Athlete's foot is a fungal infection of the foot that mainly infects the spaces between the toes. It is caused by a fungus called trichophyton rubrum. These are tiny plant like cells found on the skin of all humans. When these multiply out-of-control, due to moisture build-up in the spaces between the toes, they lead to athlete's foot. The conditions which aggravate this problem are warm, damp and moist environment, which serve as a perfect breeding space for the fungus cells. It mostly occur...
What is mental health? Mental health refers to our emotional wellbeing, it is all about how we think, feel and behave. The relevance of working with patients with mental health problems for me will be a challenge to start with. While on my placement I come across many patients why are suffering with Alzheimer and Dementia and most are suffering with mental health disorders of various kinds. In my central discussion I intend to cover the case of one patient named Joe who has metal health probl...
Mental Health Crisis Americans of all ages suffer from mental illness and are not receiving proper care. Over 40 million adults suffer from a mental disorder and many are not receiving any health care at all. Sever depression is the leading cause of young adult disability, and suicide coming in as second. More then half do not receive appropriate treatment. Mental Health Care professionals have concerns that proper programs and educations are not up to date with the changes in health care. Mo...
Osteoarthritis Arthritis Disease Summary Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis or degenerative joint disease. It is a leading cause of chronic disability. The disease most commonly affects the middle-aged and elderly, although younger people may be affected as a result of injury or overuse. Age is the strongest predictor of the disease and therefore increasing age and extended life expectancy will result in a greater occurrence of the disease. Patients affected by this dise...
The biopsychosocial model of health Case Based Essay The biopsychosocial model of health (Engel, 1977) claims that health and illness are: the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g. genetic predisposition), behavioural factors (e.g. lifestyle, stress, health beliefs), and social conditions (e.g. cultural influences, family relationships, social support). (Marks et al,2005). The biopsychosocial model takes into account that each patient is completely dif...
RELEVENT CLINICAL HISTORY The uterine fibroid was incidentally found 10 years ago in 2000 during further management at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) for miscarriage. But the size of uterine fibroid was still small. She could not see or feel the mass at that time. No treatment was given at that time. She was told to go regular follow up afterwards. However, she defaulted. Until 5 years ago, the mass was gradually increased up to the umbilicus level. She went to general practitioner (...
By making simple calibrations to your daily lifestyle and some intelligent dietary and exercise modifications, you can effortlessly lose weight without actually dieting. Starting your day with a nutritious breakfast will help you maintain a low BMI and avert overeating throughout the day. By saying no to Sweetened drinks or replacing them with natural fruit juices, iced tea or herbal tea, you can easily do away with some empty calories. Introducing super-nutritious portions of fruits and vege...
Communicable diseases are those diseases that are contagious, that one can pass to another through certain types of contact and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2008 there were 14,136 cases of Chlamydia in Arkansas, which is above the national average rate at 498.66 per 100,000. The second largest number of communicable diseases in related to sexually transmitted diseases was Gonorrhea, followed by Syphilis. 1 Across the United States there were more than 1.2 mi...
This article is taken from a book-in-progress which describes the fundamental factors in virtually all disease as a negative cycle, and shows clearly how they can be reversed by completing a positive cycle. I would invite you to use the steps of the cycle as a tool in diagnosis and designing positive health programmes. In 1933, Dr. Anthony Bassler wrote after a 25 year study of over 5,000 cases, "Every physician should realise that the intestinal toxaemias are the most important primary and c...
ABSTRACT The study was based on critical analysis and review of literature in evaluating the supremacy of skin preparation antiseptic between chlohexidine and povidone-iodine. Chlorhexidine gluconate can reduce the risk for catheter-related bloodstream infection by approximately 50% and should be used in preference as an preoperative antiseptic agent in clean-contaminated surgery in decreasing postoperative SSI. This study demonstrated ChloraPrep solution good value for money as its use for s...