Mr. “X” had also gone from being a very active man, as he worked in the police force, to becoming a “couch potato”. This affected his self-esteem, which resulted in him becoming depressed. As he became more depressed he consumed more alcohol, as found from the interview, which in itself is known to be a depressant. All of the above were contributory factors to his disorder.
(M1) Mr. “X’s” poor diet is only one of the factors which could have contributed in his blood sugar levels becoming extremely high. The lack of exercise could be the cause of the muscle cells failing to be used properly and of course his increase in weight can be directly attributed to this said lack of exercise.
His increased consumption of alcohol acted as a depressant, this is of course is known to affect the liver within your body, depending on the amount of alcohol consumed, can lead to extreme liver damage.
Most importantly of all, the pancreas. When unable to release the correct amount of insulin, which is vital in the control of blood sugar levels, if your diet is poor and your body isn’t receiving enough physical exercise, your body’s fat cells are being affected as you are not burning off the excess weight in your body. This all affects the pancreas which releases the insulin within your body, leading your body to shut off the production of insulin.
(P2) Equally the same criterion applies to Miss “Y” as was accorded to Mr. “X,” namely anonymity. Miss “Y’s” disorder has affected her right breast and it has become slightly misshapen. Fortunately miss “Y’s” tumour was diagnosed at an early stage, due to the fact she found a lump under her arm and went immediately to see her GP.
On examination she was found to have a lump in her breast, from which a sample was taken and found that she had a benign tumour. It was considered that with treatment, she had a very high chance of full recovery.
On investigation it was found there are many assumptions, to the causes which may increase the chances of breast cancer.
One being age, no one can control age and it was found women who are 50, have eight times more chances of developing breast cancer than in comparison with those who are 30.
Hormones have also been found a potential risk factor, increasing the chance of breast cancer among women, those who have an earlier menstrual period (before age of 12) have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, also those who have a history of, late menopause, late pregnancy’s, no pregnancy and birth control pills. If birth control pills have been used for 10+ years, the estrogen inside the pill has potentially been assumed to play a part of developing breast cancer, as the longer the exposure of a woman’s sex hormones, the likelier their chance of the disease.
Also women, who consume one alcoholic beverage per day, have a slightly increased risk of breast cancer. Obviously more than one alcoholic drink per day increases this risk.
(M1) When Miss “Y” as found by investigation, was initially put on the pill at 16, she was not consulted about past histories, with regards, to breast cancer. She also whilst on the pill, experienced effects outside her “norm” including pains in her legs. This may have been caused by the pill she was issued with, which contained a higher level of estrogen than her body was able to cope with. At the time there was no correlation between pains in the legs, and possible over consumption of estrogen.
Miss “Y” was also an early developer whom started her menstrual cycle at the age of 11, and she is still, at the age of 45, having an on/off menstrual cycle.
Also she married young (16) because of pregnancy, and after giving birth was immediately put on the pill.
Miss “Y” is also a recovering alcoholic as described above, potentially increasing the risk of breast cancer.
Even now, medical science cannot come up for an absolute reason for breast cancer, although there is general consent, that there are many contributory factors, as mentioned above.
There are many factors which have been found to be a potential risk in the increase of breast cancer as experienced by Miss “Y”. These may be because of her
a) marrying young, b) becoming pregnant very early, c) having a family at an early stage, and that she may had no time to actually enjoy being young. As while her peers were out “clubbing” she was at home looking after the baby, with very little money or support. Her husband also 16 at the time of marriage, was far too young to get a decent job and therefore it was a struggle to get by on his small wage and supplementary government handouts. The only release she could obtain from this drudgery was the occasional drink. This quickly became a more frequent habit, until the age of 22 now with three children she became a confirmed alcoholic.
Miss “Y” stated that had she not been usually inebriated she may have taken the pill more regularly.
