Long Term Conditions

Question 1

Long term condition

Answer 1

One that cannot currently be cured but can be controlled with the use of medication and or other therapies .

Question 2

LTCs can be :

Answer 2

1- disabling
2- cause intense pain
3- cause embarrassment
4- cause stigma

Question 3

LTCs common examples

Answer 3

1- Arthritis - 8.5 m (1 in 5 UK adults )
2- Asthma 3.4 m
3- Diabetes mellitus ( 4m )

Question 4

Embodiment

Answer 4

Living through and with the physical body

Question 5

Significance of diagnosis

Answer 5

Provides access to the sick role

1- not imagining it
2- acceptance by family and friends
3- access to welfare benefits , support groups , sick leave and treatments and information

Question 6

Diagnosis brings new uncertainties

Answer 6

1 - social ( employment , maintaining relationships and finance )

2- clinical ( variable rate of deterioration )

3- diagnosis uncertainty (epilepsy)

4- psychosocial ( self and identity )

Question 7

Biographical disruption

Answer 7

The destabilisation and questioning of identity after the onset of a long term condition and begin to ask questions like “ who j am , where i am going “ etc

Question 8

Biographical disruption 2

Answer 8

See’s chronic illness as a ‘disruptive event ‘ - disrupting the Structures of everyday life
3 aspects :

1- distribution of taken for granted assumptions / behaviour about body
2- disruption to biography
3- response to disruption