Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathophysiology

News-Journal, File Craig Cooper Genesis Health System Oral health is a vital measure of general health and well-being. Providing good oral care in hospital settings can prevent illness and save lives. At Genesis Medical Center, a Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation study is currently being conducted to analyze the relationship between oral care and Non-Ventilator Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP). The improvement project focuses on prioritizing oral care as a critical nursing intervention in patients, improving patient compliance with oral care routines and improving staff and leader knowledge of the mouth/body link to disease. The project consists of baseline surveys, knowledge assessments, snapshot audits and rounding by staff to gather data and extensive education initiatives. The ultimate goal is to decrease NV-HAPs in hospitalized patients, prevent extended hospitalizations and reduce unnecessary costs. Genesis also is distributing ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients who have received liver transplants or have advanced liver fibrosis may not get adequate protection against COVID-19 from two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, researchers say. Physicians should test these patients and consider administering a third vaccine dose for those with low levels of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Rifaat Safadi, MD, director of the Liver Unit in the Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at Hadassah University Medical Center, in Jerusalem, Israel. "If they are not responding, if the serology is going down to zero over the next year, you should revaccinate them or boost them," Safadi told Medscape Medical News . The suggestion contradicts the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which issued a recommendation on May 19 against using antibody tests to check the effectiveness of vaccination against the virus and...

Alongside medication and a proper treatment plan, home remedies for asthma can play an important role in keeping symptoms under control. Remedies range from simply identifying triggers to making various lifestyle adjustments. Asthma is a disease that causes inflammation in the airways in the lungs. The resulting swelling and narrowing of the airways make it harder to breathe, as do the increased levels of mucus and tightening muscles around the airways. All of these effects can happen at once and continue to get more intense, leading to what people often call an asthma "attack." During an asthma attack, the lungs do not get enough oxygen, so the person feels short of breath. They often cough, gasp, wheeze, and feel a tightness in their chest. People with asthma, of whom there are more than 24 million in the United States, may sometimes need to go to the hospital or stay home from work, and the condition can even be fatal. Asthma is a chronic disease, whi...

DUBLIN--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The "Disease Analysis: Asthma - Forecast and Market Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition characterized by recurrent wheezing, coughing, and breathlessness, which occur in acute events known as exacerbations. Often triggered by factors such as exercise, allergen or irritant exposure, change in weather, or viral respiratory infections, these flare-ups can vary significantly in frequency and severity. Attacks consist of swelling of the lining of the bronchial tubes, which narrows airways and results in a reduction of airflow into and out of the lungs. Historically considered to be a single disease, asthma is now viewed more as an overlapping assemblage of individual phenotypes with various underlying pathophysiological processes leading to symptoms. Latest Key Takeaways The publisher estimates that in 2018, there were approximately 343.6 million prevalent case...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune and inflammatory condition where the body attacks its own joints, causing pain and inflammation, and eventually joint deformity and destruction. The hands and fingers are one of the main areas affected in the majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, resulting in painful, inflamed joints, deformity of the fingers, and loss of hand function. Exercises for your hands and fingers can help prevent arthritis-related deformity and improve use of your hands by maintaining good integrity and functionality of your hand and finger joints. eyepark / Getty Images Hand Anatomy Each hand is composed of 27 different bones. These include the eight carpal bones at the bottom of the hand closest to the wrist, the five long metacarpal bones that make up the palm of the hand and connect to the carpal bones, and the remaining 14 phalange bones that make up the fingers. The thumb contains two phalange bones, while each of the rest of the finger...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The head of Detroit Dog Rescue says a number of dogs and cats are suffering inside the city's animal control and offers to help prevent illness are being ignored. "I want to, please, put out there that it's not the employees' fault," Kristina Rinaldi said, pointing the blame at the building that houses Detroit Animal Care and Control. The city's animal control operation moved into the building five years ago, but it's "dilapidated, unsafe, and unsanitary," according to Rinaldi who recently posted videos to her Facebook page, showing animals that had been released from the city's shelter, struggling to breathe. "This is what I call a sick building," she said. "I'm sad and I'm disappointed. The ceiling tiles are porous. From what I saw last, the kennels are full of rust. If you look at the kennel cages, the whole front of them are full of rust. So where are the dogs? Usually at the front of thei...

- Laboratory Research shows new homeopathic drugs are as effective as certain antibiotics and antifungals in inhibiting the growth of bacteria and fungi MUMBAI, India, June 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In breakthrough research by Indian homeopath Dr Rajesh Shah in collaboration with clinical pharmacologists at Mumbai's BYL Nair Hospital, five new homeopathic drugs have shown anti-fungal and anti-bacterial effects in a laboratory model. The research paper was published last week in a peer-reviewed, a Pub-med listed British Homeopathy Journal. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34020481/) In this research, five new homeopathic nosodes were developed from bacteria that produce typhoid (Salmonella typhi), pneumonia (Klebsiella pneumonia), gonorrhea (Neisseria Gonorrhea), gastrointestinal infections (E Coli) and from fungus (Candida albicans) by Dr Rajesh Shah, a homeopath cum researcher. Nosodes are homeopathic medicines prepared from bacteria and viruses. Nosodes are often comparable with va...

Wheezing is a sensation that occurs when a person breathes through obstructed airways. Some people find that their wheezing gets worse when lying down. This can occur because lying down may adversely affect the ability of the chest to rise and fall, making it difficult to breathe. Lying down may also cause problems with mucus drainage from the nose, which could trigger a cough. Wheezing is a common symptom of asthma, allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obstructive sleep apnea. In this article, we will take a closer look at the potential causes of wheezing when lying down and their treatments. We will also provide tips on how to sleep while experiencing this symptom. Asthma is a chronic condition that affects over 300 million people worldwide. It is characterized by coughing, wheezing, or shortness of breath. It is common for asthma symptoms to affect people at night. This is known as nocturnal asthma. The symptoms of nocturnal asthma can includ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Newswire)— It's one of the lessons from the hospital frontlines and it was reinforced during the recent coronavirus pandemic— positioning matters. A significant percentage of pneumonia patients who were placed on their stomachs or sides early on were able to avoid mechanical ventilation. As patients began to flood hospitals in March and April, ventilators were in short supply. That's when some emergency doctors began to rethink patients' positions in bed. Traditionally, on their backs. Nicholas Caputo, MD, MSc, FACEP, FAAEM, MAJ, associate chief and attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at NYC Health and Hospitals explained, "Just by the weight of your media sternum, your heart and your chest on the lungs, it collapses some of the spaces of the lungs. You turn the patients over, and what that does is that helps to open up some of the collapsed alveoli." Airway specialist Dr. Richard Levitan volunteered at a New Y...

Introduction Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the most common type of hospital-acquired infections, 1,2 and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is also a common type of infection in intensive care units (ICUs). 3 Importantly, both HAP and VAP are associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health-care expenditure. 2–4 Although administration of appropriate antibiotics remains the most important treatment for patients with HAP/VAP, 2,3 the emergence of antibiotic resistance among causative pathogens—multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs)—has largely limited therapeutic options. Gram-negative bacilli (GNB), such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae , play an important role in HAP/VAP, 5–7 and many kinds of antibiotic-resistance mechanism have been detected among these pathogens. 8,9 Therefore, a combination of ß-lactam and ß-lactamase inhibitor as a broad-spectrum antibiotic was recommended as one of therapeutic options in the treatment of HAP/VAP. Cefope...

Broiler chicken, feed under Smart Brooder, in Tala, Machakos County, on June 27 2018, a technology that relays information to a farmer through SMS. The system is able to determine the age of the chicks and regulates the conditions in the brooding space to meet the chicks' requirement at specific age. [David Njaaga, Standard] In my interactions with farmers in the grassroots, I have been getting inquiries on diseases that have hit poultry this cold season. For the benefit of all poultry keepers, today I will highlight common diseases to look out for this period. The cold and wet season come with its share of challenges in humans and livestock. Just like the human flu is making rounds in most households — as expected during this season — poultry too has its portion of rampant diseases observed in these wet and cold conditions. The cold and wet climate favours the propagation and spread of disease causing organisms. The wet season is associated with increased relative humidity a...