Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s is a disease that causes memory loss and cognitive decline. It is a neurological disorder and a neurodegenerative type of dementia due to the disease getting progressively worse. From a study done in the Unites States in 2010‚ researchers came to an estimated 4.7 million people‚ who were 65 years or older‚ had Alzheimer’s disease. The a 2013 statistical report‚ by the Alzheimer’s Association‚ just over 1/10th of people 65 years or older have Alzheimer’s. When you are
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list Nephritis‚ Nephrotic Syndrome‚ and Nephrosis as number nine in the top ten leading causes of death among Hispanic Americans (Hispanic or Latino Populations‚ 2015). Each of these conditions is a type of kidney disease in which the kidneys cannot 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
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Unknown Organism Report Unknown Organism # 4 Klebsiella pneumonia Klebsiella pneumonia has a rod gram stain with the agar slant cultural characteristics being slimy‚ white‚ somewhat translucent‚ raised growth. It is small gram-negative coccobacilli that can cause lobar pneumonia. The litmus milk reaction is acid‚ gas‚ and curd with a variable reaction. Klebsiella can grow either in the presence or absence of oxygen because of its nature of being a facultative anaerobe. Oxygen is a preferred energy
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Article Review: Lyme Disease HCS 457 September‚ 2012 Professor Michelle Clemmons Article Review The World Health Organization defines “Health education as any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health‚ by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes” (WHO‚ 2012‚ p. 2). The best weapon in preventing a disease outbreak is community action and education. Articles are published to provide valuable information regarding past
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Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Tiara Graham Linn Benton Community College Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Patient Description Patient is a Caucasian 83 year old female that came into the emergency department from Wynwood assisted living facility with an increase of fatigue‚ worsening confusion and a 1 day history of a fever. Patient weighs approximately 90 pounds upon admission with a height of 64 inches. Patient has known COPD and is a former heavy
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as pneumonia that develops 48 hours or longer after patients has intubated and received mechanical ventilation. An infection may develop if microscopic organisms or germs invade the intubation of the patient’s lower respiratory tract and lung parenchyma (Koenig‚ S. M.‚ 2006). According to the 2009 National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) report‚ the accountability for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) preventions includes hospital’s CEO and senior
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Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. |Circulatory Disease |Disease Description | |Heart Disease |Heart disease involves the heart‚ and usually blood vessels. The different types
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Can pneumonia affect my unborn child? A disease of one or both the lungs refers to Pneumonia. The significant reasons for pneumonia are germs like microscopic organisms‚ infection‚ and parasites. The alveoli (air sacs) of an infected individual’s lungs are expanded with liquids or discharge. Pneumonia spreads in a few ways. The virus and bacteria found in airborne droplets transmitted because of coughing and sneezing‚ when breathed in can cause pneumonia. It is additionally transmitted through blood
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Research Paper A vitamin is a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body. Vitamin C is one of the most basic vitamins we humans use and need‚ experts say it’s the safest most efficient nutrient. It helps with protection against immune system deficiencies‚ cardiovascular diseases‚ eye diseases and even skin wrinkling. But where can we find this vitamin? Well‚ many beverages
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