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	PA-03-159: CHRONIC ILLNESS SELF-MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN
		Chronic diseases and other chronic health conditions are estimated to occur in 20 to 30%, or 12 to 18 million, of the children and adolescents in this country.
		Although each chronic illness has distinct biological processes, there are numerous commonalities with respect to psychosocial, lifestyle, economic, quality of individual and family life, and health that have impacts on the child and family.
		The family are involved in the child's chronic illness management through requirements for care assistance, supervision/guidance, travel and time from work for health visits or hospitalizations, cost of care, and the impact of these requirements on family dynamics and lifestyle.
	grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-159.html (4134 words)

	Celebrate Life: Living with Chronic Illness
		Illness is a personal experience, and if you've have not lived it, it's hard to credibly encourage others to keep on keeping-on.
		The challenges of living with a chronic illness on a daily basis are discussed along with what's a success in "fully living" with each challenge.
		Your sexual identity can be threatened by effects of an illness and the grief process needed to absorb and integrate a chronic illness as just another part of the self and family system.
	www.home.earthlink.net /~joyawe/booktape.htm (926 words)

	Chronic Illness and Transplantation Issues and the Adolescent - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
		Chronic illness intensifies these concerns with fears or distortions related to their illness (such as fearing a surgical scar will interfere with physical attractiveness or the ability to wear certain clothes).
		Chronic illness and treatment often interfere with time spent with peers or in the school setting, which is the adolescent's primary social environment.
		As adolescents with chronic illness learn more about their illness and are encouraged to take responsibility for its management, attempts to make their own decisions about management are common.
	www.lpch.org /DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/transplant/transadol.html (927 words)

	Your Child \| Children with Chronic Conditions
		Children with chronic illnesses may be ill or well at any given time, but they are always living with their condition.
		Encourage online is a place for teens living with chronic illness and their family and friends to talk, connect and have fun with others who understand.
		Youth Living with Chronic Illness is a Canadian brochure for kids and parents that gives a nice overview of the issues, talks about society’s myths and values, and offers specific messages for kids, friends, parents and teachers.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/yourchild/chronic.htm (3965 words)

	Chronic Illness
		Chronic illness is a sign of the advances in medicine.
		The course of a chronic illness often begins with an individual experiencing symptoms, which are often diffuse and which come and go.
		It is also a place where the loved one of someone with a chronic illness can talk about their concerns and how they are dealing with this particular life issue.
	www.umass.edu /fsap/articles/ill.html (1044 words)

	Dealing With a Health Condition
		Although the symptoms of a chronic illness might go away with medical care, usually a person still has the underlying condition - even though their treatments mean they may feel completely healthy and well much of the time.
		Most people who have a chronic illness don't think of themselves as "having a chronic illness," they think of themselves as having a specific condition - such as asthma, or arthritis, or diabetes, or lupus, or sickle cell anemia, or hemophilia, or leukemia, or whatever ongoing health condition they have.
		The way a person might be affected by a chronic illness depends on the particular illness and how it affects the body, how severe it is, and the kinds of treatments that might be involved.
	kidshealth.org /teen/your_mind/problems/deal_chronic_illness.html (2153 words)

	AAMFT Consumer Update- Chronic Illness
		Whether the member is a child with cystic fibrosis or an adolescent with diabetes, or a parent with multiple sclerosis or a grand parent with Alzheimer’s disease, it is the family, first and foremost, that cares for an ill loved one.
		The only certain thing is that chronic illness is a family experience, one that is shared by all.
		At any time during the life of a chronic illness, family members or the family as a whole may need support from a trained professional, such as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).
	www.aamft.org /families/Consumer_Updates/ChronicIllness.asp (1015 words)

	Welcome to ChronicNeurotoxins, Inc. Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This paradigm for diagnosing and treating chronic, biotoxin-mediated illness is based on research by Ritchie C. Shoemaker, MD and on the clinical experiences of Dr. Shoemaker (1-8).
		Our initial research on acute and chronic, biotoxin-induced illness associated a complex of non-specific symptoms and deficits in visual contrast sensitivity with exposure to estuaries inhabited by the fish-killing dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, and other toxic dinoflagellates in the toxic Pfiesteria complex (1-8).
		Subsequent research indicated that this paradigm generalizes to chronic illness thought to be caused by toxins from a marine dinoflagellate, Ciguatera (Chronic Ciguatera Seafood Poisoning), cyanobacteria such as Cylindrospermopsis and Microcystis, various species of fungi such as Stachybotrys, Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium, and by spiders such as the Brown Recluse.
	www.chronicneurotoxins.com (1104 words)

	Psychological Complications of Chronic Illness - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
		Children and adolescents who are faced with acute or chronic illness are more likely to experience increased concerns and fears when their illness or healthcare needs conflict with normal developmental issues.
		Chronic illness intensifies these concerns with fears or distortions related to the illness (such as fearing a surgical scar will interfere with physical attractiveness or the ability to wear certain clothes).
		Chronic illness and treatment often interferes with time spent with peers or in the school setting, which is the child's and adolescent’s primary social environment.
	www.chop.edu /consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?id=-9386 (705 words)

	APA Help Center - Health & Emotional Wellness - "Chronic Illness"
		Chronic illness can force many potentially stressful lifestyle changes, such as giving up cherished activities, adapting to new physical limitations and special needs, and paying for what can be expensive medications and treatment services.
		A study of patients suffering from chronic tension headaches experienced diminished performance in their jobs and social functioning, and were three to fifteen times more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety or mood disorder.
		Physical limitations imposed by heart disease and other chronic illnesses such as arthritis and lung disease are also a common source of depression, particularly among older adults.
	www.apahelpcenter.org /articles/article.php?id=119 (710 words)

	Chronic Illness - WrongDiagnosis.com
		The opposite of chronic is "acute", referring to diseases that come on quickly and often do not last long (if they last, they are said to become "chronic").
		With a diagnosis of Chronic Illness, it is also important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Chronic Illness.
		The prognosis of Chronic Illness may include the duration of Chronic Illness, chances of complications of Chronic Illness, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Chronic Illness, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Chronic Illness.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /c/chronic/intro.htm (508 words)

	Ways People with Chronic Illness Maximize their Misery-Tom Robinson
		Next, pretend that a very close friend who has the same chronic illness you do and is suffering the same way you are is the one who said or thought those things you’ve written down.
		This is an especially useful misery maximizer for the chronically ill. Their illnesses almost always result in a loss of control over parts of themselves and their lives.
		Chronic Illness (CI) Coach Tom Robinson provides coaching for people suffering from chronic diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, cancer, lupus, and ulcerative colitis, who want a better quality of life.
	www.lifechallenges.org /door/Robinson_chronicillness.html (2141 words)

	Coping with Chronic Illness
		Coping with a long-term illness is complex for both caregivers and the care-receiver.
		A chronic illness changes your frame of reference; secure plans for the future may suddenly be overturned.
		Chronic diseases are often unpredictable and your family will probably feel overwhelmed and out of control now and then.
	www.eldercareadvocates.com /pages/art22.htm (1750 words)

	CFIDS & Fibromyalgia Self-Help - What Works 7: Improving Relationships
		Chronic illness changes relationships, both for the person who is ill and for others as well, creating new strains and frustrations.
		First, illness imposes limits, which in turn force us to be selective in what we do and who we do it with.
		I often use the illness as an excuse with those who would obligate me by asking me to be on boards, give showers, serve in the community, etc. At first it was very hard to say no, because I love a challenge or a party, am capable, and like to be active and involved.
	www.cfidsselfhelp.org /artcl_what_works_7_relationships.htm (1453 words)

	The Children's Hospital at Westmead - Parents - Chronic illness
		Ten to twenty percent of children have a chronic illness, such as asthma, diabetes or eczema.
		In families where a child is affected by chronic illness, there can be additional challenges for the child, the siblings and the parents.
		Keep in mind that a young person will outgrow their child health service and will require transition to adult services, something that will be discussed with all young people with a chronic illness.
	www.chw.edu.au /parents/factsheets/chronic_illness.htm (533 words)

	Caring for a Seriously Ill Child
		As you are explaining the illness and the treatment to your child, it's important to clearly and honestly answer your child's questions, and provide the information that he or she will need to know in a way he or she will understand and can respond.
		But you can help your child feel better by listening to his or her feelings, making him or her understand that it's okay and it's completely understandable to have those feelings, and assuring your child that you and your family are going to be there to make him or her feel as comfortable as possible.
		It is common for siblings of a chronically ill child to become angry, sullen, resentful, fearful, or withdrawn.
	kidshealth.org /parent/system/ill/seriously_ill.html (1686 words)

	Emotional Effects of Chronic or Serious Illness
		Chronic or serious illness may also produce feelings of helplessness, frustration, hopelessness, or great sadness.
		Regardless of the source of the illness, there is a powerful emotional component which can in and of itself create a need for treatment, support, and amelioration.
		If the ill person has less of a conviction that illness negatively impacts their lives, their overall existence may be significantly better, even if their symptoms don't improve.
	www.essences.com /vibration/feb01/chronicillness.html (1049 words)

	Open Directory - Health: Conditions and Diseases: Chronic Illness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Center for Research on Chronic Illness - Current research by the Carolina School of Nursing, pilot projects, publications on specific diseases as well as in general on preventing and managing chronic illness in vulnerable people.
		Chronic Illness: Acceptance Is the First Step Toward Healing - Short description of the day to day acceptance process.
		Coping with Chronic Illness - An academic paper discusses illness in terms of stages, with a description of each in terms of its relevance to patients.
	dmoz.org /Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Chronic_Illness (1133 words)

	Jonathan Campbell, Natural Therapies for Cancer, AIDS, heart disease, and other Chronic Illness
		They may delay the illness or reduce the symptoms, but often with debilitating "side effects." The doctor does not tell you that the side effects of pharmaceutical medications are the fifth largest cause of death in the United States.
		The conventional treatments for chronic illnesses do not generally cure or prevent these illnesses, but instead call for dangerous surgery, expensive palliative (symptom-relieving) maintenance drugs, radiation, or toxic chemicals that destroy the immune system and inhibit healing.
		Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is now recognized by many researchers as caused by one or more extremely potent viruses that leave the immune system vulnerable for opportunistic infection by other latent viruses (such as Epstein-Barr), funguses (such as aspergillus and candida), and bacteria.
	www.cqs.com (6288 words)

	Fatigue Illness Research
		Chronic fatigue is reported by 20% of all patients seeking medical care and is considered as a nonspecific sign that is associated with many well known medical conditions.
		Previously we examined patients with chronic illnesses for the presence of mycoplasmal infections.
		Chronically ill patients often have inflammatory bowel syndrome and other gut problems, and this can allow pathogenic bacteria to enter their systems.
	www.immed.org /illness/fatigue_illness_research.html (1372 words)

	HealingWell.com - Guide to Diseases, Disorders, and Chronic Illness
		It is now believed, that all chronic diseases are accompanied by nutritional deficiencies and imbalances in the essential chemical elements that make up the body.
		Chronic illness is never a welcomed guest in anyone's life.
		And knowing that you will never be in control of your illness doesn't mean you have to be overwhelmed by it either.
	www.healingwell.com (542 words)

	What Is A Chronic Illness?
		A chronic illness isn't the name of just one illness.
		root word of chronic is "chronos," which refers to time.
		Although chronic illnesses are managed in different ways, all of them
	endoflifecare.tripod.com /kidsyoungadults/id23.html (1026 words)

	Chronic Illness Coach - How I Coach
		The chronically ill can, especially through being heard, understood, and encouraged, take one small step, then another, and another, resulting in larger changes and bigger gains than they had thought possible.
		So I strongly recommend that people with chronic illnesses learn as much as they can about their illnesses and work in partnership with their health care providers.
		I know the hell of having a serious chronic illness and have learned a great deal about finding and using different resources and medical treatments to make progress and get well.
	www.chronicillnesscoach.com /how_i_coach.html (501 words)

	Chronic Illness Network
		Usually, the staff providing these services know a lot about certain illnesses and have little if any resources on others since chronic illness is not their sole priority.
		To help people with chronic illness live as successfully as they can and make the most out of their lives by providing unique, comprehensive, and well needed services to them and their family members and others that interact with them.
		To help connect people with chronic illness to the many excellent resources that are out there in order to manage their illness effectively.
	www.chronicillumbrella.com (1352 words)

	Chronic illness definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Chronic illness: An illness that persists for a long period of time.
		The term "chronic" comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time.
		A chronic illness is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2731 (158 words)

	ICIC: The Chronic Care Model: Model Elements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The model can be applied to a variety of chronic illnesses, health care settings and target populations.
		In July of 2003, ICIC and a small group of experts updated the Chronic Care Model to reflect advances in the field of chronic care both from the research literature and from the scores of health care systems that implemented the model in their improvement efforts.
		This 50-minute presentation walks you through the Chronic Care Model step by step with narration by model developer Dr. Ed Wagner, the director of Improving Chronic Illness Care.
	www.improvingchroniccare.org /change/model/components.html (512 words)

	Chronic Illness
		Know that any chronic illness may adversely affect an adolescent's achievement of independence and a positive self-image
		Know that for youths with chronic illness and disability, transition to adult health care needs to be planned to avoid significant disruption of services
		Realize that for patients with chronic illness, transition planning is extremely anxiety provoking for parents
	www.ucihs.uci.edu /teachadolhealth/Build/chronic.htm (115 words)

	CIcoach.com - dealing with multiple sclerosis symptom, ulcerative colitis, crohns disease, fibromyalgia symptom in the ...
		I coach people who live with a chronic illness or condition to stay employed and thrive in the workplace.
		And, when you work with a coach who has lived and worked with chronic illness, herself, you get the breadth of ideas and the depth of information that can only come from experience.
		“Living with chronic illnesses for 30 years has taught me how critical work can be to health and well-being.
	www.cicoach.com (361 words)

	Trademarks of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
		Beyond the basis definition and symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, there are trademarks of this illness.
		The first trademark of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a weaning and waxing of symptoms.
		This is not typical of an acute illness which builds on a consistent basis and they will gradually tamper off later.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/chronic_fatigue_syndrome/82151 (508 words)

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