Healthcare professionals usually encounter challenges to address the health conditions facing female patients. In light of the changing nature of today’s society, chronic and acute illnesses among women have become more prevalent. The prevalence of such illnesses is attributable to the unique health issues and conditions that women experience in their day-to-day life. While some of these health conditions affect men too, they are more severe among women. Given the

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA DISCHARGECommunity Acquired Pneumonia DischargeThe 65-year-old in this scenario has been put on a therapy course with levofloxacin as part of treatment to help in the resolution of her community-acquired pneumonia. It would be prudent to note, from the onset, that this particular drug happens to be a fluoroquinolone whose tolerability as well as efficacy in a case such as the one presented has been well established (Noreddin

Osteoporosis EMPHASIS ON BONE HEALTH Osteoporosis is a condition wherein bones turn weak and become prone to fracture (Ma, 2013). It is the most common bone affliction. Statistics say that about half of all women older than 50 will suffer from some fracture of the hip, wrist or spine from this age onward. One's existing bone is always being replaced evey 10 years. When this does not occur, osteoporosis develops or when

Hence calcitonin has been found to reduce the turnover of bone and pain in Paget's disease patients. It is found as an injection: 200 units/ml administered intramuscularly or subcutaneously. Also available is intranasal spray: 200 units/activation (0.09 ml/puff) which is administered into the nostril. There are no adequate studies of calcitonin in pregnant women and nursing mothers. Calcitonin salmon helps treat osteoporosis and Paget's disease of bone but does not

Woods up with an exercise group close to her house, or a support group who could help her with adjusting to her new diagnosis and give her support. The social worker and the nursing staff would also be able to educate Mrs. Woods' family on the condition and what needs to be done to maximize her bone health. 5. Should Mrs. Woods have a history of renal calculi; care will be taken for the administration

Osteoporosis Pathophysiology: Osteoporosis Presentation of the disease Osteoporosis is a disease in which the body fails to regenerate enough bone to replace the bone mass that is lost when the body reabsorbs the tissue as part of the natural cycle of bone regeneration. "Bone is living tissue, which is constantly being absorbed and replaced" (Osteoporosis, 2011, Mayo Clinic: Definition). "When you're young, your body makes new bone faster than it breaks down old