The Hispanic Scholarship Fund will honoring and inducting Medical Lab Technician Dr. Cristian Sanchez into the HSF Alumni Hall of Fame for his work in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. "It's a privilege and honor to be recognized by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund" Dr. Sanchez says enthusiastically. "All this wouldn't have been possible if the HSF hadn't given me the scholarship to attend Dominican University." Dr. Sanchez attended Dominican University for his undergraduate majoring in Biochemistry and even studied abroad in Europe for a semester. After his undergraduate, Sanchez went off for his doctorate and obtained a position as a lab technician in St. Laurie Children's Hospital in downtown Chicago. We asked Dr. Sanchez why he …show more content…
Curran, Dr. Sanchez and Curran were able to find the cause and the cure for it. "There were plethora of times where I reached a dead end" Sanchez commented. "However, there were those miracles that made you believe that Dios siempre está viendo y cuidando." Due to Sanchez's and Curran's efforts, the remedy will be made available to the public by next year and roughly an estimated 300,000 children at least will be benefitted and cured. Sanchez hopes this cure will be able to assist other groups of people will different types of arthritis. "I just hope parents all over the world won't have to see their child suffer from unbearable pain, like my mother had to when I had it” Dr. Sanchez added. "I dedicate my work to my mother because she's my mother, she gave me so much, accomplishing this is the least I can do to illustrate that everything she did to help get me treatment for my disease wasn't for nothing." We asked him what he had to do, like the whole process. “My type of arthritis is one where my white blood cells think my body has a pathogen but when in reality I don’t, so my body produces unnecessary inflammation which is what causes the joint
Dia de los reyes magos is on Jan. 5 - Feb. 2 and the day is about the 3 wisemen, But January the 6th is the special day in Mexico….. this day represents the height of the Christmas season. This celebration is where it is stated that the kings, Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthasar, traveled by night all the way from the farthest confines of the Earth to bring gifts to Jesus, whom they recognized as the Son of God. As well as regal, the Three Kings are depicted as wise men, whose very wisdom is proved by their acknowledgement of Christ's divine status. Arrived from three different directions, the kings followed the light provided by the star of Bethlehem, which reportedly lingered over the manger where the Virgin Mary gave birth for many days. In
On November 26, 2013, Mrs. Marlise Munoz was found by her husband, Erick Munoz unconscious on the family’s kitchen floor. Marlise Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant at the time she was pronounced brain dead by the doctors at John Peter Smith hospital in Texas. Both Mrs. Munoz and her husband Erick Munoz were EMTs and talked about their wishes should they become ill in the future. Both expressed the desire not to be placed on life support. With no formal written advanced directive, Erick Munoz was the surrogate for his wife. Marlise’s family continued to side with the Erick during this most difficult time.
Her health conditions worsen and added more suffering to both health and expenditures. By the end of the story, Mrs. Vasquez had below the knee amputation, infected wound and diffused kidneys, which needs dialysis. Also, the co occurring
The author Jane Yolen said, “Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.” This disease she referenced I never seemed to contract. My experiences with literature, both reading, and writing, have been dull, to say the least. There was never anything that stuck out to me or had a changing impact on my perception of literature. Literature was a job that I had to show up to and pay attention to when I was told This was true until I began reading a biography about one of my favorite artists. It was a book about Selena, who's full name is Selena Quintanilla Perez, and was written by her husband, Chris Perez. As I was reading this book, I experienced the first time that a piece of literature can have an impact on
In the early 1930’s, the Dominican Republic elected a new president by the name of Rafael Trujillo. Rafael Trujillo was a ruthless and selfish dictator even before he won the election. To win the election, he used his connections to kill supporters of the opposing candidates. Rafael Trujillo used his powers to oppress and murder masses of people (2 ”Rafael Trujillo”). Even though he was initially seen as a beneficial leader, Rafael Trujillo was proven to be an evil dictator.
In “Enrique’s Journey”, by Sonia Nazario a young boy from Honduras, sets out to reunite with his mother, Lourdes, that abandoned him when he was just five years old. Lourdes leaves to the United States, in hopes to find a better job as an immigrant and to better provide for her family. After many years of suffering without his mom, he travels through Central America to the United States in order to finally reunite with her. He finds his mother beginning to move on as she has a little daughter, named Diana. They run into problems of resentment. Will they be able to finally be a family? Sonia develops this theme of family by using specific facts and characterization. Importance
It is not every person that is deeply attached to a physical possession, yet Dr. Manuel Sacapano is not an everyday person. Dr. Manuel Sacapano is an experienced physician and the current National Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., Chief Medical Informatics Officer with Alta Hospital System, and an Emergency Medicine physician who graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He can be best represented by his pen, which is both complex and simple, that provides reliability and functionality.
Therefore this concludes curanderismo is still around today. Many may not be aware of this type of treatment but it is slowly evolving worldwide. Some don’t believe it actually works but patients have turned to curanderismo after long treatments that have failed to cure their diseases and . Some people may not have the benefit to seek medical attention due to lack of medical insurance but going to a curandero can be much more of an better experience due to the fact that they actually want to heal their patient.
On February 3rd, 2013, patient Carlos Ramirez was referred to my office by his 1st psychiatrist with symptoms of severe depression and preoccupations with health disorders. Patient has had adverse side effects with Prozac and Zoloft. Carlos has been seen by primary care physician and 2 mental health officials to discuss his feelings of impending death and depression. Upon arrival, Carlos and I spoke about his early life, what events triggered his current pattern of thinking, what in his personal life has changed recently, and what other treatment plans have been used to help cure Carlos’ feelings of depression. Carlos described symptoms of despair, poor concentration on topics, loss of interest in daily tasks and subjects that once brought interest, and tearfulness at thoughts of passing and what state this would leave his children and family in. He has been hospitalized for his depression and reported that a mixture of anti-depression and anti-anxiety drugs helped to lift symptoms temporarily. His reported symptoms are consistent of the previous diagnosis of depression. Depression is classified as the inability to do things once found enjoyable, fear to move forward in one’s life, loss of self, and debilitating feelings of sorrow. Carlos’ has many symptoms concurrent with those of depression. Carlos also has a history of medical and mental disorders in his father’s side of the family.
Cavallo’s medication. She has A.M. and P.M. cups. Caregivers can check to make sure her P.M. meds have been taken. Mrs. Cavallo suffers from arthritis that causes a lot of pain for her in her knees and hips. She does receive knee injections every 3 months to help subdue pain and inflammation. She also suffers from COPD and takes an inhaler once in the morning and two times in the evening.
The surgeon decided to remove the lump and have it biopsied. The lump turned out to be a benign tumor. At a follow -up visit with the orthopedic surgeon, the doctor asked me to make a closed fist with my hands. At that moment, my parents and I discovered I wasn't able to bend or move my fingers and we were told it could be arthritis. I was referred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for testing. In August 1995, after 4 days of being poked and prodded at, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with overlapping SLE (lupus). The doctors there put me on Plaquenil and referred me to Dr. Kiem a pediatric rheumatologist in Green Bay, WI. After my diagnosis at Mayo Clinic, my disease progression started to go down-hill very quickly. My dad would have to carry me on his back up and down the stairs and my mom would have to help me to the toilet in the middle of the night in the morning. My feet and ankles were too painful to put any weight on and I ached and had chills all over my
Oliver, S. (2006). Benefits of patient pathways in rheumatoid arthritis care. Nursing Times. 102 (16), 28-33. Retrieved from http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice-clinical-research/benefits-of-patient-pathways-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-care/203268.article
The summer after my freshman year in college, I went back to Honduras to volunteer with the children who had leukemia at the National Public Hospital. I have never been as intimidated as my first day, when I followed the attending oncologist, while he was showing me the pediatric unit. He also explained my duties, which were attending and playing with the children. When I was left to start my job, I felt almost as nuisance in the midst of that hectic hospital room. Unsure on how to approach the patients, I looked around and found a tender smiling face. Although I was nervous, the warmth of his expression gave me the confidence to walk towards his bed. After a long and pleasant talk, I learned that Diego was from a remote rural town, and that his father visited him three days a week because he had to work to support his family. Diego suffered from a severe form of leukemia and had been hospitalized for nine months. Due to his poor health, he was unable to walk or even sit up in his bed. Hence, he developed atrophy in his legs causing them to lose strength and mobility. Yet with a huge sparkle in his eyes, Diego shared with me his dreams of becoming a great soccer player. As I turned away to retrieve the board games that he requested, I was moved by his courage to dream despite the hardships he was enduring at such a young age. This encounter was the beginning of an important turning point in my life. What initially began as a job became a real duty for me. I felt compelled and obligated to the children whom I interacted with, gaining satisfaction in doing so. At first, it seemed I was doing them a favor but rather it was the children that made an impact in my life. After I left Diego’s bedside that day, I was heartbroken to see h...
... the case of autoimmunity, allergies, rheumatoid arthritis are but a few that the immune system failed to operate. When the immune system doesn’t work then modern medicine has to step in to help our body’s heel.
I am going to start with the capacity of the machine and the capacity of the rest of the factory. As we know, if we order the machine now (which is the end of August) it will take approximately two weeks to be delivered and start working (without taking into consideration any possible delays). That means that we will have approximately two weeks time to produce the first delivery. That delivery (at the end of September) consists of the 30% of the total amount and if we choose to produce both the small and the large bands it will take us about 18 working days to produce it (if we assume that each day has 8 working hours).