All You Need to Know About Home Health Care Duties Some say that being a home health caregiver is a calling. Others say it is all about will power. What we know for sure is that it requires the utmost level of commitment. There are no formal education requirements to…
Quite simply stated, Crohn’s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. Crohn’s Disease causes chronic inflammation to the digestive tract causing excruciating abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea which can sometimes be bloody and serious weight loss. If you acquired Crohn’s Disease as a result of exposure to harmful substances at your job,…
Every person deals with anxiety. In moderation and at the appropriate times, feelings of anxiety are both a normal and healthy part of the human experience. However, a significant number of people suffer from anxiety disorders. As explained by the Mayo Clinic, an anxiety disorder is defined as chronic feelings…
Many professions that expose their workers to radiation and other heavy metal toxicities put them at risk for different types of cancers which can destroy the immune system and allow infection to run rampant through a person’s body. Many times, when cancer develops that affects the immune system as a…
Urinary tract infections are common in elderly people, but they may not exhibit the same symptoms you’d expect from when you had one at a younger age. Because your immune system changes over time, you may not even feel pain or discomfort. This is a real concern for patients who…
As you age, your body undergoes a variety of changes. One of these has to do with your metabolism, which begins to slow as you get older and are less active. This can lead to other health issues, and/or complicate existing ones. This is especially common with elderly patients who…
When someone has higher than normal potassium in their blood it’s known as hyperkalemia. Normal levels of potassium for adults should be between 3.7 and 5.2 mEq/L (milliequivalents per liter). When levels drop below 3.5 or exceed 6, the affected individual should speak with a doctor immediately. The elderly are…
It’s no secret that as parents age, they tend to get more stubborn. With that stubbornness comes the challenge of trying to get them to take their medicines as prescribed. If they are new medications, your parents might be skeptical, or if they are suffering from dementia, they may be…
An out-of-service nuclear facility that played an important role in the Cold War is still affecting people today. It once produced weapons-grade uranium for the military but has since been decommissioned, and an environmental clean-up is on progress. The problem is, some ex-workers at the plant have gotten sick due…
Every year, about 100 thousand new people across the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer. In a single year, about 50 thousand people will die because of this affliction. If colon cancer is caught early, a person’s chance of treatment and survival is much higher, and it is suggested…
