Pain reported by a patient is known as subjective data. Based on the person’s location of pain and type of pain can greatly affect the patients performance of daily activities‚ sleep patterns‚ and engaging in social activities (Treas‚ Wilkinson‚ 2014). In this scenario the 60-year-old African-American female with metastatic ovarian cancer is experiencing chronic pain. This pain would be defined as the patient experiencing visceral pain. Visceral pain activates deep internal pain receptors that are
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Essay There are several types of cancer plaguing our world today‚ but breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females. Breast cancer accounts for 16% of all female cancers and 22.9% of invasive cancers in women. But breast cancer can also affect men. 18.2% of all cancer deaths worldwide‚ including males and females‚ are caused by breast cancer. According to the “National Cancer Institute”‚ 232‚340 female breast cancers and 2‚240 male breast cancers
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Multisystem Failure Homeostasis and Pain Management Western Governors University When patient’s present to an emergency department in multisystem failure many factors contribute to the way the nurse will perform. In an emergency situation when a patient presents it involves quick assessment‚ complex observation‚ and decision making to assess the patient homeostasis level‚ pain management‚ and oxygenation. It is the nurse’s duty to prioritize what needs to be done for the patient in
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ABSTRACT Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia‚ also known as Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a type of cancer that affects the blood and the bone marrow. What is a bone marrow? Bone marrow is the soft tissue in the center of the bones that helps to form all blood cells. In CML‚ the bone marrow produces too many white cells‚ called granucolytes or myeloid cells. These cells‚ some of the times called blasts or leukemia blasts‚ gradually crowd the bone marrow‚ interfering and destroying the normal blood cell
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and caught it‚ but as I was catching it‚ I didn’t know she was going to kick it. When I was on the ground holding the ball‚ she made the kick‚ but instead of kicking the ball‚ she kicked my nose with the bottom part of her cleat. As I was groaning in pain‚ I let go of the ball and she scored. Although she made a goal‚ it didn’t count because she kicked the ball while I had it in my arms when she’s not supposed to. The referee wanted me to sit out because I got kicked pretty bad‚ but I wanted to keep
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itching that occurs over a longer period of time is referred to as "chronic". The itching might occur by itself or along with various other symptoms. It may also be associated with a number of different types of cancer‚ including: • AIDs • Leukemia • Hodgkin’s disease • Lymphoma • Kaposi’s sarcoma • Renal failure • Liver metastases • And some antibiotics Acute Itching When this type of itching
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Braces: A Pain In The Ass One out of three children or teenagers will have to live through their "rites of passage years" as a prisoner of their own orthodonist. Puberty is burdened enough by zit and acne battles‚ awkward growth spurts‚ and raging evil hormones. Braces add additional torture to this already hellish time to both parent and child. A life with braces is far more humilating‚ painful‚ and expensive than living with buck teeth‚ gaps‚ or a snarled tooth. Mental scars remain
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PAIN MANAGEMENT Definition of Pain Pain is defined as localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (as a disease or an injury) also basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious agent or stimulus‚ received by naked nerve ending‚ characterized by physical discomfort (pricking‚ throbbing‚ aching) and typically leading to evasive action. Definition of Pain Management Pain management is defined as the process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pathophysiology
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effectively filter wastes from the blood. Chronic Kidney Disease‚ or CKD‚ can lead to many severe health problems. Because the kidneys filter the blood‚ CKD can cause the body to retain fluid that can lead to swelling‚ high blood pressure‚ or fluid in the lungs (National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet 2014‚ 2014). CKD can also cause potassium levels to rise to dangerous levels which inhibit the beating of the heart which can lead to death (National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet 2014‚ 2014). The
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services over the past few years due to growing number of chronic conditions [1]. A chronic condition (e.g. chronic headache‚ diabetes etc) can be any long term illness or condition that impacts one’s quality of life functionally and socially. It is estimated that chronic headaches affect 4% to 5% of the general population [2]. The focus of my research is to help patients use computing technologies who are living with chronic headache. Chronic headache patients have frequent headaches at an average
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