Imagine having nonstop growing fat on your stomach. That is what happens with Gaucher’s Disease. Gaucher’s is when your recessive gene gets duplicated and the metabolism gets built up with fat called glucocerebroside and it can’t be degraded‚ you can’t get rid of it. Some of the major causes are enlargement of the stomach or spleen. You can also have a low amount of red blood cells. Some symptoms of this disorder are easy bleeding or bruising‚ extra fat on stomach‚ bone and joint pain‚ and weak bones
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Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic disease that causes the kidneys to malfunction. The decrease in kidney function is rooted to cystic growths on the kidneys. The definition of cyst is an abnormal sac-like structure that is filled with fluid. Overtime this genetic disease can cause many cysts to appear at one time and can eventually enlarge the kidneys‚ along with deforming them. This deformation can grow into chronic kidney disease and lead to complete kidney failure. A genetic defect‚ or
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well as Mr and Mrs. Frank stayed at his camp. However in October Anne and margot were sent to another camp‚ (Bergen-Belsen concentration camp). At Bergen-Belsen concentration camp a sickness called typhus was going around in March. Typhus is a that disease occurs after bacteria is transferred to humans usually by vectors such as fleas or lice that have acquired the bacteria from animals such as rats‚ cats‚ opossums‚ raccoons‚ and other animals. Typhus is especially
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Cardiovascular Disease Ashley Cookie Cardiac Arrest Mr. Stapleton November 20th‚ 2012 Would you like to feel or be close to death? How would you like to have your heart pump rapidly out of control? A cardiac Arrest is the absence of ventricular contraction that results in systemic circulatory failure. A Cardiac Arrest is something that can happen out of nowhere without you knowing. You can be cooking and you just collapse and go into Cardiac Arrest. It’s that easy!
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Parkinson’s disease is a “chronic and debilitating movement disorder” which progresses over time‚ meaning that the symptoms only get worse as time progresses. Parkinson’s in America is a rare disease. Parkinson’s disease affects nearly “13 out of every 100‚000 people.” When it comes to facing Parkinson’s disease there is a lot to know. Examining if you have Parkinson’s isn’t as easy as drawing blood and running a few tests on it. You have to know the causes‚ watch for certain symptoms and know what treatments
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short for Lou Gehrig’s is a disease that connects to the muscle it slowly takes away walking‚ to dress‚ speak‚ breath and shortening the life span. It’s like when it gets attached to you it never stops it progresses like its nothing That you can do because it’s gone take control over the body and eats it like it never goes away until you kill it. Although mo treatment slows or contains the progression of ALS‚ to help control symptoms and make living with the disease easier. A common drug that doctors
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Tay-Sachs The disease Tay-Sachs was discovered by two men‚ the first one was a British ophthalmologist named Warren Tay who described the disease in 1881. The second one was a New York neurologist named Bernard Sachs who described the cellular changes and the genetic nature of the disease in 1887. Tay-Sachs is a rare disorder where a child who inherits the gene from both parents Specialists claim that Tay-Sachs disease is developed by children who lack a protein that is necessary to dissolve a fatty
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“COMPARE AND CONTRAST” – ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE /HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE This is a compare & contrast assignment between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Huntington’s disease (HD)‚ which was formerly known as Huntington’s chorea. It will be discussing and providing the similarities and differences between the two disorders. This essay will be demonstrating the differences and similarities by way of talking about the aetiology‚ pathology and pathophysiology of the two diseases; also how they present themselves
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Oscar-winning film‚ Iris (2002)‚ starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet‚ tell the story of her love affair with John Bayley and her tragic struggle with the disease. A VISIT TO IRIS MURDOCH The journalist Joanna Coles interviewed Iris Murdoch at her home in Oxfordshire shortly before the novelist was diagnosed as suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Part 1 Wild piles of books and papers This part mention about getting Iris home of Joanna Coles‚ Journalist: When he gets her home‚ he sees her husband
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Interstitial lung disease covers a variety of lung conditions that cause thickening of the interstitium (lace-like network of tissue) around the alveoli of the lung‚ and is a category distinct from the obstructive airway diseases. The thickening can be due to inflammation‚ scarring‚ or extra fluid (edema). Interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be an acute‚ chronic‚ short-lived‚ or irreversible condition. All forms of ILD involve fibrosis (thickening and scarring of connective tissue). The scarring
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