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Jennifer Beardsley Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating interstitial lung disease that has no cure. The term fibrosis refers to scarring, in IPF particularly the scarring of the lungs. The scarring causes irreversible destruction and progressive decline of the lungs. When the tissue thickens, the lungs cannot properly exchange oxygen. The term idiopathic,…

Ong Wei Jun Dan The Causes, Consequences and Differences Between Pulmonary Fibrosis or Emphysema Alone Abstract Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a complicated disease and untreated disease which consists of two diseases. It is difficult for respiratory therapists or respiratory physicians to differentiate between CPFE versus idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/emphysema alone. There is…

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Sally Sanchez Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a respiratory disease that is rare and, effects 13 to 20 per 100,000 people.  Researchers noted that prevalence and incidence rates have risen over the last decades.  IPF is considered to be a chronic condition that impacts lung tissue…

Table of Contents Introduction Review of Evidence Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Conclusion and Recommendations References Appendix Introduction The “Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs)” is a diverse collection of parenchymal diseases of the lung that are categorised with respect to numerous degree of fibrosis and inflammation (Van Manen, et al., 2016). Some of these diseases…

Discussion Question #2 In the United States, healthcare spending has reached an all-time high, surpassing all developed nations in healthcare spending, in 2017 the cost of healthcare reached over $3.5 trillion or $10,739 per person (Hellmann, 2018). Costs are expected to rise each year with no slowdown in sight. Many of the major causes of…

Chronic illness may cause ‘biographical disruption’. Explain what you understand by this term and drawing on the experiences of your patient. Discuss the different ways in which chronic illness impacts on an individual. Medical encyclopaedia defined disruption as the ‘morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process.’[ 1 ]…

Asthma is one of the major chronic respiratory conditions which alter the respiratory function of the body. The World Health Organisation or WHO (2012) defines asthma as a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterised by frequent episodes of breathlessness and wheezing. This difficulty in breathing is caused by the swelling and constricting of the…

Chronic Disease Management Chronic diseases have an effect on all countries, and the augment in their prevalence is to a great extend attributed to varying demographics, improved life expectancy, changing lifestyles, better disease management and management and a better understanding of the factors that cause poor health and disease. Laboratory, clinical and population-based research has…

Most of us just heard about diabetes but how much do we know about it. The thing that we only know that many people does have diabetes mellitus, and most of them are Filipinos. There Mellitus are more than 300,000 Filipinos who suffer from Diabetes Mellitus. In the United States, there are about 16 million…

Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders, all characterized by increased plasma glucose. In the majority of patients with diabetes, the etiology of the disease is not understood. Expert panels have recommended one set of criteria for diagnosis and another set for classification . The criteria serve two purposes. One is to secure optimal…