Cultural and Disease Paper While there are many endocrine diseases‚ the most common one in the United States is diabetes (Erika Gebel‚ 2010). The prevalence of endocrine diabetes is extremely high among the Arab people. There are many factor that make the Arab population vulnerable to diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Social and cultural influences also influence the development and treatment of many disease within the Arab and Islamic world. Community-based culturally sensitive intervention
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Chronic Disease Paper A chronic disease is one that has symptoms that recur over and over‚ and can become better or worse over time. These types of diseases‚ “…cannot generally be cured‚ but an individual can often minimize the negative effects of a chronic disease through sane‚ healthy living and medical treatment.” (MSUcares.com‚ 2005) Diabetes is just one chronic disease that affects many people in this country. To begin‚ a brief discussion will follow describing what diabetes is‚ what risk
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Economic impact of Alzheimer’s Disease: According to data collected in 1991‚ a patient suffering from AD would use $174‚000 during his or her lifetime for treatment. The Alzheimer’s Association suggests that a little more than 70 percent of the patients suffering from AD choose to live at home and 75 percent of the care they receive is from their family and friends. The depressive symptoms experienced by the patient and other neuropsychiatric symptoms greatly affect the quality of life for both
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introduction Non-infectious diseases (also called Non-communicable diseases) are those diseases that are not caused by a pathogen and cannot be shared from one person to another. Disease caused by these organisms are infectious diseases. There are many kinds of non-infectious diseases. Non-infectious diseases may be caused by either the environment‚ nutritional deficiencies‚ lifestyle choices‚ or genetic inheritances. Unlike infectious diseases‚ non-infectious diseases are not communicable or contagious
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| DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS | DISEASES | | DANICA DE FREITAS | 12/21/2011 | | Disease and its impact on humans TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS A DISEASE? MAIN TYPES OF DISEASES DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION WHAT IS A VECTOR? STD’S ROLE OF BLOOD IMMUNITY EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF DISEASE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS What is a disease? Disease is defined as a disorder with a specific cause (which may or may not be known) and recognizable signs and symptoms.
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cure or lengthen the course of disease‚ although often at increased cost or increased utilization of medical practitioners needed to prescribe and monitor the effects of the medications. Over the past decade‚ both public and private organizations have made great strides in identifying causes of disease and disability‚ discovering treatments and cures‚ and working with practitioners to educate the public about how to reduce the incidence and prevalence of major diseases and the functional limitations
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Chronic and Infectious Diseases Chronic and infectious diseases are diseases life threatening. A chronic diseases are non-communicable illnesses prolonged in duration‚ do not resolve spontaneously‚ and are rarely cured completely such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2009). However‚ an infectious disease or communicable disease is contagious and caused by a biological agent‚ such as a virus‚ bacterium‚ or parasite also known
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List down 3 fungal disease which are available in Malaysia Num | Pathogen | Host plant | Identifications | Controls | 1 | Black Pod‚Phytophthora palmivora | Cocoa plant | Early symptoms: * Formation of watery spots on the fruit surface.Symptoms: * Spots grow and change color to brown and turn dark brown in color that covers the entire surface of the fruit. * Infection on the immature fruit caused overall seed rot * In wet weather‚ the formation of a spots of white sporangia can be seen
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Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It’s the most common cause of dementia- a group of brain disorders that results in the loss of intellectual and social skills. It’s an irreversible‚ progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate‚ resulting in the loss of cognitive functions‚ memory‚ judgment and reasoning‚ movement coordination and pattern recognition. Advanced stages of the disease‚ all memory and mental functioning
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Raynaud’s Disease Few people are aware of Raynaud’s disease even though it is a fairly common condition. Raynaulds Disease is also referred to as Raynauld’s phenonmenon. Raynaud’s is a condition in which cold temperatures or stress cause blood vessel spasms that block blood flow to fingers‚ toes‚ nose‚ and ears. This causes these body parts to suddenly turn ice cold and to become a purple or blue color. Later when the blood flow becomes normal the area turns a reddish color and later returns
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