Diseases in the Bone: |Diseases: |Cause |Symptoms |Treatment | |Osteoporosis |Loss of bone mass‚ ageing‚ bone density decrease‚ |Fracture (often first sign)‚ |Lifestyle changes – increase | | |weakened bones‚ menopause (drop in oestrogen)‚ bone |symptoms are not very |calcium intake‚ vitamin D | |
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CIRCULATORY DISEASES Name of disease Cause Symptoms Cure/Treatment/ Prevention Haemophilia Hemophilia is caused by a genetic mutation. Many large or deep bruises Joint pain and swelling caused by internal bleeding Unexplained and excessive bleeding or bruising replacement of the blood clotting factors. Sickle cell anaemia caused by a genetic abnormality in the gene for haemoglobin producing sickle haemoglobin (crescent shaped red blood cells) Shortness of breath Dizziness Headaches
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Lymphatic filariasis is known as elephantiasis‚ it is a condition that causes swelling to the lower limbs. There are three different filarial parasites that can cause Lymphatic filariasis in humans Brugia malayi‚ Brugia timori‚ and Wuchereria bancrofti. The three are transmitted by mosquitoes‚ but can be found in different places in world. Brugia malayi is found in the South and South East part of Asia. Bruges timori is found in the lesser Sunda islands of the Indonesian archipelago. Wuchereria
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Health promotion and disease prevention has always been in the forefront in the health care system. Focus has been always on the physical factors that contribute to the birth and progress of a disease. Very few researches and studies are carried out on the psychological factors that influence the adoption of health improving behaviors. Many psychological theories and models have been proposed to explain patient’s health behavior. The two studies that I have read and I use in my daily clinical practice
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Differences in Health Traditions between Three Cultures There are many different traditions among different cultures. One culture I learned about was Vietnamese culture. My friend told me that her culture does not like going to the doctor unless they are “dying”. They believe in Acupuncture and breathing in steam made of herbs and plants. They practice oriental medicine such as cupping and coining. The Vietnamese believe that these procedures take away pain and sickness. They also believe that
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Paper Topic: Role of family in health and disease Role of family in health and disease The good health of an individual primarily increases the longevity of an individual ’s life . The sphere of health has increased far beyond the concept of health system of the previous generation ‚ including exercise and well-being . In this context ‚ autonomy means the right of the patient to choose the treatment that he believes is best for him . The intimate knowledge of the family regarding the individual
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Gas Transport Page 1. Introduction The blood transports oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and other tissues throughout the body. These gases are carried in several different forms 1. dissolved in the plasma 2. chemically combined with hemoglobin 3. converted into a different molecule Page 2. Goals To explore how oxygen is transported in the blood. To explore how carbon dioxide is transported in the blood. To understand the effect of variables‚ such as PO2 and PCO2‚ on oxygen and
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this assignment is to explain a nurse’s role in relation to assisting patient’s with meeting their hygiene needs. In order to accomplish this‚ the following areas of the subject will be highlighted; why hygiene is so important and the various aspects of hygiene such as; what influences hygiene‚ assessing a patient‚ bed bathing‚ oral hygiene and eye care. Oxford dictionary describes hygiene as “the conditions or practices conductive to maintaining health and preventing disease especially through cleanliness”
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Health Line Chocolate and Heart Disease: Some Good News. The First Solid Chocolate became an available in The United States in 18th century. The First Chocolate bar appeared around 1910. In 1998 we consumed 3.3 billion pounds of chocolate or more than 12 pounds per persons (Leslie Chelsy‚ 2002). Since chocolate was valued for it stimulating effect‚ it became standard issue for the U.S. armed farces during word war II. Today‚ giving fine chocolates as an expression of love is a long standing tradition
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Cardiovascular system consists of the heart which pumping and transporting blood to the body through blood vessels which is the other part of the cardiovascular system. The blood vessels consist of veins‚ capillaries‚ and arteries. Each one of the blood vessels has a specific function such as arteries which transfer the blood from the heart to the whole body‚ and veins which have the reverse process which carries the blood back to the heart. This is a simple definition of cardiovascular system. Then this
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