Chronic toxicity

Chronic Illness A chronic illness is any medical condition that is long lasting in its effects and that vary greatly both in their essential characteristics and the ways in which they affect families and its adaptive functioning. Some chronic illness get worse over time, while the symptoms of other chronic illnesses will flare up occasionally. Every family is a balanced system and after learning of a patient’s chronic illness, a family will experience some loss of equilibrium. The illness…

patients remotely using telephone, video conferencing, and other technology. Using it in a home setting has many benefits to patient’s that are living at home with chronic conditions. In the USA, about 80% of older adults have one chronic condition, and 50% have at least two (CDC 2011). A decent homebased management of patients with chronic diseases would make it easier to detect exacerbations in conditions quickly and in turn reduce hospital readmissions and slow down disease progression…

Stress is the emotional and physical way that we respond to pressures. It is what we feel when we are given more than what we think we manage, when we have little, to no control. It creates vulnerability and perceived threats. Stress can harm a healthy body; it is linked to heart disease, obesity, and constipation. Addictions, such as smoking, drinking, and drug abuse are related because it is a temporary relief of stress although, it does not make stress go away. “Stress, Portrait of a…

6. If my friend was experiencing a great deal of stress issues, I would suggest a few things to her. First, I would encourage her to reduce the amount of caffeine, sweets, and fried foods she is consuming. These foods and drinks can trigger and aggravate stress, causing her to be more anxious and compounding the problems. Second, I would suggest for her to drink more water, eat a “rainbow of foods,” and attempt to consume some food every four hours. Drinking more water hydrates the body and…

occurs after you’ve been dealing with the stressor for weeks or months. In this stage, you’re body can no longer handle the stress, and you constantly feel depleted. While moderate levels of stress can help you focus or work harder, experiencing chronic stress can create negative physical, social and…

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…

The community nurses require excellence services and skills that are established to deal with diversity of clinical performance, by preparing the community nurses with diversity of management tasks and difficulties. Nurses are the center of health staffs or caregiver in the community. For instance, what method can be apply to combat infection, what are the dressings types that can be used to control exudate amount and what could be done to ensure and guarantee proper dressings that impart…

In today’s world many people suffer with ulcers. Ulcers are sore which occurs on the external surface of the body and the internal surface of the body. The way ulcers are caused is by a break in the skin that does not fully recover or fail to heal. Treating of an ulcers can happen many ways depending on which type of ulcers are present. The most common ulcers are gastric ulcers, esophageal ulcers, and duodenal ulcers. Along with these three ulcers Pressure ulcers and Stasis ulcers are usually…

damage or described in terms of such damage or both. Pain can be classified as acute, chronic and malignant pain. Acute Pain: Acute pain is caused by injury, surgery, illness, trauma or painful medical procedures. It serves as a warning of disease or a threat to the body. It generally lasts for a short period of time, and usually disappears when the underlying cause has been treated or has healed. Chronic Pain: Chronic pain exists beyond an expected time for healing. It is a persistent pain…

The general health subscale of the SF-12 will be used in this study as the outcome and to assess the general health perception. General health subscale includes one item rated on a 5 point scale, poor to excellent. The response of this item will be transformed to a norm-based score (i.e. 0 to 100). Higher scores indicate a better health status and lower scores indicate a poorer health status [261]. The outcome will be assessed by one item, however, the literature supports validity and…