Issues To Consider In Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Patients
.... issues, assistive devices, interview techniques and sources of further information. Guidelines for assessment of deaf and hard-of-hearing patients are provided in Table 1. Table 2 provides suggestions for conducting interviews with these patients.
Illustrative Case
A 60-year-old deaf woman, a native user of American Sign Language, presented as a new referral. During visits with her previous physician, she had always communicated by using her daughter as an interpreter. The referral physician arr .....
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Leprosy
.... bacteria is very slow developing and attacks the nerves, especially those of the hands, feet, and also the face. When the bacteria affects the nerves, they become swollen and numb which causes a loss of sensation in that particular area (2). Due to this loss of feeling sufferers are more susceptible to burns and other injuries. These injuries often become infected and turn into ulcers. When these remain untreated the final result may be the loss of an appendage (LEPROSY 1). Patches of skin that have .....
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What Are Brain And Spinal Tumor
.... and spinal tumors. The cause of most brain and spinal cord tumors remains a mystery. Scientists do not know exactly why cells in the nervous system or elsewhere in the body lose their normal identity such as (nerves, blood, or skin) grow uncontrollably. Possible causes under investigation include viruses, defective genes, and chemicals.
Metastatic tumors occur when the cancer cells break from tumors in other parts of the body, travel throw the blood stream, hook up to other tissues and ma .....
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Tobacco
.... placenta and has direct effects on the developing fetus. Pre-clinical studies suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy produces changes on the offspring's neural functioning, including reductions in uptake of serotonin, alterations in dopaminergic systems, alterations in peripheral and central noradrenergic neurons, and changes in DNA and RNA synthesis in the brain (9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine consistently score lower in the two subcategories of expressive language and conceptual .....
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Schizophrenia
.... disorders. Delusions are false beliefs that aren't based on reality. Schizophrenics may believe that someone is following them, or planning to harm them. Schizophrenics believe that others can hear their thoughts, also known as Broadcasting, and even change them. ex...hear their thoughts, insert thoughts into their minds, or control their feelings, actions or impulses. Patients might think they are Jesus, Napoleon, or Franklin D. Roosevelt. @ (American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 1)
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Biological Warfare And Terrorism
.... disguised to look like lunch boxes or soda conta iners and it was reported that the chemical agent used was an impure or dilute solution of sarin, a nerve agent developed by Nazi Germany during the '30's. This was the beginning of a frightening future for the modern world. "Organized and indiscriminat e murder" (Tokyo, A1) on a large scale is clearly possible and chemical weapons are likely to be a terrorist's vehicle for mass destruction.
The threat of terrorist use of chemical weapons is now quickly fo .....
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Which Is The Best Contraceptive: Condoms Or The Pill?
.... caused by possible holes in the condom or by storing it in unfavorable conditions for periods of time.
The pill is an oral contraceptive containing the hormones estrogen and progestogen. "This form of birth control suppresses ovulation…by the combined actions of the hormones estrogen and progestogen" (A Guide to Contraceptive Choices). The pill is 97-99.9% effective, however, the pills effectiveness can be reduced if the woman is taking some medications, such as certain antibiotics. It can also "fai .....
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The AIDS Virus
.... ), but later they renamed it HIV-1 because several more forms were discovered. After the virus enters the bloodstream, it destroys white blood cells ( T-lymphocytes). Since they play a big role in the immune system, their presence is very damaging. The AIDS virus also infects another part of the immune system. Once the virus gets to the macrophages, it doesn't destroy them, but instead it stores it there. Later the macrophages carry the virus to other vital systems.
Early detection is a key fact .....
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If Saccharin Is Safe, Why Does It Require A Warning Label?
.... 1900 (Beck).
Saccharin is an accepted replacement for cane sugar, and is now the most widely used sweetener in the world. This fact is alarming because although the mild carcinogenic has been deemed safe for human consumption, several studies have linked the chemical to bladder cancer. If the chemical were truly safe, it would not require a warning label on products that contain it.
Despite the fact that the United States government has deemed saccharin safe, in actuality, it should be banned until i .....
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Autism
.... likelihood of any group of symptoms is not so much universal as statistically possible(Levinson and Osterwell 7). The symptoms of autism can be consolidated into five major symptoms. The first symptom is a lack of responsiveness to other people, objects, and events. Disturbance of speech, language, perception, and nonverbal communication is the second major symptom. The third symptom of autism consists of a bizarre response to the environment such as a change in peculiar interest to animate and inan .....
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Supporting A Condom-Nation
.... are humorous and intriguing, they are extremely pessimistic and narrow-minded. Limbaugh also mentions a few instances in which school boards have denounced educating students on the topic of abstinence. Unfortunately, this has been the case in a minority of regions. It is not, however, taken seriously in the majority of the nation. He also mentions that the effectiveness of condoms can be as low as eighty percent. According to recent studies, this is only the case if the condom has been misus .....
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Japanese Medicine
.... in their herbal traditions and various bone-setting methods.
The Japanese base most of their medical tactics on the balancing of Qi. Qi was developed through traditional Chinese medicine. About 2,500 years ago, in the mountains of Northern China, Taoist priests practiced Qi labeling it the vital life force. They believed that this source was inseperable from life itself. Through Traditional Chinese medicine it is phylosophized that Qi is displayed as both yin “interior”, and yang “exterior” .....
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“The Body's Temperature After Electrocution Is Around 138 Degrees Fahrenheit”
.... the death penalty and it was his own fault for putting himself on death row. While committing the crime, the criminal had no intentions of being caught, and knew that what he was doing was wrong.
There is not enough evidence to prove whether capital punishment deters crime. However, a study by W. Bailey of the period from 1967-68 showed a deterrent effect in twenty-seven states. A later study by him showed a deterrent effect in twenty-five states. During the interval on capital punishment in the Unit .....
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Anorexia Nervosa
.... with high expectations of their children. They often seem to discourage individual growth and encourage conformity. There is frequently a failure to express emotional issues. There are often a lot of pressures such as exams when the illness starts and stresses arising from difficulties in relationships with friends are also common.
The human body copes with periods of semi-starvation and weight loss fairly well. Subsequent return to normal weight and eating pattern is usually accompanied by the r .....
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Depression And Its Affects
.... with depression. Fewer than one-third of [people] ever receive treatment or even recognize that their misery could be relieved(Whybrow 7). When dealing with depression people often deny that anything is wrong. Feelings of shame often begin to emerge when someone does finally admit that they don't feel "normal". When things are abnormal life suddenly takes on a dull new look. They significantly alter our familiar behavior, changing the way we relate to the world, even changing our perception of .....
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