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diarrhea in the late 1970s.3 CDAD manifests as frequent episodes of diarrhea (ten to fifteen episodes per day), abdominal cramping, fever, leukocytosis, pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon.4 CDAD has been generally treated with either oral metronidazole for mild to moderate cases or

New medicines service (NMS) reflection This reflection was done using the Gibbs reflective cycle. It has six steps including Description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and finally the action plan. The description section is an introduction to the contents of the reflection, ensuring the reader gets a foundational understanding of the materials. In the Feelings section, I can discuss how I felt about an incident/activity that occurred. The evaluation section allows me to assess the positives/negatives

Tobacco smoking causes many interactions within the oral cavity that leads to periodontal disease, such as diminishing the supportive functions of periodontal tissues causing deeper pockets and more clinical attachment loss, immunologic reactions, and vascular impairment that hinders healing processes, and systemic diseases that generates further progression of periodontitis; therefore, with tobacco cessation the disease can be reversible or maintained. Periodontal disease is a leading factor among

Background Patient Amy Ford has come into the office complaining of abdominal pain, increasing amounts of diarrhea and has been dehydrated. Amy is a very active 30-year-old with no children and travels all over the United States and stays at camp grounds in her RV. Amy has said that she previously bathed in a nearby lake at her camp site and has poor hand hygiene. Amy also enjoys hiking and traveling to different State land marks. Her overall health has been very good until approximately a month

High Risk Pregnancy -pregnant with a concurrent medical disease -with pregnancy related complication -presence of external factor that jeopardizes the health of the mother, the fetus, or both [pic] Candidiasis (Moniliasis) INCIDENCE: • 75% of women will have at least 1 episode of VVC with 40-45% having 2 or more episodes ETIOLOGIC AGENT: • Candida albicans, Candida glabrata MODE OF TRANSMISSION normal flora of the skin & vagina not considered

(salicylates), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, naproxen,celecoxib). These drugs typically alter Warfarin’s anticoagulant effects, resulting in bleeding problems. (Medicinenet.com, 2013) Common antibiotics such as metronidazole reduce the metabolism of warfarin in the body,

Summary C. jejuni is a curved, Gram-negative rod with polar flagella. It requires a microaerophilic atmosphere to grow. The bacteria are unique in that it does not metabolize carbohydrates, but instead is dependent on amino acids for its energy source. The bacteria produce a toxin known as cytolethal distending toxin. This toxin is believed to be the cause of disease in humans, but it isn't fully understood. It is also suspected to be a causative agent in Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disease that

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are one of the major causes of death in the United States, frequently in teenagers. Some of these sexual transmitted diseases do not have a cure and many others, if not treated properly, can lead to very serious complications as cancer. Quantities of the most common types of STD's are viral, bacterial, and parasitic animals. A virus in order to survive needs a living cell within which to replicate. Some viruses can survive outside

prevention and treatment of CDAD. Antibiotic use is both a risk factor for CDAD and the mainstay of treatment” (Crawford, Huesgen and Danziger 934). The primary antibiotic treatment is determined by the patient’s white blood cell count (WBC). Metronidazole and Vancomycin are the most common choices (Keske and Letizia 331). Current research has suggested that Fidaxomicin is well tolerated and has been effective in patients who have presented with a recurrent CDAD. Fidaxomicin is still in the clinical

Various organizations exist worldwide that produce different guidelines and policies. In the UK these guidelines are evidence-based guidance and recommendations (Lowson et el.,2015) .same principle is applied for policies. In this essay, we are comparing the UK health care system guidelines and policies with that in Iraq where some guidelines and policies exist, and we are going to describe how these differences are basically on two different extremes. Healthcare in the UK is provided by the National