Question

Complete an online search on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), childhood asthma, or fibromyalgia. Discuss how practice could be guided by the chronic illness model

Answer 1

COMPULSIVE OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE :

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease belongs to the obtructive lung disease, it is manifested by difficulty in breathing on auscultation wheezing sound can be heard, and poor airflow. The typical signs and symptoms include shortness of breathe and cough following sputum. Due to COPD everyday task becomes difficult to carry out. The main causes of bronchitis include chronic smoking, occupation such as coal mile worker, air pollution, Family history etc. Since there is no treament to COPD we can control the symptoms and prevent from any complication. Firstly the patient should give up smoking as it is one of the causes of COPD, Oxygen therapy, Vaccinations recommended, Following protein rich diet so the damaged cells and tissues can be healed, drinking plenty of water, breathing exercise.

CHILDHOOD ASTHMA:

Childhood Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease, which includes breathing problems in young children and infants, the signs and symptoms include breathing problems and on auscultation wheezing sound can be heard, coughing and rapid breathing is seen in childhood asthma, the causes is idiopathic, Environmental exposure, family history etc, the tretment involved is oxygen therapy, breathing exercise, symptomatic ttreatments etc.

FIBROMYALGIA :

Fibromyalgia is a condition in which there is chronic pain in the musculoskeletal region as the name suggests myalgia which means musles pain, it is manifested by stiffness and tenderness in the specific loaclized are, the causes include idiopathic, traumatic injury, history of arthritis, family history, autoimmune disorders, etc. The treatment involves Minizing pain by analgesics and divertion therapy, folowing balanced diet and exercise, Massage on the stiffed area, etc.