Chronic bronchitis is “a productive cough that lasts at least three months for two consecutive years” (Mayo Clinic Staff‚ 2011). The bronchiole tubes become inflamed and enlarged narrowing the airways which will result in pulmonary hypertension. The air passage way can become blocked because of increased mucus production caused by enlarged mucus glands ("Chronic Bronchitis"‚ n.d.). The cells that help the mucus move out of the body can become damaged reducing the ability to clear mucus from the air
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Introduction: Chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and irreversible airflow obstruction which causes some structural changes in the lung1. It is the fourth major and leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and it will become third in all major causes of death by 20202. Since two decades‚ smoking is the major cause of COPD worldwide. This disease is rare in non-smoking person except those who will have exposure of occupational dust‚ environmental
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What Is Chronic Stress? Do you know what your body experiences during a stressful situation? Your body triggers the alarm and suddenly you’re on high alert‚ cortisol floods your system‚ your brain thinks you are in mortal danger and that fight or flight instinct is bearing down on you. Once upon a time‚ that instinct kicked in when our ancestors were faced with a ferocious beast in the wild – unfortunately today’s ferocious beasts tend to be angry bosses‚ traffic‚ and a nagging partner. While
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NSAIDs‚ she often suffers from chronic pain. Her mobility is limited and she can walk short distance only. She always uses a car driven by her husband or transportation when she goes out. When the pain becomes severe‚ she visits to a doctor‚ but does not participate in any support programs. She has supportive carers‚ including her husband‚ children‚ and several friends. Kate and her carers do not know about osteoarthritis very much. Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic condition of the joints‚ which
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becoming desensitized to the effects of antibiotics due to being unnecessarily overmedicated. Over use of antibiotics for acute otitis media (AOM) can lead to future antibiotic resistant infections. Otitis media is usually a result of a poorly functioning Eustachian tube‚ a canal that links the middle ear with the throat area. Of the three basic types of ear infections‚ acute otitis media may benefit from antibiotics because it is often caused by bacteria. However‚ other types of ear infections
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Chronic Disease Rick Assessment When I did the assessment for chronic diseases I chose to do one for Diabetes because I am considered obese with a BMI of 39.9 so with this certain risk factor of obesity I run the risk of developing diabetes‚ the assessment states “Compared to a typical woman my age‚ my risk of developing diabetes is ABOVE AVERAGE” that is very scary because I know that diabetes can be dangerous and cause many other health problems‚ also it runs in my family‚ my father developed
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Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment for the Substance Abuser In the United States‚ there are more than 100 million people suffering from some sort of chronic pain. With the most common treatment is being prescribed medications such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory‚ or opioids (Boyles‚ 2011). Treating chronic pain with opioids can be affective. But the long term use presents many problems. Especially with treating a substance abuser of prescription or nonprescription opioid drugs. Patients that
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Concept Assignment 3 Acute Stress 1. Acute Stress: a short-term state of arousal‚ in response to a perceived threat or challenge that has a definite endpoint (Huffman & Dowdell‚ 2015‚ p.86). 2. I consider acute stress in my life to be the snowstorms that occurred last winter. During the storms there was the possibility of the heavy snow collapsing the roof of my home‚ or disrupting the electricity service. Worrying about these potential situations caused stressed. However the storms had an endpoint
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Oftentimes‚ the complexity of a patient’s condition may not allow for discharge from an acute care setting to their prior place of residence. Instead‚ the patient may be deemed more suitable for continued care in a long-term acute care facility (LTAC). I had the opportunity to care for a patient who underwent a complex discharge process‚ as he required long-term mechanical ventilation. To fully understand the intricacy of his discharge‚ it is important to recognize pertinent assessment data‚ interdisciplinary
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Advocacy for Chronic Pain Patients Advocacy for chronic pain patients is the voice for all people involved. Advocacy is the answer to some better pain care for its patients. Advocacy is the voice in Congress so that these people can be heard. Advocacy is getting better educated on the chronic pain management and how to help patients deal with their pain. The research I have done is search the web and read articles on chronic pain. The most influential part is that I have met and
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