SCENARIO OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN INDIA Kidney disease is a hushed killer. Almost 12 per cent of India’s population is expected to be suffering from some form of undetected kidney disease‚ which can cause a total kidney failure that needs dialysis and transplantation. Only 9 per cent of the patients are able to obtain kidney transplant and pay for the treatment. As many people belong to the weaker socio-economic status it is difficult to undergo dialysis which costs around Rs. 1‚500 - Rs 2‚200 per session
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Any pain that is experienced for more than 3 months is referred to as chronic pain. Chronic pain can either be continuous or episodic depending on the individual’s experience. According to the American Pain Society (2015) “nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain. Prevalence rate for females is 34.3% and for men it is 26.7%”. Each individual experiences chronic pain differently such as type‚ timing and location of pain. Pain may be described as dull‚ sharp‚ burning
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A disease of long duration is a chronic disease. Osteoporosis is considered chronic and this paper will discuss what it means‚ what the risk factors and who is affected‚ this paper will address the symptoms to look out for and when to go to the doctor. Nutrition and what proper exercise can do to help prevent or slow down the progression caused by osteoporosis‚ and then the paper will list prevention and treatment options. May is osteoporosis month and this encourages free screenings for those who
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KIDNEY SALE: LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? Introduction: Organ transplantation is a recently developed technology used to replace faulty organs with new ones. The most common form of transplant after the corneal one is the kidney transplant. It is the most effective and efficient way of resuming kidney function in the body caused due to kidney failure (various causes) and is proven to be more effective than dialysis. The number of people waiting for a kidney transplant is growing and the number of kidney donors
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Steroids has side effects on the Kidneys as some people might not be aware of it. Kidneys has important functions for the body such as the regulation of blood pressure‚ and removal of waste material from the blood. However‚ steroids could cause severe damages and serious effects on the kidneys if people use them regularly. Also‚ Steroid users usually take Ultra high protein‚ and some might over intake them with weight training which could lead to kidney stones; kidney stones blocks the opening of the
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Improving hand motor functions in patients with chronic stroke: Modulation of somatosensory input into non-affected hemisphere Dissertation der Fakultät für Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaften der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)
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Chronic Disease Management What is self-management? Self-care management is defined as the behaviour employed by an individual in managing and implementing the treatment regimen within the individual’s lifestyle routine and it recognizes an individual’s central role in managing chronic diseases (Costantini et al.‚ 2008). In sum‚ self-management is to help individuals collaborate with health care professionals to help themselves‚ by using strategies and proper interventions‚ to bring self-care
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physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial‚ or job loss crisis. Chronic homelessness is when a person has a disabling condition and have been continuously homeless for at least a year‚ or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three
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Kamryn Brewer Juvenile Delinquency Dr. Will Culver 7 September 2011 Chronic Runaways Why is it that most children run away from home? Is‚ it because they are scared‚ they just want to be rebellious‚ or is there something going on in the home‚ that looking from the outside in‚ no one knows. Chronic Runaways gives us a detailed explanation on juvenile delinquents and some of the many reasons why they run away. Many children leave for reasons such as rebellion or avoidance. In many homes parents
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Chronic Diseases SCI/163 May 16‚ 2013 Chronic Diseases There are many chronic diseases plaguing our society. One of the most notable diseases is cancer. Cancer affects many different organs and tissue throughout the body‚ thus there are many different types of cancer. Recently‚ cancer and the treatments for cancer have directly affected my life; therefore I chose to take the health risk assessment on breast cancer. After discovering in October 2011 that my mother had breast cancer I started
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