Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) better known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a chronic disorder that causes extreme fatigue and has a large effect on one’s life. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects children and adults across the world. It causes constant tiredness and fatigue that lasts for six months or longer that isn’t due to current illnesses or underlying medical conditions. CFS is a disorder that causes extreme exhaustion and fatigue. It doesn’t improve with sleep and sometimes physical
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1 What clinical findings correlate with M.K.’s chronic bronchitis? What type of treatment and recommendations would be appropriate for M.K.’s chronic bronchitis? M.K. is a 45-year-old female; she is 5’5” and weighs 225 lbs. Her BMI is 37.4‚ which makes her obese and people with chronic bronchitis are usually overweight. She has history of smoking about 22 years‚ which is a common cause of chronic bronchitis because she was repeatedly breathing in fumes that irritate your lungs and airway tissues
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COPD which is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is known as a condition that progressively makes it harder to breathe because the airflow into and out of the lungs is reduced. This usually occurs because the airways and air sacs lose their elastic quality‚ the walls between the air sacs are destroyed‚ the walls of the airways become swollen‚ or if the airways are clogged because they made more mucus than usual. Three main conditions of this disease are emphysema‚ chronic obstructive bronchitis
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Title: All about Chronic Bronchitis Meta Keywords: Treatments for COPD in Pune Meta Description: Chronic bronchitis is a persistent cough that lasts up to 3-12 months. Salt therapy is one of the most effective treatments for COPD in Pune. All About Chronic Bronchitis We all disregard bronchitis thinking it’s just a cough‚ but did you know chronic bronchitis kills more than 120‚000 people every year? Fewer people have died due to car crashs in comparison to the bronchitis disease.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease that makes it intensely difficult to breathe. This disease affects millions of Americans and affects tens of millions of people around the world (Jones‚ 2001). With COPD‚ the tissue where oxygen is exchanged is destroyed due to the thickened and inflamed airways in the lungs. This decreases the flow of air coming in and out of the lungs. When this occurs‚ body tissues receive less oxygen
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Shay Ward Purdue University Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that encompasses a group of lung conditions that causes structural changes of the airways and alveoli‚ the dysfunction of cilia and an inflammatory response. It is a progressive disease that symptoms worsen over time and is characterized by an accelerated decline in lung function. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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badly if we can’t deal with it in a correct way. Some diseases are dangerous while the others are not. (1) In the past‚ the medical scientist discovered an illness called Nervous Exhaustion. Nowadays‚ the name of this disease has been changed into "Chronic fatigue syndrome. This syndrome is one of the most complicated disorder that may hit the nervous system of anybody‚ and it has symptoms‚ possible causes ‚ and some slightly treatments that may reduce the risk of this disease. National Health Organization
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Management of Fluid overload in Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) Chronic Renal Failure is a long term serious irreversible condition‚ described as the gradual loss of kidney function (McCarthy‚ et al 2009). The number of patients suffering from CRF in United Kingdom (UK) is rising rapidly. Ferenbach and Wood (2005‚ p.16) state that in UK‚ about 6000 people are commencing dialysis treatment per year. Fluid overload is a frequently observed finding in renal failure patients. About one third of the patients
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make breathing difficult. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common conditions that make up COPD. Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes‚ which carry air to and from your lungs. Emphysema occurs when the air sacs at the end of the smallest air passages in the lungs are gradually destroyed. Damage to your lungs from COPD can’t be reversed‚ but
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each needs to follow in order to do their job correctly. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) management is one protocol that is very common within today’s world due to many people smoking. COPD is a lung disease “characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases”(Global Initiative For Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease‚ 2015). This type of disease causes
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