Anemia of chronic disease

people, already have symptoms that affect their daily activities. Impacts on quality of life, financial state, and burden of disease can affect a community quite deeply (Economics, 2008). The economic impact COPD has on the community is quite large. In 2008, it was estimated that COPD cost Australia $98.2 billion of which, $8.8 billion was the financial cost for the burden of disease while $89.4 billion was the loss of wellbeing. COPD has in many ways, impact negatively on productivity and…

amount of children and adolescents are growing up with chronic diseases and living into adulthood. Chronic illness is defined as an illness that requires 6+ months of constant medical care, permanent lifestyle/dietary changes, and behavioral modifications. Examples of chronic illnesses include asthma, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and inflammatory bowel disease. There are several hardships that children who are diagnosed with chronic illnesses must face such as frequent…

An inheritance disorder also known as genetic disorder, is an inherited medical condition caused by a DNA abnormality. Sometimes physicians are not able to label a disease, because it is unknown, and so they call it an undiagnosed disorder. These disorders vary from all sorts of genetic genes from your siblings. Genetic disorders can be caused by a mutation by one gene, multiple genes, or by the combinations of gene and environmental factors. Some disorders are inherited by a parent or are…

Leukemia is a disease that is commonly treated by using chemotherapy and with this treatment comes a lot of side effects like myelosuppression (Thompson 2000). Patient that get Myelosuppression are sometimes diagnosed with anemia which is a disease that results from low level of oxygenated red blood cells and thrombocytopenia which is a decrease in the amount of platelets that a patients has (Thompson 2000). Leukemia affects the cardiovascular system by forcing the clotting cascade to start and…

Gaucher disease is a genetic disorder in which glucocerebroside (a sphingolipid, also known as glucosylceramide) accumulates in cells and certain organs. Sphingolipids constitute a diverse array of lipids in which fatty acids are linked through amide bonds to a long-chain base, structurally they form the building blocks of eukaryotic membranes. Gaucher disease occurs when a enzyme is deficient. When the enzyme is defective, glucocerebroside accumulates, particularly in white blood cells and…

Immunology Disease Term Paper 11/21/14 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options I. INTRODUCTION Lupus, Latin for “wolf,” originally referred to the erosive facial lesions that resembled a wound from a wolf’s bite. In the Middle Ages lupus was mainly described as a dermatologic condition. It was not until 1872 that lupus was considered a systemic disease that presented with subcutaneous nodules, arthritis, lymphadenopathy, fever, weight loss, anemia, and…

required and cannot be made by the human body. The body can obtain these nutrients through various foods. Nutrition is the groundwork for health and wellness and assists us to live longer, healthier lives, as well as aiding in the prevention of chronic diseases. Many individuals have a hard time avoiding fast foods, which has become a prevalent issue. Obesity is a national…

adequate and inadequate healthcare, in which the Bane’s family’s healthcare was unfortunately inadequate. Though the healthcare was inadequate, Robert situation was potentially better than Ms. Jackson due to the fact that kidney failure is the only chronic disease that makes nearly all Americans automatically eligible for Medicare regardless of age. Robert also finally found out the true reason his kidney failed the first time, because of glomerulusclerosis. Due to his constant drug use this may…

What is Enlarged Spleen in Cats? Splenomegaly, or an enlarged spleen, is a symptom of another condition or disease. The enlargement is due to inflammation, which occurs due to infiltration of cells as a result of the primary condition. The primary condition that is causing the enlargement is typically related to the function of the spleen, such as filtering blood or synthesizing antibodies in the cat's body. The cat's spleen may either enlarge uniformly over the entire organ or enlarge…

fat and refined food loaded with oil, salt and sugar that the majority of Americans consume and induce into their bodies. Needless to say, this diet is anything but nutrients. As a result, this diet causes many health diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, and coronary disease. The problem is also that the amount of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, seeds and nuts recommended, which are full of nutrients, is minimal. Americans believe or want to believe that the Standard American Diet is…