PANS and PANDAS are two relatively uncommon and not well-known syndromes that occur in children… PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus. Quite a mouthful! What it represents is disorders that onset after a strep infection causes an autoimmune response that causes neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms. Most
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Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace Emotions: Not Obsolete In the Workplace A product of the industrial era, traditional leadership styles still reign dominant within healthcare systems answering to systemic pressures, rather than ensuring best patient health outcomes (Weberg, 2012). A consistent finding in current nursing literature is
For last year’s International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day, we went into a lot of details exploring Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the differences between FASD and FAS. This year, we will focus on encouraging each other to talk about alcohol consumption in pregnancy and the importance of allowing
Original date: March 1, 2014 Rhetorical Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article DISTORTED DIAGNOSIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Analysis of Seriburi, Ndukwe, Chang, Cox, and Wormser’s Article Published in 2012, the article “High frequency of false positive IgM immunoblots for Borrelia burgdorferi in Clinical Practice” was authored by
Peter had a stroke in March of 2018, just 6 months after he had retired. Over the last 4 years, The then 59-year-old has taken his readers along his journey to find his new normal. He experienced a stroke while gardening and being of a nursing background, he knew exactly
Today’s episode of “Reddit Review,” we take a look at a very sore looking piercing and try to answer a common question that comes up regarding piercings, “should I remove jewelry from an infected piercing?” What should you do if your piercing becomes heavily inflamed or infected? to leave the
I love it when people are bold enough to share their journey through life’s challenges. That is one of the reasons why I wanted to start a podcast — to showcase how everyone’s health and healing journey is different and how one size does not fit all. Another reason is
Every so often, I will come across an item that gets my curiosity going. In this article, I hope to conclude whether or not this anti-parasite medicationby Renew Life is a legitimate product or something that should be avoided. This is not a scientific paper, so what I present here
Welcome to my newest series of investigative posts: Reddit Review, where we take a dive into a reddit post that sparks my interest! This week’s post is dedicated to something we’ve all heard about, but might not know much about: Pubic Lice. Let’s take a closer look at what they
After a baby is born, the focus always shifts to the baby. Let’s take a moment to step back and look at what mom has done. Her body grew and changed for months in order to grow and accommodate a new life. Whether she births vaginally or surgically and whether