Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a common and potentially serious, chronic metabolic condition which is characterized predominantly by hyperglycemia and other manifestations. Diabetes can be a devastating condition with long-lasting hazardous consequences since due to its chronicity it affects almost all the major organs of the body including the eyes, the kidneys, the nerves, heart and blood vessels (Jennifer, 1998). (more…)
We, as individuals of the general population, often tend to disregard the significant role nurses play in the care of patients. On a personal level, I believe that I and most other individuals like me take nurses for granted. We do not consider the services they perform as important. Sometimes we even scorn at them or look down upon them, not giving them their due respect, which is wrong.
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The occurrence of Parkinson’s disease is seen in less than 50 years of age one out of seven patients, and the occurrence increases with the increase in age. At the moment there are approximately 4.1 million individuals suffering with PD all over the world. Its prevalence in developed countries is just about 0.3%. (Metz, 2009) the percentage exceeds to one percent in individuals above sixty years that increases to three percent for individuals that are older than eighty years. (Huse, 2009) Within the USA, Parkinson’s disease affects nearly hundred to one hundred eighty individuals out of every 100,000 individuals and shows a yearly occurrence of four to twenty out of every 100,000 individuals. The prevalence of the disease increases with the rise in the aging of population. (Ellis, 2007) It has been estimated that there will be a rise in the occurrence of the disease in upcoming years; however its medical intrusions will participate to a great extent in combating with the extensive range of unmet requirements connected with the disorder.
The extreme of bipolar disorder is depression. Depression is characterized by low mood, depressive thinking and physical or biological symptoms. Patients usually complain of low mood, frequent crying spells, lack of energy and loss of interest in daily activities. There is also lack of concentration in work and psychomotor retardation. Patients have pessimistic thinking about future and also have feelings of guilt, hopelessness and helplessness.
The pros and cons of organ donation initially try to determine what ethical base if any can justify this process. The issue is better answered in the communities that we live in, and which entails a concept of justice and moral obligation. Contrary to popular belief, live people can donate organs. A person does not have to be dead for him/her to be a donor. A person can safely donate one Kidney and live a healthy life with the remaining kidney. Part of a liver, lung or pancreas may also be donated by live people without any possible ill effects on their life or well being. Bone Marrow and blood can also be donated by a living person. (more…)