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1st PREVENTS ORGANISMS FROM ENTERING

THE BODY SKIN FLUIDS: TEARS, SALIVA, VAGINAL SECRETIONS CILIA COUGH REFLEX

2nd DESTROYS ORGANISMS THAT ENTER THE BODY IMMUNE SYSTEM

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BODY’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS:

IMMUNE SYSTEM

• 1. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
• 2. IMMUNE RESPONSE

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INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE HISTAMINE IS RELEASED

(CAUSES VESSELS TO DILATE AND CAUSES FLUID TO FLOW INTO INJURED TISSUE)

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INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE (MANISFESTATION) HEAT SWELLING REDNESS

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_bNN95sA6-8

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• IMMUNE SYSTEM
• 1. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
• 2. IMMUNE RESPONSE

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PHASES OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

• 1st MACROPHAGES CONSUME AND ALERT
• 2nd HELPER T-CELLS TRIGGER KILLER T-CELLS

AND B-CELLS

• 3rd KILLER T-CELLS DESTROY AND B-CELLS

PRODUCE ANTIBODIES

• 4th SUPPRESSOR T-CELLS STOP THE IMMUNE

RESPONSE

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IMMUNE RESPONSE (MANIFESTATION) FEVER

INCREASED MUCOUS PRODUCTION

FATIGUE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G7rQuFZxVQQ

IMMUNITY SOME OF THE LYMPHOCYTES CREATED DURING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE ARE RESERVED AS MEMORY T- AND B-

CELLS.

THESE CIRCULATE IN THE BLOOD SYSTEM FOR YEARS READY TO ATTACK THE PATHOGEN THE MOMENT IT ENTERS THE BODY… BEFORE IT CAN EVEN CAUSE ILLNESS.

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PATHOGENS:

VIRUSES BACTERIA PARASITES FUNGI

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Immune system QW: What did you just learn about the body’s defense mechanisms?

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.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwVfcc1S7IU&feature=player_detailpage 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 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.

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WHAT TO DO TO SUPPORT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

(ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL)

WASH HANDS EXERCISE

SLEEP

EAT A NUTRITIOUS DIET

MANAGE STRESS

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

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WHAT TO DO TO SUPPORT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM (ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL)

CLEAN WATER SUPPLY ADEQUATE SEWAGE TREATMENT MOSQUITO ERADICATION PROPER FOOD PREPARATION IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS

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QW: What can we do to keep our immune system strong, both on an individual level and on a community level?

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Additionally, to keep ourselves well we need to know:

• When it’s critical to go to the hospital, clinic, or

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’.

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Conditions that require emergency room treatment

• a. severe chest pain
• b. severe shortness of breath
• c. loss of consciousness
• d. uncontrollable bleeding

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Manage Emergencies while waiting for assistance

• Call for help and….

– Administer CPR – Immobilize fractures – Stop bleeding with compression

Treat minor injuries: *RICE (rest, ice, compression,elevation

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You want to have chosen providers you trust.

CONVENTIONAL CLINICIANS MEDICAL DOCTOR DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY REGISTERED NURSE NURSE MIDWIFE NURSE PRACTITIONER PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ACUPUNCTURIST CHIROPRACTOR ROLFER HYPONOTHERAPIST

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COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE/ INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 312-464-5000

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OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 301-402-2466

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2/13/2011 6 NATIONAL COUNCIL AGAINST HEALTH FRAUD 909-824-4690

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Medical Self-care

• Learn to be a keen observer (Keep a Journal of

symptoms that are severe, unusual, persistent, or 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 test, ovulation prediction test…)

• Try Non-drug options (ice, massage….)
• Become familiar with Over-the-counter

medications (Benadryl, Monistat, Abreva, Nicorettes, Dramamine, ….)

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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

• rder to give informed consent.

The right to obtain current information on your Dx, Tx, and prognosis

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QW: What are some things you have done to take care of yourself?

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Share with your neighbor what you, personally, have done to keep yourself well.

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MAKING BEHAVIORAL CHANGES

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If we are to focus on Wellness we need to know what goes into making Behavioral Changes….

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Self-Efficacy

The expectation that you are going to succeed at some specified goal.

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MAINTAIN A HIGH SELF-ESTEEM

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HOW CAN YOU MAINTAIN HIGH SELF-ESTEEM?

• Set up “mastery situations”
• Set goals that call on you to overcome
• bstacles, 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

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Kp: power to change

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Trans-Theoretical Model

• Pre-

contemplation stage

• Contemplation

stage

• Preparation
• Action stage
• Maintenance

stage

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We need to be non-judgmental and patient with ourselves as we try to make these changes.

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Steps ps in a behavio ior managem agemen ent t program

• gram:
• Monitor your behavior and

gather data

• Analyze the data and identify

patterns (know your triggers)

• Set specific goals
• Devise a plan of action to avoid

the triggers

• Make a personal contract
• Keep track of your progress and

revise your plan as necessary

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To succeed, ucceed, when trying to change a behavior:

• Make time/ cost effective choices
• Find a friend
• Use a role model
• Expect success
• Be patient
• Don’t judge, just problem solve

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QW: What do you need in order to successfully make a behavioral change?

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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

• r what got in the way of you trying to make the change.

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WELLNES ESS is something everyone can have and each of us has personal responsibility for our wellness.

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

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Kp Saturday

A W WELLNES NESS PROFILE

Avoid tobacco Eat well Exercise

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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

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Understand how the environment affects your health

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Majora Carter is the Macarthur-winning founder of Sustainable South Bronx, “an organization dedicated to community development, sponsoring projects that protect the environment and bring beautiful green space to the inner city. Her commitment is to environmental justice.”

“Enrique Peñalosa promoted a city model giving priority to children and public spaces and restricting private car use, building hundreds of kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian streets, greenways, and parks”. He planted more than 100,000 trees.

“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

“He developing a model for urban improvement based on the equal rights of all people to transportation and public spaces.”

A W WELLNES NESS PROFILE

Understand the natural

processes of aging and dying

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Kp: getting older (time to make some changes)

A WELLNES NESS PROFI FILE

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Know the facts about

cardiovascular disease, cancer, and infections

Protect yourself against injuries

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Kp: signs

“WELLNESS is

the ability to live life fully -- with vitality and meaning.”

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QW: What is a ‘Wellness Profile’? Discuss what you wrote with your neighbor(s).