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Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis by Chuck Wensler
By CPR St. Louis at October 22, 2011 | 1:36 pm | 0 Comment
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a very painful and debilitating common form of arthritis. It is an inflammation in the lining of the joints, causing warmth, diminishing range of motion and swelling, thereby creating severe joint pain. RA damages all of the joints of the body including, bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. In the United States alone, roughly one more...
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Megan Canada
By CPR St. Louis at October 21, 2011 | 5:52 am | 0 Comment
Oral Squamous cell carcinoma does not easily metastasis through the body; it is locally invasive. This certain cancer is one of the most common types of oral cancer. Causes: Some of the main risk factors of oral squamous cell carcinoma are alcohol, smoking, and the HPV virus. It is mainly seen in people who are heavy drinkers, heavy smokers and people with the HPV more...
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) by MariJo Day Ahr
By CPR St. Louis at October 19, 2011 | 6:04 pm | 0 Comment
UTI stands for urinary tract infection. That means that germs have infected a part of our body’s urinary system: bladder, urethra, kidney(s) or the tubes that connect the kidneys and the bladder. UTIs are the second most common type of infection in the body and are the reason for more than eight million doctor visits per year. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle more...
Necrotizing Fasciitis by Tzipporah Weiss
By CPR St. Louis at October 18, 2011 | 6:08 am | 0 Comment
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but life-threatening aggressive soft-tissue infection that causes rapidly spreading inflammation and the death of the soft-tissue (necrotizing) and the fascia, the layer of soft tissue covering the muscle. This is also commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome. Infection typically follows trauma, although more...
Infant Botulism by Kayla Colona
By CPR St. Louis at October 17, 2011 | 7:40 am | 0 Comment
Botulism is uncommon but very serious in children and adults. Infant botulism is the most common of the three main types which are: Infant, food-born, and wound botulism. In the United States about 145 cases are reported each year and 65% of them are infant botulism. It is caused by a nerve toxin from bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. These bacteria can be found in more...
