The condition that was selected to evaluate was the topic of pressure ulcers. A pressure ulcer is an area of skin that breaks down when a person stays in one position for too long without shifting weight. People who are bedridden or in wheelchairs are most vulnerable to pressure ulcers. The constant pressure against the skin reduces the blood supply and the tissue dies (Health & Medicine Week,4231). According to text, more than one million patients in the United States of America are diagnosed with some type of pressure ulcer.
Dementia with Lewy bodies is closely related to Parkinson's disease and often has some of the same symptoms, including difficulty with movement. Front temporal dementia (including Pick's disease) – In front temporal dementia, the front and side parts of the brain are damaged over time when clumps of abnormal proteins form inside nerve cells, causing them to die. At first, changes in personality and behavior may be the most obvious signs. Depending on where the damage is, the person may have difficulties with fluent speech or may forget the meaning of words or objects. 2) Memory problems are usually the most obvious symptom in people with dementia.
A feeling of low energy and fatigue is also common. Loss of normal menstrual cycle, night sweats and fever are general symptoms that may also be associated with IBD. Since Crohn’s disease severely limits the ability of the affected intestine to absorb the nutrients from food, a patient may have signs of malnutrition, depending on the amount of intestine that is affected and the duration of the disease (Wexler, 2013). While an auto-reactive antibody hasn’t yet been found in Crohn’s, it is generally accepted that autoimmunity is the underlying cause. Diet and stress may aggravate Crohn’s disease, but they do not cause the disease on their own.
Bone loss is the most irreversible attribute of Anorexia. Virtually no part of the body is protected from Anorexia. About half of Anorexics have low white- blood counts, while a third have Anemia. Both conditions lower the immune system’s defense to disease, leaving them prone for infection (Shaw, 2005). The most life- threating damage that is done, is the destruction it causes on the heart.
This medical term is called hyperglycemia. Family history and genes also play an important role in this type of diabetes. Low activity level, an excess of body weight around the waist, and a poor diet, increases the risk of acquiring this devastating disease. Your health care provider may suspect you have diabetes if your blood glucose levels are higher than 200 mg/dL. Symptoms of this type of diabetes are: fatigue, hunger, increased thirst, and increased in urination.
Pressure ulcers Current issues in the NHS hospitals are pressure ulcers that are known to reduce the quality of life and are a major burden of sickness creating significant difficulties for patients. It is estimated that fewer than half a million people in the UK will get a minimum of one pressure ulcer in any given year in NHS. Pressure ulcers are also known to increase risks of secondary infection and risks of death in elderly people that are in hospitals,care homes and bedbound. (NHS,N.D). Pressure ulcers affects underlying tissue and skin, caused by continuous pressure to the affected area and often from a minuet patch on the skin to a large open wound that exposes muscle or bone.
When the world could not speak Octavia E. Butler’s, “Speech Sounds”, an apocalyptic story that portrays how disease has caused the ability to speak impossible and has shattered society and causes many to die from the disease or its latent effects. The loss of speech could impact a society to the point where only the desire to survive is the main focus of human existence. History records periods were naturally occurring diseases have caused unimaginable suffering and the death of millions. These periods involved a slow progressive process that ended in a relatively short period, for instance, The Plague of Europe lasted from 1348 to 1351 and the “death toll throughout Europe was at least 25 million out of a total population of 40 million” (Bugl par.16).” During these times the knowledge of the disease process was unknown because the science of medicine was not as developed as it is today. While “Plague” is still present today it does not affect the speech of those who contract the disease.
Addison’s Disease Definition: is a rare and chronic endocrine system disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones. It is characterised by a number of relatively nonspecific symptoms, such as abdominal pain and weakness, but under certain circumstances, these may progress to Addisonian crisis, a severe illness which may include very low blood pressure and coma. Risk Factors: * have cancer * take coagulants (blood thinners) * have chronic infections like tuberculosis * had surgery to remove any part of your adrenal gland * have an autoimmune disease, like type 1 diabetes or Graves’ disease Causes: Addison's disease results when your adrenal glands are damaged, producing insufficient
He used such an passionate tone with his speech. His tone was of concern and worries that if the world didn’t change their thought process of eating healthy that obesity would get worse and worse. He points out in his speech that heart disease is number one on the charts due to obesity. Homicide is in last. This point that he made is astonishing and very concerning.
These are the people that the drug companies target because their form of the disease can often be affected, and the progress of it slowed, by drugs. This type of MS is also the most sensitive to diet. During the recovery period, this form of the disease does not progress. (Holland,