Chronic Diseases (cancer) Outline Introduction 1. There are some ways to prevent the possibility of getting cancer‚ as well as the warning signs. a. Do self-checks and pay close attention to any abnormal lumps‚ warts and or moles. b. See your physician on regular basis and have tests done‚ such as x-rays 2. Life style is a major contributing factor‚ more so than genetically being passed down from relatives. a. Know what chronic diseases‚ such as cancer that could
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than what kind of disease the patient has”- William Osler Different individuals react differently to developing a chronic illness. Their reactions depend on many factors‚ such as their coping skills and personalities‚ the social support they have‚ the nature and consequences of their illness and the impact of the illness on their daily functioning. At the very least‚ having a chronic condition involves frequent impositions on the patient and their families that require adaptation and adjustment.
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hypertension‚ chest pain‚ and heart disease. Chronic pain is the stress that wears people away day after day‚ year after year. It destroys mind‚ bodies‚ and lives. It is caused by an unhappy marriage‚ or a despised job. It comes when a person does not find a way out of miserable situation. People die of this by suicide‚ violence‚ heart attack‚ stroke‚ and sometime even cancer. A 2013 survey says the teens are having emotional and physical distress‚ including chronic stress. Teens have to at least get
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cognitive dysfunction even at a lower concentration [1]. It has been shown to have more intense effect in children [2]. Chronic arsenic exposure induces a significant deficits in the long term memory in children [3]. Inorganic arsenic modulates locomotor activity and behavioral task suggesting the impairment of sensory and motor nerves [4]. Epidemiological studies reveal that chronic arsenic exposure through drinking water causes cerebral infarction‚ microvascular diseases and impairment in neural conduction
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A chronic illness is long-term. It is an illness that lasts for more than three months. A chronic illness is persistent and generally can’t be prevented by vaccination or cured by medication. Dealing with a chronic illness is very stressful and may change a person’s daily living. Some examples of chronic diseases include heart disease‚ cancer‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ chronic respiratory problems and obesity. According to the CDC‚ in 2012 about 117 million people had one or more chronic health conditions
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many other causes that can come up‚ but understanding the reason that you are experiencing insomnia can help determine what treatment is best for you. Mental illness can be another cause of insomnia and there can be chronic insomnia that runs in the family bloodline. Treating chronic insomnia is by far the most difficult to treat and often requires a combination of methods to make an impact on the success of getting a patient to see results in better sleep. According to the University of Maryland
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lower-class families and often worked in agriculture‚ home-based assembly operations‚ factories‚ mining‚ and etc. Children’s wages were very low and often had to work dangerous environments without any medical insurance provided by the employer. In the “Chronic Employment” essay‚ the author uses the appeal of pathos‚ satirical tone‚ and irony in order to portray the cruelty of child labor at the turn of the nineteenth century and argue against the social attitude that child labor was acceptable. The author
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Thomas Liggins ITT Technical Institute/ N. Las Vegas Instructor: Ron Schaeffer ES3220 27th February‚ 2013 There is a dark cloud hanging over the world of contact sports and it is growing at an alarming rate. With the size and speed of today’s athletes‚ the sports of football and hockey have become more exciting‚ fast paced‚ wide open‚ and fun to watch. However‚ there is another consequence of these ever growing athletes on their sports. They have made the
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SCI/162 Week 9 Final Draft Two Chronic Diseases Cancer and Heart Disease continue to be top killers in America‚ even though there is so much information to educate us on how to recognize them or even prevent them altogether. We have so many resources available to teach us how to keep our bodies free from disease and also how to catch diseases in their early stages. There are lifestyle changes that can be made‚ symptoms that can help diagnose the chronic condition‚ and treatments that may
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first hand that there are three different major types of blood cancer‚ Leukemia‚ Lymphoma‚ and Myeloma. Nobody knows exactly why or how someone can get any of these blood cancers. I have a personal experience with a type of blood cancer called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia or CML. My brother was diagnosed with leukemia at age 15. Throughout his treatment; he acquired meningitis‚ pneumonia‚ and graft-versus-host disease. “Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD or graft) is a common side effect of a bone
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