Symptom description and management in narcolepsy
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Patients with narcolepsy report many nonpharmacologic techniques for dealing with symptoms. Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness with sleep attacks and cataplexy, which is involuntary muscle weakness often in response to strong emotions. A survey of 688 patients with narcolepsy revealed that medications did not adequately control symptoms. Ninety percent used other strategies, including getting adequate sleep, stimulation techniques, diet, environmental control, controlling emotions, and avoiding triggers. Nonetheless, narcolepsy seriously affects quality of life.
Publication Name: Holistic Nursing Practice
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0887-9311
Year: 1996
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Human immunodeficiency virus infection risk among female sex partners of intravenous drug users in Southern Arizona
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Female sexual partners of intravenous drug users have an increased risk of contracting HIV disease. Despite this risk, HIV research gives incomplete information on such women's risk behaviors and how to develop educational programs aimed at HIV risk reduction. Information about these women, their living conditions and how they came to be HIV risks is crucial for designing effective interventions. The Community Outreach Project on AIDS in Southern Arizona aimed to develop such information, especially for ethnic minorities, along with interventions to reduce AIDS risk.
Publication Name: Holistic Nursing Practice
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0887-9311
Year: 1997
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