Health Promotion in Nursing Care In 1948 The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO 2012). This definition is also defined by some as holistic for including multiple health dimensions in addition to the physical. Holism represents the interaction of a person’s mind, body and spirit within the environment (Edelman, Mandle 2002). Per Edelman, health is a state of physical,
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recent reports of asthma disease, most of the acute exacerbation because cold and phlegm caused by dysfunction of the lungs which occurred in sputum of asthma. Chronic repeatedly patients mostly offset organs function. Its complex etiology occurs due to some reasons of genetic, physical fitness, diet, environment, age, and other factors related to work and rest, and emphasize internal and external consistency due to infestation. Asthma patients in the onset of the disease is often accompanied by an
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. Discovering the Virus Responsible for Hepatitis C You wouldn’t know just by looking at someone that they could potentially have a life threatening liver disease. Approximately “4 million” Americans are infected with the hepatitis C virus. In the 1940’s, researchers have found two different types of viral hepatitis. Infectious hepatitis, or hepatitis A, is transmitted by contact with feces from infected individuals. Serum Hepatitis B is transmitted through the blood and other body fluids
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disorders, the third most common cause of death. It is defined as a condition of chronic and progressive loss of intellectual abilities that is severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Dementia refers to acquired global impairment of intellect, memory and personality (cognitive function) and is not a disease itself but rather a group of symptoms caused by the impact of diseased brain. It is usually chronic and progressive in nature and symptoms typically include problems with memory
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such as Epidermophyton floccosum or fungi of the Trichophyton genus such asTrichophyton rubrum[1] or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[2] This condition is also known as ringworm of the foot,[3] tinea pedis,[3] tinea pedum,[4] and moccasin foot[5]). The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses, and requires a warm moist environment, (e.g., the inside of a shoe) to incubate. The condition typically affects the feet, but may infect
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Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2012; 44: 344–349 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Factors associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infections and the effects of other concomitant nosocomial infections in intensive care units EKREM TEMIZ1, NIHAL PISKIN2, HANDE AYDEMIR2, NEFISE OZTOPRAK2, DENIZ AKDUMAN2, GUVEN CELEBI2 & FURUZAN KOKTURK3 From the 1Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bitlis Government Hospital, Bitlis, 2Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical
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resources. We will explore more in depth this disease. What is influenza? As stated before, influenza is better known as “the flu”. Influenza is an infectious disease that affects the respiratory system, which include the nose, throat and lungs. According to Wikipedia, “this disease can be mild to severe, and may include various symptoms, such as high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headaches, coughing and exhaustion”. If this disease is left unattended, it may turn into a more serious
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Global Health has evolved over time in response to inequities resulting from racial, ethnic, economic, and other disparities among the world’s population. The World Health Organization and other global health response organizations, as well as individual governments define and gather relevant statistics that can assess a nations overall health status as compared to that of other nations. In doing so, the comparisons identify countries with high levels of negative health outcomes, how well they are
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780). Thus making epidemiology the study of how disease effects populations and is the study of how to prevent the disease from spreading. In this paper we are going to take a closer look at how one can use epidemiology in people who are homeless and suffer from diabetes type two. By using the epidemiological concept along with the epidemiological triangle we will look at how likely homeless persons have diabetes type two, how frequently the disease is present, as well as if location has a part of
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move to their middle ear and can develop into otitis media. Concluding that otitis media is not contagious, but the respiratory illness or cold it came from is. Otitis media does not have to be reported to the CDC and is not a notifiable disease or emerging infectious
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