Chronic Disease Paper A chronic disease is one that has symptoms that recur over and over‚ and can become better or worse over time. These types of diseases‚ “…cannot generally be cured‚ but an individual can often minimize the negative effects of a chronic disease through sane‚ healthy living and medical treatment.” (MSUcares.com‚ 2005) Diabetes is just one chronic disease that affects many people in this country. To begin‚ a brief discussion will follow describing what diabetes is‚ what risk
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Chronic Disease Management What is self-management? Self-care management is defined as the behaviour employed by an individual in managing and implementing the treatment regimen within the individual’s lifestyle routine and it recognizes an individual’s central role in managing chronic diseases (Costantini et al.‚ 2008). In sum‚ self-management is to help individuals collaborate with health care professionals to help themselves‚ by using strategies and proper interventions‚ to bring self-care
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comes to chronic diseases. Since we all know that we can safely eat a candy or even as many as thousands of candies or lay on the couch watching television day after day without seeing any immediate harmful effects‚ it can be difficult to imagine that we are slowly developing chronic diseases over time. This concept of developing diseases over time from the specific lifestyle choices that each of us makes‚ is known as chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL). It is unfortunate that these chronic diseases
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Chronic Lyme Disease All three sources go very in-depth about Lyme disease and provide a wide range of information. This paper will look specifically at the condition referred to as Chronic Lyme Disease as well as others topics surrounding the disease. I have found that there are differing views regarding factors such as the severity‚ transferral‚ treatment‚ and many others. My sources include a well accredited documentary‚ published report by Dr. Scott Taylor‚ and a website for the Center for
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Respiratory disease paper Jean Izean HCS/245 May 25‚ 2015 Tynan Mara There are various forms of respiratory disease that not only debilitate‚ but claim the lives of millions of Americans each year. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ Tuberculosis‚ Lung cancer‚ Asthma‚ emphysema‚ and bronchitis are just a few of the common respiratory infections that disrupt the functions of organs and tissues responsible for providing oxygen to the body. In this paper I will discuss Chronic obstructive
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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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Diseases of the Lungs When you breathe‚ your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day‚ you breathe nearly 25‚000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. There are numerous things that affect the lungs in a negative way. Smoking is a major contributor to these issues and it helps in no way. It destroys the lungs and intensifies any existing problem. Diseases of the Lungs Lung
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Chronic and Infectious Diseases Chronic and infectious diseases are diseases life threatening. A chronic diseases are non-communicable illnesses prolonged in duration‚ do not resolve spontaneously‚ and are rarely cured completely such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2009). However‚ an infectious disease or communicable disease is contagious and caused by a biological agent‚ such as a virus‚ bacterium‚ or parasite also known
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Interstitial lung disease covers a variety of lung conditions that cause thickening of the interstitium (lace-like network of tissue) around the alveoli of the lung‚ and is a category distinct from the obstructive airway diseases. The thickening can be due to inflammation‚ scarring‚ or extra fluid (edema). Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be an acute‚ chronic‚ short-lived‚ or irreversible condition. All forms of ILD involve fibrosis (thickening and scarring of connective tissue). The scarring
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Chronic Diseases have been highlighted by the recent Health Care Reform Bill due to its impact on U.S. health care system. Obesity‚ though‚ has been hiding in the lime-light of other chronic diseases and should be addressed. “Obesity has become a major health concern. 1 in every 3 adults is obese and almost 1 in 5 youth between the ages of 6 and 19 is obese (BMI ≥ 95th percentile of the CDC growth chart).” (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) According to Centers
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