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When the patient is being treated for a condition that has an underlying cause?
code first the underlying disease
Is leukemia physiological?
Yes. It is a physiological disease because it affects the physical being of the patient.
Is the flu a noninfectious diseases?
Influenza is a highly infectious disease, even when the patient is recovering (unlike many other Infectious Diseases which quit being infectious when the patient begins to recover).
What are disease when you are overweight?
Being overweight leads to so many health risks that at times doctors can misdiagnose due to a patient being overweight. High cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease are just a few issues that can be caused by being over weight.
What are the different levels of risk associated with administering general anesthesia?
I: healthy patient II: patient with mild systemic disease without functional limitations III: patient with severe systemic disease with definite functional limitations IV: patient with severe systemic disease that is life-threatening
How long after treatment for leprosy has begun is the patient no longer infectious?
Usually three months after starting treatment, a patient ceases being infectious, though not everyone with this disease is necessarily infectious before treatment.
Which patient would most likely be diagnosed with Addisons disease?
A patient being treated by a hormone doctor, immune system doctor or perhaps and internal medicine doctor who is on the ball can find and determine if a patient has Addison's disease. I could give you the many symptoms of Addison's disease but then you might think you have it. It is a tricky disease to diagnose and requires lab work, scans and a sharp doctor who can recognize it and not confuse the many symptoms that are in other diseases. Go to an endocrine doctor first and present the symptoms to him or her. You can claim you suspect the disease and explain why. The doctor will determine the proper course to take.
Difference of disease from illness?
Disease is a biological manifestation of something wrong with the body. Is can measured, tested, and diagnosed.Illness is more broad; it is lack of well-being and is therefore subjective, differing from one individual to another. The patient does not feel well, whether or not it is caused or accompanied by a disease.
Is patient the same as be patient?
Being patient means waiting for something without being bothered with having to wait. A patient is a person who requires medical care. A patient is a noun.
What are facts about alzheimers?
Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia and affects the brain. It is a degenerative brain disease, and cannot be cured. There are many treatments available for this disease, though. Alzheimer's disease is fatal, and has a few stages of dementia that the patient suffers, from mild dementia symptoms such as a few language problems and small changes in movement, and eventually ends with the patient being completely dependant on the caregiver and death. It was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
What disease or injury accompanying a burn influences the treatment level of a patient?
Other factors influence the level of treatment needed, including associated injuries such as bone fractures and smoke inhalation, presence of a chronic disease, or a history of being abused.
What happens if you dont wear gloves for a first aider patient?
Hopefully nothing, However there is always a risk of picking up a disease from the person that is being handled or vice versa.
