HOW DOES DISEASE AFFECT THE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION? * THE KIDNEY There are two kidneys‚ each about the size of a fist‚ located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage. Each kidney contains up to a million functioning units called nephrons. A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus attached to a tubule. When blood enters the glomerulus‚ it is filtered and the remaining fluid then passes along the tubule. In the tubule‚ chemicals and
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Chronic illness is a term applied to a broad range of diseases that is long lasting in its effects and that vary greatly both in their essential characteristics and the ways in which they affect a family system and its adaptive functioning. Every family is a balanced system and after learning of a member’s chronic illness‚ a family will experience some loss of equilibrium. The illness can cause emotional distress throughout‚ impair the ability to properly support the member and particularly if each
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Periodontal disease refers to the inflammatory processes that occur within tissues close the teeth in response to microorganism accumulations or plaque on the teeth‚ it’s characterized by loss of bone‚ collagen support of affected teeth. It’s well established that supragingival plaque is that the explanation for gingivitis and plays a primary role in the initiation of periodontal disease. Chronic periodontitis‚ once called as "adult periodontitis" or "chronic adult periodontitis"‚ is that the most
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The size of an international market affects a firm’s willingness to invest in R&D to build competitive advantage Larger markets usually offer higher potential returns and thus pose less risk for a firm’s investment (which leads to our second point) 4 Benefits of International Strategy 2. Return on Investment Large investment projects may require global markets to justify the capital outlays (Ex. Pharmaceutical R&D) Weak patent protection in some countries implies that firms should
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Pain that is experienced by any individual for a period of six months or more‚ disabling‚ thereby interfering with physical function is known as chronic pain. According to research‚ nurses are better able to relate with a chronic pain sufferer if they themselves suffer from chronic pain or has in time past being a victim to this “evil”. Patients with chronic pain feel under pressure to prove that the pain they experience is real when they interact with health professionals. They feel a responsibility
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more important than preserving the breath of life? (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: It Takes Your Breath way 1-4). Emphysema is increasing in the United States‚ Canada and other developed countries primarily because of cigarette smoking. It is almost entirely a disease of adults. Here are some demographics on the disease. About 12 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with the disease as of 2009; however‚ many doctors believe emphysema
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Chronic inflammation has been shown to be a consistent pre-cursor to many metabolic diseases‚ such as obesity‚ fatty liver disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ insulin resistance‚ type II diabetes‚ degenerative disorders such as dementia‚ airway disease and some cancers.1 The relationship between diet‚ and more specifically refined carbohydrates‚ and chronic inflammation has been of high interest in the media in recent years. This interest could have a lot to do with the alarming rate that these metabolic
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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misconceptions about how to help a drug addict. Some people believe conquering a drug addiction is a matter of will power‚ and an addict who truly wants to end the dependency on drugs can easily turn away from the narcotic. However‚ drug addiction is much more complex than simply altering behavior. In order to help a drug addict‚ one must understand that addiction is a chronic brain disease and the battle to overcome it will most certainly be hard fought. 1: Know the signs and symptoms of drug dependency
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are either killed or hurt by power lines. Electricity columns on the streets are extremely dangerous; the power lines often hit each other and create an electricity shock and cause a lot of damage to people and birds and houses nearby. These power lines also often fall on the ground due to heavy wind or storms which leads to a lot of damages and might cause a big fire and even leads to the death of many. Also the overhead power lines can cause a lot of cancerous diseases due to the high amount of electricity
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