Lyme Disease and Its Effects on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System. Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems
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Heart disease is a term for any type of disorder that affects the heart. Every year in the US heart disease claims 800‚000 people. That’s 34% of all deaths and 2‚400 people every day. 80 million (one in three) Americans live with this disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Coronary artery disease is one type of disorder that affects the heart. It is the most common heart disease. Coronary artery disease‚ or simply CAD‚ is caused by the build up of plaque in
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University of Florida Chronic Kidney Disease Major world-wide health concern In US number of patients requiring dialysis or transplant is projected to increase from 340‚000 in 1999 to 651‚000 in 2010 National Kidney Foundation-attempts to standardize definition‚ stages and laboratory tests to assess kidney function Am J Kidney Dis. (2000) 366 suppl 2:S1–S279 S-M Huang et al. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2009) 86 5‚ 475–479 Chronic Kidney Disease - Definition “Kidney damage for
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and Labarthe (2010) studied coronary heart disease risk factors trends and mortality in the United States. The purpose of this study was to look at cardiovascular risk factors in the United States since coronary heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the world. It is not only the leading cause of death‚ but coronary heart disease is also costing the United States a lot of money. Since much of the population is affected by coronary heart disease‚ health care costs are extremely high for
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Krabbe disease is a rare‚ inherited degenerative disorder of the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is characterized by the presence of globoid cells (cells that have more than one nucleus)‚ the breakdown of the nerve’s protective myelin coating‚ and destruction of brain cells. Krabbe disease is one of a group of genetic disorders called the leukodystrophies. These disorders impair the growth or development of the myelin sheath‚ the fatty covering that acts as an insulator around nerve
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Running head: FATTY LIVER DISEASE Fatty Liver Disease Evetta Brown June 08‚ 2011 MA111 Instructor Leila L. Hamka The liver has over 200 functions that it plays. There are over 100 types of liver diseases. Many of these diseases can be life threating if they are not treated correctly. This paper will focus on the fatty liver disease. It will describe the liver‚ discuss the disease known as fatty liver disease‚ alcoholic and non alcoholic‚ give
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Mad Cow Disease In Kent‚ England‚ in 1985‚ an eight year old cow on the Plurenden Manor farm came down with an unusual sickness. The veterinarian was called to treat her. This one cow launched a whole new way of dealing with diseased meat to protect the public. Mad Cow Disease has affected the health of thousands of people worldwide and has changed the food is tracked. People should be aware of the definition of Mad Cow Disease‚ the symptoms of Mad Cow Disease‚ and the treatment available for Mad
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A solution to Heart Disease By: John Palsson Heart diseases have emerged as a big problem today and the biggest contributor to this increment has been the increase in rate of obesity. Heart diseases are fatal and they can also impair the other parts of the body. Hence knowing about the problems and solutions related to heart diseases are vital as they can also help you to combat them and retain good health throughout your life. Information on these heart diseases is vital because knowing more about
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Addiction a Symptom Or a Primary Disease? The problem with the question of whether addiction is a disease or not is that it requires us to try to fit a loosely defined term into a vaguely defined category. Critics of the addictive disease model‚ also called the medical model‚ say that labeling drug addiction as a disease detracts addicts from assuming responsibility and taking control of their lives. Yet the very nature of addiction is similar to many other diseases that are widely recognized as legitimate
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References • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hereditary+disease • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen • http://www.preservearticles.com/201101032353/deficiency-diseases.html • http://www.who.int/chp/working_paper_growth%20model29may.pdf • http://www.drugs.com/condition/pneumonia.html • http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_treatment/article.htm • http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/treatment.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia
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