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    This disease diary will be about the disease “Tendonitis”. Tendonitis is a disease that affects your tendons and the way that they operate. Tendinitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon. It causes pain or tenderness outside of a joint. You will mostly see this disease affected in your shoulders‚ elbows‚ knees‚ wrist‚ or your heels. This disease has common names such as golfers elbow‚ tennis elbow‚ Pitchers’ Shoulder‚ Swimmer’s Shoulder‚ and Jumpers knee. It can lead to rupture of a tendon

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    Document a appropriate subjective‚ objective and physical assessment findings with this condition: This condition is a chronic‚ occurring mainly in the adult population and can be inherited. It occurs is 3% of the population in the United States. It occurs when the immune system over reacts and fast rate of desquamation and new skin growth occurs in days instead of a month. The Some people with condition can also have a high risk of having diabetes‚ arthritis‚ and cardiac conditions like stroke

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    Many people suffer from knee pain and it is quite common in older people. There are certain factors which can cause knee pain such as kneecap dislocation‚ fracture of patella‚ hamstring rupture‚ patella tendon rupture‚ bursitis‚ chondromalacia‚ tendinitis‚ Baker’s cyst and many more. Some of the common symptoms of knee pain are unable to straighten up your knees‚ stiffness‚ popping noises‚ redness and many more. Home Remedies There are several home remedies for knee pain which are simple to use

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    Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of joints leading to hot‚ swollen and painfully restricted movements. RA can also affect other parts of the body such as the eyes or lungs. In the early mornings RA presents as joint stiffness that eases during the day. If left untreated‚ repetitive inflammation often results in joint damage. RA can occur at any age‚ but usually presents in people from 35 to 643. With an estimated half a million

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    actually learned in this class. It is surprising since it has been a considerably short amount of time. So‚ in reviewing my original memo‚ I saw many opportunities for improvement. In my Audience Analysis Memo‚ I contrasted two websites about Osteoarthritis. One of the first things I changed was the organization. I realized that the original was too scattered and it was easy for the reader to get confused. I added simple‚ bolded‚ larger‚ and informative subtitles which significantly reduced the strain

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    Musculoskeletal Due to his relatively young age at death‚ Thomas still had large‚ well-defined muscles. This indicates that he was still quite active before his death. Osteoarthritis was apparent in both knees; however‚ we checked his other joints‚ like the acetabulofemoral joints and the glenohumeral joints‚ and found no signs of osteoarthritis. Cardiovascular

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    Osteoporosis‚ Osteoarthritis‚ and Muscular Atrophy Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis are both diseases of the bone. Osteoporosis actually means “porous bones” and is a problem with bones where there isn’t enough calcium in them to give them strength. This is because the bone cells aren’t being reproduced as fast as the bone is aging or deteriorating which causes the bones to become fragile. This can happen because of loss of calcium in the bone‚ or a problem with the calcium being absorbed correctly

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    Title page Assignment Requirements: Using the resource of the ITT Tech Virtual Library‚ research causes of osteoporosis‚ osteoarthritis‚ and muscular atrophy and their probable effects on the everyday life of an eighty-four year old thin‚ small bones white female. Write a one or two paged synopsis. Cite all your sources using APA reference citation guidelines. Your paper should be typed double-spaced‚ and free of grammatical and spelling errors. During the span of our lives we are constantly

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    Case Study: Osteoarthritis with a Total Knee Arthroplasty Holly N. Pittman Missouri State University – West Plains Patient History DN is a 68 year old Caucasian male who lives in Pomona‚ Missouri. On September 14‚ 2009‚ DN underwent a scheduled left total knee arthroplasty at Baxter County Regional Medical Center. A consultation appointment about a total knee arthroplasty was scheduled when DN had increasing pain in his knees while doing chores and working on his dairy farm. The increasing pain

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    Osteoarthritis There are over 100 different types of arthritis conditions affecting over 20 million people in the United States‚ of those Osteoarthritis is the most common. It affects as many pople as all other types of arthritis combined. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability among older adults. Joint diseases account for half of all chronic conditions in persons aged 65 years and over. The prevalence of Osteoarthirtis is high and will get even higher as the number of older Americans

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