...depressive disorder deals with victims who feel guilt, hopelessness, and sadness, it tends to last for weeks at a time. Bipolar disorder are people who moods changed drastically between one another, such as being overly agitated or feeling depressed. Schizophrenia are people with the symptoms of visual or auditory hallucinations, they have social withdrawal and disordered thinking. Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD is referred to people having repeated thoughts and feelings that soon leads to anxiety that will make them perform certain behaviors. Panic or anxiety disorders is when anxiety begins to dominate the person's life and it becomes difficult for the person to cope with everyday life. Eating disorder has varieties, including anorexia, bulima, and binge-eating disorder, this illness refers to those who have concerns about their weight and image. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder known as ADHD are people that are impulsive, hypered, or difficult at paying attention, children tend to misbehave more than usual at home and have poor relationship with...
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...How Little Is Too Much: Destructive Results of the Internet With the increase in the use of technology, the internet has allowed us to expand our minds, become more educated and assist us in connecting with others. On the other hand, the internet has also put us in a position of having information compromised, as well as being exposed to too much information, and opening the door to various unhealthy perceptions of beauty and additions associated with those perceptions. Unrealistic media images that are presented on the internet, in movies, magazines and models make it difficult for the average American woman to follow. Analysis of females, fictional or real, show a bias towards body weight well below the recommended size and weight for people in their age group. As a result, females who are unable to conform to the idea being put forth in the media are taking extreme measure to be more like their role models. Those that fall short of the idea of the “perfect” body shape can be vulnerable to depression, poor self-esteem, and general body dissatisfaction. With the increase in technology, we have more exposure to unrealistic standard for beauty. One example of this downside to technology is that of pro-eating disorder websites which are simply known as pro-ana/pro-mia websites. “Ana” is short for anorexia nervosa. It is a common eating disorder where individuals obsess about weight, what they eat and how much exercise they participate in. “Mia” is the shortened form of bulimia...
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...Bulimia Nervosa 2 As many know the definition of Bulimia Nervosa is an illness in which a person binges on food or has regular episodes of overeating and feels loss of control. The person uses different methods such as vomiting or abusing laxatives to prevent weigh gain . Many people who suffer from this illness also have anorexia nervosa, but not all are in this statistic (“Bulimia,2012). Bulimia effects more women then it does men and this illness is more common in adolescent girls and young women. Usually the affected person is aware that their eating pattern is abnormal and may have a feeling of guilt or fear with the binge-purge episodes (“Bulimia,2012). The majority of the time the exact cause of bulimia is unknown genetic, psychological, trauma, family, society, or cultural factors can play a role. This is likely due to more than one factor. Bulimia Nervosa is derived from the Greek boulimia; ravenous hunger, a compound of bous, ox-limos, hunger ( “Bulimia Nervosa Background and History”, N.D.). Romans were known to tickle their throats with feathers after each meal they consumed to induce vomiting which aloud them to return to a gluttonous feasting. They did this to enhance the enjoyment...
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...Eating disorders has in the recent times become a threatening mental health illness in the society and as such attract a public discussion in most forum. The epidemic has mostly cut across a demographic populations of young people between age 15 to 25 as supported by Walsh (2007a) surprisingly, women are the most affected in this group. There are three classifications of this eating abnormality; known as - Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia nervosa and Binge eating disorders. However, I will base this essay on one of these classifications known as Anorexia Nervosa eating disorder which is defined as a physiological illness whereby people starve themselves and refused to eat - Ambrose and Deisler (2011). Another author defines anorexia nervosa as refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and fear of gaining weight Shepphired (2010). For the purpose of this essay, I will discuss much more on this type of eating disorder popularly known as Anorexia nervosa by DSM-V(2013). I am going to divide this essay into three parts. I will look at the signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa. I will identify the possible impact of the illness in the life of a patient and her immediate environments (the families and Friends of the individual) and the treatment or nursing intervention. I will also relate this experience to one of my patient at my placement. In accordance with the Data Protection Act (2000) and Nursing and Midwifery code of conduct (2010), I have adopted the name Lola (not the...
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...A kid with Hepatitis A can return to school 1 week within the onset of jaundice. 2. After a patient has dialysis they may have a slight fever...this is normal due to the fact that the dialysis solution is warmed by the machine. 3. Hyperkalemia presents on an EKG as tall peaked T-waves 4. The antidote for Mag Sulfate toxicity is ---Calcium Gluconate 5. Impetigo is a CONTAGEOUS skin disorder and the person needs to wash ALL linens and dishes seperate from the family. They also need to wash their hands frequently and avoid contact. positive sweat test. indicative of cystic fibrosis 1. Herbs: Black Cohosh is used to treat menopausal symptoms. When taken with an antihypertensive, it may cause hypotension. Licorice can increase potassium loss and may cause dig toxicity. 2. With acute appendicitis, expect to see pain first then nausea and vomiting. With gastroenitis, you will see nausea and vomiting first then pain. 3. If a patient is allergic to latex, they should avoid apricots, cherries, grapes, kiwi, passion fruit, bananas, avocados, chestnuts, tomatoes and peaches. 4. Do not elevate the stump after an AKA after the first 24 hours, as this may cause flexion contracture. 5. Beta Blockers and ACEI are less effective in African Americans than Caucasians. 1. for the myelogram postop positions. water based dye (lighter) bed elevated. oil based dye heavier bed flat. 2.autonomic dysreflexia- elevated bed first....then check foley...
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