Essays on Disease

Few outbreaks in the history of early America proved as tragic as the yellow fever epidemic that took place in Philadelphia. At that time, the illness was characterized by pains in the head and back, irregular pulse, color changes including yellow eyes and skin, and black bile and vomit, all of which were accompanied by...

Abbreviations AIDS – Acquired immune deficiency syndrome CIDRZ – Centre for infectious disease research in Zambia DHO – District Health Office FGD – Focus Group Discussion HIV – Human immune virus ICF – Informed Consent Form IDI – In Depth Interview KIs – Key informants M.O.H – Ministry of Heath PI – Principal investigator RA...

Child Malnutrition Background Malnutrition affects a staggering 795 million people globally which is one for every seven people. Malnourishment is also extremely prominent in children which is common in many developing nations for children 1-5 years of age. Around 159 million children in the world are impacted by this epidemic and this statistic continues to...

Dementia is one of illness that harms for mental works—thinking, memorized, and reasoning, physiological capabilities to such as amount of full avoids of the individual’s life on daily basis and exercises. These specific works depend on the memory of the human, skills of the human language, visual perception, problem-solving techniques, self-management, the capability of attraction,...

Physiological disorders are a disorder that affects the functioning of a particular body system, and typically has many other reactions on body systems and how they work. An example of a physiological disorder is endocrine system disorders, which is what type 2 diabetes is. The endocrine system consists of endocrine glands – which emanate chemicals...

Introduction Out of the most common diseases in the world that affects people of all ages is diabetes. Many factors can contribute to different people suffering from diabetes, some of them include the lifestyles people to adapt, genetic inheritance, and ethnicity among other reasons. It is critical to identify what diabetes is. It is a...

Introduction The aspect of medication adherence is vital for patients who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, as oral hypoglycemic agents such as biguanides and sulfonylureas are extremely effective in ensuring a patient’s diabetes is managed, providing the drug is taken correctly (Aloudah et al., 2018). The concept of adherence is a significant factor...

Autism is known to be one of the main leading risk factors that causes psychological problems such as stress and depress among parents (Grace et al., (2018). The aim behind this study was to explore the challenges of parents and caregivers looking after their autistic children. According to Lindsey and Barry, (2018). Autism is a...

This assignment will explore the importance of interpersonal and written communication in caring for people with early stage of dementia. According to National Health Services (2017), Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. This may include problems with memory loss, thinking speed and more. It...

For this assignment purpose, with confidentiality interest, I will be discussing a male patient to be known as “Ade”. Ade is 56-year-old of African origin, is identified with unsealing diabetic foot ulcer on the right big for 6 months with history of other disease condition as a result of untreated diabetes, like hypertension, dyslipidaemia and...