2/13/2011 BODY’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS: 1 st PREVENTS ORGANISMS FROM ENTERING THE BODY SKIN FLUIDS: TEARS, SALIVA, VAGINAL SECRETIONS CILIA COUGH REFLEX 2 nd DESTROYS ORGANISMS THAT ENTER THE BODY IMMUNE SYSTEM 2 IMMUNE SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE HISTAMINE IS RELEASED (CAUSES VESSELS TO DILATE AND CAUSES FLUID TO FLOW 1. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE INTO INJURED TISSUE) 2. IMMUNE RESPONSE 3 4 INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE (MANISFESTATION) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_bNN95sA6-8 HEAT SWELLING REDNESS 5 1
2/13/2011 PHASES OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE • IMMUNE SYSTEM • 1 st MACROPHAGES CONSUME AND ALERT • 2 nd HELPER T-CELLS TRIGGER KILLER T-CELLS 1. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND B-CELLS • 3 rd KILLER T-CELLS DESTROY AND B-CELLS 2. IMMUNE RESPONSE PRODUCE ANTIBODIES • 4 th SUPPRESSOR T-CELLS STOP THE IMMUNE RESPONSE 7 8 IMMUNE RESPONSE (MANIFESTATION) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G7rQuFZxVQQ FEVER INCREASED MUCOUS PRODUCTION FATIGUE 9 PATHOGENS: IMMUNITY VIRUSES SOME OF THE LYMPHOCYTES CREATED DURING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE ARE RESERVED AS MEMORY T- AND B- CELLS. BACTERIA THESE CIRCULATE IN THE BLOOD SYSTEM FOR YEARS READY TO ATTACK THE PARASITES PATHOGEN THE MOMENT IT ENTERS THE BODY… BEFORE IT CAN EVEN CAUSE ILLNESS. FUNGI 11 12 2
2/13/2011 Immune system QW: What did you just learn about the body’s defense mechanisms? 13 In order to stay well, we need to protect our body’s defense system… IMMUNIZATION A PREPARATION USED TO TRIGGER THE IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST A PARTICULAR ORGANISM. 16 CDC’s currently recommends these immunizations for young adults: Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) Meningococcal vaccine (MCV4) Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series Hepatitis B series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwVfcc1S7IU&feature=player_detailpage Polio series Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) series Varicella (chickenpox) series – A second catch-up varicella shot is now recommended Pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPV) Hepatitis A Everyone 6 months of age and older should get vaccinated each year against influenza . 3
2/13/2011 WHAT TO DO TO SUPPORT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM (ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL) WHAT TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM (ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL) WASH HANDS EXERCISE SLEEP CLEAN WATER SUPPLY ADEQUATE SEWAGE TREATMENT EAT A NUTRITIOUS DIET MOSQUITO ERADICATION MANAGE STRESS PROPER FOOD PREPARATION IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS Make sure you are up to date with your immunizations AVOID PEOPLE WHO ARE INFECTED STOP SMOKING ONLY DRINK ALCOHOL IN MODERATION HAVE SAFE SEX USE ANTI-MICROBIALS WHEN NECESSARY 19 20 QW: What can we do to Additionally, to keep ourselves well keep our immune system we need to know: strong, both on an individual level and on a community • When it’s critical to go to the hospital, clinic, or level? doctor’s office. • How to take care of ourselves on our own. • We need to know our rights. • We need to know how to make the Behavioral Changes that will allow us to stay ‘Well ’. 21 22 Manage Emergencies while waiting for Conditions that require emergency room treatment assistance • Call for help and…. – Administer CPR – Immobilize fractures a. severe chest pain – Stop bleeding with compression b. severe shortness of breath c. loss of consciousness Treat minor injuries: *RICE (rest, ice, compression,elevation d. uncontrollable bleeding 23 24 4
2/13/2011 You want to have chosen providers you CONVENTIONAL CLINICIANS trust. MEDICAL DOCTOR DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY REGISTERED NURSE NURSE MIDWIFE NURSE PRACTITIONER PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 25 26 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE/ INTEGRATIVE ACUPUNCTURIST CHIROPRACTOR MEDICINE ROLFER HYPONOTHERAPIST 27 28 OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE AMERICAN MEDICAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION 312-464-5000 301-402-2466 29 30 5
2/13/2011 Medical Self-care NATIONAL COUNCIL • Learn to be a keen observer (Keep a Journal of symptoms that are severe, unusual, persistent, or AGAINST HEALTH FRAUD recurrent) • Become familiar with over-the-counter Medical self-tests (urinary tract infection test, pregnancy test, total cholesterol test, glucose, HIV, sperm concentration, fecal occult blood test, drug abuse 909-824-4690 test, ovulation prediction test…) • Try Non-drug options (ice, massage….) • Become familiar with Over-the-counter medications (Benadryl, Monistat, Abreva, Nicorettes , Dramamine, ….) 31 32 Patient’s Bill of Rights The right to considerate and respectful care. The right to confidentiality. The right to privacy The right to refuse treatment. The right to receive information in order to give informed consent. The right to obtain current information on your Dx, Tx, and prognosis QW: What are some things you have done to take care of yourself? 33 34 MAKING BEHAVIORAL CHANGES If we are to focus on Wellness we need to know what goes into making Behavioral Changes…. Share with your neighbor what you, personally, have done to keep yourself well. 35 36 6
2/13/2011 Self-Efficacy The expectation that you are going to succeed at some specified goal. 37 38 MAINTAIN A HIGH SELF-ESTEEM 39 40 HOW CAN YOU MAINTAIN HIGH SELF-ESTEEM? • Set up “mastery situations” • Set goals that call on you to overcome obstacles, make persistent effort, but at the same time, don’t set you up for failure. • Look for a model (a person with whom you have a lot in common who has mastered the skills you want to acquire) • Compare yourself with yourself • Surround yourself by people who appreciate you Kp: power to change 41 42 7
2/13/2011 Trans-Theoretical Model We need to be Pre- non-judgmental contemplation and patient with ourselves stage as we try to make these Contemplation changes. stage Preparation Action stage Maintenance stage 43 44 To succeed, ucceed, when trying to change Steps ps in a behavio ior managem agemen ent t a behavior: program ogram : • Monitor your behavior and Make time/ cost effective choices • • Find a friend gather data • Analyze the data and identify • Use a role model patterns (know your triggers) • Expect success • Set specific goals • Be patient • Devise a plan of action to avoid • Don’t judge, just problem solve the triggers • Make a personal contract • Keep track of your progress and revise your plan as necessary 45 46 QW: What do you need in order to successfully make a behavioral change? Share with your neighbor a time when you tried to make a behavioral change. Based on what you just learned, analyze together what made it possible for you to be successful 47 or what got in the way of you trying to make the change. 8
2/13/2011 WELLNES ESS is something everyone can have and each of us has personal responsibility for our wellness. 49 50 A W WELLNESS PROFILE ILE Learn to manage stress ss Maintain in a h high self-esteem Take an activ ive e stance ce toward ard your r life 52 A W WELLNES NESS PROFILE Avoid tobacco Eat well Exercise 53 54 Kp Saturday 9
2/13/2011 A W WELLNES ESS PROFILE ILE Know when to treat your illnesses yourself and when to seek help Understand the health care system and use it effectively 56 A W WELLNES NESS PROFILE Majora Carter is the Macarthur-winning founder of Sustainable South Bronx, Understand how the environment “an organization dedicated to community development, sponsoring projects that protect the environment and bring beautiful green affects your health space to the inner city. Her commitment is to environmental justice.” 57 “God made us walking animals – pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy .” – Enrique Peñalosa A W WELLNES NESS PROFILE Understand the natural “Enrique Peñalosa promoted a city model giving priority to children and public spaces and restricting private car use, processes of aging and building hundreds of kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian streets, greenways, and parks”. He planted more dying than 100,000 trees. “He developing a model for urban improvement based on the equal rights of all people to transportation and public spaces.” 60 10
2/13/2011 A WELLNES NESS PROFI FILE Know the facts about cardiovascular disease, cancer, and infections Protect yourself against injuries Kp: getting older (time to make some changes) 61 62 “ WELLNESS is the ability to live life fully -- with vitality and QW: What is a ‘Wellness Profile’? meaning .” Kp: signs 63 64 Discuss what you wrote with your neighbor(s). 11
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