Oh...the NERVE!
Affects about 10 million Americans, mostly females (75-90%) between ages of 20 and 50
What is fibromyalgia?
Leading cancer killer among men and women in the US
What is lung cancer?
Psychological or physical need, will risk negative consequences, recreational use to alter mood
What is addiction?
The leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States
What is tobacco use?
The leading type of cancer
What is skin cancer?
Diagnosis of fibromyalgia is ___ of 18 tender points
What is 11?
80 - 85% of all lung cancers are this
What is non-small cell carcinoma?
Dose elicits a smaller response, individual needs more and more
What is tolerance?
Causes vasoconstriction, affects tissue oxygenation, causes atherosclerosis
What is nicotine?
Nonmelanoma skin cancers
What are Basal Cell & Squamous Cell cancer?
This is the cause of fibromyalgia
What is unknown?
Lung cancer treatment includes this, which can be used alone or in combination with surgery / chemotherapy
What is radiation?
A state of voluntary sobriety
What is recovery?
Approximately one in ___ U.S. adults smoke cigarettes
What is five?
Basal cell & and Squamous cell cancer arise from this
What is epithelial tissue?
Fibromyalgia is known as a disorder of this ___
What is pain processing?
Lung cancer patients often have poor prognosis because often diagnosed in this
What is an advanced stage?
Physiological need, cannot control, will have withdrawal if stopped
What is dependence?
Those exposed to this increase their risk of lung cancer by 20 to 30%
What is second-hand smoke?
Two types of melanoma
What are superficial spreading, lentigo-maligna, nodular, acral-lentiginous?
Sensitivity to stimuli normally that is not painful
What is allodynia?
This involves size, location, lymph node involvement in cancers
What is staging?
Cocaine, amphetamines, caffeine, tobacco are all types of this
What are stimulants?
This medication can help reduce nicotine craving, help with irritability, restlessness, depression
What is Bupropion (Wellbutrin/Zyban)?
ABCDE
What are: Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter (>6mm), Evolving?