LLQ abdominal pain and is brought to the emergency department by her husband. Explain what type of assessment is most critical for this patient, providing a rationale for your response. Discuss the questions the nurse would ask, prioritizing these questions from most concerning to least concerning. Use your Jensen (2014) text to support your rationale. Since this patient is having acute abdominal pain, a focused acute abdominal assessment needs to be conducted to identify the cause of her pain. For
Chronic abdominal pain in children is most often caused by a functional disorder. There are a variety of treatments that can be helpful, but no single treatment is best. Thus, most experts recommend trying several treatments. This may require several visits with the doctor, especially if pain has been a problem for a long time. Although functional abdominal pain can be triggered or reinforced by a desire for attention, it is rare for a child to "fake" pain. Therefore this child's pain needs to be
Crunches can be a real pain in the neck. Although this popular exercise helps strengthen your rectus abdominis at the front of your waistline, if you're a newbie to exercise, or if your form is poor, it can do more harm than good, and strain your neck. Gradually building up your abdominal strength and mastering proper form is essential to get the most out of crunches. About Abdominal Crunches Although crunches don't spot reduce fat from your tummy, they do strengthen your abs, and as part of
thing on my mind was that she will be in a severe abdominal pain, high fever due to infection because my aunty had same disease. To my surprise, she claimed a 0 /10 on a 0-10 pain scale. Her blood sugar and vital signs were normal except for respiratory that was 22. All her laboratory test results were normal including WBC. Patient concern was that she couldn’t have a bowel movement. She was medicated on Colace- a stool softener, morphine for pain, sulfran for nausea, and azactam an antibiotics.
unable to secrete enough digestive enzymes to break down foods. The symptoms of acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis are shown below: Acute pancreatitis: • Upper abdominal pain that radiates into the back • Swollen & tender abdomen • Nausea and vomiting • Fever • Increased heart rate Chronic pancreatitis: • Constant pain that radiates in the upper abdomen that • radiates into the back • Weight loss • Diabetes (if the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas become damaged) • Indigestion •
effects on the people who are living with it. According to Medicine Net, “Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parts of the digestive system as well. Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss are common symptoms”. People that live with Crohn’s are living with a daily struggle. It’s important that they’re familiar with this disease, which includes knowing the cause, symptoms, complications
exotic foods like barracuda. Symptoms of food poisoning Depending on the source of contamination, the symptoms and signs may differ. However, the common symptoms and signs are listed below: • Nausea • Watery diarrhea • Vomiting • Stomach pains • Abdominal cramps • Fatigue • Loss of appetite • Fever The symptoms may arise after consuming the contaminated food or may begin few days later. These symptoms may last from just one day to a week or more. Tests for food poisoning The diagnose
Many foods we eat contain a common ingredient called gluten. Gluten is a protein that binds ingredients together and gives food its texture. About 1% of the United State’s population has an autoimmune disease called celiac disease. This percentage does not include those who are undiagnosed, wheat sensitive, or misdiagnosed. Celiac disease causes severe symptoms to the person when gluten is ingested. Therefore, the only way to treat it is to maintain a strictly ‘gluten-free’ regime. Maintaining this
Common Causes of Severe Abdominal Cramps Does your stomach hurt a lot? Chronic lower belly pain is so common these days, many people think it’s normal. It’s only when the abdominal cramps become severe that they begin to worry it could be something serious. If you're experiencing severe abdominal cramps, here are some of the common conditions that may be causing it: 1. Constipation Constipation is a number one cause of chronic lower belly pain, especially in women. If you’re not having at
has 20/20 vision bilaterally. Without her glasses, she has 20/40 vision in the right eye and 20/60 vision in the left eye. She has positive PERRLA. There is no ear drainage, itching or pain. The nose is symmetrical and septum is intact. She has no nasal congestion. She has no nosebleed, mouth sore, or dental pain. Her mucosal membranes are pink and moist. She has no retraction of the gingivae. The tongue is ink and moist, midline with full mobility. Her tonsils have been removed. The neck is symmetrical
Patient name: MR. SUBJECTIVE: CC: LUQ abdominal pain. HPI: MR is a 70 y.o. male patient who presents to ER with constant, dull and RUQ abdominal pain onset yesterday that irradiate to the back of right shoulder. Client also c/o nauseas, vomiting and black stool x2 this morning. He reports that currently resides in an ALF; they called the ambulance after his second episodes of black stool. Pt reports he drank Pepto-Bismol yesterday evening without relief. Pt states that he never experienced similar
quality of life and can lead to depression. What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? IBS is a functional disorder that causes abdominal cramping, pain, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation. Unlike other bowel disorders, there is no inflammation, biochemical or structural abnormalities involved, and many people are thought to be just suffering symptoms of anxiety or stress. However, the pain and discomfort experienced by affected persons are real, and can lead to depression or anxiety. Although no definite
Typical symptoms of a flare-up include abdominal pain and diarrhea containing blood. A full blood count, liver function tests and a series of three stool cultures should be taken for diagnosis. Patients with severe ulcerative colitis can have low hemoglobin levels and a raised platelet count. Stool
Imagine, being born with your intestines hanging out of your belly. Sounds painful and uncomfortable right? "About 2,000 babies are born with gastroschisis each year in the United States" (Gastroschisis. (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2014, from http://www.cardinalglennon.com/fetalcareinstitute/conditions/AbdomenIntestines/Pages/Gastroschisis.aspx). Thats about 1 in every 5,000 babies born, not rare, but fairly uncommon for it to be seen in children. Most are born prematurely, but are often delivered
injury or invader. Researchers think that this immune system response may be triggered by bacteria or viruses, material in the intestinal contents, or a defective signal from the body’s own cells, called an autoimmune response. Inflammation results in pain, heat, redness, and swelling of the tissue. Chronic inflammation can harm the function of tissues and organs (U.S. News, 2009). Crohn’s disease also appears to affect certain ethnic groups more than others. American Jews of European descent are four
his band would be difficult, Michael says. He suffers from Crohn’s disease, a chronic and often debilitating ailment that causes inflammation in the digestive system, primarily the large and small intestines. Symptoms include rapid weight loss, abdominal pain or cramping, and rectal bleeding. Michael was diagnosed as a senior in high school at the age of 18. “I was really sick for a while. It got to the point where I would get sick and throw up after everything I ate,” he said. As a result
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Crohn's Disease Crohn's disease is the generic name for regional enteritis, which is a type of Irritable Bowel Disease. The initial onset of this disease is between the ages of 15 to 30 years old with about 4 out of 1000 people being affected (CDC, 2014). The CDC (2014) also states that the United States has a “1.7 billon dollar” annual financial burden resulting from ”700,000 physician visits, 100,000 hospitalizations, and disability in 119,000 patients” yearly. There is presently no cure for Crohn's
Prior cultures grew MSSA resistant to clindamycin, levo, penicillin, and pseudomonas pan sensitive. The patient has multiple allergies, however mainly to Clindamycin, Doxy, Minocycline, Penicillin, and SULFA. The patient denies any chest pain, shortness of breath, any new neurologic complaints. No nausea, no vomiting, no dysuria, no
“Well you don’t look sick,” is a phrase that fills me with unsurmountable frustration. The very idea that someone has to “look” sick in order to actually be sick is a stereotype prevalent in our world that most would never pay any attention to. When we envision someone who is “sick” we think of the eight year old girl with no hair laying in a hospital bed with tubes wrapping around her entire body. We think of the stomach flu we had last year when we fell asleep on the bathroom floor, terrified to