Greetings,
My name is Rachel Ashley Reyes. I am a graduate student in Dietetics, currently working towards my Masters of Science in Applied Nutrition.
In this blog, I'll be sharing some of the interesting concepts and topics that I'm learning about in my courses.
Some of these may include:
1. Clinical Case Studies
2. Pathologies and their Nutritional Implications
3. Various Topics in Nutrition
By no means are any of the posts medical advice. The case studies are fictional, and everything shared on this site are to help me review what I am learning and study.
Thank you.
Rachel Ashley
Case Study: A group of your colleagues have booked a cruise for ten days and want you to come with them. You ask them if they’ve seen the movie Titanic. You give it some thought. It’s the end of February, and you’re tired of the winter, dry chapped skin, and not being able to wear fashionable footwear. You refill your anti-anxiety medication and agree to join them. Two days into the cruise you’re feeling a bit nauseous. You chalk it up to seasickness and hurl over the side of the boat which your colleagues find amusing. So much for the Dramamine and your scopolamine patch. You quickly realize that your hyperactive bowel sounds, abdominal pain, and distended abdomen are not consistent with being seasick. Luckily you make it back to your room before having a lower GI eruption. For the next 12 hours, you vomit and have diarrhea every 15 minutes. You’re fairly certain you’re going to die. You want to die. You stumble to the infirmary which is full of other people that are sick just like...
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