Lyme Disease-Final Draft When you go out to the park‚ or even your backyard‚ you are exposed to ticks. Ticks are small arachnids‚ which are joint-legged invertebrate animals. They live off of the blood of mammals‚ birds‚ and reptiles. Furthermore‚ you may or may not know that Lyme disease is most frequently detected in rodent-feeding vector ticks (“Ticks”). There was a tremendous outbreak of Lyme in 1975- in its hometown of Lyme‚ Connecticut-when it was classified as a new disease (“Lyme disease
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Celiac disease. Celiac‚ unlike some other nutrition related conditions‚ is not preventable. Celiac disease is a gastrointestinal condition describing the intolerance to gluten. The causes of celiac are not certain‚ but there is a hereditary aspect in the people who suffer (Celiac Disease Foundation). Celiac brings upon a lot of dietary issues‚ but with a gluten-free diet one is able to live a comfortable lifestyle‚ like my friend is currently doing. Celiac disease is a digestive disease triggered
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Addison’s Disease Instructor: September 10th‚ 02014 Addison’s disease is a disorder of the adrenal glands. It is also known as hypocortisolism or adrenal insufficiency. The disease occurs when your adrenal glands do not produce sufficient amounts of certain hormones. The adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol and more often than not‚ insufficient amounts of aldosterone. Autoimmune disease can be attributed to approximately 70 percent of the cause for Addison’s disease. The autoimmune
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Behcet’s syndrome also known as Behcet’s disease causes inflammation of the blood vessels as well as other parts of the body. This disease was named after the Turkish dermatologist‚ Dr. Hulusi Behcet who first discovered it in 1937. His original description of this disease is a triad of oral ulcers‚ genital ulcers and ocular inflammation. This disease is currently recognized worldwide but the countries with the highest prevalence rate are Turkey‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ China‚ Iran and Saudi Arabia. Turkey
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Lyme Disease Chief Complaint: Parents report that their son has been febrile for a few days and “he has been rubbing his right ear off and on”. SUBJECTIVE: HPI: A six-year-old male patient was brought into the clinic accompanied by both parents (mother and father). They said there son was feverish over the last few days reporting the highest fever of a 100.1. Parents noticed him recently touching his right ear as if he had an ear infection. The mother treated her son with Children’s Tylenol
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the first sign of Alzheimer’s disease. In the past‚ memory loss and confusion were considered a normal part of aging. However‚ scientists now know that most people remain both alert and able as they age‚ although it may take them longer to remember things. A lot of people experience memory lapses. Some memory problems are serious‚ and others are not. People who have serious changes in their memory‚ personality‚ and behavior may suffer from a form of brain disease called dementia. Dementia seriously
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themselves asking the question; "What is Alzheimer ’s Disease?" Alzheimer ’s Disease today affects almost all people in some way. Since the amount of lives this disease affects continues to increase epidemiologists have named Alzheimer ’s Disease‚ "The Disease of the Century". In 1906 a German neurologist Alois Alzheimer performed a neurological autopsy on a 56-year-old woman who had suffered deteriorating mental health for many years before her death. Alzheimer noticed a disorganization of nerve cells
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Pregnancy and Zika Virus Disease Zika virus disease‚ or Zika‚ is an illness that can spread to people from mosquitoes that carry the virus. It may also spread from person to person through infected body fluids. Zika first occurred in Africa‚ but it has recently spread to new areas. The virus occurs in tropical climates. The location of Zika continues to change. Most people who become infected with the Zika virus do not have serious illness. However‚ Zika may cause birth defects in an unborn baby
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Correlation Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson’s Disease Trisakti University of Medicine I Made Setiadji 030.09.114 Jakarta‚ June 14th 2012 Abstract A majority of Parkinson’s disease patients had insufficient levels of vitamin D. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common form of neurodegeneration in the elderly population. In PD‚ one’s levels of dopamine are lowered because the nerve cells which make the chemical have either died or lost their usual functioning. Clinically
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Alzheimer ’s Disease Joy Pachowicz PSY 350 Professor Alina Sheppe Perez May 15‚ 201 Introduction Alzheimer ’s disease‚ despite being so widespread‚ is not really considered part of the aging process. According to Robert Feldman‚ author of the textbook‚ “Understanding Psychology”‚ only 19% of people who are ages 75 to 84 suffer from this disease. It is only once they pass the age of 85‚ that the elderly need to be more concerned about the possibility of developing Alzheimer ’s
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