About 100‚000 people in the UK die each year due to smoking. Smoking-related deaths are mainly due to cancers‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart disease. About half of all smokers die from smoking-related diseases. If you are a long-term smoker‚ on average‚ your life expectancy is about 10 years less than a non-smoker. and in the UK about 8 in 10 non-smokers live past the age of 70‚ but only about half of long-term smokers live past 70. The younger you are when you start smoking‚
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a slow and progressive obstruction of the airways. There are two categories of COPD. These are emphysema‚ a condition where there is abnormal and permanent destruction and enlargement of the alveoli. Chronic bronchitis is a productive cough and inflammation of the bronchi and other lung changes. Smoking and second hand smoke exposure are the main contributors to this disease. Other contributing factors can be environmental air pollution and genetics
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R.S. has smoked for many years and has developed chronic bronchitis‚ a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He also has a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial vascular disease. His arterial blood gas (ABG) values are pH = 7.32‚ PaCO2 = 60 mm Hg‚ PaO2 = 50 mm Hg‚ HCO3- = 30 mEq/L. His hematocrit is 52% with normal red cell indices. He is using an inhaled ß2 agonist and theophylline to manage his respiratory disease. At this clinic visit‚ it is noted on a chest x-ray
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Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by symptoms such as difficulty breathing‚ wheezing‚ coughing‚ and tightness in the chest. If the asthma symptoms are triggered by exposure to chemicals or other substances on the job‚ the condition is called occupational asthma (Tarlo & Lemiere‚ 2014). The symptoms of OA may begin within 24 hours of the exposure or after a latency period of weeks to months. They generally subside on weekends and holidays if the disease is true occupational asthma. Occupational
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physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial‚ or job loss crisis. Chronic homelessness is when a person has a disabling condition and have been continuously homeless for at least a year‚ or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three
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A “Chronic Headache” is a headache that occurs 15 or more days in a month [3]. Chronic headaches may not be fully cured but can be well managed and controlled using various clinical and non-clinical methods [39]. Different types of headaches [64] have different symptomatic characteristics [3]. Individuals may have single or multiple types of chronic headaches at the same time. A headache attack occurs due to changes in the headache patient’s “internal” and/or “external” environment [31]. An example
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Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms‚ reversible airflow obstruction‚ and bronchospasm. Common symptoms include wheezing‚ coughing‚ chest tightness‚ and shortness of breath. Asthma is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Its diagnosis is usually based on the pattern of symptoms‚ response to therapy over time. In severe cases hospitalization can be required. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
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from these products is a complex mixture of chemicals produced by the burning of tobacco and its additives. The smoke is made up of more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including over 60 known to cause cancer. Some of these substances cause heart and lung diseases too‚ and all of them can be deadly. Tobacco smoke also contains tar and the poison gases carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide. The ingredient that produces the effect people are looking for is nicotine‚ an addictive drug and one of the harshest chemicals
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Case study: 1. With regard to the normal ageing process. Discuss expected changes that may occur. A. The Musculo-skeletal system? Aging changes in the musculoskeletal system can lead to decreased mobility‚ increase in pain‚ lower activity‚ the ability to maintain strength and co-ordination. Regular exercise can maintain strength and function and help reduce risk of falls‚ reduce pain and help the older person in maintaining levels of independence. The Musculo-skeletal is made up of
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