Cyp 3.1.2 Terminal Diseases
1.1 Terminal Diseases
People who request death with dignity should have a terminal illness that will lead to death within six months. Terminal diseases can reduce a person’s quality of life, especially if it is undiagnosed or untreated. Chronic diseases include:
1.1.1 Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease with no cure. COPD causes the lung to deteriorate which prevents breathing. People with this disease have cough, shortness of breath, damaged airways, chest infections and pain. These symptoms impair patients’ mobility and contribute to be housebound. Patients with COPD tolerate the burden of this disease for many years (6 years)6.
1.1.2 Heart Disease
Heart disease is caused when blood vessels are blocked. As result, the heart and brain do not receive enough blood. The symptoms include chest pain, shortness of …show more content…
There are over 200 different types of cancer. Cancer symptoms depend on the location, size, and expansion of the tumor. General symptoms include fatigue, pain, delirium, shortness of breath, constipation, trouble swallowing, and hemorrhage. The article, “Understanding the experience of pain in terminally ill patients” reports that ill cancer patients’ pain ranges from 36% to 75%. Patients with advanced cancer face many hurdles during their illness3.
1.1.5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that affect the control of voluntary muscle movement. ALS symptoms get worse over time and there is no cure. Symptoms include muscle cramps, tight and stiff muscles, slurred speech, swallowing problems, and muscle weakness in the arm, leg and neck. People experience awkwardness when they walk or run. As the disease progress, muscle atrophy spreads to other parts of the body. Patients with this disease die of respiratory failure within 3 to 5 years1.
1.2 Medically
People who request death with dignity should have a terminal illness that will lead to death within six months. Terminal diseases can reduce a person’s quality of life, especially if it is undiagnosed or untreated. Chronic diseases include:
1.1.1 Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease with no cure. COPD causes the lung to deteriorate which prevents breathing. People with this disease have cough, shortness of breath, damaged airways, chest infections and pain. These symptoms impair patients’ mobility and contribute to be housebound. Patients with COPD tolerate the burden of this disease for many years (6 years)6.
1.1.2 Heart Disease
Heart disease is caused when blood vessels are blocked. As result, the heart and brain do not receive enough blood. The symptoms include chest pain, shortness of …show more content…
There are over 200 different types of cancer. Cancer symptoms depend on the location, size, and expansion of the tumor. General symptoms include fatigue, pain, delirium, shortness of breath, constipation, trouble swallowing, and hemorrhage. The article, “Understanding the experience of pain in terminally ill patients” reports that ill cancer patients’ pain ranges from 36% to 75%. Patients with advanced cancer face many hurdles during their illness3.
1.1.5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that affect the control of voluntary muscle movement. ALS symptoms get worse over time and there is no cure. Symptoms include muscle cramps, tight and stiff muscles, slurred speech, swallowing problems, and muscle weakness in the arm, leg and neck. People experience awkwardness when they walk or run. As the disease progress, muscle atrophy spreads to other parts of the body. Patients with this disease die of respiratory failure within 3 to 5 years1.
1.2 Medically