The Chronic

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…

Briefly describe the negative impacts of chronic disease in the U.S. in terms of medical costs and societal burden (human cost). Include 2 examples of each. (2.5 points) Chronic disease is a major factor in when discussing medical costs and societal burdens. In the US chronic disease is costly especially as much of the aged population lives longer and many have chronic diseases that can later become disabling (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). Chronic disease places a lot of stress on a person and…

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…

on everyday people and those impacts on people with chronic diseases can vary immensely, however the coping methods are all the same and in most cases can improve the living standards of anyone having trouble with stress. The effects of stress on people with chronic illnesses can be as damaging as the disease or illness and is often ignored and less talked about than the actual physical effects of the illness or disease itself. Even though chronic illnesses can be debilitating and destructive to…

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells and the lymphatic system that are formed in the bone marrow. CLL usually affects older adults, especially those over age 60. People under age 45 rarely develop CLL. (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/) In CLL, cancerous blood cells form and crowd out the healthy blood cells in the bone marrow. (http://www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia) The type of leukemia depends on the type of blood cell that has become cancerous. The CLL cells leave…

Non-modifiable risk factors for chronic periodontitis involving genetic factors (36). People who are genotype positive for IL-1 (IL-1A and IL-1B) genes were found in one study of more than 100 patients to had higher levels of virulent bacterial species than those of genotype-negative patients. Additionally, genotype-positive patients were found to have higher counts of individual virulent bacterial species in pockets deeper than 6 mm, including T. forsythia (B. forsythus), P. gingivalis, and…

A chronic illness is a disease that persists for a long time. There are numerous chronic diseases in the world, many of which are the leading causes of death. At any time, 50% of the population has some sort of a chronic condition. My grandfather is a part of this population, and suffers from type 2 diabetes. Having a chronic disease impacts an individual’s life heavily. In addition chronic diseases can also affect the family and friends of the sufferer as well. My grandfather has had type 2…

Chronic psychological stress and animal models of IBD Like human, when Some animals are exposed to chronic stress, they may grow intestinal inflammation. Cotton top tamarins have high chance to develop a colitis similar to UC when exposed to prolonged stress of imprisonment, though remission occurs after returning to the natural living atmosphere [53]. Similarly, fatal colitis may also be seen in Siamese gibbons when kept in captivity [54]. As in humans, experimental models of psychological…

big or small. How we react to the strain on both our minds and bodies can determine how well we cope under this prolonged stress, or better known as chronic stress. When presented under tension our bodies react by operating interconnected neuroendocrine circuits (Mariotti, 2015). These circuits allow us to return to homeostasis equilibrium. Chronic stress occurs when the stimulus becomes too intense or lasts too long and the body cannot adapt under such circumstances. Without achieving…

essential to understand how to recognize and differentiate between the pathogenic alterations of acute and chronic asthma to appropriately treat and prevent the progression of this condition. This paper will review the pathophysiology of both chronic and acute asthma. Additionally, the behavioral factor smoking will be examined and applied to the diagnosis and treatment. Pathophysiology: Chronic Asthma According to Huether and McCance (2012),…