Cirrhosis

long terms effects of alcohol. They were even quite intrigued to hear the lesser known facts, such that long term alcohol abuse can eventually lead to lung damage. “The most common and identifiable alcohol-associated health problems include liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, cardiomyopathies, neuropathies, and dementia. However, the lungs are also adversely affected by alcohol abuse.” (Simmet & Sisson, 2015). The lungs can develop TB, respiratory syncytial virus, and acute respiratory distress…

The Healthy People 2020 initiative has made it possible for our society to have a longer, better quality of life through access to healthcare services. The obstacles our society had to face to attain this have been the inability to gain proper access into the healthcare system, the lack of insurance coverage, and the overall prevention of the disease. These obstacles have affected certain ethnic backgrounds, races, and education. The low-income persons are usually those who lack the necessary…

by excessive alcohol consumption and other minor diseases. There are two forms of liver disease; chronic and acute. People with chronic liver failure experience their symptoms over a long period of time, and if not properly treated, can lead to Cirrhosis. Patients with acute liver disease, however, experience their symptoms over a much shorter period of time with much less permanent damage. People with liver failure experience abdominal swelling, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, excessive bleeding…

Entertainment vs Alcohol Your phone rings but you are at the table with your family. What draws your attention away from the dinner conversation you are having with your family? Is it the not knowing who texted you? Is it you want to know more? You are driving and you receive a Snapchat from your best friend. Why do you look? Why do you risk your own life or someone else for so little as your phone. Are we actually “addicted” is the “addiction” serving to help the same purposes as drugs or…

alcohol and cardiovascular disease risk has long been established, with over a hundred studies examining this relationship over more than three decades. While high alcohol intakes are associated with many causes of morbidity and mortality such as cirrhosis of the liver and a variety of cancers, alcohol intake has been frequently and consistently been associated with an inverse association with the risk of cardiovascular disease. (Rimm 2001) Many prospective studies have indicated that consumers…

Educate yourself, your family, your friends, or children about the dangers of alcohol abuse. Help them realize that drinking too much could increase the chances of them getting cancer. Substance abuse is a serious problem and it affects not only the individual, but hurts everyone around them as well. Drinking too heavily can cause the individual to develop anemia, which is a disease that will cause their oxygen-carrying red blood cells to be far too low. Anemia has a lot of terrible symptoms,…

Alcohol takes over the lives of many individuals around the world. Just about every person knows someone or has been someone that has drank alcohol. Alcohol is currently one of the top drugs that is abused. Alcohol effects the mind, body, emotions, and even relationships with people closest to you. But what leads someone to alcohol? Is it stress, home life complications, to forget someone or something, or even the thought of a good time coming from consumption? There are many reasons for someone…

What if our bodies had their very own repair kits? Repair kits that could heal damaged and diseased cells. With today 's technology and medical advances we do, it is called stem cells but it comes at a cost. There are two kinds of stem cells, adult and embryonic. Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells, found throughout the body after development. Removing these, do not harm the patient. Embryonic stem cells are obtained from left over early-stage embryos in assisted fertility treatments.…

Alcoholism becomes a major issue in the United States. It is an extremely serious problem in our world today, meaning that more people become a heavy drinker and abuse more alcohol daily. This situation should be a concern to the public knowledge and understanding of its symptoms and effects is highly important to reduce the statistics that show rising numbers in its causal injuries, diseases, and fatalities. The problem with alcoholic people, they easily deny that they have an addictive…

After reading this week Junaral self-assessment mostly consisted of sexual risk, STDs and sexual transmitted diseases. But in more depth. Among men ,and Men assessment it was considered the relationship between two Men Learned a lot within never even imagine some relation would happen. It has made me think, although it was interesting. I had always afraid of affection disease. Due to my job, we also have some people that had a different type of infection. In some cases, epidemics…