controlling their weight. Many complications of Prader-Willi syndrome are due to obesity. If your child has Prader-Willi syndrome, a team of specialists can work with you to manage your child's symptoms and reduce the risk of developing complications.” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 01 May 2013, page 1). “Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by a gene missing on part of chromosome 15. Normally, your parents each pass down a copy of this chromosome. Most patients with Prader-Willi syndrome are missing the genetic material
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disorder. A disturbance in mood or a prolonged emotional state is how a mood order is defined (Morris & Maisto, 2005). Some people think that just because they have mood swings that they themselves have a bipolar disorder. This is not true in all cases. A bipolar disorder is a mood disorder which periods of mania and depression alternate, sometimes with periods of normal mood intervening (Morris & Maisto, 2005). Understanding the differences plays a major role in diagnosis of a person who has this
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Impact and Penetration of Nursing Research It is common nursing knowledge that patient quality of care is directly related to improved outcomes and is based on the safety of the patient. Nurses play a direct role in a patient’s quality of care, because nurses have the most direct contact with the patient. The issues that I noticed in each of the website’s evidence based practices (EBP’s) include nursing education level, staffing levels, working environments, and organizational policy/procedure
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Diabetics are at an increased risk of developing CHF because this disease raises the risk for developing coronary artery disease and high blood pressure, both of which can have long term negative effects on the cardiac muscle (Mayo Clinic, 2015). In addition to diabetes, lung diseases can contribute to weakening the heart. Diseases such as COPD, in which the lungs don’t work appropriately, puts strain on the heart because it has to work harder to distribute oxygen throughout the
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Similarly, in Alameda County case counts are up from 124 in 2013 to 328 cases as of Nov. 26. The majority (89%) of statewide cases with known ages have occurred in infants and children 18 years of age or younger. One death in an infant 5 weeks old has been reported with disease onset in 2014 (Pertussis, 2015). According to CDC
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and to the internal organs. This body’s inflammatory response, septic shock, can result in cardiac or respiratory failure or death (CDC, 2011). Mild cases of MRSA infections may start with and look like a red rash or small red bumps similar to pimples, boils, or a spider bite, there could be a yellow, pus filled head on the bump. Some mild cases of MRSA may appear as a scabbed over bug or spider bite, or may also look like blisters, hard lesions or rashes. If the MRSA infection becomes more severe
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can live a normal life span with TS. Symptoms are worst during the early teen years and often lessen or become quiet or controlled into adulthood. The most obvious symptoms of TS are called “tics” and are classified as either simple or complex (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Simple motor tics are sudden, brief, repetitive movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. The most common simple tics include eye blinking, facial grimacing, head jerking, shoulder shrugging, finger flexing or sticking out
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Cystic Fibrosis is a life-threatening disease that affects the organs such as the lungs, pancreas, intestines, and liver. The genetic disease also imbalances the body’s salt causing thick mucus to collect in the lungs, affecting the patients’ breathing and leading to several infections. Although cystic fibrosis can be fatal, many have patients lived up to an average of thirty-five years old. Since many individuals are affected by this disease, it is essential for people to understand it. Through
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thyroid can have significant effects on individuals who are diagnosed with hypothyroidism. There are an estimated 27 million people living with hypothyroidism, the majority being female. Women are nine times more likely to develop this disease, most cases occurring during the childbearing years. (Blanchard and Abrams-Brill, 1491) While not as common; men and children are still susceptible to the disease. After the age of 65, the number of men and women with hypothyroidism evens out. (Blanchard and Abrams-Brill
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