Irritability Another Cold‚ Another Flu Lung Cancer Constricted Blood Vessels High Cholesterol Heart Disease Stained Teeth Smelly Hair Diabetes Complications Erectile Dysfunction Early Menopause Problems with Pregnancy Appetite Suppressant Coughing COPD Bronchitis Too Much Clotting Blood Cancer Yellow Fingers Wrinkly Skin Bad Teeth Infertility Cancer Connection Cervical Cancer Problems for Newborns The Effects of Smoking on the Body Tobacco smoke is enormously harmful to your health. There’s no safe
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Chukurah‚ “The main health risks in tobacco pertain to diseases of the cardiovascular system‚ in particular myocardial infarction (heart attack)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diseases of the respiratory tract such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ asthma‚ emphysema‚ and cancer” (42). Smoking may lead to many unpleasant outcomes such as heart disease‚ throat cancer‚ and lung cancer. Cancer is one of the common hazards of smoking. Cancer tends to affect most of the common uses of cigarettes
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I agree with you‚ Sue violated the patient privacy rights when she viewed and downloaded patient information for her educational use without obtaining permission from the patient. While Sue is working in the COPD clinic‚ she is only permitted to view the portion of a patient’s medical record that would be necessary for her to do her job. According to Calloway & Venegas‚ any information that is not needed by the provider to administer care to the patient is protected by The Health Insurance Portability
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ESSAY TOPIC: Air pollution: A significant cause of morbidity and mortality especially in many large cities of the developing world. ABSTRACT Ambient and indoor air pollutants have been a major source of concern all over the world‚ especially in major cities of developing countries due to increasing need for transportation‚ industrial development and fuels for household uses by an increasing population of dwellers. These pollutants‚ which majorly include particulate matter and gaseous pollutants
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Collaborative Practice The following paper is a case study of how collaboration practice has taken place for a patient in the hospital. The case study will be explained then different methods of collaborating with other disciplines will be identified. Common situations when collaborating patient care will be identified and barriers to collaborating will also be identified. Case Study An 87 year old white female was admitted to a regional hospital from her assisted living apartment
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over 4‚800 chemicals with sixty-nine known chemicals to cause cancer. Even with just one inhale all of those chemicals will enter the lungs. Cigarette smoke has been also connected to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. On top of COPD‚ cigarettes also cause the lungs to shrink and turn black‚ thus causing inability to breathe deeply and less oxygen in the blood
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being healthy and having extra money to spend‚ and not smelling like smoke all the time. 3. Major benefit to me: A list of what benefits I expect to receive after accomplishing this goal are not developing any tobacco related health problems like COPD‚ lung cancer‚ or heart disease‚ and I will be able to buy more stuff my daughter and I need. 4. Benefit to others: My family and friends will benefit by not being around second hand smoke‚ and being able to go on more family and friend activities
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personal medical information. The patient will be able to print them from home online with a pass code. I do not really have an organization right at the moment. The organization I am running is my home with my family. I have a father who has severe COPD and a daughter with several medical issues. Plus‚ I volunteer at my local school. So web technology helps me a lot know and with the internet and technology running as fast as it is will only continue to get better. I can look most any type of illness
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The number of CAP cases that needs hospitalization is higher in middle aged to older adults compared to younger adults (American Academy of Critical-Care Nurses‚ 2015). Some risk factors include weakened immune system‚ asthma‚ COPD and heart failure. Use of corticosteroids through inhalation‚ proton pump inhibitors‚ H2 receptor antagonist‚ benzodiazepines and antipsychotics could increase the chance of developing CAP (Schub & Cabrera‚ 2015). Early diagnosis and treatment by a
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asthma. 2. Diseases related to a specific occupation‚ such as asbestosis‚ coal workers pneumoconiosis‚ berylliosis‚ and farmer’s lung. II.) Common occupational lung diseases Mesothelioma Asthma Silicosis Asbestosis Sick building syndrome COPD Lung cancer III.) Diagnosis‚ Determination of cause‚ and treatment 1. Most occupational respiratory disease can be diagnosed on the basis of the history‚ x-ray film‚ and pulmonary function test. 2. Identifying the root cause that lead to the
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