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WHAT IS AN ORGANIC IMPAIRMENT O DISABILITY - WHAT IS AN ORGANIC DISEASE - WHAT IS AN INVISIBLE IMPAIRMENT - MEANING & DEFINITION - Primary and Pediatric Lymphedema - Secondary Lymphedema - Lymphostatic Elephantiasis - Lymphatic Filariasis - Podoconiosis - Organic Lymphatic-Vascular Disease - Awareness Campaign




WHAT  IS AN ORGANIC DISEASE AND ORGANIC AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS AND DISABILITIES? 


ORGANIC DISEASE


An Organic Disease is one in which there is a measurable change to tissues, organs, or body systems. It refers to any disorder caused by a known physical dysfunction of an organic structure. It distinguishes symptoms and syndromes (group of symptoms) that can be explained by diagnosable biological changes, and it covers a broad category of conditions including infectious, inflammatory, metabolic, neurological, and autoimmune diseases.


For the diagnosis of an organic disease, there will be tests and procedures that can detect or measure biological and anatomical changes that lead to illness or dysfunction, which may involve blood tests, imaging studies, medical instruments, or surgical procedures.



ORGANIC IMPAIRMENT


An Organic Impairment o Disability refers to the loss of functionality of a body system, including internal organs or physiological processes, whether congenital or acquired. Lymphedema is caused by an organic impairment (Lymphatic Circulatory System Dysfunction). Read about disability in lymphedema HERE.


The majority of people with organic impairments suffer misunderstanding and different problems at the family, social, and work levels. The lack of official recognition by Public Administrations, are important obstacle in daily life and influences their quality of life.


PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT


A Physical Impairment refers to any physiological disorder or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems that substantially limits a person's physical functioning, that may result from medically diagnosed injuries, illnesses, or congenital conditions, which interferes and has a 'substantial' and long-term negative effect on an individual's ability to perform normal Activities of Daily Living.


WHAT ARE INVISIBLE DISORDERS AND INVISIBLE DISABILITIES? - MEANING AND DEFINITION


An Invisible Impairment or hidden disability, is an umbrella term that captures a whole spectrum of certain kinds of chronic medical and birth conditions, including organic impairments, which are classified as physical, mental, or neurological disorders. These unpairments can't be seen (aren´t apparent) at first sight, or their signs and symptoms are only visible in later stages. yet can substantially limit or challenge a person’s movements, senses, or day-to-day activities.


Generally, seeing a person in a wheelchair, wearing a hearing aid, or carrying a white cane tells us a person may be disabled, but what about people suffering invisible disabilities who look healthy and don't use an assistive device, and their medical conditions impair their normal activities.


Although an invisible disability may create a challenge for the person who has it, the onlooker may not understand the reality and cause of the difficulty if they cannot recognize, acknowledge, or see evidence of it at first sight.


Some people living with a hidden physical disability can still be active in their daily activities and work, but others, due to the symptoms and complications of the condition, struggle and are impaired to get through their normal activities of daily living and work, and some cannot work at all.


Invisible disabilities include chronic illnesses such as lymphedema (Organic Lymphatic Vascular Disease). 


REFERENCES


RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

CUTANEOUS COMPLICATIONS
INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS
CELLULITIS / DERMATOLYMPHANGIOADENITIS
TUMOURS

TREATMENT

COMPRESSION GARMENTS

DISABILITY

DISFIGUREMENT

PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT

PEDIATRIC LYMPHEDEMA

LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS / PODOCONIOSIS



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