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Is hospice and palliative care required in the last days of life ?

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Introduction: This concept of hospice is started in early 11 th century in Europe and later entered into united states and also now practiced almost every part of the world. Hospice are the places where the patients are been admitted for the last days of treatment at hospitals, nursing homes and also at-home care. This practice mainly focus on the   emotional and spiritual wellbeing of the patient   to cope up with comfortable and pain free rather than medical cure to live there life fullest of the possible Conditions it can deal with: Cancer, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Dementia , breast cancer   Palliative care includes: Pain management, sleep troubles, nutritional guidance , trauma , depression, anxiety, breath, constipation also includes physical therapies and emotional guidance Importance of nurses in palliative care:     Palliative

A short guide for Cancer rehabilitation

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Cancer Cancer is the medical condition where abnormal growth of cells take place .There are more than 100 types of cancers in the world like Breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer,   colon, prostrate, lymphoma etc. According to the recent finding cancer is going to be the most common medical condition worldwide due to life style changes and fast paced world and usage of plastic and hereditary family conditions. Ages ago cancer used to be only in developing countries now it has attacked onto under developed countries   Signs and symptoms ·          Unusual bleeding ·          Sore that doesn’t heel ·          Painful lumps and nodes on the body ·          Chronic headache ·          Change in bowel habits   Types of treatments ·          Chemotherapy-usage of drugs to kill cancer cells ·          Bone marrow transplant ·          Hormone therapy ·          Immunotherapy Rehabilitation Rehabilitation is the At most priority after surviving the

How to get rid of Drug addiction?

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Drug Addiction: Drug Addiction or substance use disorder affects the person’s mentality and behaviour leading to an uncontrolled use of both legalized and illegal drugs.   Addiction can happen either by experimental usage or exposure to the drugs. Not all drugs take the same time to get addicted; the condition varies from drug to drug. With prolonged usage, the person even finds it difficult to abandon the drug usage. Attempts to stop usage without proper treatment may cause withdrawal symptoms like intense carvings and feeling of being physically ill. Behavioral  Changes: ·          Strong drug urges ·          Over dosing ·          Overuse of money on Drugs ·          Making sure of regular supply ·          Lack of social and recreational responsibilities ·          Participating in illegal activities ·          Drug influenced rash driving ·          Experiencing Withdrawal symptoms Symptoms: The symptoms for addiction varies for each va