Parkinson’s Disease A week ago‚ Ashley had met her boyfriend‚ Jayden’s‚ mom‚ Cathy‚ for the first time. They went to breakfast and then went shopping. While they were shopping‚ Ashley learned something very personal about Jayden’s mom‚ she had Parkinson’s disease. Cathy was pushing the shopping cart and Jayden and Ashley were walking behind her and the next thing Ashley knew‚ Cathy had stopped and told Jayden to push the cart for a while. Cathy just stood there‚ hands shaking‚ and then she clenched
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Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that affects over 200‚000 each year. It is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bite of blacklegged ticks (deer ticks). These ticks are found in grassy and wooded areas. Female nymphal or young black-legged ticks carry and transmit the Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi the most. Common symptoms of Lyme disease are fever‚ muscle pain‚ joint pain‚ headache‚ fatigue‚ and a characteristic skin rash called Erythema migrans
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------------------------------------------------- Alzheimer’s disease HCA/240 Veronica Brinson Mary Lou. Jenkins August 25‚ 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic progressive deterioration of the brain leading to dementia‚ incapacitation‚ and death. Dementia is a condition marked by memory loss plus a minimum of one other cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s disease has been referred to as both the plaque of the ages and the plague of the aged. Alzheimer’s disease was so poorly understood that people
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Memories are something that can not be taken from us‚ but what happens as we get older? As time goes by we begin to struggle due to losing memory. When Alzheimer’s Disease is mentioned‚ we often think about older people which make sense‚ because Alzheimer’s Disease symptoms begin before age 65 (Prevent and Reverse). Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of dementia that involves memory loss and causes problems with thinking and behavior that starts off calm but gets constantly worse. People who live with
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The Masque of the Red Death is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. A horrible disease ravaged a kingdom and killed half of the country. The disease’s effects are gruesome to say the least. The effects of the disease were as follows: sudden dizziness‚ sharp pains‚ bleeding from the pores and finally death. All of this took place within 30 minutes‚ but it wasn’t a fast or painless 30 minutes. While this disease was destroying the kingdom the prince‚ Prospero was his name‚ locked himself and
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For a specific disease to be spread‚ all of the stars have to somehow align. The host‚ pathogen‚ and environment/vector all have to interact at the same time. The vector-borne disease triangle illustrates that without one corner‚ the transmission of the disease would not be possible. This triangle includes hosts‚ environments/vectors‚ and pathogens. Hosts are often humans‚ dogs‚ or monkeys and are fed on by a vector. Vectors usually include mosquitos‚ fleas‚ ticks‚ mites‚ and many more. The last
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infectious diseases” to describe infections that were newly appearing in a population or having existed but rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.1 Emerging diseases can be attributed to either true emergence (i.e. a newly appearing pathogen that has not been present)‚ increased recognition (i.e. a pathogen that was present in a population but has only recently been recognized due to improved diagnostic tests\capabilities)‚ and increased incidence of previously recognized diseases mainly
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Research paper Lyme disease is a tick-borne systemic infection cause by a spiral organism‚ Borrelia burgdorferi‚ characterized by neurologic‚ joint‚ and cardiac manifestations. Lyme disease is carried by a tiny tick. It begins with a bite and a rash that can be so slight‚ you may not even notice. However the consequences can be serious‚ sometimes even fatal. Lyme disease can create symptoms that mimic a wide variety of other diseases‚ ranging from juvenile arthritis to multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer’s
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0verview: Behcet disease‚ also called Behcet syndrome‚ is an uncommon condition that causes inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body. Dr. Hulusi Behcet‚ a dermatologist born in Turkey‚ identified it in a patient in 1924 and published a description of the disease in 1937. The syndrome is common in the Middle East‚ Asia‚ and Japan; and affects more men than women. However‚ in the United States‚ more women developed the disease than men‚ where it generally affects fewer than 1 in 100‚000 people
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with the memory‚ behavior‚ and intelligence. Affecting parts of the brain from gathering its creative memories‚ controlling thinking skills and behavior. Mostly known from being the form of dementia that is also called Alzheimer’s disease. Dealing with chronic disease there are pros and cons that deals with the cost of healthcare and also the cost of the beneficial drugs that are known to be helpful. Branching of the economics are benefit‚ effectiveness‚ minimization‚ illness and cost utility that
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