People are getting less sleep in today ’s society than they did 80 years ago (Myers 54). Although not every person needs to sleep the standard number of 8 hours a night‚ everyone has a set number they need to meet in order to function optimally. About 20% of Americans are reporting that they are getting less than 6 hours of sleep a night (Davis). Modern inventions like computers‚ television‚ and social diversions are making this hard to achieve (Myers 53). Many people have the misconception that
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Sleep Disorders Sleeping is a state when our body relaxes the most‚ all the motor activity and senses are suspended when we are asleep. Although when sleeping we look inactive‚ some functions of our brain and body are actually more active when we are asleep. During sleep there is a lot going on in your body and that is why sleeping is as important to your health as eating healthy and exercising. There are several reactions caused by lack of sleeping time‚ such as insomnia‚ chronic insomnia‚ and
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Blood disorder HCA/240 September 22‚ 2013 Blood disorder Blood is compromise of four main components‚ Plasma‚ red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets. Plasma is a yellow mixture of water‚ protein‚ and salt that carries blood cells‚ nutrients‚ hormones‚ gases and waste. Red cells contain hemoglobin‚ a protein that contains iron. Hemoglobin deliver oxygen to all parts of the body‚ also takes carbon dioxide to the lungs. Platelets are small cells that control the blood. These form
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Kidney Disease- The kidney is a very vital organ to a human’s healthy existence. The pair of bean shaped organs are responsible for many important functions‚ they aid in the Urinary system as was as the Endocrine system. Their main functions are to filter wastes from the blood and secrete hormones. Due to the fact that the kidneys are responsible for maintaining regulation of the body ’s salt‚ potassium and acid content‚ they also play an important role in maintaining a proper homeostasis. According
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a) How could a psychological disorder (either affective or anxiety or psychotic) be treated biologically? An affective disorder commonly treated biologically is depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by the DSM –IV with 9 symptoms‚ at least 5 of which must be present within a 2-week period. These symptoms include depressed mood‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of death. To treat depression biologically‚ a clinician would prescribe an anti-depressant
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Autism Symptoms Symptoms of autism usually appear before a child is three years old and lasts throughout their lives. Children with autism can display a wide range of symptoms which can vary in severity from mild to disabling. Children with autism have difficulties in: Pretend play Social interactions Verbal and nonverbal communication General symptoms include: Be overly sensitive in sight‚ hearing‚ touch‚ smell‚ or taste (for example‚ they may refuse to wear "itchy" clothes and become
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“still not big enough Mark”. This‚ of course‚ is a ludicrous statement. How could a man with such large‚ muscular arms think that they were “not big enough”? The fact is Mark suffers from a mental disorder called Muscle dysmorphia‚ popularly coined “Bigorexia”‚ which is a “form of body dysmorphic disorder in which individuals develop a pathological preoccupation with their muscularity” (Olivardia‚ Pope & Hudson‚ 2000). In other words‚ those affected can never be big or muscular enough‚ and when
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Digestive disorders 1. Diarrhea is a symptom that can last for one or two days mainly. Diarrhea is when feces move too quickly through the bowels and the intestines do not have time to pull water from the waste to make it firm. This can be caused when the food eaten is not completely digested. A way to treat diarrhea is by taking a type of medicine to help settle your bowels (e.g. Pepto-Bismol). Another way to treat it is by restoring your hydration and drinking plenty of water to help your body
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CU261P Mood disorder: this is a group of diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) which classifies mental health‚ this particular one is when a person’s mood is seen to be the underlying cause of mental health issues. This umbrellas a host of disorders‚ such as; Bipolar Disease (BD)‚ Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)‚ and also less severe depressions such as dysthymic or cyclothymic. Some mood disorders can be substance induced‚ (due to someone’s drug use)
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Introduction Many people do not know what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is. In fact‚ OCD is an anxiety disorder. We should know about the obsession and compulsion. To many patients‚ they are obsessive to some uncontrollable and unwanted thoughts or distress images. They might repeat their behaviors compulsively in order to neutralize the obsessive thoughts or to prevent some anxious events. (Butcher et al.‚ 2009) The influence of OCD on a person’s
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