Deficiency Author: Michael Alan Hall Institution: Brandman University Abstract Vitamin A deficiency is a horrible disease. It causes side effects such as night blindness‚ conjuctival xerosis‚ bilot spots‚ corneal xerosis‚ corneal scars and xerophthalmia. Unfortunately this disease mostly affects the poor. The disease is not as prevalent in this country as it is in other such as Africa and Asia. It becomes worse because the citizens of these countries
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DIPTHERIA Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium corynebacterium diphtheria. This disease affects the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and can also affect the skin (cutaneous diphtheria)‚ including the lining tissues in the ear‚ eye‚ and genital areas. Diphtheria was discovered in the 1880s‚ it was the leading cause of children’s death in many parts of the world‚ it was also known as “The Strangling Angel of Children”. Although diphtheria affects younger children
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vitamin C INTRODUCTION Vitamin C is a product that is usually found in many foods and produced by an abundance of chemical companies as dietary supplements. This vitamin is essential to the scurvy patients and used abundantly in cosmetic company due to its antioxidant properties. In the terms of its production‚ the fact that vitamin C has two totally and distinctly separate sides is still unknown to many people even doctors. The two sides consist of "L"-Ascorbic Acid‚ which is the (-) side‚ and
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see objects in dim light. ii. Xerosis Conjunctiva: The conjunctiva is dry‚ thickened‚ wrinkled and pigmented. The pigmentation gives conjunctiva a smoky appearance. iii. Xerosis Cornea: When dryness spreads to cornea‚ it takes on a hazy‚ lusterless appearance. iv. Bitot’s Spots: Greyish glistening white plaques‚ formed of desquamated thickened conjuctival epithelium‚ usually triangular in shape and firmly adhering to the conjuctiva. v. Keratomalacia: When xerosis of the conjuctiva and cornea is
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hemolysis on blood agar * Bacillus cereus colonies on blood agar * Beta-hemolysis on blood agar (S.aureus) * Beta-hemolysis on blood agar * Beta-hemolytic colonies on blood agar * Clostridium perfringens Gram stain * Corynebacterium diphtheriae Gram stain * Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis on blood agar * Enterococcus faecalis * Enterococcus faecalis on blood agar * Enterococcus faecalis Gram stain * Enterococcus faecalis SEM * Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae on Columbia horse blood
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BIO 251-7H1 Gram Stain Summary: Out of 28 Unknown microorganisms‚ slant 6O was randomly selected‚ and subjected to testing in order to identify it’s species. Seventeen of the unknown bacteria were classified as Gram-negative bacilli: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum‚ Enterobacter aerogenes‚ Eschirichia coli‚ Flavobacter capsulatum‚ Helicobacter pylori‚ Klebsiella pneumonia‚ Klebsiella oxytoca‚ Proteus hauseri‚ Proteus mirabilis‚ Proteus vulgaris‚ Pseudomonas aeroginsoa‚ Alcaligenes faecalis
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happen? Our body tends not to function as well as it had in the past. Because our bodies do not function as well‚ it can lead to chronic conditions from that may have an effect on our hair‚ skin‚ and nails. Some of the chronic conditions include xerosis‚ rashes‚ senile purpura‚ pruritis‚ solar elastosis‚ keratosis‚ psoriasis‚ skin tags‚ shingles‚ pressure ulcers‚ venous and arterial stasis ulcers‚ skin cancer‚
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Document a appropriate subjective‚ objective and physical assessment findings with this condition: This condition is a chronic‚ occurring mainly in the adult population and can be inherited. It occurs is 3% of the population in the United States. It occurs when the immune system over reacts and fast rate of desquamation and new skin growth occurs in days instead of a month. The Some people with condition can also have a high risk of having diabetes‚ arthritis‚ and cardiac conditions like stroke
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• Liposuction: One of the most common and one of the most publicized methods of dealing with obesity is going through the procedure of liposuction. Liposuction is defined as a surgical procedure for the removal of unwanted of adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is know to be flexible but no as elastic as areolar tissue‚ and it also tears relatively easily. In America‚ liposuction is the most common procedure performed‚ with about 400‚000 procedures performed annually since the year 2003. Although it is
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Introduction Malnutrition is a global challenge in low-income and middle-income countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia (Shetty‚ 2002‚ Black‚ et al.‚ 2008). More than ten million children under five years of age die annually worldwide and percentage of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 41% and another 34% in south Asia (Black‚ et al.‚ 2003). It was estimated that more than 50% of these child deaths could be attributed to the potentiating effects of malnutrition
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