The bad kind of stress is called distress. Acute stress is your body’s immediate reaction to a new challenge‚ event‚ or demand. Episodic acute stress is when acute stress happens frequently. People who are pessimistic tend to have acute stress. Chronic stress is stress that is constant and doesn’t go away. When you feel anxious or in danger‚ your body produces hormones such as cortisol. This hormone may cause you to get sweaty palms and have rapid or shallow breathing. Stress hormones are released
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to throw him off your trail. Metaphorically‚ of course. Sorry for the short tangent‚ as I was saying before‚ I fall in love with the wrong people constantly. I fall fast and hard. And I heal slowly and painfully. I consider it to be a disorder‚ Chronic Love Sick Syndrome. I’ll think of a better name later. Anyway‚ this syndrome causes me to fall in love too quickly and never fails to leave me in heartbreak.
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Acute VS Chronic Leukemia Eric Strole University of Phoenix COM/155 Wendy Schmidt Aug 10‚ 2013 Cancer is one of the most catastrophic and debilitating diseases known to mankind. There have been many types of cancer that have been discovered over the years. Most people that have had cancer undergo chemotherapy‚ radiation‚ or both. Leukemia is one of the most feared types of cancer. “Leukemia is cancer of the blood or bone marrow. It is classified by an abnormal increased
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Home Care and Lung Disease According to WebMD‚ lung diseases are among the most common medical conditions on the planet with tens of millions of seniors impacted in the United States‚ alone. Lung disease is not one singular malady. It refers to any number of medical conditions that limit the amount of oxygen that is transferred to and from the lungs. The most common and well-known lung diseases are tuberculosis‚ emphysema‚ lung cancer‚ asthma‚ COPD‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and pneumonia. The majority
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Chronic illness plagues countless people all over the world. Moreover‚ chronic illness acts as a hindrance to the overall well-being of an aging population. Although chronic illnesses may be debilitating‚ people can experience extended periods of wellness. During these periods of reprieve‚ people can continue to lead fruitful and rewarding lives. This discussion board will explain what wellness in chronic illness means from my personal perspective. Chronic illness can be used interchangeably
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Research paper Lyme disease is a tick-borne systemic infection cause by a spiral organism‚ Borrelia burgdorferi‚ characterized by neurologic‚ joint‚ and cardiac manifestations. Lyme disease is carried by a tiny tick. It begins with a bite and a rash that can be so slight‚ you may not even notice. However the consequences can be serious‚ sometimes even fatal. Lyme disease can create symptoms that mimic a wide variety of other diseases‚ ranging from juvenile arthritis to multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer’s
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The Role of Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure In 1988 Sir James Whyte Black was honored with a Nobel Prize for medicine for his efforts in the discovery of the beta blocker propanolol and the histamine receptor agonist cimetidine. Beta blockers were originally developed to treat angina pectoris but were discovered to also treat hypertension‚ tachycardia‚ an myocardial infarctions. The discovery of propanolol was said to be the greatest discovery since digitalis. The mechanism
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Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease is a disease that affects between 500‚000-700‚000 people nationwide. Crohn’s disease was named after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn who first described the disease in 1932. He described Crohn’s disease as a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. This disease belongs to a larger group of conditions referred to as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). Crohn’s disease causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract which leads to abdominal pain‚
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Addison’s Disease Rachel Phelps Addison’s disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ hypocortisolism or hypocorticism) is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones . It may develop in children as well as adults‚ and may occur as the result of a large number of underlying causes. The condition is named after Dr Thomas Addison‚ the British physician who first described the condition in his 1855 On the Constitutional and Local
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Introduction: The world is full of happiness and sadness. Diseases can affect our lives badly if we can’t deal with it in a correct way. Some diseases are dangerous while the others are not. (1) In the past‚ the medical scientist discovered an illness called Nervous Exhaustion. Nowadays‚ the name of this disease has been changed into "Chronic fatigue syndrome. This syndrome is one of the most complicated disorder that may hit the nervous system of anybody‚ and it has symptoms‚ possible causes
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