Mary Robinson Ms. Nelson ENG 151 28 May 2016 Celiac Disease (also known as Dermatitis Herpetiformis) Dermatitis Herpetiformis is a disease, which is unknown to many people. What is Dermatitis Herpetiformis? Dermatitis Herpetiformis, otherwise known as Celiac Disease, is a systemic sensitivity to a food substance called gluten, which causes physical reactions such as an itchy, blistering rash (Green and Jones). However, clinically it occurs anywhere, including limbs, trunk, groin, hands, fingers
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3516 Crisis Intervention Professor 07/26/2015 Chromosome Number Four The purpose of this paper is to explore the association of crisis intervention relative to nursing and genetics related to Huntington’s disease (HD). The focus will touch on several different topics associated with pre-emptive testing, pregnancy, educational barriers, strengths, signs and symptoms related to the potential of having an aneuploidy fetus. Also, the importance of time sensitive
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In “Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease”, the author, Shan, discusses how even though Alzheimer’s disease was identified more than 100 years ago, there is still much to learn and understand about the etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, management, and prevention of the disease. The article highlights that diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is a difficult task, especially during the earlier stages of the disease. In this article, Alzheimer’s disease is clearly defined at each stage of onset and the prevalence
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disorder has distinct qualities like Alzheimer’s disease. In the US it is described as “progressive aphasia”, and in the UK it is know under the term “frontotemporal dementia”. The disorder has limited medications and therapy plays a big role in managing the symptoms of total deterioration of the health of people who are suffering from FTD. This paper discusses the pathology, epidemiology, etiology, signs and
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Personal Impact Patient with chronic disease HIV is a 58 years old female that due to an emergency surgery performed in 2001 was diagnosed with the disease. In 1992 the patient was undergoing a DNC to terminated an unplanned pregnancy, there was some bleeding involved in the procedure for what she needed some replacement products, two units of RBC were administered, blood was contaminated and patient came into contact with the virus. Patient is a widow with three adult children and work as a secretary
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Cardiovascular Disease Teri Hawkins 08/02/2013 University of Phoenix Have you ever wondered what cardiovascular disease? I’m going to tell you about the 4 cardiovascular diseases there are. There is heart attacks, congestive heart failure, strokes and intermittent claudication. I’m going to tell you the causes, symptoms, management and prevention of cardiovascular disease. By the end of this I’m hoping to be able help you know how to prevent these diseases or if you already have a cardiovascular
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hand in hand. There are several diseases that can be caused when a person does not control the level of stress they have in their life. An unhealthy lifestyle consists of stress, depression, eating high fat foods, and not exercising enough. The more a person knows about how to control their stress levels will help them to deal with some of the diseases that they might get and will also help them to live healthy to control the risk of getting any unhealthy diseases. In this paper I will strive
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Kawasaki Disease Bilitis Rangel Chamberlain College of Nursing NR281: Pathophysiology September 2015 Kawasaki Disease (KD) Introduction Many people in the United States are not aware of Kawasaki Disease (KD) as it mainly affects children under the age of five of Asian descent, however in the United States there have been cases in the African American community (Saguil, A.; Fargo, M; and Grogan, S.; 2015). The first case of Kawasaki Disease (KD) presented itself in Japan in 1961, to a 4
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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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family history of the disease, 50% of them will inherit the gene mutation. More studies need to be done when it comes to Alzheimer’s; a disease that is increasing in numbers and it is time to put more emphasis on this. With the number of cases rising at a fast rate, women need to stand up and take a stand and demand that more studies be performed as they are more at risk to get Alzheimer’s than Cancer; nearly two-thirds of those with Alzheimer’s are women. “Alzheimer’s disease was first identified
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