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Week 8
Alternative Therapies, Sleep & Rest, Pain Management
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE | TRADITIONAL WESTERN MEDICINE |
| COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES | THERAPIES USED IN ADDITION TO CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE CLIENT'S PROVIDER |
| ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES | INCLUDE THE SAME INTERVENTIONS AS COMPLEMENTARY BUT FREQUENTLY BECOME THE PRIMARY TREATMENT THAT REPLACES ALLOPATHIC MEDICAL CARE |
| ACUPUNCTURE | TRADITIONAL CHINESE METHOD OF PRODUCING ANALGESIA OR ALTERING THE FUNCTION OF A BODY SYSTEM BY INSERTING THIN NEEDLES ALONG A SERIES OF LINES OR CHANNELS CALLED MERIDIANS |
| AYURVEDA | TRADITIONAL HINDU SYSTEM OF MEDICINE PRACTICED IN INDIA SINCE THE FIRST CENTRURY AD. A COMINATION OF REMEDIES SUCH AS HERBS, PURGATIVE, AND RUBBING OILS THAT TREAT DISEASE |
| HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE | SYSTEM OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS BASED ON THE THEORY THAT CERTAIN DESEASES CAN BE CURED BY GIVING SMALL DOSES OF SUBSTANCES THAT IN A HEALTHY PERSON WOULD PRODUCE SYMPTOMS LIKE THOSE OF THE DISEASE. PRESCRIBED SUBSTANCES CALLED REMEDIES ARE MADE FROM NATURALL |
| LATIN AMERICAN PRACTICES | CURANDERISMO MEDICAL SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES A HUMORAL MODEL FOR CLASSIFYING FOOD, ACTIVITY, DRUGS, AND ILLNESSES AND A SERIES OF FOLK ILLNESSES |
| NATIVE AMERICAN PRACTICES | THERAPIES INCLUDE SWEATING AND PURGING, HERBAL REMEDIES, AND SHAMANIC HEALING |
| NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE | SYSTEM OF THERAPEUTICS BASED ON NATURAL FOODS, LIGHT, WARMTH, MASSAGE, FRESH AIR, REGULAR EXERCISE, AND AVOIDANCE OF MEDICATIONS. RECOGNIZES INHERENT HEALING ABILITY OF THE BODY. TREATMENTS INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL NATURAL THERAPIES WITH MODERN DIAGNOSTIC SC |
| TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE | SET OF SYSTEMATIC TECHNIQUES AND METHODS INCLUDING ACUPUNCTURE, HERBAL MEDICINES, MASSAGE, ACUPRESSURE, MOXIBUSTION, QIGONG (BALANCING ENERGY FLOW THRU BODY MOVEMENT), AND ORIENTAL MASSAGE. |
| THE "ZONE" | DIETARY PRORAM THAT REQUIRES EATING PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATES, AND FAT IN A 30:40:30 RATIO. USED TO BALANCE INSULIN AND OTHER HORMONES FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH |
| MACROBIOTIC DIET | PREDOMINATELY A VEGAN DIET (NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS EXCEPT FISH). INITIALLY USED IN THE MANGEMTN OF A VARIETY OF CANCERS. EMPHASIS PLACED ON WHOLE CEREAL GRAINS, VEGETABLES, AND UNPROCESSED FOODS |
| ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE | INCREASED INTAKE OF NUTRIENTS SUCH AS VITAMIN C AND BETA-CAROTENE. DIET TREATS CANCER, SCHIZOPHRENIA, AUTISM, AND CERTAIN CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. |
| EUROPEAN PHYTOMEDICINES | PRODUCTS DEVELOPED UNDER STRICT QUALITY CONTROL IN SOPHISTICATED PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORIES, PACKAGED PROFESSIONALLY IN TABLETS OR CAPSULES. |
| TRADITIONAL CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES | OVER 50,000 MEDICINAL PLANT SPECIES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN STUDIED EXTENSIVELY. HERBS CONSIDERED THE BACKBONE OF MEDICINE |
| PARASOMNIAS | MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN (SIDS) |
| SLEEP DEPRIVATION | PROBLEM CLIENTS EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF DISSOMNIA |
| SLEEP | CYCLICAL PROCESS THAT ALTERNATES WITH LONGER PERIODS OF WAKEFULNESS |
| CIRCADIAN RHYTHM | INFLUENCES THE PATTERN OF MAJOR BIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONS |
| BIOLOGICAL CLOCK | SYNCHRONIZED SLEEP CYCLES |
| NREM | SLEEP THAT PROGRESSES THRU 4 STAGES (LIGHT TO DEEP) |
| DREAMS | MORE VIVID AND ELABORATE DURING REM SLEEP AND ARE FUNCTIONALLY IMPORTANT TO LEARNING |
| REM | RAPID EYE MOVEMENT PHASE AT END OF EACH SLEEP CYCLE |
| NOCTURIA | URINATION DURING THE NIGHT WHICH DISRUPTS THE SLEEP CYCLE |
| HYPERSOLEMNOLENCE | INADEQUACIES IN QUANTITIES OR QUALITIES OF SLEEP |
| POLYSOMNOGRAM | INVOLVES USE OF EEG, EMG, EOG TO MONITOR STAGES OF SLEEP |
| INSOMNIA | MOST COMMON SLEEP COMPLAINT, SIGNALING UNDERLYING PHYSICAL OR PSCH0LOGICAL DISORDER |
| SLEEP HYGIENE | PRACTICES THE CLIENT ASSOCIATES WITH SLEEP |
| SLEEP APNES | CHARACERIZED BY LACK OF AIRFLOW THRU NOSE & MOUTH FOR GREATER THAN 10 SECONDS DURING SLEEP |
| EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS (EDS) | RESULTS IN IMPAIRED WAKING FUNCTION, POOR WORK PERFORMANCE, ACCIDENTS, AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS |
| NARCOLEPSY | DYSFUNCTION OF MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE SLEEP AND WAKE STATES |
| CATAPLEXY | SUDDEN MUSCLE WEAKNESS DURING INTENSE EMOTIONS AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY |
| TRANSDUCTION | ENERGY OF THERMAL, CHEMICAL, OR MECHANICAL STIMULI IS CONVERTED TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY |
| NOCIOCEPTOR | SENSORY PERIPHERAL PAIN NERVE FIVER |
| SUBSTANCE P | CAUSES VASODILATION AND EDEMA |
| SEROTONIN | INHIBITS PAIN TRANSMISSION |
| PROSTAGLANDINS | INCREASES SENSITIVITY TO PAIN |
| BRADYKININ | BINDS TO RECEPTORS ON PERIPHERAL NERVES, INCREASE PAIN STIMULI |
| NEUROMODULATORS | BODY'S NATURAL SUPPLY OF NORPHINELIKE SUBSTANCE |
| PERCEPTION | POINT AT WHICH PERSON IS AWARE OF PAIN |
| MODULATION | INHIBITION OF PAIN IMPULSE OF THE NOCICEPTIVE PROCESS |
| PAIN THRESHOLD | THE POINT AT WHICH A PERSON FEELS PAIN |
| PAIN TOLERANCE | LEVEL OF PAIN PERSON IS WILLING TO PUT UP WITH |
| ACUTE PAIN | IS PROTECTIVE, HAS A CAUSE, IS OF SHORT DURATION, AND HAS LIMITED TISSUE DAMAGE AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE |
| CHRONIC PAIN | LASTS LONGER THAN ANTICIAPTED, DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE A CAUSE, AND LEADS TO GREAT PERSONAL SUFFERING |
| CHRONIC EPISODIC PAIN | PAIN THAT OCCURS SPORADICALLY OVER AN EXTENDED DURATION OF TIME |
| IDIOPATHIC PAIN | IS CHRONIC IN THE ABSENCE OF AN IDENTIFIABLE PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CAUSE OR PAIN PERCEIVED AS EXCESSIVE FOR THE EXTENT OF AN ORGANIC PATHOOGICAL CONDITION |
| BARBITUATES | CLASS OF DRUGS THAT ARE CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES OF BARBITURIC ACID. THE CAN INDUCE SEDATION AND SLEEP. |
| BENZODIAZEPINES | CHEMICAL CATEGORY DRUGS MOST FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED AS SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC AND ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS |
| GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) | AN INHIBIRORY NEUROSTRASMITTER FOUND INTHE BRAIN |
| HYPNOTICS | DRUGS THAT, WHEN GIVEN AT LOW TO MODERATE DOSAGES, CALM OR SOOTHE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) WITHOUT INDUCING SLEEP BUT WHEN GIVEN AT HIGH DOSAGES DO CAUSE SLEEP |
| NON-RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (NON-REM) SLEEP | THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE SLEEP CYCLE. IT CHARACTERISTICALLY HAS FOUR STAGES AND PRECEDES REM SLEEP. MOST OF A NORMAL SLEEP CYCLE CONSISTS OF NON REM SLEEP. |
| RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (REM) SLEEP | ONE OF THE STAGES OF THE SLEEP CYCLE. SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF REM SLEEP ARE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE EYES, VIVID DREAMS, AND IRREGULAR BREATHING. |
| REM INTERFERENCE | A DRUG-INDUCED REDUCTION OF REM SLEEP TIME |
| REM REBOUND | EXCESSIVE REM SLEEP FOLLOWING DISCONTINUATION OF A SLEEP-ALTERING DRUG |
| SEDATIVES | DRUGS THAT HAVE AN INHIBITORY EFFECT ON THE CNS TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY REDUCE NERVOUSNESS, EXCITABILITY, AND IRRITABILITY WITHOUT CAUSING SLEEP |
| SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS | DRUGS THAT CAN ACT IN THE ODY EITHER AS SEDATIVES OR AS HYPNOTICS |
| SLEEP | A TRANSIENT, REVERSIBLE, AND PERIODIC STATE OF REST IN WHICH THERE IS A DECREASE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS |
| SLEEP ARCHITECTURE | THE STRUCTURE OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN THE SLEEP CYCLE, INCLUDING NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PATTERNS OF SLEEP |
| THERAPEUTIC INDEX | THE RATIO BETWEEN THE TOXIC AND THERAPEUTIC CONCENTRATIONS OF A DRUG. IF THE INDEX IS LOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THERAPEUTIC AND TOXIC DRUG CONCENTRATIONS IS SMALL, AND USE OF THE DRUG IS MORE HAZARDOUS. |
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