Chronically ill patients need emotional and practical support. Emotionally, it is difficult to cope with the illness, come to terms with it, and live every single day while managing it;…
Category: Chronic Health
The Impact of Chronic Illness on Daily Life
Living with a chronic illness presents a host of everyday challenges and can impact not just the health of the afflicted but also social and family life, career, and academic…
Effective Communication Strategies with Healthcare Providers
Communication within the healthcare system is a critical factor for a variety of reasons, including increased patient knowledge and understanding, greater adherence to treatment, greater understanding on the part of…
Understanding Chronic Health Conditions: A Comprehensive Overview
Chronic health conditions are a prominent feature of the contemporary world, as manifested by the designation of the years 2007 to 2017 as the Decade of Action on Nutrition and…
Lowering the Risk of Dementia: Strategies and Interventions
Dementia is not a disease itself but rather a group of symptoms that can accompany specific diseases and conditions associated with the brain. There are various forms of dementia, such…
Understanding Monkeypox: Epidemiology, Transmission, and Prevention
Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus genus, which also comprises the variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox), vaccinia viruses (the…
Understanding Lung Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Cancer is defined as a group of diseases that are caused by an uncontrolled division of cells in a part of the body. Cells in the body’s affected part do…
The Relationship Between Blood Sugar Levels and Blood Pressure
Reaching all these expectations and several studies and developments, glucose-insulin homeostasis disorders within the last 10 years have been found to have gradually stronger associations with the structural changes and…
Understanding Psoriatic Arthritis: A Comprehensive Overview
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that is part of the spondyloarthritis family and is associated with psoriasis. The classic presentation is with inflammatory arthritis, dactylitis, and enthesitis.…
Thrive with Diabetes: Your Guide to Self-Care Success
Diabetes is a condition in which sugar (glucose) cannot get into the body’s cells. If glucose cannot move from the blood into cells, the cells cannot produce the energy they…