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What makes a product organic?
- - Does not mean pesticide free or chemical free
- - means pesticide are natural and from non-synthetic sources
- -synthetic material must not come in contact for 3 years
- -Land used must have never been exposed to synthetic material
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What are cosmetics?
- An organic household product
- Enhance appearance or odour of body
- natural or synthetic
- products are regulated
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Why are cosmetics regulated?
Becuase health concerns regarding harmful chemicals
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What are pesticides?
- attracts, seduces, or destroys pests
- chemical or bioogical agent (virus, bacterium, disinfectant)
- potentially toxic to humans
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What is pain medication?
- Used to achieve analgesia - relief from pain
- works at peripheral or central nervous system
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What is the central nervous system?
- made up of brain and spinal cord
- integrate information that is recieved from and coordinates activity of all body parts of Bilaterally symmetrical animals
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What is the peripheral nervous system?
- made up of nerves and ganglia outside of brain and spinal cord
- connects CNS with limbs and organs
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What does NSAID stand for?
Non- steroidal anit- inflammatory drugs
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What does NSAID provide?
provides analgesic effects in HIGHER doses with anti inflammatory effects
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How does NSAID act?
Acts centrally in the brain rather than at nerve ending
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What is NSAID used to treat?
used to treat acute or chronic conditions where pain and infammation are present
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Examples of NSAID
Ibuprofen and Aspirin
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What is NSAID used for?
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- mild to moderate pain
- lower back pain
- headache
- Gout
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What is Gout?
uric acid build up in blood, forms crystals that build up in the bodies joint. Related to weight, diet, eating foods high in purine
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What do Opioids influence?
- Influence the cerebral opioids receptor system
- Also affect brain areas controlling emotion
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Where do opioids bind?
- bind to opioid receptors in the CNS PNS & GI Tract
- brain, spinal cord, and digestive tract
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What do opioids encourage?
- fast acting serotonin release
- Serotonin: found in GI tract, platelets and CNS. Creates feeling of wellbeing and happiness
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Side effects of Opioids?
nausra, vomiting, constipation, addiction
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Forms of Opioids
- Tablets, capsules, syrups, solutions
- Prescription only
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What do Opioids treat?
- acute or chronic
- cough or diarrhea
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Opioids risks?
- risk of abuse
- worlds oldest known drugs
- addictive because it posseses euphoria like feeling
- great value to terminally ill because addiction is not relevant
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What is acute?
- a disease with a short of action/ effects
- stubbed toe or a heart attack
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What is chronic?
health condition with longer lasting effects that develop over time
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What are the risk of LOW RISK DEVICES?
- If used improperly, could cause minor injuries
- Ex. thermometer or breast pump
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What are the risk of MEDIUM RISK DEVICES?
- If used improperly, could cause serious arm
- Ex. Ultrasound or surgical drill
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What are the risk of HIGH RISK DEVICES?
- If used improperly could kill a patient
- Ex. Anesthesia ventilator or incubator
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What is Medical Research?
Research that has increased the body of knowledge in the field of medicine
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What can Medical Research be used for?
- to test and find new surgical techniques
- to find and test possible new cures for diseases
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What does MRSA stand for?
Methicillin - Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
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What is MRSA?
- an infectuous bacteria
- many carry it but do not notice
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How is MRSA harmful?
- 25-30% of us havie it in our noses
- will enter wounds, opening or sores on bodies
- more difficult to treat than most strans b/c it becomes resistant.
- common n nursing homes
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Symptoms of MRSA ?
- starts as small red bumps
- turn into a deep painful abscesses that require surgical draining
- reach deeper portion of body causing life threatening infections to bones, joints, surgical wounds, blood, heart valves or lungs
- spread through skin to skin contact
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