After you lose control of your arms and legs breathing will already have become difficult, and will soon no longer be possible to do on one’s own, so they will go on a breathing machine until total respiratory failure and death. ALS is a disease that makes the people who have it lives miserable. There is a lot of scientific research being put into finding what causes it and finding a cure for it, but as of right now there is no cure, and no knowledge of what causes it besides the 10% of the cases that are genetic defects. Even in those cases that are caused by genetic defects they don’t know what causes the genetic defects. ALS is a very terrible disease that causes great suffering, and it needs to have a cure found.
1.1) Give examples of possible multiple conditions and/or disabilities that individuals may have. Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis is a disease that causes damage to joints, organs, and bodily systems due to inflammation of joint tissues. While inflammation is usually a response by a person’s immune system to disease or infection, the immune system of a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer attacks the person’s healthy joints, causing pain, stiffness, and swelling in the joints, and a host of other symptoms. As the disease progresses, it causes difficulty in pursuing normal activities, even to the extent of interfering with walking, standing, getting dressed, personal grooming, and household chores. Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis is a crippling condition that often prevents people from working within five to ten years of diagnosis.
Ferrel) There are different degrees of ankle sprains. The pain will be at the lateral part of the ankle and sometimes at the medial part of the ankle. (1. Heck) Which will cause irritation to plantar flexion. Ankle sprains are the most common injury to the lower foot.
They can worsen the symptoms, but they are not the cause of the disease. We don’t know what makes a person get the disease. About 15% - 20% of people, the disease runs in the family. This true of people who develops the disease at a young age. Crohn’s disease is a chronic disorder that causes inflammation of the digestive or gastrointestinal (G.I.)
When this happens, the muscles and tissues that surround the joint weaken. This can deform your joint and make it hard for you to move. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks itself. The pattern of joints affected is usually symmetrical, involves the hands and other joints and is worse in the morning. Rheumatoid arthritis is also a systemic disease, involving other body organs, whereas osteoarthritis is limited to the joints.
By definition, “Crohn’s disease is a chronic (ongoing) disorder that causes inflammation of the digestive or gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Although it can involve any area of the GI tract from the mouth to anus, it most commonly affects the small
Health care is hard for people to get the proper coverage due to high prices, pre-existing conditions, or debt problems. Insurance companies often have loop holes people do not see, causing problems when a medical condition occurs. Children are not receiving the proper medical care due to their families not having the proper coverage. Many Americans are continuing to get sicknesses and go untreated, causing more Americans to suffer or die quickly. Nationalizing health care
s Family and friends should remember that CF is not contagious; nobody can get it from a patient. s In families with CF, brothers, sisters, and first cousins of the CF patient should be tested to see if they carry a defective gene, especially if they seem to have a chronic lung or digestive problem. Carriers of the abnormal gene should get genetic counseling. s Individuals with CF have normal sexual development and can expect to have a normal sex life. However, most, but not all, men are infertile because of a mechanical blockage of sperm and cannot have children.
She is eighty-four years old and along with other health issues, the dementia has become a major concern. When our family first noticed she was becoming more and more forgetful, we did not think that much about it. Then we saw that she she was forgetting to take her medication and forgetting where her car was parked. My aunts decided that it was not safe for her or for others on the road for her to be driving. As time passed, we noticed she was having difficulties in other areas as well.
Doctors Might Miss Some Cases of Child Abuse Primary care providers failed to note some suspicious injuries, study found. FRIDAY, Nov.4 (Health Day News) -- Many cases of child abuse are not reported by primary health care providers, a new study suggests. Primary care providers (PCPs) are usually doctors but can also be physician assistants and nurse practitioners. In this study, researchers interviewed PCPs about 111 cases involving injured children, six weeks and six months after they treated the children. The cases were also reviewed by five child abuse experts.