Behind the Scenes Sixty percent of deaths worldwide come from chronic illnesses (“Reducing Chronic Diseases”). No news can be more disheartening for a parent than finding out his or her child has been diagnosed with a chronic illness. For the child‚ it’s a loss of his or her health‚ quality of life‚ and dreams. For the parent‚ it’s a loss of mental and emotional stability‚ a normal life‚ and hope for a promising future. For the siblings‚ it’s a loss of time‚ love‚ and support from their parents
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Chronic sorrow was introduced by Olshansky (1962) for the first time as a kind of progressive‚ ongoing‚ and endless grief experienced by parents‚ especially mothers of newborns with congenital anomalies. Also‚ other studies have reported this phenomenon in parents of children with mental or physical disability as well as with chronic and severe diseases [1-6]. This concept is defined as recurrent‚ unpredictable‚ and periodic sadness‚ which is permanent and progressive‚ and is triggered by internal
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29:209-2 14 (1 996) Chronic Lung Disease Secondary to Ammonia Inhalation Injury: A Report on Three Cases Rafael E. de la Hoz‚ MD‚ MPH‚ Donald P. Schlueter‚ MD‚ and William N. Rom‚ MD‚ MPH Inhalation of highly hydrosoluble toxicants‚ like ammonia‚ can be associated with chronic lung diseases‚ which have been partially characterized. We present the cases of three patients who were evaluated 2 years after massive exposure to ammonia in occupational settings. They presented with chronic dyspnea‚ and clinical
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Poverty: Causes‚ Responses and Consequences in Rural South Africa Elizabeth Francis‚ April 2006 Development Studies Institute London School of Economics Houghton St London WC2A 2AE e.m.francis@lse.ac.uk CPRC Working Paper No. 60 Chronic Poverty Research Centre ISBN: 1-904049-59-1 Elizabeth Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Acknowledgements The research on which the case study is based was carried out as a collaborative project
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It has come to my attention that the subject of Devil Worship has once again become a heated debate in some corners of the Satanist scene. I would like to take this time to voice my thoughts on just what I consider Devil Worship to be‚ and what my position in this long-standing debate actually is. Now I consider myself a Satanist‚ for a variety of reasons -- I agree with a bit of Crowley‚ a bit of LaVey‚ a bit of Aquino‚ and even a bit of King Diamond -- but I identify with the term first and foremost
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Chronic Illnesses and Their Consequences According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ chronic illnesses – such as heart disease‚ stroke‚ cancer‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis – are among the most common‚ costly‚ and preventable of all health problems in the United States (CDC‚ Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion‚ The Power of Prevention). These illnesses affect the patient’s ability to perform their activities of daily living on their own. For example
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Overview Every gene information of an individuals‚ were passed down to them by their ancestors. The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information is the genetic code double helix that determine our traits‚ malfunctioning‚ diseases‚ and so on. There are numerous deadly diseases and one of them is called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Chronic Myelogenous leukemia is a type of many cancer that exists. As is said by many cancer is when the cells in the body begin to grow out of
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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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(parasites‚ mycobacteria‚ acquired autoimmune deficiency syndrome)‚ or any other factors that decrease immune function. Chronic osteomyelitis is defined by the presence of residual foci of infection (avascular bone and soft tissue debris)‚ which give rise to recurrent episodes of clinical infection Symptoms of Osteomyelitis Some of the most common symptoms of osteomyelitis are: * Pain in the bone * Local swelling * Redness‚ and warmth * High fever * Nausea * An abscess at the
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Concept Analysis: Stress Yamilet Diaz BSN RN University of Miami Concept Analysis: Stress In today’s society‚ we often use the term stress to explain how situations cause us to feel tension or worry. If you were to ask a group of people to describe stress‚ they may each have a different interpretation of the word. The reason for this is that stress is very subjective‚ which causes individuals to deal with stress very differently. Stress can cause or impact the course of many medical conditions
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