Compassion fatigue

“Myalgia” is the medical term for muscle pain. It is often a symptom of another disease present in the body. It isn't a disease itself. So patients who report having this condition to their doctor have to undergo further testing to determine what the other underlying factors are. The severity and location of the pain both help in the diagnosis too. Once the doctor has all the information that he or she needs, they can make a determination of the specific type of muscle pain that someone has, so…

At first the artist would experience and great surge in productivity, a so-called “second wind”, but as the night continued fatigue and exhaustion would set in. The artist would experience this second wind because when an individual refrains from sleep for an extended period of time his mesolimbic dopamine system becomes somewhat over-stimulated. The mesolimbic dopamine system…

The symptoms are remarkably similar to that of baby blues and this is why a majority of moms go undiagnosed either by just not knowing they have this disorder or by feelings of shame by the new mom for feeling this way. A new mom assumes she should not be so selfish and be ecstatic about the new-born. A surprising statistic is that approximately 10 percent of moms go undiagnosed with this disorder and the effects can be devastating for an entire family (Miller, 2006). Postpartum depression,…

Gabriela M. Santiago Michael Vaughan English 1020 30 October 2016 The Story of an Hour When reading about “The Story of an Hour” we can agree that there are multiple positions regarding Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard, a woman suffering from a heart condition is notified about her husband’s death in a car accident. Positions, such as a woman being repressed, or being in a male-dominant society, could be possible positions for the expectations during that century.…

wallow in self-pity. This image clearly represents the feelings society wants us to suppress. Unaffected individuals tend to undermine the fact that depression victims do indeed suffer from physical symptoms. Some symptoms include: appetite loss, fatigue, joint pain, and insomnia. While these are a few commonly experienced symptoms, the potential symptoms are not limited to the ones listed above. To support this image with personal experience, my cousin Ben suffered from depression but nobody…

Chief Complaint Joseph Alabs, is a new patient who self-referred himself to the Behavioral Health Provider (BHP) a week ago. Joseph Ala is a retired 74-year-old man diagnosed with anxiety, hypertension and rheumatoid Arthritis. Joseph is married and has seven adult children who are independent and live away from home. Joseph is a care giver for his wife who is diagnosed with bi-polar, depression, diabetes and arthritis. Joseph hired a housekeeper to help him once a week with cleaning the…

1) Explain in your own words the signs and symptoms of depression. There are many symptoms of depression, some psychological and some physical. Quite often people feel very sad and they don’t feel like going out or socialising with anyone. During school or work they have poor concentration and cannot comprehend what they are reading, which can often lead to misunderstood information and can affect ones quality of work. Due to someone not going outside and socialising it can result in obesity and…

A previously healthy 21 year old male presents himself to our clinic with a 7 day history of an extreme malaise, stiffness and tenderness in the neck and a sore throat. Upon analysis it was confirmed they were diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis, also known as glandular fever. It is commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (Hurt & Tammar, 2007). Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical syndrome that can be characterized by a multitude of symptoms. The disease is most likely to occur in…

Even though there is no cure for this condition there are a variety of treatment plans and ways to live with this condition. Understanding Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by a widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues (). It is sometimes referred to as “the invisible disease”. There are currently at least 10 million cases of Fibromyalgia reported. Fibromyalgia effects women and men and sometimes children, but it is more prevalent…

Fibromyalgia is a disorder causes widespread musculoskeletal pain and is usually accompanied by memory, fatigue, mood and sleep issues. It is believed that fibromyalgia intensifies painful sensations that affect the way your brain receives pain signals. It is believed by some researchers that repeated nerve stimulation causes people's brains to change that have fibromyalgia. These changes involve abnormal levels of chemicals inside of the brain that signal pain to increase. It is also believed…