diseases common to nurses?

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Hi all,

I'm new to this site :-)

I was wondering if anyone can help me because google hasn't been much help:scrying: next week i have to present to my clinical group what diseases are common to us nurses due to our jobs... anyone know anything or have a personal experiance?

thanks much!

SN09

Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

Bladder infections. We're always putting off that needed bathroom break. There just never seems to be a good time.

I was told by my instructors that TB is pretty common.

Specializes in jack of all trades.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to research is being linked to a great number of Nurses also. The mystery disease so to speak seems to affect nurses more than most other professions.

Specializes in everything but OR.

The most common diseases I've seen nurses suffer from over the years are back injury and depression. Cardiovascular disease is hereditary and/or lifestyle, and not necessarily caused by stress. Otherwise, we'd have all had strokes or MI's within the first year!

Specializes in jack of all trades.
I was told by my instructors that TB is pretty common.

Should have mentioned in my last post I have to agree with this. I'm not orginally from Kentucky but after working approximately 2 years there I ended up having positive PPD's and had to undergo prophylactic treatment for same. My oldest son also turned positive. TB is very common in some areas of the country. I'm in Florida now and it's doesnt seem to be a big deal here as neither me nor my sons in school have been asked for routine TB testing as we had to in KY. There we were required in the schools and jobs to be tested yearly.

Also in the latex family are mangos and some say papaya. No fun, I am now living in East Africa where all of the above are common and they all bother me! Although, I am finding that the longer I am away from routine latex contact, the less severe my reaction is when I sneak a bite of my son's fruit!

PS This is the nurse with a latex allergy, not the dh!

Specializes in ICU.

Osteoarthritis is quite common where I work

Specializes in School Nursing.

Plantar Faccitis. From being on your feel too long.

Hypochondria

Pete Fitzpatrick

RN, CFRN, EMT-P

Writing from the Ninth Circle

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