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Introduction The sudden and unexpected death of an infant less than one year is termed sudden unexpected infant death (SUID).   There are two common causes for SUID one is termed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) which is the unexplainable death that typically occurs in healthy infants under the age of one year old.  The second…

Background Human milk is the preferred nutrition for preterm infants. (WHO/UNICEF, 2003) Human milk has been proven to be beneficial to reduce the risk of short term and long term complications related to prematurity.(Victora et al., 2016, Belfort and Ehrenkranz, 2017) Not all mothers are able to provide adequate breast milk to meet their babies…

According to Hart & Ng (2011), “Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)”. Kavic (2015) explained, “This disease is characterized by periods of relapsing symptoms caused by immune mediated inflammation”. Around two million people in the world are affected by Crohn’s disease (CD) and includes anywhere of the gastrointestinal tract being affected by…

B. Trimble Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition of unknown etiology, characterized by extensive pain, atypical pain processing, sleep disruption, fatigue, and often psychological distress. People with fibromyalgia may also have added indications, such as morning rigidity, tingling or numbness of the hands and feet, headaches, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, cognitive problems, problems…

Empowerment is a multidimensional construct applicable to individuals, organizations, and neighbourhoods (Rappaport, 1987). It is viewed as a construct rather than a concept because it is not directly observable (Jacox, 1974).The case study indicates that Patrick lacks both self control and will power in his management of his diabetes. Individuals with long-term conditions are challenged…

Introduction Diabetes is a disease which has a significant impact on individuals, family and society (DH, 2002). It affects 1.4 million people across the UK (Hilton and Digner, 2006). Such is the significance of the disease for the National Health Service (NHS) and other resources and services, that the Department of Health published the National…

Diagnosis and Chiropractic Management of Post-Traumatic Piriformis Syndrome: A Case Study Chief complaint A 37-year-old male patient presented himself at a local chiropractic clinic with a chief complaint of persistent low back pain that was radiating into his left buttock, all along the posterolateral aspect of his left thigh and calf, and to the lateral…

Introduction The author aims to discuss the role of an adult nurse and the regulatory body Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC). NMC has been a statutory body since 2002. Nursing is profession regulated by the nursing and midwifery council NMC (2008). NMC was set up by parliament to safeguard the health and wellbeing of public…

Title of the article: “ Case Report of Secondary Narcolepsy presenting as self-inflicted genital injury ” Abstract: Primary Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder with classical presentation showing tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and Hypnogogic hallucinations. Some conditions that result in secondary narcolepsy include traumatic brain injury, tumors, and stroke. [1] A rare…

Health History ●       Patient: J.D. ●       Age: 30 years old ●       Gender: Female ●       Ethnicity: Hispanic ●       Chief complaint: cold sweats, nausea, vomiting, and disorientation. ●       The patient’s history of present illness on admission includes type I diabetes and missing insulin administration, which led to diabetic ketoacidosis (Bedaso, Oltaye, Geja, & Ayalew, 2019). ●       Past…