Assignment #5
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respiratory_infections.pptxRespiratory Diseases
By Tania Gonzalez-diaz & Nelly Jacobo
Course: nrs-429vn
Objective
To provide educational knowledge about respiratory diseases, which can be utilized to promote knowledge and prevent diseases.
Good morning, today we would like to provide you guys with the latest educational information regarding respiratory diseases. We decided to talk about respiratory diseases for various reasons. The first reason being that it affects many individuals. The second reason being that it is something that can be prevented and lastly because it is causing strains in our communities.
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Healthy People 2020
According to healthy people 2020 (2016) asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases create significant healthcare burden.
Annual health care cost of asthma is $20.7 billion (Healthy people 2020, 2016).
Currently in United States 23 million people have asthma, 13.6 million people have been diagnosed with COPD and about the same number of people have not yet been diagnosed (healthy people 2020, 2016).
As you can see respiratory diseases affect a great number of people. It has not only affected the person directly involved, but it affects everyone else around them. It affects the persons family members, school place, work place, and societies. The cost of these diseases are creating a burden for health care systems as well as individuals tax dollars. The cost of medical insurances have increased due to the burdens it has caused (healthy people 2020(2016).
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Asthma
Is a condition in which your airway narrows, swell, and produce mucus. This makes breathing become difficult (Mayo clinic staff, 2016).
There is no cure, but treatment is available.
According to Mayo clinic staff (2016) asthma affects the respiratory tract by causing swelling to the airways. It creates constriction and mucus build up of the airways, making it difficult to breathe. Causes include stress, airborne & environmental substances, cold weather, physical activity, types of food, and genetic makeup. There is no current cure, however there is treatment available. Treatment consist of bronchodilators, corticosteroids, avoiding triggers, and maintaining regular doctor appointments. Keeping up to date with immunizations such as influenza and pneumonia are beneficial.
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Asthma statistics
According to CDC in 2009, asthma caused: • 479,300 hospitalizations • 1.9 million emergency department visits • 8.9 million doctor visits
Black adults are hospitalized for asthma more often than white adults.
Black and Hispanic children visit emergency departments for asthma care more often than white children
More than 1 in 4 black adults can’t afford their asthma medicines.
1 in 5 Hispanic adults can’t afford their asthma medicines.
According to Center for Disease control and Prevention (2016) race and ethnicity affects the outcome of diseases. It appears that Hispanics as well as Blacks have difficulties purchasing medication due to financial resources. This indeed affects the outcome of individuals health.
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COPD
Is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.
It's caused by long-term exposure to irritating gases or particulate matter, most often from cigarette smoke.
It can be prevented (Mayo Clinic staff, 2016).
According to Mayo clinic staff (2016) individual’s with COPD are more prone in developing heart diseases and lung cancer. You can see how this creates more health cost on society. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common condition that contributes to COPD. COPD symptoms don’t usually appears until lung damage is already present, this includes chronic cough. COPD worsens with time, especially if smoking continues. COPD is preventable in most cases, so why not prevent it!
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COPD statistics
COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (Healthy people 2020, 2016).
In 2006, approximately 120,000 individuals died from COPD (Healthy people 2020, 2016).
At baseline, 113.9 COPD deaths per 100,000 adults age 45 years and older occurred in 2007. The target is 102.6 (Healthy people 2020, 2016).
According to Healthy people 2020 (2016) COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in United States. It causes in great amount of deaths of individuals. These disease is very costly that not all people affected can afford.
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Conclusion
Although not all respiratory diseases can be prevented, there are treatments to stabilize the disease. The correct treatments and educational information can help lessen the incidents, therefore decreasing the health burden in our communities.
It is true that not all respiratory diseases have cures, but disease such as COPD can be prevented. Specific methods of detection, intervention, and treatment exist that may reduce this burden and promote health. Proper treatments of medical problems can help lessen the number of visits to emergency department as well as medical cost. Making sure that individual’s receive proper education can also help lessen diseases flare ups as well as the use of individuals tax dollars.
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References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). Data and statistics. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/dotw/index.html
Healthy people 2020. (2016). Respiratory diseases. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/respiratory- diseases
Mayo clinic staff. (2016). Diseases and Conditions. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/copd/home/ovc-
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