Chronic disease

Chronic disease lasts for periods long and evolve slowly such as : Heart disease, cancer and diabetes that lead to occur disturbances affect the patient from the psychological point to patient where it becomes under the influence continuous thinking which results in anxiety and the constant fear about disease also, in social terms where the impact on life of patient becomes under the influence of thinking to the lack of community acceptance of this disease the way people look to him and his social status . Chronic disease is be at the forefront of the cause of death around the world , statistics shows that patients with chronic diseases are at " the forefront of the major causes of death around the world, as behind the 63% of the total deaths. Of those who perished due to chronic diseases in 2008, totaling 36 million people, 29% belong to the category of persons who are under the age of 70 years and a half belongs to the category of women." . In this assignment, will be discussing these definitions: Chronic illness , quality of life and social stigma , outline the statistical evidence of the common chronic illness in the KSA and worldwide and outline the characteristics of chronic illness also , discuss the potential impact of chronic illness on wellbeing with specific reference to equality psychosocial aspects of quality of life . Outline what steps with chronic illness could take to adjust to any social stigma the might experience.

Defineiton of chronic illness " any disorder that persists over a long period and affects physical, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, or spiritual functioning ". (Elsevier 2009 ). The chronic illness be where long-term lasts for a long time affect the patient from the mind an...

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...most important things that the state do to ease the social stigma are:Allocation of patients to hospitals providing comprehensive medical care free and the provision of medicines and medical supplies are cheap or free also give to patients medical insurance for treatment in any hospital. Solidarity with the media of culture and raise awareness of all members of the community about the injured through the articles or news about their education and help people dispose of them and also customize clubs to the patient to do the exercise of all the activities that it wants and be equipped with full amenities ,the support of all patients by giving them a monthly amount for treatment , provide work commensurate with his condition in terms of the type of disease , the allocation of associations and assist them to respond to their needs in terms of physical and psychological.