| Symptoms and Treatment of Bradycardia Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:02 AM PDT Transcript: Symptoms and Treatment of Bradycardia A Healthy Heart The heart is a muscle that contracts in rhythmic sequence for the duration of our lifetime. Each beat is stimulated by an electrical signal that is generated by the heart’s conduction system. A normal heart beats 60 to 100 times per minute. Sometimes, a problem with the conduction system causes the heart to beat too fast, too slow, or to have a 
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| HIV Symptoms-Symptoms Early After Infection – Acute HIV Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:55 AM PDT What are HIV symptoms? What are the symptoms of HIV? This is the question I get more than any other. But because many people who have been infected with HIV have few or no HIV symptoms, HIV testing is the only way to know for sure if you are infected. There are, however, an assortment of HIV symptoms that can be associated with a new HIV infection. Symptoms Early After Infection – Acute HIV – In emergen 
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| Prevent HIV Transmission During Pregnancy Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:51 AM PDT HIV transmission from mother to unborn child is relatively easy if steps aren’t taken to decrease that risk. In fact, without proper prenatal and postnatal care of mother and baby, the infection rate is about 1 in 4. Luckily, there are steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of HIV transmission during pregnancy to about 2 percent. the risk of HIV transmission from mother to unborn child is about 26% w 
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| 50 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:47 AM PDT Trying for a baby? Being healthy before, during and after pregnancy involves so many different aspects of your life. So, I’ve compiled a quick list to help you stay on the healthy side. 1. See your practitioner before becoming pregnant. 2. Start changing your food habits to include a healthy variety of foods. 3. Exercise! Starting now will help you stay in shape during pregnancy, can lower your risk of miscar 
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| What you can do about pulmonary fibrosis Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:44 AM PDT Although the condition itself may be irreversible, it may be possible to maximize the effectiveness of the lung capacity you have left (depending on how much is scarred), thereby improving your quality of life, thereby delaying or eliminating your need for a lung transplant. * Once again, proteolytic enzymes may be helpful. And in fact, they have demonstrated some facility to reverse internal scarring — d 
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| Nursing Care Plan: Risk for Aspiration Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:41 AM PDT Nursing Care Plan: Risk for Aspiration / NCP risk aspiration Assessment Subjective Pt daughter states that her mother has been struggling with swallowing and seems to choke a lot since her stroke. Objective Diagnosis of stroke and right sided paralysis Pt exhibits difficulty swallowing without choking. Orders to have a speech therapy consult Nursing DX/Clinical Problem Problem Risk for aspiration R/T Impaired swal 
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| nursing care plan for abortion Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:24 AM PDT What is abortion? Abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies In nursing care plan for abortion definitions for Abortion is: Spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, or induced abortions, the products of conception are expelled from the uterus before fetal viability and gestation of less than 20 weeks is achieved. Causes for Abortion It's 
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| What is abortion Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:19 AM PDT Abortion is the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies, but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. Supporters of abortion rights argue that the embryo or fetus is not a person, or at least that the government has no right to ban abortion unless it can prove that an embryo or fetus is a person. Opponents of abortion rights argue that 
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| What you can do about asthma Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:11 AM PDT In some ways, asthma is similar to bronchitis. In fact, people with asthma also experience an inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes, a condition actually called asthmatic bronchitis. But there are differences. Yes, asthma is a chronic disease that affects your breathing. But when you have asthma, your bronchioles (the smallest airways — just before the alveoli) tend to be constantly red and swolle 
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| Non-chronic bronchitis has the same symptoms as chronic bronchitis Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:06 AM PDT Non-chronic bronchitis has the same symptoms as chronic bronchitis. The differences are primarily ones of timing and cause. Whereas chronic bronchitis lasts for three months or longer, non-chronic bronchitis is short term — although in its acute form can last up to six weeks. In most cases the infection is viral in origin, but sometimes can be caused by bacteria. If the condition is not acute and you are 
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