Sickle-Cell Disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common genetic blood disorders that affect the hemoglobin where red blood cells change from their standard round shape to crescent-like shape. As a result of alteration in form, it becomes problematic for the red blood cells to course liberally through blood vessels, and the body destroys them quicker than usual, causing Anemia as the body recognizes the difference as an abnormality. People born with SCD have parents with sickle traits, or in much rarer cases, one parent has a sickle cell trait while the other parent has a beta-thalassemia trait (Yates, 2016). Although some people with sickle traits are generally in good physical shape, they can pass the defective gene to their children, especially during pregnancy. Additionally, if a baby is born with only one flawed hemoglobin trait, the baby only becomes a carrier of the sickle cell disease but does not develop the SDC symptoms. Although Hispanic, middle eastern, or people with Asian back grounds are at risk of inheriting the disease, statistics show that African Americans are…
private health insurance Private insurance indeed is one of the most critical healthcare finance in many countries. It is also evident that it plays a vital role in enhancing the health situation of humanity across the world. This makes this health-supportive pillar among the most critical aspects that bring out positive outcomes in organizations concerned with healthcare improvement against financial risks. However, it is not true that middle-income countries restrict their citizens from accessing quality healthcare. Most middle-income nations are struggling to ensure that they offer medical cover to their citizens. It is also very evident that the qualities of healthcare provided in such nations are enhanced over time. However, it is not through that the care is competent or comparable with those of advance nations. I agree that private health insurance is an important intervention, like surgical procedures. This is critical for middle-earning citizens. However, it is crucial that it is controlled sustainably. It is also true that containing insurance expenditures and payments depends on shifting the burden held by protected people to those who are willing and able…
Environmental Impacts of Peanut Butter Peanut products offer merits and disadvantages to the environment and are widely used globally. According to Noorhosseini and Damalas (2018), a total of 24.07 million hectares are used for peanut growing globally. Asia has the largest land mass dedicated to peanut growth; 11.45 million hectares. Therefore, peanut productions ought to be regulated to prevent an outburst in greenhouse emissions and other environmental problems. This paper analyses the impact peanut butter production has on the environment, ways in which individual choices affect environmental sustainability, and methods of reducing negative environmental impacts caused by peanut butter. Impact of Peanut Butter Production on the environment The production process for peanut butter constitutes of planting and harvesting of the peanuts, shelling, roasting, cooling and branching, grinding, packaging, and transportation. In the initial phase, peanut butter plantations use nitrogen fertilizers to increase chlorophyll levels in the leaves, hence facilitating better growth. Nitrogen fertilizers provide nutrients to the soil and allow faster growth in crop rotations. However, many peanut farmers overuse the fertilizer and this leads to numerous environmental impacts. These…
Managing Community Mental Health Disorders Questions Q.1. Concept of Community Mental Health Mental health in the community is a major public health problem affecting individuals diagnosed with mental health disorders together with their families, schoolmates, peers, and workmates, among others. Community mental health reflects the overall mental health of an entire community. Examples of mental health illness are depression, anxiety disorder, eating disorders, suicide, ADD/ADHD, Bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia. Barry (2019) observed that several factors challenge community mental health; the key ones include lack of resources such as finance, supportive employment, and housing to meet their treatment and recovery. Lack of competent mental healthcare professionals and enforcing laws is another challenge to community mental health. Lack of sufficient physical facilities such as mental health clinics and stigma associated with mental health illness are significant challenges. Community mental health can be promoted using school-based interventions and promoting healthy lifestyles such as physical exercise and nutrition. The support from both the government and the community is vital in mental health promotion. The benefits of promotion include creating community awareness about mental…
Beyond Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric condition, which is characterized by rapid change of psychological conditions like depression, panic attacks or even any kind of dysfunction around you. In the United States, research has shown that Borderline Personality Disorder affects 1.6 percent of the population; studies show that it is believed to be more like 5.9 percent because 40 percent of BPD patients are misdiagnosed. That percentage seems small but that’s about 4 million people. BPD affects more woman than men, about 75 percent more and still is not a well-known disorder. BPD is a serious illness and 20 percent of people from BPD also have Bi-polar disorder. Several things are thought to be causes of BPD even though it is not certain psychologist believe it can be associated with how you are raised like being abandoned as a child, genetics and other social factors like poor communication in the home. Is BPD treatable? New York psychoanalyst Adolf Stern introduced the term borderline in 1938. According to Theodore Million, Adolf stern used this term…
Assessing and Treating Adults and Geriatric Clients with Mood Disorders Introduction According to Knight (2016), a geriatric is a person with impaired body functions with chronic diseases and physical impairment. They are mostly above 75 years of age. Aging is accompanied with mood disorders which disrupt the elderly’ later years with many of these depressive states remain unnoticed in most of the older patients. Depression complicates mental illness treatment and their management and also increases health care use and mortality rates. Between 10% and 20% of geriatric patients with mood problems also have bipolar disorders (Rosen et al, 2017). A DSM diagnosis of major depressive disorder [MDD] is used as criterion for depression. An elderly person may display sadness, disguise of irritability or withdrawal from the rest. Delusions, a mental illness which is common among aging patients with depression problems may interfere with a health officers’ recognition of a minor mood disorder. For clinicians to distinguish between depression and personality disorder requires careful and thorough evaluation of the history, signs and symptoms (Hibbard et al, 2016). A client with a…
Ending the war on drugs: legalisation of cannabis Introduction and Executive summary This is a parliamentary submission that seeks to explain reasons against marijuana legalization and for this case in California State. California proposition 64 seeks to reform the realistic approach to the marijuana policy in California. This has been sparked by the heated-up debates that have increased in the last two decades over marijuana legalization in the U.S states. The major concern is a review on the laws of licencing of stores to sell cannabis to people above 21 years of age. This has been a testament of the Coloradoans and the ability to work together with the people (Anderson, Hansen & Rees, 2015). However, the opposing sides are praised for holding on the facts that people believe have increased the legalisation roll out. In the union of the U.S states, California was the first state to pass laws allowing legal consumption of marijuana. This was first witnessed in the proposition 215 in 1996. Two decades down the line, the legalization of marijuana has sparked various debates that are…
mental health and drug abuse I just want the introduction. My research question is what is the relationship between mental health and drug abuse in teens in the US? Draft Thesis:In the U.S., teens that struggle with mental health are more likely to use and abuse drugs. With that said, he relationship between mental health and drug abuse in teens are; environmental influences, feeling the need to self medicate and lack of support. All these factors are easily overlooked which just continues the co-occurring disorder cycle.[unique_solution] mental health and drug abuse I just want the introduction. My research question is what is the relationship between mental health and drug abuse in teens in the US? Draft Thesis:In the U.S., teens that struggle with mental health are more likely to use and abuse drugs. With that said, he relationship between mental health and drug abuse in teens are; environmental influences, feeling the need to self medicate and lack of support. All these factors are easily overlooked which just continues the co-occurring disorder cycle. mental health and drug abuse I just want…
Healthcare in the united states I just copied and pasted our teachers rubric, its a college econ class. Use APA Format which includes: 1. Separate Cover Sheet, 2. Running Header and 3. Separate Reference Sheet. 4 sources Plagiarism Index Must be less than 20 % Answer these 5 questions 1. How much is spent on health care in the United States annually? 2. What is the basic structure of our system and how does it compare to other industrialized nations in terms of outcomes (be certain to identify what parameters you are using as a metric) and costs? 3. What are some unique challenges that health care presents from a consumer standpoint? 4. What have been some interventions by the government to make healthcare more accessible and affordable to the public and what have been the outcomes? 5. Do you think that the Singapore model could be replicated here? Why or why not?[unique_solution] Healthcare in the united states I just copied and pasted our teachers rubric, its a college econ class. Use APA Format which includes: 1. Separate Cover Sheet,…
Wryneck or torticollis disorder Wryneck or torticollis is a disorder that results in limited motion of the cervical spine, causing the head to remain in a tilted position. Babies can have a neck stuck to one side from birth trauma. Adults usually experience this upon awakening in the morning after a poor sleep. Torticollis involves muscular, skeletal, or neurologic abnormalities. Some common names for torticollis include the wry skeletal neck, congenital wry neck, cock robin deformity, and Sandifer’s syndrome. There are two types of torticollis — acquired or congenital muscular torticollis. The most common cause of torticollis or wry neck is a misalignment of the first and second joint. Congenital muscular torticollis, on the other hand, develops early in the life of a child. Patients with torticollis often have trauma to the cervical spine due to the high incidence of breech birth. The classic physical finding in torticollis is the tilting of the head to one side, resulting in a limited range of motion. The head is tilted to one side away from the pain. Some patients can…