The Arrow of Disease Many of the greatest tragedies throughout human history have been caused by lethal diseases such as smallpox‚ flu‚ tuberculosis‚ malaria‚ plague‚ measles‚ and cholera. They are all potentially infectious diseases that originated from viruses in animals. When Christopher Columbus and his successors invaded the Americas‚ the most potent‚ powerful‚ and deadly weapon they carried was their germs. In 1492‚ the European conquest of the Americas began with Columbus voyage. It was
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a person taking recommended preventative health action and to understand a person’s motivation and decision-making about seeking health services. The Health Belief Model proposes that people will respond best to messages about health promotion or disease prevention when the following four conditions for change exist: The model specifies that if individuals perceive a negative health outcome to be severe‚ perceive themselves to be susceptible to it‚ perceive the benefits to behaviors that reduce the
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likely to decrease the following health issues‚ like heart disease and stroke. Heart disease has controllable risk factors like‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes tobacco use‚ obesity and poor diet. It is important for one to address these risks early because only then he or she can prevent the problems of cardiovascular disease. A poor diet that consists of high fat‚ high cholesterol and excess salt can add to causes for heart disease. The chemicals in cigarettes harm ones’ blood cells‚ and
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Lazaro Castillo 04/16/2012 Infectious Diseases One infectious disease I will be discussing is called Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection‚ which mainly affects the nose‚ throat and occasionally the skin‚ but in more serious cases‚ it can attack the heart and nerves. Diphtheria is caused by a bacterium known as C. diphtheiae. The bacteria produce a toxin (poison) that is carried in the bloodstream and causes tissue damage in the area of infection‚ usually the nose
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SCI/163 Chronic Diseases Lung Cancer Chronic diseases such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In this essay we will describe a chronic disease that affects thousands of people every day and that is the lung cancer. We will discuss the risk factors‚ treatment options and the daily choices we can make to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Lung is the essential respiration organ
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Kwashiorkor is a disease that is caused by malnutrition when there is not enough protein in the diet. Other names for Kwashiorkor are protein malnutrition‚ protein-calorie malnutrition‚ and malignant malnutrition (Kwashiorkor‚ 2011). Kwashiorkor is most common in areas where there is famine‚ limited food supply‚ and low levels of education. This disease can occur when people do not understand how to eat a proper diet. In very poor countries‚ this disease is more common. Often Kwashiorkor occurs during
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overweight can have multiple problems and diseases in the long run due to being overweight. One of those diseases is heart disease. A couple reasons why people are so overweight are lack of exercise‚ poor diet‚ and unfortunately also heredity. Heredity is major factor when dealing with heart disease or any disease in general. Since genes are a factor into people’s health; people should definitely know all chronic disease in their family. In my family heart disease is a major issue unfortunately. Many
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I learned to never be quick to judge a person when you never know what a person is going through! Gaucher disease is a receivable inherited lysosomal storage disease. This characterization makes tone by bruising of bones because they are weak and derive of pain. The sickness that deliberates fatigue‚ anemia that undergoes pain‚ low blood platelet count that will be harder flowing‚ and growth of the liver and spleen. These visceral and neurologic symptoms are causing disruption of the lysosomes because
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this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that comes from the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). There isn’t a treatment for the disease once you get it. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Hepatitis A is contracted from eating food and drinking water contaminated with human feces. Eating raw and undercooked fish that was in contaminated waters contribute to the disease. Sometimes eating
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deaths due to harsh fighting‚ World War I was known for many reasons for soldier’s deaths. It was very hard for soldier’s to get the type of medical care and technology that we have today‚ and difficult to be cured. In this case‚ during World War I diseases were very common and were spread thoroughly. Fighting in the WWI meant being high at risk of death. Soldiers were constantly doing life threatening duties. Deaths numbers were so intense that “after a year and a half of fighting‚ more than 53
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