Choosing lifestyle or medication HCA/240 Choosing lifestyle or medication 1 We have all had some form of gastrointestinal distress at one time or another; it is not a fun time. Some individuals suffer from gastrointestinal disease. One disease I would like to discuss is spastic colon also known as irritable bowel syndrome‚ which is fairly common. Women are more likely to get spastic colon over men and about 20% of the American adult population has it. The types
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Axia College Material Appendix D Cardiovascular Disease Patient Interview Suppose you are tasked with confidentially interviewing members of a retirement community to see who may be at risk for cardiovascular disease. At the same time‚ you are asked to help educate the retirement community about what they can do to control their risk of developing a cardiovascular disease. Use the template below to design an interview form you would be able to take to members of the retirement community (age
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WebQuests: Infectious and Non-infectious Disease Disease Causative Organism Common Cold rhinoviruse s Influenza (Flu) type A‚ B ‚ C‚&D Strep Throat Chickenpox Mumps streptoocu s herpesciru s or zoster virus parotits Symptoms Treatment Mode of Transmission runny or stuffy nose‚ itchy or sore throat‚ ough‚ congestion ‚ slight body aches or mild a 10 headaches degree ‚ferenheit sneezing‚ watery fever or eyes‚ feeling low-grade feverish‚ fever‚ aouh‚ mild a fatigue‚ sore throat‚ high fever
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the kidneys. Heart disease and heart attacks can lead to acute renal failure. Since she had surgery to replace several blocked arteries in her heart this can lead to acute renal failure. 2. What other symptoms and signs might occur? Some symptoms‚ other than decreased urine output‚ that may occur due to acute renal failure are fluid retention‚ drowsiness‚ shortness of breath‚ fatigue‚ confusion‚ nausea‚ seizures‚ and chest pain. 3. What is causing Ms. Jones’s kidney disease? The cause of Ms
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stones they do not have a very high amount of urine output because they are unable to urinate without severe pain. 2. What other symptoms and signs might occur? She may have an intense pain that will eventually spread down into her groin and become even more painful until she is eventually able to pass the kidney stones. 3. What is causing Ms. Jones’s kidney disease? I believe that Ms. Jones contracted an infection when she was open for her open-heart surgery or there was some
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Mental Illness Paper Autism HCA-240 Mental Illness Autism WHAT CAUSES AUTISM? You will hear many theories about what causes autism. To date‚ no one has found the exact cause of autism. In the early 1950’s-1970’s it was thought that the mothers of children with autism were neglecting and not loving their children which in turn caused them to regress into a world of their own. These mothers were labeled "Refrigerator Mothers." Thanks to Dr. Bernard Rimland‚ we’ve come a long way since
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Hewlett-Packard Company 2013 Biology Assessment task- 3 Infectious and Non Infectious disease By Carla Westwood Question One- Part A Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that causes over 2.7 million deaths per year according to estimates by the World Health Organization. The history of malaria predates humanity‚ as this ancient disease evolved before humans did. Malaria‚ a widespread and potentially lethal infectious disease‚ has afflicted people for much of human history‚ and has affected settlement
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beverages‚ limit your consumption. * Exercise . CAncer and YOu Delete text and place photo here. Enter Contact Information Here | 1127 Lombard Blvd. San Francisco‚ CA 59802 | phone 555.555.5555 | fax 555.555.5555 Anita Jackson HCA/240 University Of Phoenix www.cancer.org Support Groups * Reach to Recovery Program (Breast Cancer Support) * TLC (Hair loss and mastectomy products) * Man to Man (Prostate Cancer Support) * Patient Navigator Program (Personal
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References: Mayo Clinic Staff‚ (2012‚ January 25). Type 2 Diabetes Definition. Retrieved from: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/type-2-diabetes/DS00585 Zelman‚ M.‚ Tompary‚ E.‚ Raymond‚ J.‚ Holdaway‚ P.‚ & Mulvihill‚ M. (2010). Human diseases: A systemic approach (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson.
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Week 8 Mental Illness Paper HCA 240 For this week’s assignment‚ I have selected to write about Post traumatic stress disorder. I have quite a bit of experience will this illness as well because my husband suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder following a severe car accident that he was in about 6 years ago. Exposure to trauma is anything but new to the humankind. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ also known as PTSD‚ has been around for centuries but was not given the name Post-traumatic
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