When a loved one is diagnosed with a chronic illness‚ it’s puts tremendous stress and remorse on the non-ill loved one. A chronic illness is a general term describing the length of time of a disease’s symptoms. Moreover‚ a chronic illness is any disease that can have a long term effect on the body. To give a little background on the name chronic‚ it comes from the Latin word ‘chromos’ meaning time (cited in‚ The Chronic Illness Cures website). Chronic illnesses are‚ but not limited to cancer
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Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease that affects the airways. Asthma is usually characterized by airflow obstruction and bronchospasm. Some of the more common symptoms of asthma include tightness in the chest‚ shortness of breath‚ coughing and wheezing. Although asthma itself is considered to be chronic‚ asthma attacks can be considered either acute‚ or chronic. Often times those with more severe forms of asthma refer to their asthma as chronic. Chronic asthma is a serious condition‚
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THE IMPACT OF ASTHMA & CHRONIC ILLNESSES Explore the social and economic implications for the individual‚ the family‚ and the community of a child with a chronic illness such as asthma. Asthma is one of the most common long term chronic illnesses in children. About one out of every eight or nine Australian children have asthma. Australia has one of the highest levels of asthma in the world. It not only affects the child themselves but also affects their family and the wider community. (National
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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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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Ultrasound Physical effects of ultrasound: 1- Thermal effects 2- Non-thermal effects 3- Effect of US in tissue repair First: thermal effect @ It is due to generation of heat within the tissue due to adsorption of US. @ Tissue with high amount of protein absorbs US more than other tissues. @ Generation of heat within the tissue will decrease pain‚ joint stiffness & increase blood flow. @ Thermal effect achieved if the temperature of the tissue is raised to 40°c - 45°c for at least
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0314 Biofilms in Chronic Wounds: Current Research and Future Direction ABSTRACT Chronic wounds continue to be a significant healthcare problem. Although myriad factors have been implicated in impaired wound healing‚ recent research has focused on the role of matrix-based bacterial communities called biofilms that are often associated with chronic wounds. Various in vitro and in vivo models have been developed to study the role of biofilms in non-healing wounds. Basic science and clinical
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and now to chronic conditions”. (Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean) Research has shown that during the last century‚ the incidence of and the mortality rate associated with chronic disease‚ has by far surpassed that of infectious disease and is most rampant in those countries that are developed and are developing. Barbados‚ classified as one of the more progressive islands in the Caribbean‚ has not been spared‚ and now records 68% (PAHO) of chronic non-communicable
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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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cells namely histamine and proteases. The activation of mast cells is a complex process that can be initiated by various signals often through specific mast cell surface receptors (1). The mechanisms by which mast cells are activated and induce chronic urticaria is not fully understood‚ however they can separated into immunological and non-immunological (2). IgE mediated allergic urticaria is ‚ also known as a Type 1 hypersensitivity and is initiated by antigen/allergen binding to mast cell surface
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