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Well-known, Atlantic essayist and writer, Yasmin Tayag, in her essay, “Gut Health has a Fatal Flaw”, describes how many healthy alternatives don’t do much for you and how we don’t know how the gut operates too well. Ms. Tayag’s purpose is to inform readers about how little we know about the gut and its effects on our overall health. She creates a formal, persuasive tone in order to convey to her readers the idea that “healthier” alternatives do not help improve overall health as well as they should and that we know very little about how the gut works in relation to our body. Ms. Tayag begins her article speaking about how her father encouraged healthy eating with the mantra “All disease begins in the gut.” She then voices her discontent with her fathers idea saying “I would roll my eyes, dubious that his enthusiasm for this practice was anything more than fussiness.”
Gastric bypass surgery is the most common type of weight-loss, or bariatric, surgery. Gastric sleeve surgery is most appropriate for individuals who are at least 100 pounds over their ideal weight, with a body mass index, or BMI, of 40 or more, according to WebMD. Obese patients who are too heavy for gastric bypass surgery often find the sleeve gastrectomy to be a good alternative. Gastric sleeve surgery is sometimes used as a preliminary weight loss method for patients who will undergo a duodenal switch surgery once they achieve a lower weight.
Like abdominal cramps, fever, diarrhea and weight loss were observed in the patients, particularly to young adults. In 1923, surgeons at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York identified 12 patients with similar symptoms. In the 1930, Dr. Burrill B. Crohn pointed out similar findings in two patients whom he was treating. On May
Gastric Bypass Surgery Gastric bypass surgery is a common weight loss procedure that helps reduce the intake of food by physically making the stomach. This prevents extra food from entering the stomach and making the individual feel full faster. There are a few different kinds of gastric bypass surgery. The most common version of this surgery is known as the Roux-en-Y or stomach stapling.
Enteral Tube Feeding and Severe Dementia Medicare covers many healthcare related services such as inpatient hospital stays, certain skilled nursing services in the long term care facilities, and hospice care for terminally ill beneficiaries or post-acute cares in home settings. Medicare coverage helps many beneficiaries to receive healthcare services that they require to live healthier lives through preventive wellness services as well as medical treatments that save lives. For example, a gastrostomy tube insertion benefits a patient with dysphagia related to an acute medical condition to rehab and regain independence to live a quality life. The gastrostomy tube enables the beneficiary to receive necessary nutrition and rehab to regain swallowing ability. Otherwise the beneficiary is at risk for many life threatening medical conditions such as aspiration pneumonia, or malnutrition.
The majority of fetuses with this problem are born to mothers in their late teens or early twenties. According to ucsfmedicalcenter.org, Gastroschisis is a surgical emergency. Treatment for gastroschisis is surgery to repair the defect, usually performed within the first day after delivery to avoid infection. If the defect is small, it is usually treated with surgery soon after birth to put the organs back into the belly and close the opening.
The thing that I’m most activity involved in a positive way is also the thing that has been the most negative thing in my life. When I was a freshman in high school I got diagnosed with Crohns. You might be wondering how an event can be both a positive and a negative thing in my life. I spent along time dealing with that exact question. I finally came up with an answer, the reason it’s both positive and negative… before I tell you that let me explain a few things.
Abstract Appendicitis leftovers the commonest cause of lower abdominal pain. It retains a common appearance at all ages. The appendix is an attachment or adjunct like structure. It is a wormlike abdominal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the cecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Early and accurate analysis of appendicitis can decrease the illness and hospital cost by reducing the delay in diagnosis of appendicitis and its associated complications.
Dientameoba fragilis consideration in the differential diagnosis and association with irritable bowel syndrome. Roma Uthappa1 1University of technology Sydney, Broadway, Australia Abstract On average 10 % of the population would have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome at any given time and approximately 200 people per 1 0 0, 0 0 0 will be given the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome through the course of a single year (Choung and Locke, 2 0 1 1). These patients will suffer from symptoms such as altered stool pattern of constipation and diarrhoea, abdominal pain, weight loss, vomiting, bloating, and nausea (Engsbro et al., 2 0 1 2).
The percent of babies born with gastroschisis is about one in fifty thousand births and is an effect in unborn babies says Medline Plus “ Gastroschisis is a type of hernia. Hernia means rupture. Babies with this condition have a hole in the abdominal wall. The child's intestines usually stick out (protrude) through the hole. ”and has the intestines and sometimes other organs that come thru a hole that did not form shut in their growth and the insides sit on the body of the baby.
Davies JH . Case report: Torsion of a nongravid nonmyomatous uterus. Clin Radiol. 1998;53:780-2.
Hirschsprung’s Disease is a congenital condition that affects the colon which is also known as the large intestine. It is a developmental disorder of the enteric nervous system that is characterized by the absence of ganglion cells in the last part of the colon. This disease occurs in 1 out of every 5,000 live births. It affects newborns, babies and toddlers because it can show late symptoms during a child’s toddler ’s years.
Subsequently , other authors stated that ovarian tissue must be present around the gestational sac in several positions, at some distance from one another; in addition, the tube must not only be intact, but must also be free from any evidence of gestation, thus eliminating the possibility of secondary ovarian implantation. Even at the time of surgery, differential diagnosis between ovarian pregnancy and bleeding corpus luteum may be difficult. Macroscopic examination alone is insufficient and only indirect signs may be indicative.[2] In the present case, dilatation of the tube and active bleeding from the ovary made the diagnosis of the site of ectopic, difficult. Hence a salpingo- oophorectomy was done to get a definitive diagnosis after histopathological examination which confirmed the diagnosis of a primary ovarian
It is common in neonates and children due to malrotation. In the literature, there are other causes such as congenital bands, post-operative adhesions, duplication cyst, meconium plug, Meckel's diverticulum, internal herniation, and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (1-4). Intestinal volvulus without underlying causes called primary segmental volvulus ( PSV ). It is a rare condition few cases were reported in the literature. We report a case diagnosed as acute appendicitis clinically and radiologically, intraoperatively shows a primary segmental volvulus of the ileum associated with Inflamed Appendix and fecolith at the
Hysterosalpingography (often abbreviated as HSG) is a diagnostic imaging technique used primarily in the investigation of female infertility. It has been in use for a hundred years, with the first one having been performed in 1917. Many uterine problems may be diagnosed with the help of this test, including congenital anomalies of the uterus and tubes, but also any polyps, submucous fibroids, synechiae (adhesions between the walls of the uterus or tubes), and adenomyosis (growth of the endometrial lining deep into the underlying myometrium or muscular layer). Abnormalities of the tubes that may be picked up by HSG include tubal blockage, salpingitis isthmica nodosum (an inflammatory scarring condition of the tubes), polyps, hydrosalpinx (accumulation
