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Dicloxacillin – Adverse effects

Common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with the use of dicloxacillin include: diarrhoea, nausea, rash, urticaria, pain and inflammation at injection site, superinfection (including candidiasis), allergy, and transient increases in liver enzymes and bilirubin. (Rossi, 2006) Rarely, cholestatic jaundice (also referred to as cholestatic hepatitis) has been associated with dicloxacillin therapy. The reaction may occur [...]

Flucloxacillin – Adverse effects

Common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with the use of flucloxacillin include: diarrhoea, nausea, rash, urticaria, pain and inflammation at injection site, superinfection (including candidiasis), allergy, and transient increases in liver enzymes and bilirubin. Rarely, cholestatic jaundice (also referred to as cholestatic hepatitis) has been associated with flucloxacillin therapy. The reaction may occur up to [...]

Irritation – Introduction

Irritation or exacerbation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant. Irritants are typically thought of as chemical agents (for example phenol and capsaicin) but mechanical, thermal (heat), and radiative stimuli (for example [...]

Cyclooxygenase – Introduction

Cyclooxygenase (COX) is an enzyme that is responsible for formation of important biological mediators called prostanoids, including prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxane. Pharmacological inhibition of ”COX” can provide relief from the symptoms of inflammation and pain. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, exert their effects through inhibition of COX. The names “prostaglandin synthase (PHS)” [...]

Appendicitis – Introduction

Appendicitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. It is classified as a medical emergency and many cases require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. Untreated, mortality is high, mainly because of peritonitis and shock. Reginald Fitz first described acute and chronic appendicitis in 1886, and it has been [...]

Magnesium salicylate – Introduction

Magnesium salicylate is a common analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat mild to moderate muscular pain. It is also used to treat headaches, general back pain, and certain joint pains like arthritis. It is found in a variety of over-the-counter (OTC) medications as an anti-inflammatory, primarily for back-pain relief. Magnesium salicylate can [...]

Otitis media – Introduction

Inflammation

Otitis media (Latin for “Inflammation of the Middle Ear”) is inflammation of the middle ear, or middle ear infection. Otitis media occurs in the area between the tympanic membrane (the end of the outer ear) and the inner ear, including a duct known as the eustachian tube. It is one of the two categories of [...]

Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis – Trial

Psoriasis

At trial, Ellis faced 28 charges involving 13 children. He was charged with, among other things, urinating in a boy’s face, placing his penis against a girl’s vagina, placing his penis on her anus, touching a girl’s vagina and inducing a girl to touch his penis. Some children alleged that he drove them in a [...]

Elizabeth Bouvia – History

On September 3, 1983, Bouvia, at the age of 26, admitted herself into the psychiatric ward of Riverside General Hospital in Riverside, California. She was almost totally paralysed by cerebral palsy and had severe degenerative arthritis, which caused her great pain. Bouvia was alienated from her family and husband, and had been entertaining thoughts of [...]

Pleurisy – Introduction

Inflammation

Pleurisy (also known as pleuritis) is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. Among other things, infections are the most common cause of pleurisy. The inflamed pleural layers rub against each other every time the lungs expand to breathe in air. This can cause sharp pain with inhalation [...]









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