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"Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to describe several different medical conditions that cause a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System. The Autonomic Nervous System controls the "automatic" functions of the body that we do not consciously think about, such as heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, dilation and constriction of the pupils of the eye, kidney function, and temperature control. People living with various forms of dysautonomia have trouble regulating these systems, which can result in lightheadedness, fainting, unstable blood pressure, abnormal heart rates, malnutrition, and in severe cases, death."
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THIS IS ACTIVISM, recommends that people mask for the protection of their community and themselves. We personally use KN-95 Masks whenever we are in common public places, large events, and crowded outside areas; however, masking is beneficial in all environments where other people are present to share water-droplet and airborne pathogens. It's important that we know that people who mask in public, are not sick; often times these individuals are protecting themselves and their community from the further spread of germs. Just because a person is wearing a mask, does not mean that they have a precarious health condition. While that could be the case, it's never our place to ask why someone is wearing a mask. Often times people in community with immuocompromised individuals participate in masking to protect their loved-ones.
When you are around someone who is masking, and you want to make them feel more welcome the best thing for you to do, is to see if you can wear a mask as well and encourage it of other people at the event of in that group. This provides strength in numbers and can allow for greater protection of your community's health.
Chronic Pain:
Chronic Pain:
"Chronic pain is pain that lasts for over three months. You may feel the pain all the time or it may come and go. It can happen anywhere in your body and has countless causes.
Chronic pain is a very common condition and one of the most common reasons why people seek medical care. In 2021, about 20.9% of U.S. adults (51.6 million people) experienced chronic pain, according to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."
Viral infections can have a wide range of impacts on the immune system over time, depending on the virus, the duration of infection (acute vs. chronic), host factors (like age and immune status), and whether the virus is cleared or persists in the body. For many people, these infections lead to chronic autoimmune diseases. Those who already face autoimmune diseases or chronic illness, have a higher chance of making things worse when infected with a virus. Even the common cold is able to do serious damage to people whose immune systems are already compromised.
Understanding the impacts of viral infection on the community is vital, as we know autoimmune and chronic illness conditions have been worsening and increasing overtime in our population. While we know that energy, stress, diet, and lots of things have an impact on someone's health, most of those things are out of our control. Those of us who have to work to live, do not always get to decide when to put less energy into work and more energy into our health. Disabililty and Chronic illness is apart of every person's life, whether or not they have been directly effected by it yet.
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