Arthritis is a disease that in some way effects everyone. Whether you have arthritis or not‚ chances are‚ you know someone who does and can see the effect it has on them. There are some common misconceptions about arthritis‚ types of arthritis‚ and the causes. There are in fact some different types of the disease that most people don’t know about. Arthritis is a general term for approximately 100 diseases that produce either inflammation of connective tissues‚ particularly in joints‚ or non-inflammatory
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Osteoporosis “Thirty-five year old Donna Duckworth is learning how to care for her newborn of five weeks‚ when she bends over the baby’s crib and feels something give in her back. The next day and the following week‚ the pain becomes unbearable in her back. She is breast-feeding and does not want to take any medication so she lives with the intense and continuing pain. Within a few weeks‚ she can no longer stand it so she goes to see her physician who orders blood work‚ does a complete physical
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What is it? Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become very weak and brittle. Bone is a living tissue that is constantly being replaced as it is removed. However‚ when the creation of new bone is not caught up with the removal of old bone‚ bones become brittle. Bones can become so weak that falling down‚ bending over‚ and coughing can cause a fracture. Most fractures occur in the hip‚ wrists‚ and spine. Juvenile Osteoporosis is a rare type of osteoporosis that occurs in children. This
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This study will focus on protecting patients from falls and fall-related injuries after stroke. At first I would identify the patients who are at great risk of fall currently and after going back to the community. I will use the Morse Fall Risk Assessment (MFA) to initially identify fall risk patients in my unit. In fact at Acute Rehab Unit all patients are considered to be at high risk of fall‚ there is no question about stroke patients. CDC’s Injury Center has created a tool kit‚ called STEADI
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Introduction Osteoporosis means weak bones which are prone to fractures. Hip‚ spine and wrist are commonly involved sites. Clinical features There typically are no symptoms detected in the early stages of bone loss. But once your bones have been weakened by osteoporosis‚ you may have signs and symptoms that include: • Back pain‚ caused by a fractured or collapsed vertebra • Loss of height over time • A stooped posture • A bone fracture that occurs much more easily than expected Predisposing factors • Females
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[pic] Falls Risk Guide Falls The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) 2005 National Patient Safety Goals requires hospitals to assess and periodically reassess each patient’s risk for falling. At Methodist Hospital the total number of reported falls in 2005 was 197 and it is increasing every year‚ Out of these 80 had reported injuries‚ 3 had root cause analysis (RCA) completed and 1 was a reportable event. Through RCA we identified that
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Falls within the aged population are prevalent especially in individuals with dementia‚ as they tend to have marked impairment in their gait and balance (Shaw‚ 2007). Falls tend to occur at the bedside and are associated with agitation‚ aggression‚ restlessness‚ attempts to ambulate or lack of awareness of wandering in people with dementia (Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) (2009). Falls risk assessment is the responsibility of
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common as Arthritis is‚ it is not very well understood. Arthritis is several diseases that refer to joint pain and diseases. There are currently over one hundred instances of arthritis related conditions. Individuals of all types‚ age and sex are susceptible to arthritis and it is and this debilitating disease leads in causing disability in America. Over 60 million adults and children suffer from some form of arthritis‚ but it occurs more frequently in women and the elderly. Arthritis affects the
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Slip-and-fall injuries occur when you least anticipate them. Falling on irregular pavement or down stairway that are defective can cause life-changing back and head injuries. It’s also essential to talk to a slip-and-fall attorney to ensure the negligent parties don’t take advantage of you‚ although it is necessary to get clinical treatment for the injuries. Actually‚ several million Americans have a serious enough slip and fall injury to need clinical treatment. One serious slip-and-fall injury can
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In sports‚ liability is a serious risk. The problem is that one cannot predict an injury‚ however‚ it could have been easily prevented if the situation did not entirely take place. In this situation‚ an ice hockey coach was not present when one of his hockey players who gotten injured‚ therefore‚ for the cause of his injury was directly taken into a hospital. Considering that the coach was in the lobby at the time of the event‚ however‚ the coach cannot be found liable‚ since he is a volunteer who
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