experience of illness requires many adaptation and adjustments. Discuss the processes involved in coping with a serious illness. “It is more important to know what kind of patient has the disease‚ than what kind of disease the patient has”- William Osler Different individuals react differently to developing a chronic illness. Their reactions depend on many factors‚ such as their coping skills and personalities‚ the social support they have‚ the nature and consequences of their illness and the impact
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but even higher in children) and causes a cough‚ sore throat‚ runny or stuffy nose‚ and also headaches‚ muscle aches‚ and usually extreme tiredness. There are sometimes other symptoms such as nausea‚ vomiting and diarrhea but usually only in rare cases with young children. One other note: The term "Stomach flu" isn’t really caused by the influenza virus. The average recovery time from the flu is about 1-2 weeks‚ although some patients do develop more severe complications such as pneumonia‚ which
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I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank our beloved family for their support and understanding when we are doing this case. To our group mates who shared their ideas and knowledge‚ for the patience‚ for the understanding‚ encouragement and hard work that they had given through the entire process and helped bring out the best in us during our hard time on the hospital duty. We would like to express our gratitude on the management and staff ofUnciano Medical Center and to our Clinical Instructor
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A Food Borne Illness Danielle Mitchell SCI/163 2/12/2012 Sanam Kazemi There are many food borne illnesses but the norovirus is very interesting. A norovirus is a small virus that contains RNA and is surrounded by a protein coating. Based on genetic typing‚ it is now known that there are at least twenty-five different strains if norovirus that affect humans. Norovirus infection is the most common cause of what some people call the “stomach flu‚” although norovirus is not
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Mental Duality Everyone is familiar with the famous Rubin face-vase drawing‚ a black and white print in which one can simultaneously perceive faces by focusing on the black ink or a vase by focusing on the white. If I announce that this is a picture of a vase‚ am I right? However you announce you see a picture of two faces‚ are you right? Who’s right? Are we both right? Or are we both wrong? Is it right and wrong; good and evil? I believe neurobiological research‚ as well as personal anecdotal
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CAC – Child & Adolescent Counselling Case Study At a height of 5 feet 7 inches and a weight of 79 pounds‚ Sandy‚ a 17-year-old white female‚ had the look of an emaciated fashion model when she arrived for for the initial assessment. Unlike a model‚ she was dressed in secondhand clothes and worn-out flip-flops‚ which stood in stark contrast to her parent’s more polished professional presentation. Sandy didn’t really think there was anything wrong with her‚ but her parents knew that her current
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WINTER 2014: CASE STUDY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Melanie Haehnel 6620361 COMM 225 Professor Sharma Q1: Discuss the major reasons for long wait times in emergency rooms‚ hospitals‚ and walk-‐in clinics? [300-‐400 words]. One of the major reasons patients are experiencing a longer wait time in hospitals is largely caused by a unregulated screening process of each patient stepping
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patient a lot of respite from both physical pain and emotional support also. Pain control is one of the major factors in many terminal illnesses and this is handled by experts who make life as comfortable as possible. Another aspect of a terminal illness is the emotional trauma that a person and
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INTRODUCTION Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy‚ previously known as Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)‚ are high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy. It has long been one of the major problems for mothers in pregnancy‚ along with infection and postpartum hemorrhage. PIH is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein
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CASE STUDY I. PERSONAL DATA Name: Juana Talion Age: 45 years old Birth Date: May 6‚ 1976 Address: Caramoran‚ Cataduanes Civil Status: Married Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Date and time of admission: September 20‚ 2010 10:30am Chief complaint: hypogastric mass Tentative Diagnosis: myoma uteri Attending physician: Dr. Espinola II. HEALTH HISTORY a. History of Present Illness Juana Talion‚
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