ever since, resulting in amazing advances far beyond Roentgen’s wildest dreams. Physicists tell us that ionizing radiation delivers

I. Introduction and Background Research This patient was admitted to the hospital exhibiting symptoms such as the inability to speak, muscle weakness and facial numbness. From the noncontrast CT scan, the doctors concluded that she has suffered from a lacunar ischemic stroke. An ischemic stroke occurs when blood stops flowing to part of the brain.1 Lacunar refers to the small lacunes, or softening, found in the brain. Lacunes are most often caused by hypertensive small artery disease which can be

Abstract The eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are psychological life threatening disorders that are becoming more common in today’s society. When an eating disorder is developed, the victim is not always aware of the oral consequences he or she will have to endure. This review of research indicates the risks and consequences associated with eating disorders and oral health. Introduction It is estimated that up to 24 million Americans suffer from serious eating disorders

will have blood clots, extreme weight loss due to the food not being able to hold inside the patient’s stomach. Swallowing is also difficult for the patient to have when diagnosed with gastric cancer, however the problem with not being able to fully swallow can be muddled as having antacid. Gastric cancer doesn’t affect everyone the same way, every individual is completely different. Not all symptoms are the same with patients as well, because some will already be in stage four and most will just

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a neurodegenerative disease associated with the breakdown and loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Voluntary muscle control degenerates until the body eventually loses function. To better understand how ALS works, the medical terminology can first be translated into a more basic understanding. ‘A-’ meaning not, “myo-” meaning muscle, and “-trophic” meaning nourishment or growth [source]. Due to the loss of motor neurons, the muscle loses nourishment

The definition of Pica is a term that is refers to ingesting, cravings or argues of substances that are not foods items. Some of the most common items indigested by patients with pica are dirt, sand, clay, glue, ice, chalk, beeswax, hair, and laundry starch. The reason for patients having this cravings is because the patient is diagnosed with a nutritional deficiency state, such as iron-deficiency like anemia and a number of many other physiological disturbances in humans brains it have been associated

muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach. Approximately one in ten adults experience heartburn once a week. Heartburn is more common in pregnant women because of the pressure the expanding uterus exerts on the stomach. When you swallow, the lower esophageal sphincter, a circular band of muscle around the bottom part of your esophagus, relaxes to allow food and liquid to flow down into your stomach. When it relaxes at the wrong