Name: Course: Instructor: Date: CASE STUDY ON CHRONIC ILLNESSES Case study 1. The middle aged female nurse is a mother of two. She lives with her partner and has a possibly busy work life. Her work entails walking and standing a lot. Rheumatic arthritis makes it extremely painful to walk around and hold stuff. Rheumatic Arthritis causes her a lot of pain as she works. At home‚ pain is from bonding sessions with her family‚ personal grooming and doing house chores. (Peter‚ J 2006) Her behavior
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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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Introduction Chronic periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that affects the supporting tissues of the teeth‚ it is a multifactorial influenced by genetics as well as by the environment [1]. Periodontitis is characterized by persistent inflammation‚ connective tissue breakdown‚ and alveolar destruction [2]. It is initiated by specific bacteria within the plaque biofilm and progresses due to an abnormal inflammatory immune response to those bacteria [3]. It is the major cause of tooth loss and is
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Care Plan for Pain: Chronic| Student Name:|Samantha Lewis|Current Date: 4/19/12|| Patient:|SL|Age: |33|Sex:|F|Dates Care Given: 4/19/2012|| Admission Diagnosis/History: Chronic Pancreatitis| 1)PE 2) Hysterectomy 3)C Section | Nursing Diagnosis: Pain: Chronic | | ASSESSMENT| Objective Data|Subjective Data| · Increased blood pressure|· Pt holding lower left abdomen| · Increased heart rate|· Pt eyes closed| · Increased respirations|· Furrowed brow| · |· |
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Diabetes is a chronic lifelong disease where there are high traces of sugar in the blood. A diabetic individuals pancreas secrets an insufficient amount of insulin or does not use the insulin efficiently. Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas that enables the body to use glucose for energy. Diabetes is caused by too little insulin‚ resistance to insulin or both. Diabetes is the most common disorder of the human hormone system; there are three forms of diabetes
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6‚ 2013 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is diagnosed by screening people who are at risk for kidney problems‚ people with hypertension‚ diabetes or family with chronic kidney disease. There are five stages of chronic kidney disease‚ with stage one being the mildest and usually causing few symptoms and stage five being a serious illness with short life expectancy if untreated (NKD). Stage five is also known as End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)‚ it is a direct result of chronic kidney disease.
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There are many disorders in the world today. Each disorder can be difficult to deal with and cause a person to act in many different ways. Schizophrenia is a chronic and very serious psychiatric illness. It brings a devastating effect on the lives that it touches. Nearly 1.2 percent of the population in United States has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking causing delusions‚ perception causing hallucinations‚
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color in you urine and pain when urinating. Risk factors There are some things that you can do to prevent bladder cancer. Although the exact cause of bladder cancer is not known. Risk factors include smoking‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ chemicals‚ and chronic bladder problems like bladder stones‚ using cyclophosphamide‚ and pioglitazone hydrochloride‚ personal history like if you have had bladder cancer before‚ fluid intake‚ schistosomiasis‚ and arsenic. Those are just to name some of the risk factors
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“intrusiveness” nature that it carries. Two mentionable films that try to address the suppression of the true portrayal of the impact of memory on the people who have suffered through tragic events‚ are Los Rubios (2003) by Albertina Carri and Milk of Sorrow (2009) by Claudia Llosa. The two movies have a very different approach to the notion of memory and the mental pain that it brings with it. In Los Rubios the director‚ Carri‚ tries to film a documentary about her parents’ past as subversive
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7 solutions to naturally cure chronic constipation</stro Chronic constipation is having three or less bowel movements in a seven day period. To have one bowel movement each day is considered to be more than acceptable. Where bowel movements are concerned more is better than less. Chinese medicine believes two to three movements a day are acceptable as long as they aren’t diarrhea. The main sign of constipation is finding it difficult to expel wastes. Without a satisfactory amount of bowel movements
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