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Managing Chronic Illness In The Elderly
Chronic illness in the elderly is usually inherited, but various lifestyle and environmental factors play a big role in increasing the risk. Factors like smoking, unhealthy diet, no exercise and high consumption of alcohol play a significant role. Besides that there are other lesser known factors like poverty and genetics where the person has no control.More...
Chronic Illness And Laughter
There have been many cases of people curing terminal diseases and chronic illness with laughter. While some doctors criticize this method of treatment, scientists from the University of California have proven that laughter helps the cardiovascular system, lowers stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin and increases the body's natural killers cells to fight tumor cells and cells that infected with viruses.More...
Athlete And Chronic Illness
Chronic illness can be devastating for an athlete. But there are many athletes who have managed to overcome chronic illness and earned name and fame for themselves. This is despite still suffering from the chronic illness. Two names stand out and these are two Olympic athletes who had chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and want to win gold medals for Olympics.More...
Chronic Illness And Volunteer Work
Many youngsters are constantly wondering what sort of work or career they should get into. One of the most rewarding jobs is volunteer work but unfortunately many people view it as a stepping stone to further their job prospects. However, volunteer work can be more than that, especially if you like taking care of people and you are qualified doctor or nurse.More...
Chronic Illness In Children And Support
Usually children get acute illnesses like ear infections or upper respiratory tract infection. However, there are some children who can get chronic illness due to factors like genetics, environment, or both. Some common chronic illnesses in children are asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, obesity, malnutrition, cerebral palsy, mental illnesses and developmental disabilities.More...
Clinical Example Of Acute And Chronic Illness
Illness is classified as acute and chronic illness. An acute illness usually lasts for a short period of time and can go away without the use of medicine and/or surgery. On the other hand, chronic illness occurs either for a long period of time or keeps recurring. Sometimes, chronic illness may last the entire lifetime of the person.More...
Effects Of Life On Chronic Illness
For people who are suffering from a chronic illness, life no longer is normal. In fact, the word normal does not exist in their dictionary. Many people compare living with chronic illness to taking a walk in the woods. The trails in the wood are of different types. You can find leveled areas where walking is easy or you can rock climbs where the ascend or descend is difficult. Living with a chronic illness is the same; you can at times have an easy time or difficult.More...
Positive Living With Chronic Illness
Coping with a chronic illness can be extremely difficult and that is why it is important for patients to learn strategies to cope with their condition. Chronic illness can be defined as any illness that stays for a longer period of time and requires medical intervention, including medication and/or surgery. Sometimes, the illness can stay with person for the rest of his life. That is why it is important to have a positive outlook when suffering from a chronic illness.More...
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Hospital Dependency In Chronic Mental Illness
When it comes to chronic mental illness, it has been seen that the patient gets completely dependent on the hospital. Unfortunately hospital dependency in chronic mental illness can lead to anxiety and the patient can end up displaying increased psychotic behavior when he or she is released or discharged from the hospital. Basically the patient loses his self-confidence and will not be willing to face the outside world.More...
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Chronic illness and the concept of uncertainty - Chronic illness and laughter
