Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care or Lupus Handbook For Women

Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care

Author: David P Cappelli

This book focuses on oral health promotion and the impact of systemic disease in the development of oral disease, as well as how to introduce, apply, and communicate prevention to a patient with a defined risk profile. Prevention in Clinical Oral Health Care integrates preventive approaches into clinical practice, and is a valuable tool for all health care professionals to integrate oral health prevention as a component of their overall preventive message to the patient.
• Discusses risk-based approaches to prevent problems such as caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer.
• Topics are written at a level that can be understood by both practicing dental health team members and by dental hygiene and dental students so strategies can be applied to better understand the patient's risk for oral disease and how to prevent future disease.
• Identifies the barriers, oral health care needs, and preventive strategies for special populations such as children, the elderly, and the physically or mentally disabled.
• Explores the development of a culturally sensitive dental practice and strategies to make the dental environment more welcoming to individuals with different cultural backgrounds.
• Discusses how to gather patient information, the synthesis of the patient's data, and the application of the information collected in order to evaluate the patient's risk for disease.

Look this: Inside or Diversity Amid Globalization

Lupus Handbook For Women

Author: Robin Dibner

A complete Guide for Women with Lupus

The Lupus Handbook for women provides all the information a woman needs to understand the disease, its diagnosis, and the treatment. It will answer her questions and help her to work with her doctor in managing the disease.

Rheumatologist Dr. Robin J. Dibner, in clear and supportive terms, tells women what they need to know, including:

* What lupus is, how it affects the body, and why women are particularly vulnerable to it (90 percent of Americans with lupus are women)

* The three different types of lupus (discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and drug-induced lupus)

* How to get a correct diagnosis and understand the tests (because the symptoms are often mistaken for those of other illnesses, it can take three to five years to get a definitive diagnosis)

* The pros and cons of the various conventional drugs and therapies

* What the new, experimental treatments are, whom they are for, and what their risks and benefits are

* How to use stress control, diet, and exercise to prevent flare-ups and maintain health

* How to keep lupus from interfering with a normal dating and sex life and with the development of healthy relationships

* How to have a safe, though high-risk, pregnancy

The Lupus Handbook for Women also includes information on the major lupus research centers, support groups, and other sources of help and information.

Table of Contents:

Contents
Introduction
1 What Is Lupus?
2 Getting a Correct Diagnosis: Understanding the Tests and the Numbers
3 What Can Go Wrong
4 Treatments for Lupus
5 Managing Your Health
6 Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
7 Love and Lupus
8 Pregnancy: The Odds Are in Your Favor
9 Living with Lupus
Resources
Bibliography
Index