Author: Holly McCain
Holly McCain, PharmD is a long-term care pharmacist licensed in multiple states, specializing in skilled nursing, assisted living, ICF/IDD, and medical-at-home services. She has over six years of pharmacy management experience, leading regulatory inspections, supervising multidisciplinary teams, and overseeing sterile IV compounding and pharmacy automation. Her expertise spans Medicare and Medicaid compliance, medication safety, and operational alignment in senior care settings. Holly is an active member of ASCP, AMCP, ASHP, and the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition.
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General Illness Information Medical Term: Hypernephroma Common Name: Renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer Description: Renal carcinoma is a malignant formation formed in one or both kidneys. Causes: Science can not reliably state the reasons that lead to this disease, but it accurately determines the factors contributing to its development: Excess body weight; Smoking (the risk is increased by 50%); High blood pressure; Harmful working conditions (work with chemicals); Polycystic kidney…
General Illness Information Medical Term: Hormonal Imbalance Common Name: Hormonal disorders, Endocrine Disorders Description: Hormonal imbalance is a violation of the functioning of one or several organs producing hormones, the consequence of which is the insufficient or excessive content of these hormones in the blood. Causes: There are several reasons why hormone imbalance may occur: bad ecological situation; stress, overwork; violation of diet and sleep; genetic predisposition; early or late…
General Illness Information: Description: Vitamin deficiency (avitaminosis, beriberi) is a disease caused by a severe shortage of vitamins in the body, which leads to serious consequences, sometimes, fatal diseases. Causes: Insufficient intake of vitamins with food, malnutrition, inadequate or poor-quality nutrition; Violation of the digestive process or disruption of the work of organs related to digestion; Taking antivitamins, for example, drugs used in the treatment of high blood coagulability; Features…
Anesthesia: Purpose and Types Anesthesia is an artificially created decrease or lack of sensitivity in the process of medical manipulation. Purpose of anesthesia: The modern anesthesia solves the following problems: providing the surgeon with optimal working conditions during the surgery, which the quality of surgical treatment depends on, carrying out an effective and safe anesthesia of the patient during surgery, maintenance of the life of the patient’s organism before, during…
General Illness Information Medical Term: Nothing specified Common Name: Gastrointestinal tract disorders, digestive disorders, gastrointestinal diseases Description: Gastrointestinal tract disorders include diseases of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, intestines, gallbladder and liver. They are the most common pathologies in the world. 95% of the population suffers from these diseases. Types: Atony of the stomach; Atony of the esophagus; Atresia of the esophagus; Bauthinite; Crohn’s disease; Will’s disease; Botulism; Bulemia; Internal hernia;…
General Information Description: Pregnancy (Latin – graviditas) is a special condition of a woman’s body, at which her developing reproductive organs contain a developing embryo or fetus. In obstetrics, physiological and pathological pregnancies are distinguished. Normally, any pregnancy ends with act of delivery – a child is born, and in case of multiple pregnancy – twins (homozygous – identical or heterozygous – different). Causes As with any pregnancy, onset is…
Only healthy clean skin can perform its functions correctly. Proper skin care prevents skin diseases and premature aging. Types of skin diseases: In general, any manifestations on the skin may be a reaction to any factors. For example, acne is a consequence of hormonal disorders, rosacea can develop against the background of prolonged antibiotic therapy, fans of beaches, tanning salons and saunas can face couperosis. Classifying skin ailments is very…
General Illness Information Common Name: Cushing’s Disease, Cushing’s syndrome. Medical Term: Cushing’s Disease, Cushing’s syndrome Description: Clinical abnormalities associated with chronic exposure to excessive amounts of cortisol. Causes: The most frequent cause is prolonged use of steroid medications (Cortisone, or ACTH). Other causes: ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor; Ectopic ACTH production (e.g., small-cell carcinoma of lung, bronchial carcinoid); Endogenous ACTH-independent hypercortisolism: Adrenal adenoma, Adrenal carcinoma, Macro/micro nodular hyperplasia of the adrenal gland….
General Illness Information Medical Term: CROUP (Laryngotracheobronchitis) Common Name: Croup Description: Croup is a contagious viral infection causing inflammation and swelling of the larynx and surrounding tissues. It presents with difficulty in breathing especially breathing in and a typical barking cough. It usually affects children between the ages of 6 months and 3 years. Causes: Croup can be caused by a number of different viruses. In the fall ,it is…
General Illness Information Common Name: Crohn’s Disease Medical Term: Regional Ileitis, Granulomatous ileitis Description: Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammation of the intestinal wall, usually affecting the full thickness of the intestinal wall. The disease typically affects the most distal part of the small intestine (ileum) and the large intestine. One-third of the cases involve only the small bowel, most commonly the terminal ileum. About half of the cases involve…
