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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we know‚ color blindness. · Causes: · Inherited: when you don ’t have a cone cell/ don ’t work right. May not see one of 3 basic colors. · Present At Birth · Aging · Eye Problems: such as glaucoma‚ cataracts‚ macular degeneration‚ or diabetic retinopathy · injury to the eye · side effects of some medicines · disease Frequency In Populations: · 1/12 men 93% of having normal vision · 1/200 women 99.5% to have normal · 5-8% of men & .5% women are born colorblind Main Types: · L
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Donna Curtis October 13‚ 2012 Nursing 155 Diabetes Assignment 1. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the result of the pancreas being unable to produce adequate amounts of insulin and the resistance of cells to insulin. This results in glucose remaining in the blood and not being taken up by the cells leading to hyperglycemia. Because of insulin’s role in the stimulation of the synthesis of protein and the storage of fatty acids in adipose tissue‚ inadequate amounts of insulin also reduces nutrients that
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daily insulin injections‚ controlled diet‚ exercise and close monitoring of blood glucose levels in order to lead a relatively normal life. Diabetic patients are having difficulty in functioning on their daily lives. In the verge of hunger‚ they won’t be able to control their food
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patient feels each day. • Because the body doesn’t produce any insulin (insulin dependence)‚ juvenile diabetes will continue into adulthood. • Usually diagnosed in childhood but can occur at any age. • Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to issues such as diabetic ketoacidosis‚ heart and kidney disease‚ and more. Demographic & Health Statistics • Type 1 diabetes affects 1.25 million individuals including: • One million adults over the age of 20 and 200‚000 children and adolescents. • By 2050‚ nearly 5 million
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Exercise for Diabetics Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination)‚ polydipsia (increased thirst)‚ and polyphagia (increased hunger). There are three main types of diabetes mellitus (DM). Type 1 DM results from the body’s failure to produce insulin
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Health Promotion Identify and describe a public health initiative in your area and ways in which the LAS could potentially link in with this. What is Health Promotion? Health Promotion started from the Ottawa Charter which in 1986 set out the concept alongside five key areas of action‚ which are Building Health Public Policy‚ Creating Supportive Environments‚ Strengthening Community Action‚ Developing Personal Skills and Reorienting Health Services. (Practical Health Promotion 2008) The World
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clearly (high contrast)‚ but have trouble seeing the contours of the mountains against the sky in the background (low contrast). Poor Contrast sensitivity also can be a symptom of certain eye conditions or diseases such as cataract glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy. Changes in Contrast sensitivity also can occur after lasik‚ PRK and other types of refractive surgery. For example‚ sometimes a person who has LASIK may be able to see 20/20 after the procedure but complains of poor night vision. This could
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Nahshon Brown 11/16/11 Human Anatomy 5th Period Cataracts What is Cataracts if you may ask? A cataract is an eye disease in which the natural lens of the eye gradually degrades the visual quality. The natural lens sits behind the colorful part of the eye known as the iris in the area known as the pupil‚ which cannot be seen unless it becomes very cloudy. This is crucial‚ because the lens plays a significant role in focusing a
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CLC: Health Promotion Presentation Juvenile Diabetes (Type I) Juvenile Diabetes Type 1 • Definition: Type 1 diabetes aka Juvenile Diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes‚ is usually diagnosed in children or young adults. It is a chronic condition where the pancreas produces little or no insulin‚ which is a hormone the body needs to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy (Type 1 diabetes‚ 2015). The state of starvation in the midst of plenty • Pathophysiology: occurs when there is
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