...Running head: CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia Case Study with Questions Chlamydia “The bacterial infection chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI). The Chlamydia bacterium can infect the cervix, fallopian tubes, throat, anus and male urethra”. (Henning, D., Alice, R., Sanci, L., Dunning. T., 2006) Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular organisms from bacteria that now comprise 3 species. “They include the following: Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia psittaci, and Chlamydia pneumoniae.” (Bashour, 2007) It is a kind of bacteria that can infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, urethra, eye, or throat. Chlamydia is the name of several types of bacteria. One strain occurs primarily in the tropics and causes lymphogranuloma venerum – symptoms include skin lesions and swelling of certain glands in the genital area. According to Kirkland (2006), it is stated that an estimated 2.8 million cases of Chlamydia are reported in the United States each year. It is also mentioned that according to the CDC, there is an increase of more than 60% of Chlamydia cases undiagnosed and untreated. This percentage remains higher among females 15 to 19 and 20 to 24 years of age. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. Since Chlamydia is known as a silent disease because about three quarters of infected...
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...challenges type 1 diabetes patient’s face during adolescence and the transition whilst seeking how the nurse's role helps. It is noticed that type 1 diabetes is the second leading chronic problem found among teenagers. The major source of suffering is premature mortality and morbidity that is connected with the problem of diabetes. Different therapies are available for this problem but it needs balancing doses of insulin, exercise, and diet with frequent feedback from the blood glucose monitoring results. Younger people suffering from type 1 diabetes possess increased chance of creating psychological problems during the stage of adolescence, which includes depression, adjustment difficulties,...
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...Diabetes is a devastating disease that causes chronic problems globally. Diabetes comes in different forms; type 1 diabetes is caused from the pancreas inability to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that acts as a key that opens the cell to allow sugar inside to process into energy. Type 2 diabetes is caused from an insulin resistance, the cell becomes misshapen from an increase in adipose tissue that will not allow the key insulin to open the cell and allow glucose inside. This causes the glucose to be trapped in the blood stream. The blood of humans is thin like water, but as the glucose builds up in the blood stream it becomes thicker making it harder to transport through the various body systems. Diabetes is a vascular disease. It...
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...Affected Population of Type 1 Diabetes in Children The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood. Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years of age in girls and 12 to 14 years of age in boys. Type 1 diabetes is the most serious type of diabetes and is also called Juvenile Diabetes. Type 1 diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells in the body that make the hormone insulin that regulates blood glucose. To survive, people with type 1 diabetes must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump. This form of diabetes usually strikes children and young adults, although disease onset can occur at any age. This form of diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes since it is most commonly found in young children. Children with diabetes and their families face unique challenges when dealing with diabetes. According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated 850,000 to 1.7 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. Of those, about 125,000 are kids 19 and under. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children is increasing worldwide, with the highest increases seen in those less than 5 years of age. About 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes. Studies also reveal that 1 in every 500 children or adolescents are suffering from type 1 diabetes. More importantly, type 1 diabetes doesn't have any treatment nor can it be prevented...
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...Subject area: Diabetes • What is Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 Diabetes is when the body does not produce insulin, usually children and young adults are diagnosed with this disease. Roach, D. P. (2011, November 20). American diabetic association. Retrieved from http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/ • What is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes is when the body's cells ignore the insulin or the body does not produce enough insulin. Bryan, S. (2011, January 26). American diabetes association. Retrieved from http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2/ • Briefly describe how to distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Type 1 is when you are insulin dependent and you are born without a functioning pancreas. Type 2 Diabetes can be controlled through diet and exercise. • What are the current statistics for type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes is more common in the following ethnicities Latinos, African Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, Hawaiian Natives, and Asian Americans. 8.3% of the population has diabetes and nearly 7 million are undiagnosed. 0.26% of adolescence under the age of 20 have Type 2 Diabetes. (06 M). Retrieved from http://localtvwghp.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/diabetes-statistics.pdf • How can type 2 Diabetes be prevented? (cite a source and explain it in your own words) Almost half of people with IGT (impaired glucose tolerance) end up developing Type 2 Diabetes in their lifetime. This means that...
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...Diabetes mellitus, or simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic disease that inhibits the body’s ability to produce or use the hormone, insulin. Insulin, produced in the pancreas, helps keep the body’s glucose (sugar) level in check and without it, in the case of diabetes, the blood glucose level is too high. Currently, there is no cure for diabetes but through a healthy lifestyle, the complications that come from diabetes can be prevented. There are a couple of different kinds of diabetes -- there is type 2, or adult onset diabetes, is the most common, with about 90 percent of patients being diagnosed with this type. In the second type, type 1, onset typically occurs before the age of 20. Type 1 diabetes is also referred to as juvenile or early-onset diabetes and about 10 percent of patients are diagnosed with it. A less common form of diabetes, gestational diabetes, occurs when a pregnant woman experiences high blood sugar over an extended...
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...Diabetes Mellitus Machelle Van N140 Instructor’s Name November 5, 2012 Diabetes Mellitus According to the Australian Institute of Health and Wellness, “Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic condition in which the body makes too little of the hormone insulin or cannot use it properly” (pg. 1, para 1). The pancreas produces insulin which helps glucose to enter cells through the bloodstream; the sugar is then converted into energy. Diabetes is uncontrollable when there is a build-up of glucose in the bloodstream, and there is not enough glucose entering the cells. If left untreated, diabetes can cause damage to the brain, kidney disease, heart disease, stroke, and complications to other parts of the body. Diabetes often appears in childhood or adolescence. Etiology The disease affects more than 20 million Americans and more than 40 million Americans have pre-diabetes that can lead to type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the cells become resistant to the action of insulin, and the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin to overcome the resistance. Three Major Types of Diabetes Type I Diabetes | Type 2 Diabetes | Gestational Diabetes | Diagnosed in childhood or adolescence; the disease can occur in adults. | Common than type 1 diabetes; makes up many of the disease. | Develops at any time during pregnancy. | The body cannot produce insulin. | Occurs frequently in young people, and adulthood. | Women are at a higher risk of developing type...
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...Diabetes Speaker Notes Slide 2- This presentation will discuss the goals of Healthy People 2020 with the focus of the presentation on Diabetes. It will define diabetes and the age groups affected by the illness. We will discuss the reason the Red Group felt this focus area was important. The presentation will identify ways to enhance or optimize diabetic health. Health disparities among different populations in the United States will be discussed. Community resources will be identified for patient and family education. The American Diabetic Association will be discussed as well as some of the programs they offer. Slide 3- Healthy People provides Science Based, 10 year national objectives for improving health of all Americans. Healthy People for three decades has set national goals and monitored them to encourage collaborations across communities and sectors, empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities. (Healthy People. gov, n.d.) Slide 4- We felt this was an important topic because diabetes affects all age groups from children, teens, young adults, pregnant women to older adults. This disease doesn't discriminate who it attacks. Diabetes involves multi-organ body systems including the eyes, vascular system, and urinary system. Many Americans have lost their vision, limbs, kidney function and even their life to this disease. We felt education is important because many people still don’t know what diabetes...
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...Lifespan Development & Personality: Adolescence (12-18) Phych 103 Development & Personality of Adolescence 12-18 years Physical Development The term adolescence is commonly used to describe the transition stage between childhood and adulthood, best known as “teen age years” or puberty. An individual typically is considered an adolescent when they start with the onset of puberty. The overall general experience of entering adolescence depends on their gender. Puberty typically begins around 10-13 tears of age, typically girls beginning earlier than the boys and then sharp increases in height and weight that would then precede to sexual maturity (University of Michigan, 2013). Generally African-American boys and girls; more so girls; tend to start puberty and sexual activity at an earlier age than Caucasian boys and girls. On the surface the physical hereditary differences are naked to the eye, however, despite race, the psychological and physical development and influence on an adolescent starts in the womb. The adolescent’s development initially started at conception. Whether the carrier (mother) took care of herself can play a huge part in the physical development of a child (US National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, 2010). Another aspect to consider would be the environmental surroundings and influences an adolescent can be affected. For instance; according to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (2011);...
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...Diabetes mellitus or diabetes for short is a disease that has characteristics relating to a high level of sugar in the blood. This sugar is typically called glucose. The word Diabetes is from the Greek word meaning to “to flow through,” and mellitus is the Latin word for “sweet”. When someone has consistent high blood glucose levels this can be characterized as diabetes. The characteristic that is a clear sign of diabetes is high levels of glucose excreted in urine. In a healthy person, the broken down carbohydrates from foods eaten are broken down and released from the digestive system into the blood stream. This can be used by all the cells of the body. For cells to be able to use glucose, it has to be able to get inside of them. The cells need a signal when glucose enters the blood stream to transport it through cell structures. To do this, a hormone called Insulin is needed. This hormone is secreted from the pancreas which also generates the signal needed as well. Insulin is needed to stimulate the cells to take up glucose from the bloodstream and carry it into the cell. This can be used for immediate energy or converted to glycogen or fat and stored for later use. This process can lower blood glucose levels. There are two types of diabetes one can be diagnosed with. The first type which is called type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes is the more serious type. Although it is more serious, it is not as common as the other types of diabetes. This type of diabetes is...
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...risk assignment on diabetes. In a normal healthy person’s body a fraction of food they ate will be broken down into glucose, the glucose passes into the bloodstream to the body cells through insulin that is produced by the pancreas and the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to accommodate the quantity of sugar (glucose). But in a person with diabetes little or no insulin is produce or their cells do not respond as it should to insulin. The sugar then builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine and passes from the person’s body unused. ( (n.d) from Healthcentral Web Site: ) There are three types of diabetes, type 1, type 2 and gestational. There is also pre-diabetes which is not diabetes but if diagnosed with this it is time to think about making some lifestyle changes before you find yourself diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Less people have type 1 diabetes. In type 1 people are dependent on insulin and have to take insulin injections or infusions daily, because the pancreas does not produces any on its own. This form of diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes because it most often appears during childhood or adolescence; however, it can begin at any age. 90 to 95 percent of diabetics are type 2 diabetics. They do not depend on insulin and do not have to take injections or infusions. In type 2 the pancreas produces little insulin or the body does not resourcefully use the insulin that is available. The third and less common form of diabetes would be gestational...
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...of five is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.” (2010 National world health organization) Approximately 20 percent of adolescence in the United States is obese are overweight. The numbers are expected to climb to 1 out of 5 children by 2020. Why should this concern us as a society and what should we do about it? In this paper I will speak of obesity and the physical, emotional and developmental effects it has on our children. I will also include changes that are currently being emplaced and steps we can take as individuals in this need for change. Consequences The consequences from an unhealthy childhood can have lasting effects into adulthood. Most children that are affected with obesity at a young age are more likely to experience adulthood obesity. Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability in adulthood. Diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are showing up at younger and younger ages. Many of these risks come from how long a child has suffered from obesity and when it occurred. These factors begin to manifest themselves as physical and mental issues. Physical issues include the following diseases; cardiovascular diseases (mainly heart disease and stroke); diabetes; musculoskeletal disorders, especially osteoarthritis; and certain types of cancer (endometrial, breast and colon). Not to mention the physical ability to move and to play is greatly...
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...Khaled Almethen College writing I Ms. Shazia Nasir 8 October 2015 Our Food Is Harming Us Introduction Many people nowadays go to a grocery store and buy groceries for the house. However, people do not look at the ingredients. If people would see the label on the packed food, they will be confused because they will not understand some of the names of the chemicals. If people realize that the food that they eat every day is harmful to our body because the amount of sugar that is being dumped in the food, they will stop eating that kind of food and start to eat healthy fresh organic food. The food that we eat on a daily basis will affect our long-term health specially the students; also, the food industry does not care about people’s health instead it cares only for money. In this paper, I will show that food industry is destroying people’s health on one hand by putting an enormous amount of sugar and on the other hand making low-fat products. What are the people really eating? Once in my human biology class Dr. Walter Hoeh said: “The food that you eat every day will not kill you now but it will kill you after twenty to thirty years from eating the food, however, eventually you will die from the food.” He explained how food affect us, when we heard the explanation we were shocked because we buy food without reading the ingredient. When you eat processed food it tastes delicious and you crave for more, but you are only eating sugar and harmful fats and that type of sugar and...
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...Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus, most commonly known as “Diabetes” is a chronic disease associated with abnormally high levels of the sugar (Glucose) in the blood. Glucose is the main source of energy for the body's cells. The levels of glucose in the blood are controlled by a hormone called insulin, which is made by the pancreas. Insulin helps glucose enter the cells. In diabetes, the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body can't respond normally to the insulin that is produced, this causes glucose levels in the blood to rise, leading to symptoms such as increased urination, extreme thirst, and unexplained weight loss. Type I diabetes, sometimes called juvenile diabetes begins mostly in childhood or adolescence. In this form of diabetes, the body produces little or no insulin. It is characterized by a sudden onset and occurs more frequently in populations descended from Northern European countries (Finland, Scotland, Scandinavia) than in those from Southern European countries, the Middle East, or Asia. In the United States, approximately three people out of 1,000 develop Type I diabetes. This form also is called insulin-dependent diabetes because people who develop this type need to have daily injections of insulin. Brittle diabetics are a subgroup of Type I where patients have frequent and rapid swings of blood sugar levels between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. These patients usually require several injections of different types of insulin during...
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...the years to come is to start investing in the health and wellness of the younger population with programs to promote a healthy well being. In the meantime, investing time and money to help improve the overall health of the elderly with various health programs should be a top priority. The book speaks about chronic illness and how to help the elderly better manage these illness in their lifetime. One of the chronic illness that can affect the elderly is diabetes. This in particular affects African Americans twice as more as white people. Diabetes is when there is an insufficient amount of insulin that comes from the pancreas to regulate glucose levels in the body. Diabetes can be categorized in two types that are dependent on the age of diagnosis. Type I diabetes is diagnosed from children all the way up to adolescence and young adults. Type II diabetes are diagnosed in middle aged adults. One of the main causes of Type II diabetes is obesity. Almost all minorities except Asians are up to twice as likely to have diabetes as their white counterparts. Diet and exercise for this condition that is growing in all ages brackets can be stopped with a healthy regimen of exercise and eating right. ...
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