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Essays on Medicine

Femoral Hernia
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... most frequently occur in the abdomen or groin. Hernias are commonly called "ruptures," but this is a misnomer, as nothing is torn or ruptured. Hernias can be present from birth (congenital) or can be caused by stress and/or strain. A femoral hernia is just one of many different types of hernias. They occur when a part of the intestine protrudes into the femoral canal. The femoral canal is the tubular passageway that carries blood vessels and nerves from the abdomen into the thigh. Femoral hernias occurs most commonly in women. This condition can be brought about by an inherent weakness in the abdominal muscles in the groin. A sudden or prolonged increase in ...



Gonorrhea
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... from an infected male. Gonorrhea is not uniformly spread throughout the population. Instead, there is a higher prevalence in large metropolitan areas, inner city areas, populations with lower overall levels of education, and people with a lower socioeconomic status. From a standpoint of age, gonorrhea is most common in people 15-29 years of age. Risk factors include having multiple sexual partners, a partner with a past history of any STD, and unprotected sex (sex without the condom or the newly developed female condom). The early symptoms of gonorrhea are often mild, and many women who are infected have no symptoms of the disease. Symptoms of gonorrhea usu ...



Critical Incident Stress (CIS)
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... bones, burning bodies's, handle body part's, assist with the distraught survivor's and view terrible destruction without being effected in some way by such graphic exposure. People suffering from this experience physical, emotional and cognitive effects.(Mitchell 86). CIS reaction's are incident specific. They may be either Acute or Delayed.(Mitchell 81) An acute CIS reaction begins while the ESW is engaged with on scene operations. It is an incident that is often very disturbing for ESW's and may become physically ill as a result of the intense stress level associated with the event.(Bush Fire Services 92). Under particularly stressing circumstances some maybe ...



Poor Habits And Their Effect On People's Self-Esteem And Self-Worth
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... life insurance etc. People have to take that responsible habit associates with money with no choices The computer world has taken over man to the point that jobs are being eliminated, these putting demands on better work performance and higher expectations. People still need to have their original habit which does their jobs fully by themselves, not by computers. This really effects and influences a person's self esteem and self worth in the work environment. All of these poor and spoiling habits people have used cause the non-cherish world as it is. Most of people have that heavy habit regard to money. People have to work hard almost daily in order to earn mo ...



Suicide
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... life was that her parents had a divorce when she was about seven, but other then that she seemed to have the perfect life. She had been giving this serious thought for about a year, and then one day she actually attempted to kill herself. I thought if someone wanted to kill themselves it would be hard to fail. That's when I figured she didn't really want to die. It was a cry for help, and she didn't know of any other way to ask for it. I stayed a week with her through this trying period in her life, and found out it was partly because of her French exchange student boyfriend. They weren't broken up, but he had to go back to France, and she couldn't see him as muc ...



The Effects Of Ultra-Violet Rays On The Body
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... the sun. Depending on the person and the SPF of the sunscreen, you can stay as long it says you can. For example, if you usually start to burn after about 20 minutes, SPF 2 protects you for about 40 minutes. IF you are a dark individual you can get by with lower SPF than people with lighter skin can. Most doctors agree that SPF 15 is the best because there isn’t enough sunlight for a need to have higher SPF. Minimizing the effects on the skin and eyes of the sun’s UV rays is easy. When you are out side in the sun for long periods of time during 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. make sure you are wearing good amount of sunscreen, and reapply every 2 to 2 ½ hours when you are in ...



Alcoholism
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... She was the type of person who was almost perfect, always pleasing someone else and making one feel proud of themselves. My great-grandmother was the type of person to bring out the best in everyone. As a child, I needed that because my home had its ups and downs. My parents were separated and I had been living with my mother. She was a young parent and did things that most mother did not. For instance, as a child she would leave me alone and sometimes physically abuse me. Therefore, I sometimes had a hard time understanding why she treated me so differently. On the other hand, I always received my explanations from my great-grandmother whom I called “ Mema ...



Do Men Have Symptoms Of PMS?
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... this is a good indication that they are irritable. Most people's personalities control how they react to anger. Most people's personalities differ. Some people feel hostile, while others just show hostility. Most men say, "that they are just stressed out." Most men think that when women get stressed out, it is due to a hormone-imbalance due to PMS. Some people get food cravings when their hormones are imbalanced. Hormones control when people feel get cravings. Most people crave certain foods. Whether, the chocolate melts in their hands, the toppings are piled on the pizza, or they feel the need to lick the inside of the potato chip bag; people get cravi ...



Cystic Fibrosis
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... Some mildly affected patients may Survive longer. Patients with pancreatic insufficiency take pancreatic enzymes With meals. Those with respiratory infections are treated with antibiotics, Mostly with aerosols that relieve constriction of the airways. Physical therapy Is used to help patients cough up the obstructing mucus. Intestinal obstruction, Which occurs mostly in infancy, may require surgery. In 1989, researchers fond the abnormal gene that causes cystic fibrosis. This gene is located on chromosome 7 . A person who has two cystic fibrosis Genes has the disease . A person that carries one of the genes does not have the Genetic disease, but is a carrier. ...



The Physical And Psychological Effects Of Marijuana
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... these claims, however, have been unreplicated in humans or have been contradicted by other work. This section will address each of these reported negative side-effects. Various studies have claimed that cannabis destroys brain cells. However, several other studies found no structural or neurochemical atrophy in the brain at all. Furthermore, it should be noted that Heath's work was sharply criticized for avoiding safeguards of bias and reporting "changes" that occur normally in the mammalian brain. Wu et al. found a correlation between cannabis use and low sperm counts in human males. This is misleading because a decrease in sperm count has not been shown to have a ...




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