Diet For Renal Patient Fluid & Fluid Control Kidneys help control the amount of fluid that leaves your body. If your kidney disease progresses‚ your kidneys may be unable to regulate the removal of fluid from your body and as a result your doctor may ask you to limit your fluid intake. Too much fluid may cause swelling‚ shortness of breath‚ or high blood pressure. What exactly is a fluid? Fluids are any food that is liquid or anything that melts into a liquid. Examples of fluids include the
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biological process‚ however there are many other factors that can affect the ageing process such as the psychosocial and behavioral factors. These influence heavily on the aged person and the life they live. If any of these components of aging are neglected or ignored then person couldn’t possibly sustain a healthy standard of living. 2. Effects Of Ageing- Psychosocial The term psychosocial refers to ones psychological development in and interaction with a social environment. ‘ A healthy
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Alzheimer’s Disease by: Michael Sang Introduction to Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain. It is first described by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) in 1905. This disease worsens with advancing age‚ although there is no evidence that it is cause by the aging process. The average life expectancy of a person with the disease is between five and ten years‚ but some patients today can live up to 15 years due to improvements
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TREATMENT OPTIONS There is NO cure for sickle cell disease‚ although new stem cell research is promising. Bone marrow transplant is a potential cure‚ however finding a matched sibling donor is difficult. Therefore treatment is primarily focused on management of symptoms and prevention of pain episodes. Hydroxyurea (a chemotherapeutic medication) is the only recognized treatment option for the prevention of vaso-occlusive crisis in SCD. It is a prescribed drug for adult patients
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What does it mean to describe psychosocial studies as a ‘transdiscipline’? ‘...we human beings are simultaneously creatures of communication‚ creatures of bio-chemistry‚ creature of consciousness and‚ perhaps above all‚ creature of creativity’ (Stenner 2009‚ 196). Beginning to answer such a question necessitates a definition of terms‚ as both ‘transdisciplinarity’ and the ‘psychosocial’ are contested terrain. This paper will thus begin with an account of differing conceptualisation of ‘transdisciplinarity’
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onset diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease which causes many functional impairments and comes with many challenges. These challenges are not only life altering for the individual but also manifest within the family. Although there are many challenges there is also an abundance of opportunities‚ adjustments and adaptions as well as new therapies and treatments that are progressing towards an easier life for those that live with this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a
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Erik Erikson is best known for his stages of psychosocial development and identity crisis. Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best known theories of personality. Similar to Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosocial stages‚ Erikson’s theory describes the impact of social experiences across the whole lifespan. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development covered eight stages across the life
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Since I am currently half-way through my volunteer hours‚ I have noticed a tremendous difference in the way grade 1’s interact and the way grade 4/5’s interact socially with peers and in the classroom. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development strongly relate to the differences in the way both grades socialize. Even though grade one’s are at the end of the initiative vs. guilt stage‚ this stage of development is
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The Impact of STD’s on Youth 15-24 Faith Stephens SEEP 2016 Augusta University According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)‚ over 20 million new cases Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are diagnosed each year. Youth‚ ages 15-19‚ and young adults‚ ages 20-24‚ account for half of all new STD infections. Reasons for this high rate of infection by youth and young adults include the following: young people do not get the recommended test; are hesitant to talk to adults‚ including parents
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March 29‚ 2013 Professor Levitt Informative Speech Assignment Brain Aneurysm Purpose: To inform my audience about Brain Aneurysm Thesis: I will speak about some facts on Brain Aneurysm. I will speak about the causes‚ symptoms‚ the treatment‚ the issues with it‚ the symptoms and the outcomes or results of it. I.Brain Aneurysm A. I had a friend who recently passed away about 6 months ago she had brain aneurysm. She didn’t know that she was getting it‚ according to her boyfriend who was there to experience
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