Pathophysiology of Chronic Health Problems and Management Strategies

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1. Pathophysiology about chronic health problem
It has been identified that Ms. Wong is facing the chronic health problem which are Type 2
diabetes, Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis. The pathophysiology refers to the disordered physiological
procedure that linked with disease (Nakamura & et.al 2022). Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
is impaired secretion of insulin and insulin resistance in such liver does not respond well and
patient will feel low energy. Pathophysiology of osteoporosis is metabolic bone disease where it
weakens the bones. Pathophysiology of osteoarthritis is disruption and deprivation of joint
cartilage.
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Patient’s cognitive and physical defacement makes the pain difficult for the elder people,
as their chronic diseases and continually intake of medicine usually impacts the bodily functions.
Also fear of opioid side effects also creates a problem to manage the pain (Scherer, 2019).
Chronic pain badly affects the elders as it leads to increase the vulnerable outcomes, functional
impairment, depression, insomnia, thus it affects the mental stability of family member as well as
they fed up of such consequences which often make them to leave their older in old care home.
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To efficiently communicate with Ms. Wong who have the hearing impairment and has
slurred speech secondary to stroke, it is advised to speak slowly and clearly so that patient can
understand what have been asked to them. It is also important to not shout and exaggerate the
mouth movements as it will make the speech reading more complex (de Campos & et.al 2020).
Also to enable the patient to exercise their mouth muscle to make it stronger and it is important
to slow down the speech rate.
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Ms. Wong will be benefited by the therapies as she is suffering from the chronic diseases
and currently is on the medicines, but sometimes she forgets to take the medication which is not
good for her heath. Although in rehabilitation centre she will be completely monitored by the
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