Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis is described as the inflammatory disease that is chronic to the community, and the disorder affects the joints. To some individuals, the illness can cause damage to the body parts such as the blood vessels,

the lungs, eyes, and the heart. The disease occurs when the body tissues attack the immune system. The disease influences the lining of the joints, causing swelling of the body and can later result in deformity. One of the risk factors that is associated with the illness is smoking, as it results in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. The other reason that increases the risks of rheumatoid arthritis is environmental exposure to substances like silica. Also, exposure to dust is another reason that is associated with contracting rheumatoid arthritis. The other risk factor is obesity, in which obese women aged fifty-five years or younger are at the risk of getting rheumatoid arthritis. Some of these chronic illnesses, like rheumatoid arthritis, are highly associated with the Hispanic community in the United States.

The Hispanic Community

According to the statistics of the United States, there are about fifty-eight million Hispanics in the United States, which is eighteen percent of the American population. This is a group of the community that is considered as the minority group based on racial and ethnic backgrounds. The discrimination of this group of individuals has subjected them to numerous chronic health conditions. The individuals lack proper dieting since they are not educated on how to take care of their diet. Also, the individuals are subjected to low socio-economic status, and therefore they cannot meet the highly demanding healthcare issues. Poor dieting makes the Hispanics prone to chronic diseases, some of them being rheumatoid arthritis. As mentioned, these individuals are highly unemployed, and they get to work in poor working conditions. They are subjected to exposure to silica and dust substances that increase the rates of these people contacting rheumatoid arthritis.

The racial and ethnic discrimination also denied the Hispanics the health insurance and therefore subjecting them to illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis. The health records show that individuals suffering from rheumatoid arthritis have the risk of suffering from anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders. Based on this information, an intervention needs to be considered to address the health issues of the Hispanics. The response that will be discussed in this essay is nutrition-based research of this American community. The expected outcomes are to ensure that the impacts of rheumatoid arthritis are reduced and hence enhancing economic growth. It is an intervention that will promote health based on proper dieting.

The paper has mentioned obesity as a risk factor that has resulted in the spread of rheumatoid arthritis. Making changes in the diet among Hispanics has proven to play a role in reducing the effects of rheumatoid arthritis. Nutrition based research has ensured recognition of plant-based foods that help in the improvement of the bacterial diversity among the patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The plant-based foods have fiber that reduces inflammation and pain of the joints. The researchers are more involved in nutrition-based research to help the Hispanics improve their dieting strategies. Nutrition based study also involved education strategies that enhance understanding of the cause of rheumatoid arthritis. Hispanics can be educated on proper dieting like using vegetables in their diet. The government of the United States should consider the elimination of racial discrimination to ensure that the Hispanics are educated. These individuals are denied chances of quality education, and hence they do not know the dieting strategies. They lack the resources to enable them to access quality foods, and therefore their dieting lifestyles increase the risks of the rheumatoid arthritis illness. Proper education programs are highly needed for the population to understand the feeding habits that should reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Dieting programs that are offered in the United States have discriminated the Hispanics. The Hispanics lack quality education on dieting and therefore influencing the poor habits of the Hispanic community.

The research suggests that a vegan diet should be utilized to ensure that the community is healthy. Vegan dieting is the type that eliminates the animal product and depends on the fruits and vegetables for a healthy individual. The intervention of research involves the education of the community so that they can have skills in research. The community is motivated to conduct their own diet research. The community can then communicate with each other for better results to be attained based on eating habits. The government of the United States should ensure to provide an equitable education to all the Americans to ensure that they are exposed to research methods. The individuals can then conduct research on their own and train each other so that they can mitigate the effects of rheumatoid arthritis. Also, based on nutrition-based research, the government can ensure that the Hispanics have the facilities that are needed to promote excellent results. It ensures that a nutrition research culture is enhanced and hence the promotion of proper dieting.

Professional ethics should be considered when handling health issues that are affecting the population. One of the health ethical issues that should be adhered to is justice. As mentioned, the Hispanic community has been discriminated against and denied chances of quality healthcare facilities. The individuals lack access to the nurses and healthcare practitioners who can educate them. Based on this ethical theory, the government must practice justice and ensure that the Hispanic community has available resources required. The government should exercise utilitarianism, a moral theory that dictates that the leaders should make ethically right decisions. The government does this by ensuring equal distribution of health services. When access to healthcare practitioners is enhanced, the community gains proper health education. The healthcare practitioners distributed in the Latino community ensures that proper healthcare research is conducted. Practicing health justice has proven to provide knowledge about the causes of rheumatoid arthritis and prevention. For example, smokers are educated on how to avoid smoking—reduction of the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in this minority community. Also, based on research, the government needs to ensure that there is a collaboration between the community, the government, and healthcare providers. All these stakeholders should be involved in the research on rheumatoid arthritis. The results of the study are achieved since different ideas are considered when the individuals are involved. Once the community is involved in making the decisions, then it is motivated to conducting more nutrition-based researches. Ethical practices are essential aspects of improving healthcare in the community. A healthy community ensures the economic growth of the community and the country. Hispanics can highly contribute to the economy of the United States if they are given equal opportunities like others in the community. One of the ways is by the government, ensuring that the Hispanics are healthy.

The intervention of nutrition-based research has proven to be a solution to solving the health problem of rheumatoid arthritis. As mentioned earlier, the effects of rheumatoid arthritis are severe and affect the mental stability of the Hispanic community. The American guidelines on diets require the public to eat a healthy variety of foods. Also, to avoid issues of obesity, the population has been advised to physical activity that helps improve and maintenance of the weight and hence promoting health. The nutritional based health intervention has proven to improve the lives of Hispanics. The research has ensured that the community eats healthily, and the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis is reduced. Research has ensured that the population in the Hispanic community is eating healthily. Research has also ensured that there is the recovery of medicines that can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The medicines are used to treat the produced population and guarantee and healthy community. Based on the economy, nutrition-based research has reduced the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis cases in the United States. The resources that are used in managing the disorder are reduced due to proper dieting. The resources used in health are then used to develop the country through the distribution of quality healthcare services.