Chronic Diseases have been highlighted by the recent Health Care Reform Bill due to its impact on U.S. health care system. Obesity‚ though‚ has been hiding in the lime-light of other chronic diseases and should be addressed. “Obesity has become a major health concern. 1 in every 3 adults is obese and almost 1 in 5 youth between the ages of 6 and 19 is obese (BMI ≥ 95th percentile of the CDC growth chart).” (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) According to Centers
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Chronic diseases can be secondary to as persistently held conditions that do not cure easily while others are totally incurable. Some of the chronic conditions that affect human beings include cancer‚ arthritis‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ and epilepsy. According to the world health organisation (WHO)‚ chronic diseases are the leading causes of deaths in the world. Chronic diseases effects have caused devastation not only in the health sector but the economy as a whole. As the number of people with chronic
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss in renal function over a period of months or years. The cause or reason of CKD is that over the time you age‚ you get high blood pressure‚ diabetes‚ or a kidney problem you were born with. The symptoms of this disease are unnoticeable until later stages. Normally if you had chronic kidney disease you might feel generally unwell and experiencing a reduced appetite. There are several types of tests done for CKD. There is a test to take precautions;
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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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Chronic and Infectious Diseases Chronic and infectious diseases are diseases life threatening. A chronic diseases are non-communicable illnesses prolonged in duration‚ do not resolve spontaneously‚ and are rarely cured completely such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2009). However‚ an infectious disease or communicable disease is contagious and caused by a biological agent‚ such as a virus‚ bacterium‚ or parasite also known
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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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Introduction Chronic kidney disease is defined as presence of kidney damage or decreased kidney function for three or more months‚ irrespective of the cause[1]. Persistent damage or decrease in kidney function for at least three months‚ is necessary to differentiate between acute and chronic renal disease. There are different stages of CKD and different diagnostic methods by which it can be diagnosed. Stages of CKD: Stage1 − GFR >90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 Stage 2 − GFR 60 to 89 mL/min per 1.73
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Janni Puente April 15‚ 2013 Chronic Disease Risk After taking my health risk assessment of my choice (stomach cancer) I not only learned what it consisted of‚ but also what I could do to continue the derision of developing the disease. Stomach cancer‚ is not different than any other kind of cancer types‚ such as: breast cancer‚ prostate cancer‚ lung cancer‚ brain cancer‚ skin cancer‚ colon cancer or even ovarian cancer. Cancer is cancer. With stomach cancer is can be described as a gastric
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| |Cardiorespiratory Fitness |Being able to exercise at a |Walk 2 miles at a brisk |Reduced the risk of heart | | |moderate to high intensity for a|pace every day. |disease‚ hypertension‚ and high | | |long period of time | |cholesterol. | |Muscular Strength |Amount of force a muscle can |Resistance
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Chronic Disease Risk Uterine Cancer Mindy Hatt SCI 162 January 3‚ 2013 Julie Mathews Chronic Disease Risk Uterine cancer is of the lining of the uterus or womb. This lining is known as the endometrium. Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract. Risk factors are bleeding after menopause is usually the first sign. If that happens‚ the chances are one in three that you have this cancer. For women who haven’t gone through menopause‚ bleeding
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