Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can cause chronic inflammation of the joints and other areas of the body. It is a chronic disease, characterized by periods of disease flares and remissions. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not known, it can affect all different ages. It causes pain, swelling, and stiffness. If one knee or hand has rheumatoid arthritis, usually the other does too.
Unit 4222-229 Undertake agreed pressure area care (HSC 2024) 1.1 Pressure sores or decubitus ulcers are the result of a constant deficiency of blood to the tissues over a bony area such as a heel which may have been in contact with a bed or a splint over an extended period of time. The surface of the skin can ulcerate which may become infected. 1.2 Common pressure points on the body include the sacrum, hip bone areas, and the ankle and heel. Less common sites include the elbows, spine, ribs, and back of the head. Pressure sores may also result from friction caused by your skin rubbing against another surface, or when two layers of skin slide on each other, moving in opposite directions and causing damage to the underlying tissue.
Overuse knee injuries including muscle strain, tendonitis and bursitis may develop gradually over days or weeks. Pain is often mild and intermittent in the beginning and worsens over time. When muscles and tendons are stressed even slightly beyond their capabilities, microscopic tears occur. These tears must be given a chance to heal before subjected to the same activity to avoid overuse injury. Treat overuse injuries early to prevent chronic problems.
The predisposing factors for endocarditis include, aging for older people who have aortic stenosis; intravenous drug abuse, presence of prosthetic heart valve, use of intravascular devices which may result in nosocomial like, methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and renal dialysis (Lewis et al, 2011, 841-842). Signs and symptoms include fever, chills, weakness, malaise, fatigue and anorexia due to bacterial infection. Joint pain, muscle, pain, back pain, abdominal discomfort, headache, weight loss and clubbing of fingers resulting from heart failure. Black longitudinal streaks in nails bed Petechiae which result from fragments and microorganism embolization of vegetative lesion as evidenced by conjunctiva, lips, buccal mucosa and palate , and ankles, feet and anticubital and popliteal areas. Painful, tender, red or purple, pea-sized lesions may show on fingertips or toes.
The research covered 40 day care centres across the city which showed high level of formaldehyde (87%) in the centres. The government guideline for formaldehyde is about 9 micrograms per cubic meter and the results of the research showed high levels over a period of 8 hours. Formaldehyde can contaminate indoor air through many different ways such as emissions arising from the household, building materials, and combustions. Sources of formaldehyde in indoor air include tobacco smoke, smoke that may leak from wood-burning such as wood stoves and fireplaces, and many other products found inside Canadian homes that release very small amounts of formaldehyde into indoor air, including: furniture made with pressed wood, cabinets, consumer products (latex paints, wallpapers, cardboard, dishwashing liquids, glues), and cosmetics such as nail polish and nail hardener. Consequently, in 2002-2003, Health Canada measured levels of formaldehyde in the air inside a number of homes in Prince Edward Island and in Ottawa.
Figure 2 shows the effect of arthritis on the hip joint. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and is caused due to inflammation around the joint damaging cartilage and causing bones to rub against each other, causing pain. Finally, bony growths will be formed around the joint. Osteoarthritis usually develops in people over 50 and is more common with family history and in women. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation of the synovial lining of the joint and causes pain and stiffness.
This was a surprise to me because I have always associated RSV with the infant population. According to Pruitt, ‘This contagious infection is more common in older adults than infants – and potentially just as deadly’ (Pruitt 62). He cites that a recent study has estimated that 14,000 older and high-risk adults die each year from RSV. These high risks include patients with COPD, heart failure, asthma and diabetes (62). Peaking in January and February, Respiratory syncytial virus is the virus causing most common colds, when it is limited to the upper respiratory tract.
Report on Rheumatoid Arthritis This report is about Rheumatoid Arthritis, I will investigate and describe this disease, its symptoms, causes, treatments and the effect it has on people that suffer with it. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease which causes a person to have very painful chronic inflammation and swelling of the joints and other body parts. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that goes through periods of remission, this means it is showing no signs or symptoms at all and may last for long periods, and then suddenly flares up again. I found through researching this disease that it is said that the joints are usually affected in a symmetrical pattern, so for example both hands, or both knees will be affected at the same time, this can and usually does cause permanent joint destruction and deformity. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a progressive disease affecting all people of all races equally, it can begin at any age and can even affect children but usually starts between the ages of 40 and 60 and is said to be three times more commonly found in women as in men.
It can happen in the setting of an ankle fracture (i.e. when the bones of the ankle also break). Most commonly, however, it occurs in isolation. What are the symptoms an ankle sprain? Patients report pain after having twisted an ankle.
UTI is the most common nosocomial infection in the World (about 40% out of all nosocomial infections). The most risk factors for acquire this infection is the presence of urinary catheters. The most etiological agents of this infection including Gram negative bacilli such as E.coli, K. pneumoniae, P.aerogenosa (7). The prevalence rate of nosocomial pneumonia is nearby 5-10% cases per 1000 hospitalized patients. Pneumonia frequency has a direct relationship with mechanical