Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease is a debilitating disease that can affect your entire life and lifestyle if you allow it to. It affects someone that is very dear to me, my best friend’s mother, Stephanie. I see her live through this day in and day out, and it has raised many questions in my mind. Questions like how you get it, why you get it, and what you really go through when you have it. It is something I have little knowledge of, and by learning more information on it, I feel as if I can possibly
Crohn's Disease Crohn's disease is the generic name for regional enteritis, which is a type of Irritable Bowel Disease. The initial onset of this disease is between the ages of 15 to 30 years old with about 4 out of 1000 people being affected (CDC, 2014). The CDC (2014) also states that the United States has a “1.7 billon dollar” annual financial burden resulting from ”700,000 physician visits, 100,000 hospitalizations, and disability in 119,000 patients” yearly. There is presently no cure for Crohn's
What is Crohn’s Disease – Aimee Rouski Inspired Published on June 5, 2016 in Health What is Crohn 's Disease? After seeing the recent post by Aimee Rouski on facebook. I became curious about Crohn 's Disease. I had little to no knowledge of the disease, and had heard little about it. In this article I will share my research into Symptoms of Chrons, Chrons Diet, and Medicine for Crohns. When searching the internet for information about Crohn 's Disease, I realized that there were many different
Crohn’s Disease Introduction According to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), it was “[(n)amed] after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn, who first described the disease in 1932 along with colleagues Dr. Leo Ginzburg and Dr. Gordon D. Oppenheimer”. Crohn’s disease is a disorder involving the gastrointestinal tract and is categorized under the category of inflammatory bowl diseases (IBD) along with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and ulcerative colitis. According to Huftless in Pharmacologic
Chronic Care Assignment Topic: diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis and crohns disease Section 1 Disease of digestive has 4939 registered death in Australia in 2008 or 3.4% of all registered deaths. It has been consistent since 1999. However, the death toll is slightly more in female than male 2510 and 2439 respectively. The median age for males dying from these diseases is 10 years lower than females. Diseases of intestine have also increase from 1298 to 1698 since 1999 to 2008. People who died from
Crohn’s Disease is usually in the small intestine but can affect the whole GI. A flare up is when the bacteria in the intestines are mistaken for invaders the body launches an immune attack. They are believed to be linked to stress and dietary intake. The signs and symptoms that is express with the subjective information is leading towards a flare up. (Crohn’ & Colitis 2015) Assessment to further explore patients history of Crohn’s Disease and symptoms. Bowel Movements What is the color of stool
The first Gastroenterologist to explain Crohn’s disease was not Burrill B Crohn; instead, the first narrative was probably made by Morgangni (1682-1771)(1). He described in 1761 a deceased young man with ileal ulceration and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes. The entity of Crohn’s disease is , however, attributed to the Americal surgeon B B Crohn. He published in the Journal of American Medical Association in 1932, together with his collegues Leon Ginzburg and Gordon D Oppenheimer, the paper “ Regional
Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are both in a category of diseases called Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. This is a classification of disease in which inflammation forms in a part of the digestive tract, known as the gastrointestinal tract or GI tract, of the patient. The immune system then treats this area of inflammation as a foreign pathogen and attacks it. The causes of both of these diseases are currently unknown to the medical world. Dr. Burrill B. Crohn first described the condition
many kinds of treatments and therapies for certain diseases and disorders. For example, cancer patients might receive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Although these treatments may work or help some patients, there is another option that is evolving. Research and experimental testing have helped scientists discover a new way of treating and possibly curing various diseases and disorders such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.Gene Therapy was first discovered
As I walk down the cold, marble, soulless streets of Blackdale, I hear the birds chirping an almost programmed sound which reverberates across the tall, white buildings. I see a plain blue sky with cartoon clouds. Health agents are watching all of us. Why are they watching us? We’re not the problem, the virus is. The whole town is made to look wonderful; televisions line every blank, white wall, spoon-feeding us information. “The Health Organisation is great. Trust them.” Why do we have to be told
Caprine arthritis encephalitis is a viral disease of goats. Caprine arthritis encephalitis, also known as CAE, is a lentivirus that is part of the retrovirus family. Another type of retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. CAE is normally spread orally through goats. It has been linked to being spread through semen of an infected buck. CAE is a virus that can attack the nervous system. All potential buyers need to have their animals tested before purchasing. Bringing just
Alejandra Gonzales December 7, 2014 Benchmark Essay English 105 Final Draft Childhood Cancer There are many different illnesses out right now that are affecting a lot of children around the world, ranging from diabetes to pneumonia, but the one making the biggest impact would have to be cancer. There are many different types of cancers and anyone can get it not just kids or adults. It is a serious illness that they have been trying to find the cause of it and most importantly a cure. There is new
Introduction Research indicates that when people are diagnosed with cancer, they inherit a variety of financial issues associated with time spent receiving medical care, time is also taken off from work and other activities. Not only do the patients' inherit the financial cost their caregivers and family member also do. (Yabroff, Lund, Kepka, Mariotto, 2011) For instance, the cost of patients that receive cancer treatment will experience a variety of symptoms that may affect one's diet and dietary
As can be seen, cancer is a disease human kind has yet to find a cure to. Cancer is a very serious disease that can lead to the news that can change someone’s life forever. Cancer does not involve one specific location of the human body. Instead it involves multiple organs and tissues that leads to over one hundred types of cancer. History of cancer is a very interesting topic, the first case of cancer dates back to 3000 BC back when the Egyptians were alive. Humans did not know where to really begin
Pancreatic Cancer: An Exploration of a Deadly Disease and its Impact on Embalming Sasha Zazzi-Western Pathology Dr. de la Cruz 23 November 2014 1. Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Introduction Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease. The cancer metastasizes quickly and relentlessly. Even if diagnosed early by a medical professional, the prognosis generally has a poor outlook. Not only does the cancer wreak havoc on the body, but the aggressive chemotherapy treatments used to override it
on two leading causes of death in Cuyahoga county, cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer. To conclude this post I will write two priority health nursing diagnoses. According to Ohio Department of Health (2014), cardiovascular disease is a primary cause of death in Cuyahoga county, as well in the United States. Death rate, in Cuyahoga county, due to cardiovascular disease is is 203.9 per 100, 000 population. Cardiovascular disease involves a number of heart conditions, such as heart valves problem
Mitochondrial disease is an inherited chronic, genetic disorder that results from failure of mitochondria in the cell to produce the amount of energy needed for cell and/or organ function (About). The disease is an inherited condition that runs in families. Every 30 minutes a child is born that will at some point develop mitochondrial disease by the age of 10 (What). Mitochondria, also known as, the powerhouses of the cell, are responsible for producing more that 90% of cellular energy (About)
Broder’s quote, the U.S. government doesn’t work well in the disease curing business. His metaphor using the iron lung to describe the pitfalls of having a federal directed research is interesting because he’s criticizing his own organisation. As the former head of the National Cancer Institute, it’s interesting
world of healthcare has changed drastically since the 1950’s. Reflecting upon how Mrs. Henrietta’s cervical cancer was treated it is apparent that treatment options for patients have came a very long way. However, it is not just the treatment of disease and cancer that have changed. Over the past few decades there has been a massive shift toward a more patient centered system. It was almost hard to fathom some of the examples of tests and treatments that were done with little to no communication
effects of being a heterozygote for the mutant allele that cause Huntington’s disease; however, homozygotes for the defective alleles still develop the disease with its normal consequences. Assume everyone who needs it is able to get this treatment. How would you expect the frequencies of the Huntington’s allele and the disease itself to change over a long period following the introduction of this treatment. Huntington’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that is caused by an autosomal dominant