The Common Disease Of Addison 's Disease

I continued to watch and listen, hearing doctors yelling for anodynes to relieve any sort of pain a patient was feeling, and residents running like animals trying to find something to ease the pain, like anesthesia. I began to get tired of all the crazy in the operating room, so I decided to head to the waiting room, where all sorts of people come trying to find answers to relieve their pain. Usually, the people who sit in the waiting room don’t have any sort of life threatening disease, even though they think they do. I sat on an open chair next to a table. On the table was a book titled, “The Book of Pathology”, with the subtitle “All You’ll Ever Need to Know About Disease”. I flipped through, and after about a minute of trying to read, I realized a book on the cause and effects of disease wasn’t the most interesting subject for a 15-year-old. I picked up a gossip magazine and decided that this was the more interesting choice of reading. Reading in awe of the breakup between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, I began to hear someone talking. The only person near me was a man with a puppet on his hand that was sleeping. I went back to reading, thinking nothing of it. A minute later I heard someone talking but still, the only person next to me was the man with a

During this time, I felt alone. My parents were at the hospital a lot. I felt I could not trust anyone. I had no one to share my secrets with. I began to hide my feelings. I plastered a fake smile on my face and pretended everything was going to be okay. I knew it was not going to be okay. If Kaylee got her heart transplant, the family would have to get rid of our cat, Maggie. If Kaylee did not get a heart in time, she would die.

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 help her cope with it in the future.

Alongside with organs, bones, and tissues, the human body also functions through hormones. Some of these hormones are produced by the adrenal glands which are located right above the kidneys. Adrenal glands produce hormones that give vital instructions to almost every organ and every tissue in your body. When someone’s adrenal glands do not produce enough amounts of certain hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone, this often leads to Addison’s Disease.

Throughout our education path, many of us recall the Name of John F Kennedy. When I think or hear this name, the only information I recall from this man is his term as President and him being shot. But as we all know we all have a beginning, in this case, John F Kennedy was the second child out of nine. He was given many opportunities to succeed, like attending prestigious schools and having important contacts. But there wouldn’t be any good on this planet without having bad. “He would later be diagnosed with a rare endocrine disorder called Addison’s disease.”

I’ve decided to finish telling about how I got sick, After all there is nothing else for me to do while I am stuck here. When I got home my mother was surprised to see me. And of course she was mad and I had to hear the “young man I am very disappointed in you, you’re better than this talk” Even though was barely listening my dad lectured me on and on about how they paid good money for me to attend Pency Prep, it’s not like I didn’t care but I didn’t really care and eventually I got up and went to my room. They were really stressing me out and I was depressed again so I sat down and I began to talk to Allie, because that’s what I do when I’m depressed. It comforts me and takes me back to a time when everything was ok. “Okay now, go home and get your bike and meet me out front of Bobby’s house. Hurry up.”

When turning 13, Kathleen always felt sick. Already skinny she lost 10 lbs and developed whooping cough that ended up breaking several ribs. Her doctor sent over the diagnosis through email; Crohn's disease. Kathleen was determined to be a beacon of hope for others struggling with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), always fighting to prevent the disease from defining her. To stabilize her condition, Kathleen gives herself biweekly injections into the abdomen. The determination, she has made her a difficult patient at times, training through bouts of stomach cramps, nausea, and diarrhea. Kimberley (mom) excused herself to the shower just to cry the tears that she was holding back from her daughter. Even though, Kathleen had to go through all this pain she didn't let anything stop

Addison Disease defined as a rare condition that affects the adrenal gland both in men and women alike. Addison Disease occurs when the body does not make enough cortisol or even sometimes aldosterone due to the autoimmune system attacking the adrenal glands. Cortisol needed to regulate the bodies response to stress. Aldosterone needed to help the kidneys regulate the amount of salt and water in the body to keep blood pressure under control, to low aldosterone causes hypotension. Infections such as Tuberculosis, HIV, Fungal Infections (and sometimes even Bacterial Infections), and Cancer cells can harm the adrenal gland.

Salt water droplets tickling my cheeks as they make their way down to my empty heart. I always knew something was off about me, but I didn’t know exactly what it was. That is until fourth grade when I found out that I had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD for short. At first I didn’t want to accept that I had something wrong with me, even though it’s always been there. I would read a short passage fluently, but as soon as one of my teachers asked me what I just read, I totally forgot. You hear people being diagnosed with ADHD every year, and you may not think that it's a big deal, but when a disorder like this affects the way you learn and comprehend things, it turns into one.

This project will describe the case of patient M.B and her family, as well as a projected plan of care. Approximately, 1 year ago, M.B. reported “numbness” in her bilateral lower extremities, episodes of fainting, muscle weakness, along with other vague symptoms to her Primary Care Manager. Soon she was being seen in the Emergency Room and clinic weekly due to increased weakness with continued falls; eventually she needed a walker because of her unsteady gait. She underwent a multitude of tests with fairly benign results, but still she had no solid answers. Then she started experiencing irretractable nausea and vomiting; medications would only work for a short duration and this illness led to even more hospitalizations and clinic visits. Physicians could only treat the symptoms; it was recognizable that this patient would benefit from specialists.

Addison’s disease is the outcome of a loss of cortisol and aldosterone secretion. This is a result of the obliteration of the adrenal glands. The most common cause of Addison’s disease was tuberculosis up until the mid twentieth century. Then, it was found that an autoimmune reaction that makes antibodies against the adrenal glands was also a major cause of this disease. Other less common causes like fungal infections, a virus associated with AIDS, and cancer cells were also found.

The vastness yet the fundamental simplicity of the subject fascinates me. Ten years in medicine, I took care of patients from a range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. My intellectual curiosity regarding the disease pathophysiology has been the motivation for my drive to learn. I’m a decisive thinker and identifying the problem of every unsolved case and never resting till answers satisfy me is one of my qualities that I feel has helped me become a good practitioner.

I felt my legs taking me out of the store as fast as they could without sprinting. The light was blinding as I walked outside and I felt my stomach twist like I was about to throw up. He doesn’t love me anymore, I thought as I felt my cheeks flush. I looked down and my hands were shaking uncontrollably. I felt so overwhelmed with emotion, I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh or scream.

Soon, after I got dressed we left the hospital. I still did not know that meaning of the disease I had. I just knew it caused my mother cry, I did not wanna leave her like how my father did. I did not want her to be that upset or alone again. I just wanted her happy and I wanted her to stop crying and her smile even though her smile did not look the same. It did not feel warm like the sun on a hot summer day. I still wanted her to smile, warm up and brighten up my little world.

Within one swift movement, all of the scars she had been trying to stitch up were cut open again. Addison was at a loss for words. Why was he here? It was late and cold, he shouldn’t be here. Of course he had to wait until she was feeling better to show up again. He probably just wanted whatever he left here back. They didn’t live together, so there wasn’t much, but he did leave things. "Are you insane?” She asked him, crossing her arms over her