...Crohn’s disease, also known as regional enteritis, is one of several types of inflammatory bowel disease that can have a devastating effect on the gastrointestinal tract of those who suffer from it. Unlike many other types of IBD, Crohn’s can and does affect any part of the GI tract from mouth to anus. The symptoms and side effects of this disease can be debilitating, with 1 in 5 people with Crohn’s admitted to hospitals yearly. There is no cure for this disease, and there is no surefire way to induce the disease into a period of remission. With over 1.4 million Amerians suffering from this and other chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, it is important that we understand how this disease runs the lives of those it is a part of. The earliest...
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...probably heard about a digestive disease called Crohn's disease. It is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily of the bowel, but can affect any part of the GI tract. Some signs and symptoms of the disease include persistent diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal cramps and pain, constipation, fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, and night sweats are just some of the many symptoms. If you have one or more of these signs, please go and see your doctor as soon as possible for a possible cause and treatment. It is a chronic disease, so this means patients will likely experience periods when the disease flares up and causes symptoms, followed by periods of remission when patients may not notice any symptoms at all. The...
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...Crohn’s disease is in a class of conditions known as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). It can also called ileitis, but Crohn’s disease is only a type of ileitis. Its origin began in the 1930s, and was named after Burrill B. Crohn (1884–1983), an American pathologist, who was among the first to describe it. It may affect as many as 700,000 Americans. Both men and women are equally likely to be affected, and although the disease can occur at any age, Crohn's is more frequent among adolescents and young adults between 15 and 35. Crohn’s is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the small intestine and the start of the large intestine. However, the disease can affect any part of the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus. Crohn’s disease...
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...Personal Impact Paper Addonica Jackson NUR/427 July 8, 2014 Debra Ayer Personal Impact Paper Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus, although the ileum, colon and perineum are most commonly involved (Hart, A. & Ng, S., 2011). CD is more widespread among adolescents and young adults between the ages of 15 - 35. According to Mayo Clinic Staff, "Researchers believed that a number of factors, such as heredity and a malfunctioning immune system, play a role in the development of Crohn's disease." In CD the patient develops inflammation to the wall of the bowel that causes scarring or the inflammation can penetrate through the wall of the bowel and causes a fistula. Some symptoms of CD are persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain and cramps, rectal bleeding, decrease appetite, weight loss and constipation. In order to protect the patient's privacy I will use the initial AJ. I obtained verbal permission from AJ and her mom to interview her. I chose CD because over the past 6 months I have seen the great financial, personal and social impact CD has on AJ and her family. This paper will also address AJ's learning process and educational experience regarding CD. It will also outline the change motivators AJ used and recommend theories of learning and motivation. AJ, a 21 year old nursing student was experiencing frequent bouts of abdominal pain, loose stool and hyperactive bowel...
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...Anatomy and Physiology of Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disease of the intestines with usually peak between 15 and 35. It is one of many Inflammatory bowl disease (IBD), and is sometimes also called Regional enteritis, Morbus Crohn’s, Terminal iletis, or Granulomatous enteritis. It primarily affects the small and large intestine, but can affect the digestive system anywhere between the mouth and the anus. It is named after the physician who examined the disease in a landmark paper written in 1932. Crohn's disease lasts for many years throughout life, and many patients require surgery at some point and even then they can have recurring symptoms. The cause of CD is unknown, although there are two major theories. One theory is that the structural changes in the cells of the bowel are perceived by the immune system as foreign and are attacked, leading to constant inflammation. The second theory is that an unknown type of bacterium persistently attacks the bowel, which also leads to constant inflammation. Patients with CD are usually nutritionally deficient which is mainly due to a decreased intake and malabsorption of nutrients. This tends to happen because certain parts of the abdomen might be inflamed so the patient may not be able to properly absorb the food, which can cause them to be deficient in certain vitamins and other nutrients. Although diet may affect the symptoms in patients with this disease, it appears unlikely...
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...Paper#1 Family Process xxxxxxxx University of Wyoming Paper#1 Family Process The J. Family is a neighbor of the interviewer. The initial interview was conducted in Mr. and Mrs. J’s home with their 3 school age children present and included in the interview. Two subsequent interviews were conducted for clarification and additional information over the phone with Mrs. J. The interviews were conducted using the Friedman family assessment model (Friedman, Bowden, & Jones, 2003). Identifying Data Family Name J. Family 1111 Xxxx Street xxxx, Idaho 8xxxx 208-xxx-xxxx Family Composition • DWJ Chaplain Master of Arts in Clinical Ministry 48 y.o., 12/5/1964, Spokane, WA; Male-Dad Crohn’s disease “Okay” Health • JAJ Homemaker 2 Years Post-Secondary Education 50 y.o., 2/1/1962, Tacoma, WA; Female-Mom “Excellent Health” • JJJ 8th grader 13 y.o., 6/24/1999, xxxx, ID; Male-Son “Excellent Health” • CAJ 6th grader 11 y.o., 5/13/2001, xxxxx, ID; Male-Son “Excellent Health” • KAJ 3rd grader 8 y.o., 6/3/2004, xxxxx, ID; Female-Daughter “Excellent Health” Family Form Nuclear Family-One parent working (Friedman et al., 2003, p. 19). Cultural Background Family describes self as Caucasian and English speaking. Father is the 4th generation to live in the United States and he reports origins from Scandinavia. He is unsure what part of Scandinavia but states, “I think I am a mix of Swedish and Norwegian”. The mother reports she is 3rd generation Irish-American...
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...Dietary Supplements Summary James Johnson SCI/241 Abstract In this paper I am going to discuss and identify what are dietary supplements, some benefits of taking dietary supplements, some risks from taking dietary supplements, the government regulations surrounding dietary supplements, I will be discussing Rheumatoid arthritis and the use of an herbal supplement to treat it called cat’s claw. What are Dietary Supplements? Dietary supplements in the United States are classified as substances that you consume by the way of eating or drinking them. Dietary supplements can be herbal, vitamins, minerals, or amino acids, or even a part of all of these substances. Some benefits of taking these dietary supplements are boosting energy, losing weight, stress, heart health, liver health, and even to reduce wrinkles. These are just a few benefits of taking supplements, there are experts that say that there are places in our diet that has a definite need for supplements, but there primary goal is to fill in the gaps that we lose as nutrients. There are risks that are involved with taking dietary supplements and people need to pay close attention when taking to many supplements. Like all drugs there are side effects, Exposures to supplements (such as vitamins, herbs, protein powders, and botanicals) accounted for more than 35,000 calls to US poison control centers in 2011. Of these calls, more than 4,000 people were reportedly treated in health care facilities. More than 800 cases...
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...Early societies used hemp crops as a source of food, fiber, oil, and paper. Medical marijuana is becoming popular around the world because many new studies suggest that medical marijuana benefits a person’s health. Marijuana has been used medically for centuries, although there isn’t too much scientific research dating back that far. Marijuana is prescribed for a variety of medical conditions including pain, epilepsy, crohn’s disease, cancer, depression, etc. Medical marijuana can provide a variety of health benefits to one’s health. Medical marijuana is a medication used to treat a variety of health conditions. According to Bonni Goldstein, a physician with over two decades of experience, marijuana can improve the lives of people diagnosed with cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other health conditions (Goldstein). Medical Marijuana patients of Bonnie Goldstein have had beneficial results from the treatment of medical cannabis with little to no side effects (Goldstein). THC isn’t...
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...also benefit from the use of marijuana. According to the article by Hoffman and others, there are many disease that marijuana can help improve. The disease he says it improve are HIV-AIDS, cachexia, cancer, glaucoma, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, severe nausea, severe and chronic pain, muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease, and many other health conditions. In 2013 there were over 693,482 arrested for possession of marijuana and 609,423 were charged with drug violation. If we legalized marijuana that will help the drug war against minorities tremendously. In this paper I tried to discuss all the ways minorities are affected by the "drug war" in the United States. I tried to start with my introduction and give a general overview of the paper. Then I tried to give my audience a little bit of history on drugs in the US and who have been affected by it since the civil war. In my next few paragraphs, I tried to provide sources to back of my claims in my thesis statement. In my third paragraph I discuss ways the drug war helps our economy. So that my audience will be see why our government might want to keep the "drug war" against minorities going. In my literature review section, which is the second to last paragraph, I talked about how legalizing marijuana will help my claim and will help we also prevent diseases. Throughout the process of my research paper I have learn a lot....
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...Research Paper Legalization of Medical Marijuana Beneficial or Harmful? By Britanii Hoeche American Government POLS101: AMER GOV 3196 Mr. Shawn Moore March 1st, 2012 Introduction Medical Marijuana usage and the effects it would have on the United States if it were legalized has been talked about and been a topic for years. The main question I will be trying to uncover is whether or not medical marijuana has helped, and if it would help stimulate the economy by being legal in all states. To find these answers I will also try to find out if statistics show that this drug has produced revenue in states it is legal in already and if marijuana is beneficial for medicinal purposes only. I will also uncover the medical benefits that users receive from being prescribed this drug, and how much revenue would this drug produce if legalized. What effects does THC have on the brain and its functions? All of these are questions I wonder myself and will attempt to answer with my research provided below. As we all know a large percentage of Americans smoke the forbidden plant already so should that make it legal? Many agree that legalization of this drug would help regulate the economy with its revenue and taxation. If grown by the government the country could grow, sell and tax this plant and make billions of dollars each year in profit while allowing people with medical needs to smoke it legally. Where is it legal so far? States that have recently allowed marijuana use for medicinal...
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...Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America following alcohol and tobacco. It is most commonly smoked out of a pipe, or rolled like a cigarette. The active ingredient in marijuana that causes the “high” followed by smoking it is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. This is the most common perception of individuals who encounter the drug but what is failed to be considered are its environmental advantages. Like marijuana, hemp is another form of the Cannabis plant. It is often confused with marijuana because of its similar leaf shape but contains miniscule amounts of THC. Hemp could play an important role in solutions considering concerns for our eco-system. Hemp can be used in the industrial sense for food, fibers, paper, textiles, etc. Hemp fibers are longer, stronger, more...
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...Tuberculosis MELINDA COSTA FERNANDES, LPN Jerse y College Teterboro Campus Dr. Hemant Sabharwal November 2013 April 2015 ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack almost any part of the body. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB is spread from person to person by the airborne route (MMWR, 2013). Tuberculosis is a leading killer of young adults worldwide and the global scourge of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is reaching epidemic proportions. It is endemic in most developing countries and resurgent in developed and developing countries with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Renewed efforts in tuberculosis (TB) research have led to important new insights into the biology and epidemiology of this devastating disease. The disease, risk factors, treatment and prevention of TB is discussed in this paper. Tuberculosis can be controlled if appropriate policies are followed, effective clinical and public health management is ensured, and there are committed and co-ordinated efforts from within and outside the health sector. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack almost any part of the body. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, is spread from person to person by the airborne route. When a person with TB in their lungs or throat coughs, laughs, sneezes, sings, or even talks, the germs...
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...jobs it could create, the tax profits it would bring to the government, or even the medical miracles surfacing around the nation. Marijuana is safe, safer in fact than most other prescribed medications to treat the same symptoms. This plant is growing vastly in the medical field and replacing many addictive narcotics prescribed by doctors. Medical marijuana is available in several different forms. It can be smoked, vaporized, ingested in a pill form or an edible version can be added to foods such as brownies, cookies and chocolate bars. While more than 17.6 million Americans are addicted to alcohol according to the NIAAA, only 9% of heavy pot users are at risk of becoming addicted. Unlike alcohol, you can’t overdose on cannabis and early research shows there are very few long-term effects of smoking pot. Studies show that for some users, perhaps as many as 10 per cent, cannabis leads to psychological dependence, but there is little evidence that it carries a risk of true addiction. Unlike for nicotine, alcohol and hard drugs, there is no definite withdrawal syndrome, the sign of true addiction, when use of marijuana has stopped. Also unlike cigarette smokers, most users do not take the drug on a daily basis, and usually abandon it in their twenties or thirties. Some would say that medical marijuana is not a safe and could even be considered a gateway drug to other abused substances. A recent study group has informed readers the youth of this generation now perceives marijuana use...
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...Cardona Prof. Cynthia Miecznikowski ENG 1060 December 4, 2015 Work stress and its effects in Wall Street Wall Street is to be considered one of the most powerful market place in the world. It is a dream for the people interested in the financial sector; where successful bankers make tremendous amount of money. But, what really is Wall Street? It is consider one of the most important financial markets in the world. It is a street in southern Manhattan, New York. It is home to numerous firms as well as the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ (Investopedia, 2015). Wall Street is a magnificent marketplace where making a good earning and having a good lifestyle looks achievable. But, that is not all true and easy. By the research made for previous papers on this topic, its has been shown that Wall Street is not all roses and violets. Remember, not everything that shines is gold, and not everything that is gold, shines. Employees in the financial sector, bankers to be more specific, endure painfully long hours during the week. Hours average between 80 to 120 hours per week, which is significantly higher than what the normal person works weekly (Ross, 2015). Some might argue that this is something that cannot be changed. The working demand in Wall Street is very high, expectations are very high, therefore the hours and the workload will accumulate and increase. But Wall Street is too much. Working the average amount of hours in Wall Street will potentially lead to stress. Work...
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...Depression Treatment: The Natural Way There is a lot of controversy about appropriate treatments for depression. Today antidepressants are among the most prescribed medications in the world. Despite their popularity, research has suggested that antidepressant medications may not be as successful as people had imagined in counteracting depression (Johnson & Kirsch, 2008, p. 1). Extensive research and studies show that natural remedies are better than antidepressants for treating depression because there are fewer side effects, more health benefits and according to most studies, antidepressants are no more effective than placebos. Although there are many natural remedies for treating the symptoms of depression, this paper will focus on St. John’s Wort, omega-3 fatty acids, SAM-e and exercise. These four natural remedies are the most widely used and studied alternatives to treating depression. Side Effects According to Dr. Hyla Cass (2007) and a study done in 1998, prescription medication puts more than one million people in the hospital every year. The study also states that prescription medication kills more than one hundred thousand people per year. Doctor Cass (2007) states that there are almost no deaths from herbal use and that the side effects from herbs are usually mild. One report says that for every one million people prescribed antidepressants in a year, 30.1 of them will die from an overdose. Doctor Cass (2007) quotes Norman Farnsworth, Ph.D., (as cited in Cass...
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