Treatment and Management of Cancer
Cancer Diagnosis
Obligations of community health nurse in providing healthcare
Cancer Diagnosis
The high demand for healthcare services, especially to those managing dreadful illnesses such as cancer, there is a dire need to understand the health promotion strategies and also ensure quality lives. Here, is a discussion assisting to analyze how best to improve health and better management of dreaded conditions like diseases such as cancer. Those affected will learn to adopt the right measures that will help to improve functional abilities, and what to practice in case self-care is not an option. The mandate of community health nurses will be scrutinized, to help acquire general knowledge on efficient management of diseases.
Cancer is a disease, which has characteristics of growths that cannot be controlled, and also the abnormality of how rapidly the cells are spread to other organs. Cancers vary in their areas of diagnosis such as breast, throat, lung, brain and many other types. Cancer is caused by many factors, both internal and external. The internal causes include poor immunity conditions, metabolic and inherited mutations and hormones. The external causes include consumption of chemicals, radiations, nicotine inhalation and other organisms that are infectious. The most effective way of controlling the disease is through early detection. Assuming the disease and allowing its development makes it more hazardous to treat, and also has high financial implications (Holtz, 2008).
Mrs. Thomas' condition
Mrs. Thomas was suffering from breast cancer, and at first it was only her right breast that was diagnosed with a malignant mass. A mass in relation to cancer is a lesion, which occupies space in human organs. The masses are defined either by margin or shape. The shapes are either regular or irregular. In case the mass is irregular, there is a high possibility of malignancy. This is what Mrs. Thomas was diagnosed with (Bui & Taira, 2009). Mrs. Thomas underwent mastectomy, which is a process were almost all tissues affected or likely to be affected, are removed. However, this does not assure complete freedom from future risks. Mrs. Thomas underwent the process and five auxiliary lymph nodes were removed....
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