Silent killer

A Silent Killer “Cancer is a word, not a sentence” -- John Diamond As a little girl I did not know too much of anything. There was a little word [cancer]that I was told when I was in second grade, that changed my life permanently. The simple word [cancer] everybody is afraid of. When I was little, I lived with my grandfather. When I was child, my sister was always favored by my grandfather. As a child, I always wanted to go to my mom's house on the weekends. I was close to my grandfather, but not

I decided to discuss about this article because we need to create awareness of the causes and the prevention of this silent killer. I really liked the manner in which the article is developed, it provides fabulous and detailed information that allowed the reader to create a clear scenario of what is to have a heart attack, the causes, the symptoms and the treatment. To speak of health today is not to speak exclusively of curing illnesses. Talking about health is, above all, in these times, talk about

Pulmonary Embolism a Silent killer Pulmonary Embolism is a life-threatening condition that has most serious manifestation of venous thromboembolism that is leading cause of sudden death. “With massive pulmonary embolism (PE) being the first or second leading cause of unexpected death in adults, protection against PE is critical in appropriately selected patients” (Georgiou, Katz, Ganson, Eng, & Hon, 2015). How does this effect the nursing? If Pulmonary embolism is suspected, nurses goal is to halt

Silent Killers A group in Mexico, called Global Ban Now, raised awareness of plastic in the ocean in their video Silent Killers. One fateful day, a member discovered a very sick and weak turtle off the coast of La Paz, Mexico. The poor thing was struggling to breathe, and it was teetering into death’s hands. The turtle was brought to a local facility where they found out that the feverish marine animal had consumed a plastic bag, and was slowly starving because the bag was blocking her digestive

Tuberculosis- The Silent Killer Tuberculosis(TB) is a communicable disease that is caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. This disease has notably been around in excess of 5,000 years. The effects span far beyond the host, but to all of the people that have had close contact. The symptoms that are most prevalent are the lungs and the respiratory pathway is attacked by producing symptoms such as, chest pain, respiratory distress, a cough, often productive. This is spread

Running Head: PNEUMONIA: THE SILENT KILLER Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Abstract This paper explores Pneumonia and the respiratory disease process associated with bacterial and viral pathogens most commonly located in the lung. The paper examines the process, symptoms and treatments most commonly viewed in patient cases of Pneumonia. My goal is to educate the reader and to warn of the Exploring Pneumonia: A Silent Killer Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. Many

The Silent Killer Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition where the body’s blood pressure levels are above 130/80, and considered severe if the levels are above 180/120. I know about this because of my father. I still remember the scenario as if it were yesterday. December 12, 2010 was a night like any other. My dad worked a job and my mom stayed home and took care of me. I remember feeling uneasy the next morning when I woke up, like something was wrong, but I couldn’t identify

AIDS: The Silent Killer Introduction AIDS is one of the most commonly known sexually transmitted diseases. The last stages of HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, are what we know as AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is similar to other viruses like the flu or common cold except the human immune system cannot destroy the virus. The virus can hide in the cells of the body for long periods of time and attacks important parts of the immune system like T-cells or CD4 cells. Once HIV destroys

Hypertension The Silent Killer 10/13/2017 Cristina Roca HESC-109-W01 References: Blood Pressure Measurement and Clinical Evaluation - The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - NCBI Bookshelf. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8636/ Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension - 2003, Page vi by Jiang He, Patricia M. Kearney, Paul K. Whelton, Paul Muntner, Jeremiah

Diabetes: The Silent Killer Roughly 25 million Americans have diabetes; it is called the “Silent Killer” because almost half of those 25 million have no idea that they even have the disease; it can strike and kill without warning. I am interested in the disease because both my grandfather and my maternal great grandmother had diabetes. However, both of them had late onset diabetes, or Type II. Diabetes Mellitus is the cause of many serious health complications such as stroke, heart disease, renal