● What disorder did you choose to write about? • I chose to write about a disorder called Ankylosing Spondylitis. Arthritis of the hips and spine is caused by a chronic inflammatory disease known as Ankylosing Spondylitis. This disorder typically begins in the second and third decade and typically occurs in men. ● Which part of the axial skeleton does this disorder affect? • Ankylosing spondylitis affects different parts of the axial skeleton such as your hips (where the spine joins the
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Marjorie McBurney SOC 313 Tara Jempty January 27‚ 2013 Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease- meaning the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues including the joints in the wrists‚ fingers‚ knees‚ ankles‚ and feet as well as causing damage to the lungs‚ arteries‚ blood vessels‚ spinal cord and heart (Falvo‚ 2009). Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease characterized by periods of flares and remissions (NIAMS‚ 2009)
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Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime The word “delinquency” is a strong word and when people hear it they get scared. Juvenile delinquency is occurs when a juvenile’s behavior is in violation of criminal law‚ juvenile status offenses‚ and other juvenile misconducts. On the other hand‚ status offenses are those misconducts committed or engaged by a juvenile and that can be presented in a juvenile court. Status offenses are those offenses illegal for a certain group of people‚ in
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reasons for hip joint discomfort are muscle pulls‚ and fractures both immediately of the bones worried in the joint or to the femur and stress fractures which occur due to over use of the joint chiefly by using athletes or sportspersons. Many types of arthritis may additionally cause hip suffering as they are able to infect tissues and muscle tissues and likewise injury the brusaes to restrict smooth action of femur in the acetabulum and of muscles and
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adolescents (averaging age 12) than in adults. Forty to ninety percent of patients are juvenile and have non-specific symptoms to SLE (Baqai & Ioannou‚ 2012). Although it is not common‚ men can also develop SLE. Men tend to develop lupus when it is induced by a drug which is known as DILE. Symptoms found in men tend to be less severe than women. For example‚ Bernknopf et al. (2011) stated‚ men tend to develop less arthritis pain than
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Edna is a 70-year-old widowed women that is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. It would be ideal that the therapy recommendation be easy to read. Edna’s old age has caused her eyesight to worsen‚ making it hard for her to read small print. Not only should the font be larger‚ it is important that the therapy recommendation is understandable and visually appealing. Edna is not up to date on medical terminology‚ so she often has her pharmacist explain complicated medical terminology in an accessible
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Republic of the Philippines NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY Main Campus 1‚ Dumaguete City COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES Case Presentation on: GOUTY ARTHRITIS Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements in Medicine Ward Rotation Submitted to: Mrs. Girlie M. Odonel‚ BSN – RN‚ MAN Clinical Instructor Submitted by: Ian S. Asentista Ma. Rofel L. Cortez Janna Agnes C. Duran Eden A. Manuales Karla Regina M. Reporas Romeo Evan T. Tuban
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you can use to be able to aid lower‚ or utterly do away with the discomfort. You need to use ordinary dietary supplements‚ or you could follow different varieties of treatment so one can confidently help to get rid of some of your aches and pains. Arthritis is without doubt one of the fundamental factors of this ache‚ and it influences so many persons around the world. Probably the most common type is osteoarthritis‚ and despite the fact that it can be debilitating‚ there are quite a lot of matters
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that people with an especially HLA complex which means human leukocyte antigen‚ are more likely to develop it. A good illustration of it is other autoimmune disorders may caused by such complexes‚ such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ ankylosing spondylitis‚ or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (Smith‚ 2010). The second factor is a viral infection which may affects the disease by attacking immune system. For instance‚ Kamiah (2010) states that a series of diseases from gastrointestinal problems to myocarditis
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Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis can occur in many joints in the body including shoulders‚ knees‚ ankles and the hips. As the disease carries on‚ there is an increase in the damage to cartilage and bone. People with Rheumatoid Arthritis have a higher chance of developing anaemia due to a decrease in the red blood cell production. Rheumatoid Arthritis increases the risk of inflammation of the lining of the lungs which overtime can lead
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