PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG THE AGED IN CAPE COAST METROPOLITAN OVER LAST FOUR YEARS Introduction This paper charts a brief history of Ghana’s chronic disease burden over the last five years‚ focusing on prevalence‚ risk and illness implications in relation to aging. Two arguments are made. First‚ chronic diseases in Ghana constitute public health and developmental challenges‚ requiring the same intellectual and financial commitments afforded to communicable and infectious diseases. Information
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Personal Impact Paper CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY: I certify that the attached paper is my original work and has not previously been submitted by me or anyone else for any class. I further declare I have cited all sources from which I used language‚ ideas‚ and information‚ whether quoted verbatim or paraphrased‚ and that any assistance of any kind‚ which I received while producing this paper‚ has been acknowledged in the References section. I have obtained written permission from the copyright holder
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Personal Impact of Crohn ’s Disease Stephanie M. Collins NUR/ 427 June 8‚ 2014 Joan Taylor‚ BSN Personal Impact of Crohn ’s Disease Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic‚ intermittent inflammatory‚ autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from the mouth to the anus. CD is most commonly diagnosed in the small and large intestines. It is idiopathic in origin and is characterized by a variety of symptoms. Patients frequently present with severe abdominal pain‚ diarrhea
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often presents with a "subtle" clinical presentation (Buttaro‚ Tybulski‚ Polgar Bailey‚ & Sandberg-Cook‚ 2013‚ p. 766). Therefore‚ clinicians need to be aware of the risk factors for CKD and screen patients who present with such factors that place them at risk for this condition. This paper will review the clinical presentation‚ diagnosis‚ patient history‚ physical exam‚ and diagnostics associated with the recognition of CKD. Treatment options will be discussed with
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Personal Impact: A Patient Living with COPD Pamela D. Eliowitz NURS/427 May 28‚ 2012 Trecia Jones Personal Impact: A Patient Living with COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease‚ is a Chronic and progressive illness that affects a person’s ability to breath. The affects to breathing occur due to obstructive airways caused by production of mucous from continuous inflammation and by constrictive airways caused by the narrowing of the bronchial tubes from spasms
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Personal Impact Paper NUR/427 Patient with chronic disease Hypertension is a 44years old female that on a regular physical yearly check examination to see her Doctor discover that her blood pressure is high. Patient is a divorcee with two children and works as nurse assistance in a hospital‚ patient is not overweight‚ exercise‚ watch what she eats‚ a nonsmoker‚ nonalcoholic user. However‚ patient went through a very rough spousal abusive relationship
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HCA/240 Matthew Hoffman “Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung condition that may result in severe morbidity and includes chronic bronchitis‚ emphysema‚ or sometimes both. It is primarily linked with current or former smokers and is characterized by a loss of lung function over time‚ making it more difficult for someone to breathe and limiting personal activities‚ ultimately leading to decreased quality of life”. (Barrett‚ 2008). “One of the most important things regarding COPD
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NSAIDs‚ she often suffers from chronic pain. Her mobility is limited and she can walk short distance only. She always uses a car driven by her husband or transportation when she goes out. When the pain becomes severe‚ she visits to a doctor‚ but does not participate in any support programs. She has supportive carers‚ including her husband‚ children‚ and several friends. Kate and her carers do not know about osteoarthritis very much. Osteoarthritis is the most common chronic condition of the joints‚ which
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Definition of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and optic nerves. The central nervous system is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective lining called myelin which acts like insulation on an electrical wire. It allows signals to pass between nerve cells at high speed. In multiple sclerosis‚ disease activity damages the myelin in a process called "demyelination"
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult. It is progressive which means it gets worse over time if left untreated. In COPD‚ less air flows in and out of the airways because of one of the following: the airways and air sacs lose their elastic quality‚ the walls between many of the air sacs are destroyed‚ the walls of the airways become thick and inflamed and/ or the airways make more mucus than usual. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/copd/
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