CHRONIC DISEASES A chronic disease is an illness that is prolonged in duration‚ does not spontaneously resolve‚ and is usually not cured completely. Examples of chronic diseases are rheumatoid arthritis‚ lung cancer‚ and heart disease. Heart disease is an illness that involves the blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in the US with approximately 81.1 million people‚ or one in every three adults living with heart disease. The illness causes swelling in feet
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The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy is what drives the roller coaster‚ and all of the kinetic energy you need for the ride is there once the coaster goes down the very first hill. Once the coaster gets going‚ there are different types of wheels that help keep the ride smooth. Roller coasters don’t have engines. But they do have energy. Once all passengers are in the coaster‚ the carts get released and begin to roll down the first hill. The force of gravity makes them accelerate downwards
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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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Impact of Diabetes on a Family Nursing 231 Impact of Diabetes on a Family Descriptive Assessment Family L.P. is a 59 year old Asian female in the generativity versus stagnation stage of development. This is defined as the stage with a focus on “supporting future generations” and “community involvement” (Potter and Perry‚ 2009‚ p. 140). Generativity is evidenced by her willingness to babysit her granddaughter. There is also stagnation as evidenced by her lack of participation within the community
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characterized by loss of bone‚ collagen support of affected teeth. It’s well established that supragingival plaque is that the explanation for gingivitis and plays a primary role in the initiation of periodontal disease. Chronic periodontitis‚ once called as "adult periodontitis" or "chronic adult periodontitis"‚ is that the most rife variety of periodontal disease. Periodontitis is usually related to endotoxemia and delicate general provocative reactions‚ and recently periodontal microbes could be
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Abstract Juvenile Diabetes is a disease that more and more children are getting each day and it affects about 0.1 percent of children that are school age. There are two types of diabetes that are common in children. The first one is type-one diabetes and the second one is type-two diabetes out of all the cases diagnosed‚ type-one makes u p 5-10 percent of them. There are major health problems associated with type-one including troubles physically ‚ a multidisciplinary approach by physician‚ nurse
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A “Chronic Headache” is a headache that occurs 15 or more days in a month [3]. Chronic headaches may not be fully cured but can be well managed and controlled using various clinical and non-clinical methods [39]. Different types of headaches [64] have different symptomatic characteristics [3]. Individuals may have single or multiple types of chronic headaches at the same time. A headache attack occurs due to changes in the headache patient’s “internal” and/or “external” environment [31]. An example
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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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SCI/163 Chronic Diseases Lung Cancer Chronic diseases such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In this essay we will describe a chronic disease that affects thousands of people every day and that is the lung cancer. We will discuss the risk factors‚ treatment options and the daily choices we can make to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Lung is the essential respiration organ
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Security (TDOSHS) is now issuing more secure driver licenses and identification cards. These new licenses will be produced using an improved production and issuing process resulting in a more tamper-proof construction. This will make it much more difficult to alter or counterfeit‚ protecting private information even more effectively. This process will also
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