Batten’s Disease People cease to exist each and every day. With every passing minute‚ over one hundred people breathe their last and depart from this world. Death comes by many means: deprivation of food‚ war‚ epidemic‚ disease‚ and old age. Diseases are accountable for death in many people. A prominent family of ailments is neurological disorders. Batten disease is one subset of neurological disorders. Battens assaults its victims in the childhood years and eventually takes their lives
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Introduction A communicable disease is a disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. It is also called a contagious disease (Communicable Disease ‚ 2010). Communicable diseases can be spread very easy and they can range anywhere from a cold to anthrax. I will be discussing the communicable disease chlamydia and how it affects the person as well as everything around them. Awareness about communicable disease is going to be the biggest
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describe the structure and function of the heart‚ it will also explain the meaning of Atherosclerosis and how it can lead to myocardial infarctions and angina. It will also discuss and identify the factors that can increase the risk of Coronary Heart Disease and how lifestyle changes can prevent it. The main function of the human heart is to pump blood around the body. It is a muscular cone shaped organ‚ the average size of the human heart is the size of a clenched fist and weights on average eleven
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(Alic 1067). The reason I chose measles as my topic is that I knew it was a common disease. Plus‚ I recently heard about the outbreak that happened at Disneyland and wanted to learn more about it. Before I began my research‚ I only knew that measles was a disease. I didn’t know any of the symptoms‚ let alone how deadly it is. Now‚ I know a lot more. Measles first came to America with European explorers. This caused many of native inhabitants to die from the foreign disease. Measles can spread through
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 June 4‚ 2012 Communicable Disease A communicable disease is a bacteria or virus that can is transferred from person to person‚ or from animals or the physical environment to individuals by a variety of ways. For example air and water‚ to contaminated articles or fomites‚ insect and animal bites (Reigelman‚ p. 210‚ 2011). The spreading of a communicable disease is easily transferred and can range from a common cold to anthrax making the disease contagious. I
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April 22‚2014 Disease fact sheet What is Wilson disease? Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that prevents the body from getting rid of extra copper. A small amount of copper obtained from food is needed to stay healthy‚ but too much copper is poisonous. In Wilson disease‚ copper builds up in the liver‚ brain‚ eyes‚ and other organs. Over time‚ high copper levels can cause life-threatening organ damage. Pathophysiology and clinical features of Wilson disease Wilson disease is an autosomal
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. Circulatory Disease Disease Description • Behcet’s Disease: A type of vasculitis in which there is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the body. This can lead to aneurysms in the lungs‚ blindness‚ and meningitis. • Moyamoya
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Alzheimers Disease What is Alzheimers Disease? The most common form of dementing illness‚ Alzheimers Disease (AD) is a progressive‚ degenerative disease that attacks the brain‚ causing impaired memory‚ thinking and behavior. The person with AD may experience confusion‚ personality and behavior changes‚ impaired judgment‚ and difficulty finding words‚ finishing thoughts or following directions. It eventually leaves its victims incapable of caring for themselves. What happens to the brain in Alzheimers
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This infectious disease caused by RNA viruses. This virus is not only attack human‚ but this virus also affects birds and mammals. The symptoms of this disease are fever‚ sore throat‚ muscle pains‚ headache‚ weakness‚ and coughing. This disease is very common nowadays. So many people affected by this disease. Even though it’s very easy to be affected by this virus‚ but this virus is not really dangerous. Dengue Fever Dengue fever is also known as breakbone fever. This disease is very common in
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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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