Informative Speech Manuscript Crystal Davis SPC 1608 Section 3675 Friday April 5‚ 2013 Professor: Dr. Camesha Manzueta Good afternoon. How many of you have heard of asthma or even COPD? Pretty much everyone. Now how many of you have heard of alpha 1 deficiency also known simply as alpha 1? There aren’t many that have. I’m going to inform you about it today. You will learn what it is‚ what causes it‚ what a patient with alpha 1 deficiency goes through and what can be done for that patient
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Peripheral Vascular Disease I. Definition of the disease A. Peripheral Arterial Disease 1. Atherosclerotic: a. Atheroma consisting of a core of cholesterol joined to proteins with a fibrous intravascular covering i. Gradual progression ii. Segmental progression 2. Nonatherosclerotic: a. Inflammatory and thrombotic process of arteries unrelated to atherosclerosis i. Faster progression than atherosclerotic disease II. Etiology/pathogenesis A. Atherosclerotic 1. Risk factors a. Age
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review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of arthritis‚ and the three
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will be enclosed. The author is a registered general nurse who works both in the acute hospital environment and the community setting. Spirometry is performed to confirm that patients have airway obstruction it also assists with the monitoring of disease progression‚ with the assessment of the patients response to therapy and helps the practitioner decide on appropriate treatment/ pharmacological pathways for the individual patient. Spirometry is also performed on all COPD patients that are referred
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Asthma is a chronic condition in which many Americans are faced with. Asthma‚ also called bronchial asthma‚ affects over 3 million people a year‚ making it a very common condition. Asthma symptoms affect an estimated 26 million Americans‚ 19 million being adults and 7 million being children. Asthma is a condition where a person’s airways become inflamed‚ narrow and swell‚ and produce extra mucus‚ which makes it difficult to breathe. It can be minor and it can interfere with daily activities. In some
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Chronic infection with HCV is a major cause of liver disease and liver cancer worldwide (4) . In recent years‚ HCV infection has emerged as a major health problem in Egypt. It shows a strikingly high prevalence and was found to be the most important cause of chronic liver disease in Egypt (Reker and Islam‚2014).Chronic HCV infection has been associated with a variety of extra-hepatic disorders‚ in which either immunological or cytopathic mechanisms are likely to play a role. For a few of these conditions
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intervention that is made to fit each situation in clinical practice related to chronic conditions. It is also becoming one of the interventions that look promising in changing the heightened statistics of those experiencing chronic conditions. By lessening and improving chronic care‚ self-management has become a topic of study (Bos-Touwen et al. 2015). As an assistant in nursing caring for the aged population‚ I was able to witness chronic conditions. Since being exposed to this‚ I see that there is a wide
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Living with chronic illness Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is difficult‚ and almost certainly means some major changes in your life. You can adjust to living with a chronic illness by getting good info‚ and talking to people - doctors‚ counsellors‚ or other people living with the illness. This could be for you if... you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with a chronic illness you’re struggling to adjust to living with a chronic illness ou want tactics to help you live with
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Chronic Illness and Sexuality 1. If the patient doesn’t bring up any concerns about their sexuality‚ why should the doctor bother to ask? a. It is the role of the health care professional to create and maintain a trustworthy environment in which the patient feels comfortable enough to bring up these concerns (Odey‚ 2009). Doctors and nurses also must realize that sexual health is a large part of every person’s holistic health and must be addressed at some point during the visit‚ whether the patient
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elect either mild‚ moderate‚ or severe persistent asthma (p. 918-928). In your initial post: Despite of the advances in medical therapy‚ millions of Americans continue to suffer from asthma; a respiratory disorder defined‚ by chronic inflammation airways and characterized by presence of persistent cough‚ shortness of breath‚ and wheezing that commonly occurs after exposure to a stimulus. The severity‚ of this respiratory ailment varies from patient to patient‚ and its classification( mild‚ moderate
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