This case report presents a cascade of life-threatening complications arising from a chronic hepatitis C infection in a homeless man, originally contracted from contaminated tattoo needles. Download Research (Link)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability in the United States, where about 1.4 million people have a reported head injury each year. There is evidence that homeless individuals experience a greater incidence of severe head injury than the general population. This case report illustrates the sequelae of a moderate traumatic brain
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This article describes a cold-related tissue injury that may be overlooked by healthcare practitioners who treat homeless clients: trench foot. Trench foot is a preventable condition which can be mitigated by early intervention but which, because it occurs at above-freezing temperatures, might go unrecognized and untreated. The sequelae of unrecognized and untreated trench foot can
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Homeless adults are two-to-four times more likely to have hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, at younger ages, than either the general population or low-income adults with stable housing (Szerlip 2002, Burt 1999, Hwang 1999, Kleinman 1997, White 1997, Kinchen and Wright 1991, Wright 1990, Plantieri et al. 1990, and Gelberg 1990, as cited in Zerger
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Homeless adults are two-to-four times more likely to have hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases, at younger ages, than either the general population or low-income adults with stable housing. Among the factors that increase their risk are poor diet and excessive use of alcohol, nicotine and other drugs that exacerbate elevated blood pressure and damage the
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Homelessness, long recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis, can also complicate treatment, as this case report demonstrates. HIV coinfection increases the risk of progression from latent TB infection to active tuberculosis. Clinicians experienced in the care of homeless persons stress the importance of maintaining communication with these patients, even during medical confinement, and recommend
Advertisements declare that milk builds strong bones and teeth for children, but it also can be a critical solution during a dental emergency. Dental trauma is extremely common among children. One-third of five-year-olds have suffered injury to their primary teeth and one-fourth of 12-year-olds have suffered injury to their permanent teeth.1 Knowing the right response
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