Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic pain is a major problem in the U.S. affecting 116 million adults81; more 46 than diabetes, cancer, and heart disease combined30. Recent estimates claim that 47 chronic pain affects 1.5 billion people worldwide, and these figures are steadily on the 48 rise81. As a result, chronic pain remains a pervasive medical problem consuming a vast 49 amount of health care resources. Treatments for chronic pain in the U.S. can cost up to 50 $635 billion dollars annually30 imposing a substantial…

The overall treatment goal for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is to decrease the major symptoms of this disorder, including chronic widespread pain, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and insomnia. It is not unusually to see patients with FM that are using opiate for the associated pain but several observational studies have found evidence that the use of opioids in the treatment of FM is associated with worse clinical outcomes (Gaskell, 2016). I will not recommend continued use of the…

providing evidence that NPY stimulates cause growth of abdominal fat cells when the subject experiences chronic stress (Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2007). Not only does stress increase one’s appetite, it increases the chances of reaching an unhealthy weight. This in turn can increase blood pressure and the chances of being diagnosed with diabetes. In additional studies, severe pain links back to chronic stress. As mentioned previously, when the body is under stress it produces a hormone called…

purpose of this assignment, is a vocational rehabilitation service that supports and educates individuals with chronic illnesses to assist them in supportive rehabilitation and gaining employment, in a paid or voluntary role. The client group identified for this service are individuals with diagnosed chronic illness such as however not limited to Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Diabetes mellitus and Stoke. Accordingly, the client group comes from…

Ketamine is classified as a general anesthetic, and has conventionally been used as such since its FDA approval in 19701. It is a noncompetitive NMDA antagonist that blocks glutamate and produces a cataleptic state, or a state of trance or seizure with a loss of sensation and consciousness accompanied by rigidity of the body. It dissociates the limbic and thalamocortical systems, effectively dissociating the CNS from outside stimuli. Per the manufacturer’s package insert, it is to be dosed by…

The Effect of Incongruent Background Color on Odor Perception The olfactory perception is the one sense that is the most difficult to describe in words. It is also a rather personal sense since people connect scents with certain memories or images of their lives. When people are asked to imagine the scent of lavender, some might think about their mother’s laundry detergent that smelled like lavender, which she used when they were younger. But to imagine scent without thinking of an actual image…

drain. Social support was measured through a 17-item Social Support Index by McCubbin, Patterson & Glynn (1982) Affective Coping through a 28 item Brief Cope by Carver (1997). Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion fatigue measured by Professional Quality of Life III: Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction Subscales, RIII by Stamm (2003). Burnout was measured by The Maslach Burnout Inventory by Maslach & Jackson (1981), and the ability to identify one’s own emotional state was measured by a 14-item…

organs functionality. Consequently, sonographers are experts who produce the sonographic images using the sonographic machines. In the contemporary world, sonographers face severe stress due to various factors such as scarcity of workers, compassion, fatigue, and job displeasure (Walvoord, 2006). By evaluating various studies, this paper describes…

Compassion Fatigue and Verghese Compassion fatigue is a growing result of working in the medical profession. The definition of compassion fatigue is the cumulative physical, emotional and psychological effect of exposure to traumatic stories or events when working in a helping capacity, combined with the strain and stress of everyday life (American Bar Association). Health physicians, especially those working with terminally ill patients, often become compassionately fatigued from the deaths…

caseloads, complex clients, and insurmountable amount of paperwork. Given these reasons, CFS workers struggle with exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and burnout. This study was conducted to determine if CFS workers in Region 2 suffer from compassion fatigue and what can be done to help alleviate some risk factors attributed to compassion fatigue. The Problem Compassion fatigue has been topic of increased consideration within CFS for a number of years. Working in this field requires working with…