The most common name for Osteoarthritis is “Arthritis”. Millions of people are diagnosed with it all over the world. It starts when the protective cartilage that is located on the end of the bones starts to wear down and it causes it to rub on the muscle. Even though it can damage any part of the body that is bones or joints it mainly happens on the hands‚ knees ‚ hips and spine. Some background information for Osteoarthritis is “subdivided by the cause into either idiopathic or secondary forms
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The Skeleton is made up of 206 bones. There are two sections in the skeleton‚ the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton supports the head‚ neck and torso‚ and the appendicular supports the limbs and attaches the limbs to the rest of the body. There are five types of bones in the body‚ short bones‚ long bones‚ flat bones‚ irregular bones‚ and sesamoid bones. The skeleton has many functions. It supports the body and gives the body its shape. It allows movement to occur. The
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Osteosarcoma‚ what is it? What does it do? How can we stop it? If we are unable to stop it how do we treat it? First‚ what is it? Well‚ Osteosarcoma is a kind of cancer that affects the bones. It normally starts in the leg bones and spreads throughout the body and can get as far as the nose or nasal canal. Some symptoms of Osteosarcoma are pain‚swelling‚ and bone fractures as stated by the American Cancer Society: “Pain in the affected bone (usually around the knee or in the upper arm) is the
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Osteoporosis‚ Osteoarthritis‚ and Muscular Atrophy Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis are both diseases of the bone. Osteoporosis actually means “porous bones” and is a problem with bones where there isn’t enough calcium in them to give them strength. This is because the bone cells aren’t being reproduced as fast as the bone is aging or deteriorating which causes the bones to become fragile. This can happen because of loss of calcium in the bone‚ or a problem with the calcium being absorbed correctly
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patient is 82yrs old female weight 200lbs and height 62inches. Patient’s admitting diagnosed are hypertension‚ glaucoma‚ osteoporosis‚ insomnia and anxiety. For hypertension patient taking carvedilol tab 3.125mg by mouth every two hours is beta blocker. Beta blocker affect the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins). Coreg is used to treat heart failure and hypertension (high blood pressure). It is also used after a heart attack that has caused your heart not to pump as
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to the emergency room where X rays revealed that the neck of her femur was fractured. A bone scan revealed reduced bone mass in the head and neck regions of the injured femur‚ in other long bones of the body and in the vertebrae‚ suggestive of osteoporosis. Surgery was required to repair the femur‚ and a biopsy of the bone tissue revealed that the composition of the osteoid is normal. Healing of the fracture is proceeding slowly. 1. Identify and describe the cells and functions of the cells of
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Fracture Liaison Service - Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)‚ the gold standard in fracture care‚ plays a significant role in diagnosing‚ assessing‚ and treating osteoporosis in patients over the age of 50 who have a fracture. Improved access to DXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) scanning‚ which evaluates bone density‚ and pharmacological treatment support through a FLS can help lower the risk of additional fractures. In most circumstances‚ patients are referred to or identified by a FLS‚ which
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and thin which causes breaking and fractures. Osteoporosis is caused when new bone formation can not keep up with the removal of the old bone. Women are most at risk for osteoporosis after menopause‚ but people of any color and men can also have the disease. Symptoms of osteoporosis included back pain (because of collapsed vertebra). The most notable sign is the loss of height over time. Doctors diagnosis someone who may think they have osteoporosis by testing their bone density in a machine. This
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I have decided to focus on one main disease. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes the bones to become brittle and weak. This is due to the extensive loss of bone marrow. It is thought of to be the thinning of the bones. The cause of this disease is poorly understood‚ but it is believed that the bone remodeling process is interrupted by this disease. Fortunately‚ the disease is treatable‚ and can be treated with osteoporosis medications. Osteoporosis tends to result in fractures to the wrist‚ hip
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and muscle health. Not maintaining strong bones can lead to bone diseases‚ such as‚ osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Poor muscle health can result in muscular atrophy. For example‚ Edith‚ who is an 84-year-old thin‚ small boned‚ white female suffers from all three of those diseases. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by a significant decrease in bone mass (Hans‚ 2008). People‚ like Edith‚ with osteoporosis experience faster bone breakdown than bone regrowth. Many factors influence this breakdown
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