2012 Sexually Transmitted Diseases A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an infection that you can get from having sex with another person who has an infection. There are several types of sexually transmitted diseases that affect men and women every year. In Chapter 9 of our textbook‚ the topic of sexually transmitted diseases was discussed. This is a rising issue amongst young adults in this generation. “One in four new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) infections occur in teenagers”
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Economic impact of Alzheimer’s Disease: According to data collected in 1991‚ a patient suffering from AD would use $174‚000 during his or her lifetime for treatment. The Alzheimer’s Association suggests that a little more than 70 percent of the patients suffering from AD choose to live at home and 75 percent of the care they receive is from their family and friends. The depressive symptoms experienced by the patient and other neuropsychiatric symptoms greatly affect the quality of life for both
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Leprosy‚ also known as Hansen’s Disease‚ is a medical condition that basically attacksthe surface nerves of an individual‚ causing a feeling of numbness and lack of sensation. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. This disease is acquired‚ transmitted and spread by common airborne infections such as sneezing and coughing. The most evident primary symptom of leprosy is the appearance of a patch on the skin‚ commonly associated with loss of feeling or sensation. Most people think that people
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I am going to discuss Sarcoidosis as my degenerative disease experienced at a higher rate among African Americans. Sarcoidosis is actually 17 more times more common in African Americans than the American majority. The cause of this degenerative disease is still unknown but studies suspect it may be a type of autoimmune disease. Sarcoidosis mostly affects the lungs by causing inflammation (although it can affect any organ in the body.) The inflammation leads to scar tissue and poor lung function.
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Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS Jessica Thammavongsa HCA 240 August 9th‚ 2014 Shirlene Small Infectious Disease: HIV/AIDS I am writing this paper to explain how HIV/AIDS as an infectious disease responds to the inflammatory‚ describe what the disease is‚ how it is transmitted‚ and the environmental factors that can make a person vulnerable to accruing the disease. In addition‚ this paper will discuss standard and alternative treatments that are available to those who have HIV/AIDS‚ identify
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Causes of disease in humans A disease is usually a medical condition that affects the body of an organism. In humans‚ disease is often broadly used to refer to any condition that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death to the person affected. In this sense‚ it sometimes includes injuries‚ disabilities‚ disorders‚ syndromes‚ infections‚ etc. The most common cause of disease in humans is via pathogens; microorganisms such as viruses‚ bacteria‚ protozoa‚ and fungi that cause disease in humans
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Abstract: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the major public health problems in the world. It is a well-known fact that around one million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease in the United States whereas the number of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease worldwide is around 5 million. Thus‚ it is very important for us to predict Parkinson disease in early stages so that we can take the necessary treatment. People are mostly familiar with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease‚ however an increasing
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WORKSHEET FOR INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Fill-in the letter corresponding to the disease which manifests the stated characteristics: A. Varicella ____Major risk for fetus: demise‚ IUGR‚ cardiac‚ eye and ear defects. B. Coxsackie ____Mumps‚ with complications of orchitis‚ unilateral deafness C. Diptheria ____A gram positive diplococcus causes pneumonia‚ OM‚bacteremia & meningigits. D. Erythema Infectiousum ____Whooping cough; paroxysmal cough‚ esp nocturnal
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Kandi Banks Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease and is the most common form of dementia‚ a general term used for memory loss and the decline in intellectual and physical abilities. It most commonly is diagnosed in the elderly although there are cases of the disease occurring in people of middle age. There is no known single cause for Alzheimer’s although scientists believe that it occurs due to the chemical and structural changes in the brain which gradually
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Chronic diseases can be secondary to as persistently held conditions that do not cure easily while others are totally incurable. Some of the chronic conditions that affect human beings include cancer‚ arthritis‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ and epilepsy. According to the world health organisation (WHO)‚ chronic diseases are the leading causes of deaths in the world. Chronic diseases effects have caused devastation not only in the health sector but the economy as a whole. As the number of people with chronic
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