let’s start while younger to manage the muscles‚ bones‚ and joints of the body. Dillion: Tell us all about having a Healthier Musculoskeletal‚ as our bodies age. Andrane’: First let’s discuss how arthritis affects the body and what each and every person can do to prevent this from happening. Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. The disease has unknown causes and does not have a cure‚ talk to
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Osteoporosis Why is it a problem? Osteoporosis is a disease in which the bones become weak and are more likely to break. People with osteoporosis most often break bones in the hip‚ spine‚ and wrist. These issues result in the loss of bones which may change in some cases and not in others. How is it diagnosed? An accurate and common test done to diagnose osteoporosis is a bone density test to check a patient’s bone health. These tests diagnose the disease and tell whether you are likely to break
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Osteoporosis Case Study Brittany Laplow Bone Physiology Question 1 Describe bone physiology and the bone remodeling cycle. Be sure to emphasize the two types of bone tissue and the roles of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Bone physiology is the growth and repair of bones. Bone remodeling is part of this cycle. There are two parts of this cycle‚ bone deposit and bone resorption (Marieb & Hoehn‚ 2013). Bone deposit marks areas that need repairing by osteoblasts and bone resorption removes osseous tissue
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medical conditions can make these processes even worse‚ putting sufferers at even higher risk of bone fractures and other injuries. Osteoporosis is one of these common conditions. OsteoStrong of St. Louis in Creve Coeur‚ Missouri can help people dealing with osteoporosis reverse bone loss and increase strength gain in order to live a healthier‚ happier life. Osteoporosis & Strength Gain 101 1. What Is Osteoporosis? Your bones are a living tissue. A certain amount of bone is always being broken down
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Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that sauses chronic inflammation of the joints. Rhematiod arthritis can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints‚ as well as other organs in the body. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body tissues are mjistakenly attacked by its own immune system. The immune system is a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body‚ particularly infections. Patients with
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Skeletal System: Osteoporosis Case Study 1 Ann is an 82 year-old Caucasian woman. She enjoys spending her time knitting‚ reading books‚ watching old movies‚ and writing letters to her grandchildren. She recently fell while stepping out of the bathtub. Although she did not fall very far or land very hard‚ she broke her femur. The doctor in the emergency room placed her leg in a cast and tested her bone mass density‚ finding that it was low. He told Ann that she might have osteoporosis‚ a disorder
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Part 1- fall risk status:(Stapleton et al.‚ 2009). This part includes history of recent fall‚ medication use‚ psychological disorder and cognitive assessment using Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS). Giving the patient risk score 1-20: (Low Risk: 5-11 Medium Risk: 12-15 High Risk: 16-20). Recent change in functional status and / or medications affecting safe mobility / Dizziness / postural hypotension put the patient in Automatic High Risk Status. Part 2– risk factor checklist:(Stapleton et al
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The Risk Factors of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood Rachel A. Abou Khalil 201201014 American University of Beirut Abstract ADHD is a genetically as well as environmentally determined disorder. Research has shown that multiple risk factors for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder exist. Genetic influences‚ parental ADHD‚ brain abnormalities‚ pre-natal smoking‚ early development‚ familial risk factors‚ allergy and diet are all possible risk
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Osteoporosis is a disease where the bone density and the quality of the bone is reduced in individuals‚ which leads to a higher risk of fractures. Osteoporosis in women and the elderly the cause more serious issues which makes them frail and more likely to become injured. There are nearly 9 million incidents reported annually of fractures that are directly related to Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis accounts for 70-80% of all fractures sustained by women suffering from it. This makes osteoporosis a significant
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