52) For numerous teens, the symptoms of depression are directly related to low self-esteem stemming from increased emphasis on peer popularity and/or peer isolation. On the other hand for some teens, depression arises from poor familial relationships, including decreased family support and perceived rejection from their parents (Lewis and Lewis, 1996)
Knowing that teen suicide is potentially a preventable public health concern, nurse can play a critical role in both identification and treatment situations. Most often nurses are placed in a hospital, health care facility, or schools's frontline and, as such, are generally the first to come into contact with depressed or suicidal teens (Lyon & Morgan-Judge, 2000)
Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in people between ages 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1996). Teen suicide has more than tripled since the 1960's (Santrock, 2003)
Although nationally suicide is the third highest cause of death for teens, in Idaho it is the second highest cause of teen deaths. In addition, between 199 and 2001 15- to 17-year-old teen males completed the suicide act five times higher than female teens of the same age bracket (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001)
As stated in the previous paragraph Every year between 4,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 400,000attempt suicide and approximately 5-6,000 complete the act and the number of suicides might be even higher because some families report the suicides as accidents or murders (Klagsburn, 1976). In addition, for the past 20 years suicide now ranks as the third leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 24, trailing only accidents and homicides" (Worsnop, 1991)
The authors report, "There were no statistically significant differences between the two conditions in baseline characteristics. These sample characteristics are consistent with those found in veterans seeking PTSD treatment within the VA" (Monson et al
What doctors do know is that the young, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are far more likely to suffer adverse effects or become contaminated should an epidemic break out. These populations are also far more likely to develop the disease or suffer from side effects of vaccination which may include a heart attack (Annas, 2003)
There are entire populations that were eradicated due to smallpox infestation during early history, and it was only until the mid 1900s when the last reported case was documented in the United States; Worldwide the last case was reported in 1977 (Mackelprang, Mackelprang and Thirkill 119). Smallpox originates from a microscopic organism known as variola, which some describe as a "despised enemy of civilizations around the world" (Koplow 1)
Smallpox Medical - Epidemiology: Smallpox Description of Disease/History Many believe variola, the virus responsible for smallpox, originated during the times of Ramses V of Egypt, around 1157 BC, "as evidenced by his scarred mummified remains" (Mackelprang, Mackelprang and Thirkill 119)
Just having contact with a person infected could result in contagion. The last person known to be infected with the disease in the United States was in 1947, when a person traveled from Mexico and then into the United States; the individual in question has wandered throughout New York City before he was soon diagnosed with the deadly disease, which resulted in vaccination of people, which doctors felt was the best possible protection (Spiegel, Kavaler and Kucinski 392)
However, its history and records of past occurrences depict that some genetic factors along with few environmental agents such as micro organisms play a critical role in developing cellular bodies that in turn are believed to destroy insulin producing cells. This occurs before the onset of clinical stage of diabetes, which then progresses to become clinical diabetes (Achenbach, Bonifacio, Koczwara, & Ziegler, 2005)
Additionally, few sources exhibit a fact that obesity stimulates the body to release such elements that undermines the performance of circulatory and metabolic activities. As a result glucose accumulates in the blood causing diabetes (Cryer, 2004)
Furthermore, this can elevate the possibility of miscarriage and complications at the time of childbirth. Similarly, fetus is also at risk of being diabetic (Ferrara, 2007)
If the blood glucose level is above the clinically set value, a person is detected to suffer from the disorder. Furthermore, the type of diabetes is recognized followed by the treatment and preventions that are employed accordingly (Flaws, Kuchinski & Casanas, 2002)
The food that one consumes is digested and broken down into smaller units, prominently glucose, in a series of enzyme controlled chemical reactions. Furthermore, these simpler substances enter blood capillaries from where cells absorb and utilize them to harvest energy for numerous processes that are continuously occurring for healthy growth and development of an individual (Gropper, Smith & Groff, 2009)
According to these studies, a proposition has come to forefront that the cells responsible of producing and releasing insulin are eaten up by the body itself due to multiple factors such as microbial infection, chemical exposure through food items and so forth. Consequently, due to absence of insulin producing cells, blood sugar does not fall back to its normal level (Hicks, 2012)
This result in fluctuation of blood glucose level from the normal value for certain period of time and when the condition persists, diabetes is said to have developed. Consequently, medical treatment and preventive measures are implemented to control the prevailing state of disorder (Ramlo-Halsted & Edelman, 2000)
For instance, cardiovascular system is primarily distressed that makes the sufferer vulnerable to heart attacks and strokes. Furthermore, blood vessels are narrowed which slows down the blood flow to different parts of the body (Riaz, 2009)
It also leads to drying of tongue and whole mouth. Furthermore, as glucose is not absorbed by the body cells, it needs to be excreted somehow; therefore, frequent urination occurs that remove excess glucose with water from the bloodstream (Saleh, 2010)
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