Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult. It is progressive which means it gets worse over time if left untreated. In COPD‚ less air flows in and out of the airways because of one of the following: the airways and air sacs lose their elastic quality‚ the walls between many of the air sacs are destroyed‚ the walls of the airways become thick and inflamed and/ or the airways make more mucus than usual. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/
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Communicable Disease Paper Communicable disease‚ “is an infectious disease transmissible‚ (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011‚ p. 1). Understanding how communicable diseases are spread is important in reducing the significant affliction of disease in low income communities across the United States and increase prevention‚ awareness‚ and safety. The objective of this
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Communicable Disease Paper HCS 457 10/24/2011 Racheline Napier Communicable Disease Paper Your 17 year old daughter has a new boyfriend that you have been dreading this for such a long time. They are spending way too much time together and as a parent you feel it is time to step in. You go to your daughters’ room to find that she is miserable‚ no he did not break up with her‚ she has had a fever for most of the week‚ she complains of a sore throat and just really not feeling well. You
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Culture and Disease Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS/245 In the following individual assignment of the cultural and disease paper I have selected to write about diabetes. I have always been interested about the disease; I have known that there are three different types or levels to this disease‚ type one type two and type three. The
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Parkinson’s disease is second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease (Bellman‚ 2017; Delamarre & Meissner‚ 2017; Hawley‚ Armstrong‚ & Weiner‚ 2014; Palacios et al.‚ 2017). Approximately 80‚000 Australians including 27‚000 Victorians are living with Parkinson’s at present (Parkinson’s Disease Society of Victoria (Parkinson’s Victoria)‚ 2017). In this essay‚ author will discuss different risk factors‚ pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease. Author will also discuss different
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Chronic Disease Paper A chronic disease is one that has symptoms that recur over and over‚ and can become better or worse over time. These types of diseases‚ “…cannot generally be cured‚ but an individual can often minimize the negative effects of a chronic disease through sane‚ healthy living and medical treatment.” (MSUcares.com‚ 2005) Diabetes is just one chronic disease that affects many people in this country. To begin‚ a brief discussion will follow describing what diabetes is‚ what risk
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"A Student Nurse ’s Bibliography on Pneumonia" Early Intervention for the Pneumonia Patient: An Emergency Department Triage Protocol Preventing Nosocomial Pneumonia I. Background/Rationale Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that causes an inflammation of the lung parenchyma commonly caused by microbial agents such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. The disease is acquired through inhalation of the microorganism in respiratory droplets‚ as well as aspiration of secretions
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease is a foot deformity‚ it is a very high arched foot. People who have this disease can also have numb feet. CMT the peripheral nerves‚ which are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. There are more than 80 kinds of CMT. Each kind is caused by a different kind of mutation‚ and more causes are being discovered every year. CMT is one kind of neuropathy which means that peripheral nerves are damaged. This disease affects about 2.8 million people worldwide. Some of the
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 Mark Greeder February 16‚ 2013 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ COPD‚ is a trending disease that is a common lung disease. Smoking is the leading cause of COPD but being a smoker does not mean that you will get COPD. Chronic bronchitis‚ emphysema‚ and asthma are obstructive diseases that impair breathing and cause symptoms related
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Eric Zhong D17C 10/14/11 Infectious Disease (Extra credit paper) Infectious Disease - A disease caused by a microorganism or other agent‚ such as a bacterium‚ fungus‚ or virus‚ which enters the body of an organism. Chickenpox (Varicella Zoster infection) The cause of chickenpox is caused by a virus called Varicella Zoster. Varicella Zoster is one of 8 herpes viruses knows to infect people it’s common for kids but more dangerous for adults. It is known to spread mostly to kids at the
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