1. Discuss the pathophysiology of asthma. The pathophysiology of Asthma includes inflammation of the airway. The way in which this works is from an irritant which can include dust, pollen, cedar, or cat hair. When a reaction occurs, the airways become inflamed and narrow. The narrowing occurs because once the inflammatory response is triggered by an irritant, histamines, immunoglobulin E antibodies, and leukotrienes are released. Because of this, mucous production occurs. Since the bronchioles are
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Alcohol abuse is disease that greatly impacts a persons life, in a negative way. Alcoholism can ruin lives by impacting things like work, health, eduction, or other social aspects of an alcoholic's life. In many cases alcoholism leads to violence in-particularly domestic violence. Also research has shown that children of alcoholics tend to be more likely to bad feelings, like stress, anger, aggression and depression. "There are about 80,000 deaths per year that are attributed to excessive alcohol
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America’s problem with overweight or obese conditions. Dieting and exercise can be hard for many people who are busy or just to lazy; this is where diet pills come in. Could they be the perfect solution for America’s weight problem? Pills and medication for dieting are fairly new. In the 1950’s and 60’s, people took pills to reduce appetite such as amphetamines. These worked fairly well because why eat if you aren't hungry? More drugs used until about the mid-1990’s were fenphen and dexfenfluramine
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different meanings in terms of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction. A person progresses and evolves into a new way of living by addressing their dependence on an addictive substance and the reasons they turned to drugs, or substance abuse and the disease of addiction progresses to take over the person’s life. The addiction treatment centers in Rio Rancho, New Mexico is the first line of defense against the progression of the disease of alcoholism and drug abuse. The addiction treatment centers in Rio Rancho
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Health Care Spending in America Teresa Foster University of Phoenix May 20, 2012 HCS/440 Instructor: Michele Burke Health care spending in America has been growing by leaps and bounds and has surpassed the national economy. There are many American's that are without proper health care services, because of losing coverage due to the reduction in employment and the recessing economy. With the constant conflict with the current health care reform, legislators are aware that health care spending
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people at risk of developing opioid dependence include the individuals with chronic pain and those with other underlying mental disorders or substance use disorders. Bio-psychosocial stressors are also established predisposing factors for opioid abuse. People all over America, from all ages, and all races
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civilians. ii. 43% had 1 deployment. 8.5% had multiple overseas tours. 1. Only 11% had combat history and 6% witnessed death in combat iii. 83% occurred stateside vs. 10% occurred overseas. iv. 26% Substance Abuse issues. 7% Depression. 5% PTSD. 3% Traumatic Brain
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The first document written of Opiates came from third-century B.C. Greek culture (History of Opiates). Now, people learned to dry Papaver somniferum plants to create stronger forms of Narcotics, which is strongly abused in America (America’s Drug Abuse Profile). Most narcotics, such as heroin, are developed from a beautiful, one to two feet, five to six leaf plant called the Papaver somniferum, known as the “Poppy plant” (poppies.org). The Poppy plant’s main purpose was medicine; use to help humans
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While both children and adults can have ADHD, it is typically diagnosed in children around the age of seven. Along with inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness, ADHD is also thought to lead to other behavioral issues including substances use/abuse and addiction. Since ADHD can continue through adolescence and into adulthood, it is important to learn if this disorder puts individuals at risk substance use. The object of one study conducted by Brooke S.G. Molina and William E. Pelham, Jr. was
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My field of study is the ever growing field of pharmacy. People assume when it comes to pharmacy it’s a guy or a girl that stands behind a counter, counts pills all day, and sells them, there is actually way more to it. Pharmacy is a very dynamic field of study it’s not just someone who stand behind a counter all day, there are different types of pharmacy careers all over the country such as ambulatory care, nuclear, and of course the retail pharmacist. I will go into more detail about each of these
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