Essays on Disease

A blood test for ruling out illnesses A blood test should be performed by the FNP to rule out the role of illnesses such as Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Hypoparathyroidism, and Hyperparathyroidism in generating symptoms associated with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Depressive episodes. The blood-based laboratory test is an objective diagnosis...

AF is classified according to its etiology, depending on whether it occurs without a known cause in people with physically normal hearts, or it causes problems from vulvar or hypertensive heart disease (Markides & Schilling, 2012). Experts recently recommended a classification scheme based on the historical pattern of arrhythmia. If...

Because of the prevalence of lifestyle diseases and the rise in chronic disease rates among the elderly, there is a large number of older patients who rely on long-term care facilities. Health status deterioration among patients cared for in long-term facilities is widespread owing to a range of variables such...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a condition that causes the kidneys to gradually lose function over time. This is an essay about Ms. Jenna, who appeared four years ago with varied symptoms linked with CKD. Her condition was diagnosed using a variety of assessment instruments, and she...

Gwen's Non-compliance and its Impact on Medical Records Gwen, a 52-year-old Caucasian woman, looks to be in good health except for some health issues that need to be addressed but she is refusing to comply. She is on medication, but she resists blood work and vaccines. She also requires a mammogram...

Hemodialysis and its Effects on Nurses Hemodialysis is a treatment for kidney failure that involves utilizing a machine to filter blood outside of a patient's body. As soon as renal failure is detected, patients must seek emergency medical attention. In the event that a person's kidneys fail, the blood must be...

In an outpatient context, the most effective procedures for diagnosing Atrial Septal Defects (ASD) include history taking and physical examination. While the defect is frequently asymptomatic, querying the patient about problems related with paradoxical embolization and atrial arrhythmias such as shunting is crucial in early identification. The study is warranted because...

According to doctors in the United States, one out of every four women dies from heart disease. Women are more likely than men to develop heart disease, such as Coronary Microvascular Disease (MVD) and Broken Heart Syndrome. The current research investigates some of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences of heart...

Avoiding Overfeeding Avoiding overfeeding is one of the best ways to alleviate the discomfort associated with peptic ulcer disease. Instead of a one-sitting binge, one should focus on eating smaller meals spread out throughout the day. Similarly, after eating, patients should wait at least 3 hours before going to bed or...

Myasthenia gravis is a long-term kind of chronic neuromuscular illness that weakens the skeletal muscles, making breathing and movement difficult. Guillain-Barre syndrome is a form of sickness in which the immune system attacks nerve cells, producing numbness, tingling, and difficulty breathing, among other symptoms (Ann & Leslee, 2014). Poor spontaneous...

Prosopagnosia, often known as face blindness, is a severe cognitive condition in which an individual's capacity to recognize one's own or familiar faces is damaged, while the rest of the cognitive functioning and visual processing object discrimination remain unaltered (Rugg, 2013). Some persons may report a little impairment that only...

Causes of Scrotal Pain Scrotal pain, both acute and chronic, is a difficult medical issue because a diagnosis is not always certain. Subclinical symptoms may occur in cases of chronic scrotal discomfort. This means that, except from chronic pain, there are usually no other observable indications and symptoms. Prostatic surgery is...