During my research about my family history. I discovered my parental grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer for nearly 10 years before he died of old age. He was a long term smoker and did not have a healthy diet. He was also diagnosed with cataracts for awhile before he received surgery on both eyes to correct the problem. Overall, he lived a long average life and was never overweight or obese. He did not have any heart problems and was not diabetic. Following, my parental grandmother died at the age of 36. She married my grandfather at a young age and gave birth to four children before she died. My grandmother passed away shortly after giving birth to my father. So therefore he was raised by his grandmother and do not know about his family history very …show more content…
Except for the fact that he was a very heavy drinker. His death was a mystery and since there were barely any contact between him and my grandmother we do not know what happened to him. Additionally, the worse thing about my mother’s side is their eye sight. All of us have astigmatism and started to wear glasses at a very early age. My father’s family on the other hand, no one wears glasses and even at the age of 87 my grandpa only had the cataracts, but none of my aunts or uncles or my dad need glasses. Finally, I do not believe my family history puts me at high risk for any nutrition related diseases. My parental grandmother died at an early age and due to the unknown reason I cannot say if I am at risk for what she had, but I am sure her diet has played a role in it since lifestyle choices is very important and it comes along with nutrition. My parental grandfather died from old age. Again, he did suffer from prostate cancer when he was younger and was a smoker for his whole life. He was very lucky to not get cancer from smoking or other smoking related
under a mother that was always working, and a father that was usually away on
can be traced by to his grandmother who provided him with a powerful moral and
mother he lived with his grandmother. His grandma took the best care of him out of
Despite the differences we share many similar diversions such as good quality time with our families. Arthur was known to spend countless hours reading and listening to music with his mom. Yet at the age of 6 Arthur had to face one of the most traumatic expierences of his life when he lost his mother, Matti Ashe, to a fatal case of toxemia while in labor. Similar to this experience I lost my grandfather at the age of five. Although I was impacted greatly it was not a loss as great as Arthurs loss of a loving mother. I Can recall the day it happened just as well as Arthur recalled the details of when he last saw his mother.
they were a black family. When he was about fifteen years old his father was
considered blood related. So this action by his mother was thought to be incestuous and
...es of developing these diseases. While a family history provides information about the risk of specific health concerns, having a family history of certain medical conditions doesn’t mean that you will develop the same conditions. Disease is not imminent, by developing lifestyle changes your health can be controlled and risk lowered by changing behaviors that increase your chances.
late father. He was also not ready to face the fact that his Uncle marries his mother
Family Health Problems Tree The purpose I searched for my family health history was to see what complications may occur in my future or in my family. There are a couple of benefits behind me researching the diseases throughout my family history, including that I can learn what is prevalent which may put me at risk of contracting it, it can help me change my lifestyle to prevent or lower my chances, and help me prepare for what may arise. The diseases that are most prevalent in my family that will most likely affect me or my brothers and sisters are Diabetes, Migraine, High Blood Pressure, and High Cholesterol. Diabetes is a disease that I came across when researching the maternal side of my family history.
In this paper, I will be discussing my family health history as illustrated in the disease family tree. What is family health history? Family health history refers to a collection of information about diseases that run in your family, as well as the eating habits, activities, and environments that your family shares. The knowledge about diseases in your family can help you make healthy choices. One’s family history can affect one’s health in different ways since we inherit many things from our parents and grandparents; genes passed on to you from your parents can determine your health. Some genes can increase one’s chances of developing certain diseases but it can also depend on the type of environment, life style or behavior, geographical
I have been very fortunate to have known my maternal and paternal grandparents and great-grandparents. We enjoy a close family and always have. Sadly, my first experience with a close death was when my paternal grandma died at the age of sixty-four of colon cancer. I was in the ninth grade when she died and hers’ was the first wake and funeral I had experienced. I remember having nightmares for weeks after the funeral. As I grew older, I lost my
Although, many cancer conditions are of unknown etiology, others are developed as the result of lifestyle choices. For example, many years ago, smoking was catalogued as “glamorous”,
family history including the fact that his father was imprisoned for his debts and that
Evidently my grandfather dropped dead from a massive heart attack. In fact he was chopping firewood the day before and seemed perfectly healthy. He woke up around 4am with chest pains. My grandmother called for the ambulance and he walked to it. When he got to the hospital he was dead.
It's a proven fact. Each year more Americans die from lung cancer and other smoking related diseases than they die from aids, drug abuse, car accidents and homicide, combined.