Chronic Diseases: Cervical Cancer Every year about 12‚000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer‚ that’s 33 women a day. Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix. This type of cancer is a slow growing cancer and can be hard to diagnose because sometimes women do not have any symptoms. Even though women sometimes do not show or have symptoms of cervical cancer it can be found with a regular Pap test; women should
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Stress and Stress Management Jordan C Padron University of Maryland University College Stress is a physiological and emotional response to stimuli that place physical or psychological demands on an individual and create uncertainty and lack of personal control when important outcomes are at stake. Every person in this world deals with stress that can be caused by an assortment
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Introduction Definition of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and optic nerves. The central nervous system is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective lining called myelin which acts like insulation on an electrical wire. It allows signals to pass between nerve cells at high speed. In multiple sclerosis‚ disease activity damages the myelin in a process
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company isn’t supportive. Life stress can also have a big impact. Example of life stress are: * The death of loved one * Divorce * Loss of a job * Increase in financial obligations * Getting married * Moving to a new home * Chronic illness or injury * Emotional problems (depression‚ anxiety‚ anger‚ grief‚ guilt‚ low self-esteem) * Taking care of an elderly or sick family member * Traumatic event‚ such as a natural disaster‚ theft‚ rape‚ or violence against you or
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Intro Well researched client history: Diagnoses defined: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) – Orthopnea – Acute Coronay Syndrome – Diabetes – Hypertension – Acute anxiety – Chronic depression – Past and present health status: Present: Chronically ill (see diagnoses above) Past: COPD‚ peripheral vascular disease (no surgery due to medical condition)‚ acute coronary syndrome (Jul ’08)‚ previous rt carotid endarterectomy‚ CVA‚ hypertension for many years‚ and type II diabetes for more
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strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. Everyone will encounter some sort of stress throughout their day to day lives. This is normal a perfectly healthy. Once stress becomes ongoing people begin to develop Chronic Stress. Chronic stress can lead to many health problems and while it still affects the body the same a regular stress it becomes dangerous due of long-term exposure. The question is what does stress do that can be so dangerous and lead it to be called a
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rheumatological diseases. (Hakim A.J. XXX). It can be experienced both as a result of acute injuries (dislocations‚ tendonitis etc.) and in the form of chronic pain (now frequently referred to as ‘persistent’ pain). As is the case with many other symptoms of EDS-H / JHS‚ pain rarely fits neatly into a single category. For many‚ it is a combination of both ‘chronic‘ pain and ‘acute‘ pain‚ and is‚ perhaps‚
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MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER Edited by Marie Alricsson Musculoskeletal Disorder Edited by Marie Alricsson Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9‚ 51000 Rijeka‚ Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license‚ which allows users to download‚ copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes‚ as long as the author and publisher are properly credited‚ which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider
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stressors (e.g. role strain‚ lack of control) and environmental stressors (noise‚ temperature‚ overcrowding) Chronic Stress: stressful experiences that last for a long time Acute Stress: a stressor appears and the body responds Stress is an adaptive response. There are two types of stress Chronic and Acute. The Acute response prepares the body for flight or fight response‚ where as Chronic depress the immune system and the liver releases energy. The Acute Stress Response – SAM (Sympathomedullary
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irritation or problem with any of these structures can cause lower back pain and/or pain that radiates or is referred to other parts of the body. Pain from resultant lower back muscle spasms can be severe‚ and pain from a number of syndromes can become chronic. While lower back pain is extremely common‚ the symptoms and severity of lower back pain vary greatly. A simple lower back muscle strain might be excruciating enough to necessitate an emergency room visit‚ while a degenerating disc cause only mild
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