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Chronic Illness

Chronic Illness. Types. Alzheimer’s disease Cancer Asthma Arthritis Diabetes HIV - AIDS. Impact on the family. Parents Shock, grief, anger All emotional energy goes to the sick person Little energy left for husband and rest of family Siblings Sympathy and resentment

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Chronic Illness

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  1. Chronic Illness

  2. Types • Alzheimer’s disease • Cancer • Asthma • Arthritis • Diabetes • HIV - AIDS

  3. Impact on the family • Parents • Shock, grief, anger • All emotional energy goes to the sick person • Little energy left for husband and rest of family • Siblings • Sympathy and resentment • Relationships change • Identity as a family changes

  4. Support groups • Provide help for families

  5. Alzheimer’s disease • Increasing age = leading risk factor • Symptoms • Memory loss • Paranoia • Sleep disturbances • Anger • Wandering off

  6. Diabetes • Lack of insulin to control blood sugar levels • Type 1 = Insulin-dependent diabetes • Type 2 = Non-insulin-dependent diabetes • Gestational diabetes • Can complicate pregnancy • Ends with childbirth

  7. Diabetes • Health psychology’s role can include: • Helping diabetics understand their illness • Understand the effects of stress on blood glucose metabolism • Understand how to manage diabetes • Researching and treating diabetes

  8. Diabetes • Health psychologists are most likely to help patients by • Improving their adherence to treatment regimen • Checking blood sugar levels • Insulin injections

  9. HIV - Human Immunodeficiency virus • Main risk groups in theU.S. • Gay men • Injection drug users

  10. HIV - Risk factors • Anal sex = highest risk factor • Homosexual & heterosexual sex • Heterosexual sex • Women more at risk than men • leading source worldwide • 1995 - 2005 = fastest growth in U.S. • Homosexual sex • Male-male sexual contact = • leading source of infection in U.S. • Lesbian transmission is low

  11. Symptoms of HIV / AIDS • First weeks • Possibly no symptoms • Flu like symptoms • Fever • Sore throat • Painful skin rash • Headache • Diarrhea • Latency (asymptomatic) period • Longest period • As long as 10 years or more

  12. Infections related to AIDS • Viral infections related to: • Lungs • Gastrointestinal system • Nervous system • Liver • Bones • Brain • Pneumocystis cainii pneumonia (Dry cough) • Kapose’ sarcoma (Purplish bumps on skin) • AIDS-related dementia

  13. Protecting yourself from AIDS • Use condoms • No anal sex • Do not share needles

  14. Psychologists’ role in the AIDS epidemic • Helping to change behaviors • The major causes of infection are behavior related

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