Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Jenna Cottet Athletic Health Care Ms. Maull Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy First described in the year 1928 (McKee 2010)‚ Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that has been found to be the cause of retired NFL linebacker Junior Seau’s suicide. The disease deteriorated his brain and hindered his ability to think logically. Seau is not the
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12 Health Risks of Chronic Heavy Drinking Health Risks of Alcohol: 12 Health Problems Associated with Chronic Heavy Drinking Share this: Font size: AAA By David Freeman WebMD Feature Reviewed by Marina Katz‚ MD It’s no secret that alcohol consumption can cause major health problems‚ including cirrhosis of the liver and injuries sustained in automobile accidents. But if you think liver disease and car crashes are the only health risks posed by drinking‚ think again: Researchers have linked
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory lung diseases in the world. It has been suggested that COPD cases represent 95% among all cases of chronic lower lung diseases. COPD is usually represented as several lung diseases including emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and refractory asthma. Since COPD is a chronic disease‚ it may have an effect on patients especially on their health related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL is defined as the discernments
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Use of multiple medications in the same patients (Polypharmacy) nowadays is a common practice all over the world to treat chronic disorders like diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. These practices are acceptable to treat single and multiple disorders‚ which occur simultaneously. Polypharmacy sometimes unavoidable. Recently‚ the standard of healthcare in most chronic conditions achieved by given that multiple drug therapy. The comorbidities of diabetes usually contain hypertension‚ dyslipidemia
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Pain Management in the Elderly Pain is a complex‚ subjective‚ and unpleasant sensation derived from sensory stimuli and modified by memory‚ expectations and emotions (Merck & Co.‚ Inc.‚ 1995). It is a multidimensional and universally experienced phenomenon‚ however‚ the reactions and sensitivity to pain varies widely among individuals‚ especially for the geriatric population (65 years and older). Pain is a common experience for many elderly individuals that has negative consequences on their
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My graduation year marks my tenth year living with chronic hives. The allergic reactions started when I was seven and immediately the doctors put me on a prescription antihistamine. Living with chronic hives is hard. Today I take three different high-dosage prescriptions with almost impossible to overcome side effects ranging from extreme drowsiness to hallucinations. The worst of the condition arrived sophomore year when my hives worsened as reactions appeared even after taking my medicine. I went
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How do skin receptors’ distribution change one’s reaction to pain in different areas of your body? Aim: Our senses are responsible for receiving information in the outside environment and sending it to our central nervous system‚ where this information is then interpreted. Organs such as the skin‚ known as sense organs‚ have specific neurons named receptors‚ which are each responsible for responding to specific types of stimulus. The receptors responsible for identifying our sense of touch are distributed
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Pain is a subjective experience and unpleasant sensation that associated with tissue impairment (Ogino et al.‚ 2007). Post-operative pain is a commonly actual post-operative complication of most general surgeries (Abdalrahim et al.‚ 2011). Therefore‚ Evelyn is likely to have pain due to the surgical tissue trauma and the replacement of the knee joint. Post-operative pain is a major concern during the recovery of patients because pain is a distressing symptom‚ poorly controlled pain may contribute
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Dr. Dvorak Philosophy of Religion November 5‚ 2004 Pain and Suffering: A Biblical Perspective There are fundamental flaws with regards to pain and suffering and how religion attempts to defines its inception. The Quran states that "True‚ there is Pain and suffering at the terminal end of an illness‚ but we believe there is reward from God for those who patiently persevere in suffering" (39:10 and 31:17‚ par. 2). On two occasions‚ according to the Gospels‚ Jesus had the opportunity to explain
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live as well as possible while they manage their illness. This assignment discusses the principles of chronic‚ complex and palliative care. It will also looks at the assessment and management strategies in chronic‚ complex and palliative care. Furthermore‚ this will look at case study of 70 year old man diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the right lung. The topics to be covered in this case study are nursing history of the client‚ nursing assessment‚ assessment tools and list of care priorities on
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