Corticosteroid

Difference: The difference in the upper respiratory and lower respiratory tract is their location . The organs of the upper respiratory tract are located outside the chest cavity, whereas the lower respiratory tract are located inside the chest cavity. Upper respiratory tract infection, are conditions that affects the nose, sinus, pharynx or larynx. Conditions commonly are • tonsillitis, • pharyngitis, • laryngitis,sinusitis, • otitis media, • common cold. These conditions are basically…

the proper knowledge to make an educated and well informed decision on whether or not to use them. There are two different types of steroids and the both perform dramatically different functions in the human body, they are corticosteroids and anabolic-androgenic. Corticosteroids are frequently administered by doctors for a variety of symptoms and are…

Let it Blow Respiratory Case Study Elijah Stevens is 74 year old male with a history of COPD. He is admitted to the hospital for an exacerbation of his COPD. He continues to smoke cigarettes (reports one pack a day). His current medications include theophylline, albuterol inhaler, beclomethasone dipropionate inhaler and a chewable aspirin 81 mg once a day. His lung sounds are diminished bilaterally. Pulse oximetry reading is 90%. He is receiving oxygen at 2 liters per nasal cannula. He…

include anterior chamber cells and flare, circumlimbal flush, and keratic precipitates. There are many etiologies behind the occurrence of iridocyclitis, but trauma is a common cause. The standard management for noninfectious iridocyclitis is a corticosteroid to treat the inflammation and a cycloplegic agent to relieve pain and photophobia. Differential Diagnosis…

are used as short-term relief from sudden attacks of breathlessness and long-acting bronchodilators which are used in entire life of the patient. It can not only help in controlling breathlessness in asthma rather increase the effectiveness of corticosteroids in asthma. The most widely used drugs are Beta-2 agonists, Anticholinergics and Theophyline. First two drugs are available…

The more matches or sports meeting you attend, the more competition there is and there more difficult it seems to become. You have the school, your parents and your coach putting pressure on you to become a better version of yourself. You need some kind of competitive advantage and the only way you think you can get that advantage is by making use of steroids. The use of steroids among sportsmen and sportswomen has risen in the years that have passed and is continuing to rise among the youth of…

Genetic muscular disorders are caused when there is a genetic mutation in a chromosome. The mutation can lead to wide range of symptoms and problems cause by the mutation. A majority genetic muscular disorders are not curable but can be managed with certain medications. The effects of the symptoms can lead to death but some people can live a normal life. The diseases range from muscular dystrophy to metabolic problems. The severity is decided by the gene that is affected by a mutation. Duchenne…

nearly screen the glucose levels. • Some babies have had low birth weight and moderate development in situations where the mother got steroids. Be that as it may, that isn't uncommon for untimely children. How are steroids helpful for the baby? Corticosteroids are synthetic forms of natural human hormones. When pregnant women are given steroid injections, the medication goes to the baby’s body and lungs through their bloodstream. The antenatal steroid treatment usually consists of two…

The common name of Taenia solium is known as the pork tapeworm. 3. Matured pork worms are only found in people. “[Larvae] are found in the muscles of the intermediate hosts and in the brain in the case of neurocysticercosis.” (Government of Canada) Also, the eggs are infectious to people. Taenia solium does have ovaries but no vaginal sphincter muscle, just a genital pore. 4. First, the eggs are laid in feces that get passed into the environment. It is very easy for eggs to survive a long time…

specific pattern. And I was unable to find any specific trigger. I would put colloidal oatmeal in her bath water and apply colloidal oatmeal based lotion to her rash. She was also prescribed Triamcinolone Acetonide cream, which is a topical corticosteroid. The both provided relief from itching and decreased severity. As she has gotten older, her flare ups have almost completely stopped. She did have one over the summer and was only treated with the colloidal oatmeal based lotion and it…