Osteoporosis: A periodontal perception Osteoporosis a bone disorder of compromised bone strength causing a person to increased risk of fractures. Whereas periodontal disease is a locally occurring immunoinflammatory response “body attacks self‚” to bacteria in the oral cavity resulting in alveolar bone “ the thickened ridge of bone that contains the tooth socket on the bone that holds teeth the maxilla and the mandible‚” loss. Both disease entities show synonymous risk factors and hence
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Skeletal System: Osteoporosis Case Study 1 Ann is an 82 year-old Caucasian woman. She enjoys spending her time knitting‚ reading books‚ watching old movies‚ and writing letters to her grandchildren. She recently fell while stepping out of the bathtub. Although she did not fall very far or land very hard‚ she broke her femur. The doctor in the emergency room placed her leg in a cast and tested her bone mass density‚ finding that it was low. He told Ann that she might have osteoporosis‚ a disorder
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Osteoporosis Anatomy & Physiology 250 CASE - Module 2 Osteoporosis is a condition of low bone density that can progress silently over a long period of time. Osteoporosis has no symptoms until a fracture occurs‚ which causes bone pain‚ height loss‚ and abnormal spine curvature. If a fracture is determined to be due to osteoporosis‚ it is considered a pathological fracture‚ which is a break of a diseased or weakened bone without any identifiable trauma or following a minor injury that would
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Osteoporosis is a disease where the bone density and the quality of the bone is reduced in individuals‚ which leads to a higher risk of fractures. Osteoporosis in women and the elderly the cause more serious issues which makes them frail and more likely to become injured. There are nearly 9 million incidents reported annually of fractures that are directly related to Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis accounts for 70-80% of all fractures sustained by women suffering from it. This makes osteoporosis a significant
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Unit 40 - P1 Describe the types of dementia and common signs and symptoms The term ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms which can include loss of memory‚ mood changes and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur when the brain is damaged by certain conditions and diseases‚ including Alzheimer’s disease‚ vascular dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Age is the greatest risk factor for dementia. Dementia affects one in 14 people over the age of 65 and one in six over
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child turn to be fat as an adult. “ A child who is obese at age 6 has a 25% chance of being obese as an adult‚ and a child who is obese at age 12 has a 75% chance of being obese as an adult” (Barness‚ 2007). The roots of childhood obesity and their risk factors can be unhealthy eating‚ heritage and lifestyles. For example‚ children with parents that are already obese and with poor eating habit and sedentary lifestyle and their heritage will likely embrace the same lifestyles as their parents when growing
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RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED 1) Existing electric utility industry regulations‚ and changes to regulations‚ may present technical‚ regulatory and economic barriers to the purchase and use of solar energy systems that may significantly reduce demand for your solar energy systems. 2) The expiration‚ elimination or reduction of these rebates‚ credits and incentives would adversely impact your business. 3) If the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department makes additional determinations
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Lab-8 1. Some common risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities commonly found in the Remote Access Domain that must be mitigated through a layered security strategy are: • Private data or confidential data is compromised remotely (Kim & Solomon‚ 2012). • Unauthorized remote access to IT systems‚ applications‚ and data (Kim & Solomon‚ 2012). • Mobile worker laptop is stolen (Kim & Solomon‚ 2012). • Multiple logon retries and access control attacks (Kim & Solomon‚ 2012). 2. The deny-by-default rulesets
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Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized clinically by progressive cognitive impairment [1]. Age is the most important factor that predisposes persons to the non-familial form of the disease‚ which in 2010 affected over 35 million elderly adults worldwide [2]. How aging interacts with other risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease [3] is still unknown. It appears‚ however‚ that certain age-related pathologies that are closely associated with systemic dysfunctions in lipid metabolism
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Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Determining risk factors‚ consequences‚ and protective measures of Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders Body image is an individual’s perception of his or her own body in terms of sexual attractiveness. Human society has emphasized on beauty of the human body for a long time. However‚ an individual’s perception of their own body may differ from society’s standards‚ thus
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