Upper Respiratory Tract Analysis

When society thinks of obesity, we think about overweight people who are “lazy”, and people who don’t know how to properly diet. Due to societal stereotypes and media we don’t really look past this poorly built standards. These standards can create psychological issues which can cause stress, depression, and eating disorders. As learned in the course text, we know that stressors can cause a lot of issues health wise. Using the textbook example of the Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and compare it with obesity. Like URTI, obesity effects physical, and psychological health which could potential cause more issues down the road. Looking at physical health, obesity can affect the immune system. Which is due to a positive feedback loop between the immune response in obesity and the inflammation if adipose tissue (1). Which basically means obesity decreases the immune system due to malnutrition (poor diet) \ (2). In regards of psychological health, obesity can cause a large amount of stress and vice
Obesity is comparable to an addiction, and like most addicts’ people who struggle with this disease need to receive as much social support, help from physicians as possible. In order to receive this proper care, communication needs to be the main focus. For physicians whose patients are dealing with obesity, they need to use a multilevel explanation, a form of explanation that uses medical jargon but followed an explanation in everyday language (pg.87). This allows the patient to fully understand the problem, gives them the opportunity to participate in patient’s care plan. If the patient feels physician’s communication they are more willing to ask questions about their health. Proper communication allows the patient to become compliant with the physician’s order. If you were a physician, and your patient was struggling with obesity, what would you look at to solve the