Addison’s Disease The disease I’ve been reading and researching about is called Addison’s Disease. Addison’s Disease is an uncommon condition in which the adrenal glands‚ above the kidneys‚ don’t make enough of a hormone called cortisol‚ which helps regulate the body’s use of a protein‚ carbohydrates and fat‚ helps maintain blood pressure and cardiovascular function and controls inflamation. Causes to how a person will acquire and the usual type of people to get Addison’s Disease
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Ménière’s disease‚ also known as endolymphatic hydrops‚ is a disease that causes problems with hearing and balance. It most commonly starts between the age of forty and sixty and people suffering from Ménière’s disease may encounter problems such as vertigo‚ tinnitus‚ which is hearing a buzz in you ear at all time‚ and hearing loss. Fifteen to one hundred and fifty seven cases of Ménière’s disease are seen per hundred thousand people and 10% of these patients will have Ménière’s disease in both ears
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Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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frequency of the allele responsible for this trait‚ the mode of inheritance‚ etc.). As the frequencies of many diseases vary across human populations‚ you are free to choose from which population the woman is a member. Please clearly state her assumed population origin in your report. Although rare‚ Fabry disease is a serious genetic disease with a myriad of signs and symptoms. Fabry disease is the dysfunction of a gene that causes the accumulation of a particular type of fat‚ called globotriaosylceramide
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mitochondrial disease is born. Mitochondrial disease affect mitochondria which are specialized compartments present in every cell of our body except in red blood cells. They are responsible for 90% of energy production in our body. If mitochondria failure occurs less energy is produced in the cell‚ this leads to cell injury and in some cases to cell death. If the process continues‚ our whole body is severely affected. Mitochondrial disease affects mostly children but in the last few years this disease is also
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Is alcoholism a disease? Until the 1900s‚ most doctors and scientists did not believe that alcoholism was a disease. In 1956‚ the American Medical Association (AMA) declared alcoholism an illness. It took until the 1991 for the AMA to officially classify alcoholism as a disease. Is Alcoholism a Disease? Many individuals who suffer from alcohol abuse wonder‚ “Is alcoholism a disease?” The definition of a disease describes alcoholism fairly well. A disease is a type condition that harms the normal
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Psychology Assignment 4 PASS Terminal disease is made up of two words‚ Terminal and Disease. Terminal basically means end or pertaining to the end or extremity and diseases means illness. Terminal disease is defines as those diseases that cannot ever be cured or adequately treated and for that reason‚ it is likely to cause death to the patient in a relatively short time. The terminal illness that I have chosen to research is Coronary Heart Disease. This is the result of plaque build-up in your
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Huntington’s disease is the degeneration‚ or breakdown‚ of neurons within the structures of the brain. The structures affected are responsible for thought‚ perception‚ emotions‚ and memory. The basal ganglia‚ which controls movement and coordination‚ is also affected by the disease. Huntington’s disease is usually developed between the ages of 30 and 50‚ but can still develop earlier or later depending on the person. Juvenile Huntington’s disease is when it is developed in people under 20 years
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Canavan’s disease is one of the most common and fatal progressive cerebellar degenerative disorder affecting the white matter of the brain which is caused due to the enzyme aspartoacylase. 1 Aspartoacylase (ASPA gene) promotes the deacetylation of N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA) to produce acetate and L-aspartate which is the only brain enzyme that has been shown to effectively metabolize NAA. 2 NAA metabolism plays a major role in the formation of myelin lipids. Oligodendrocytes present in the brain
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indicate Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease? The lumbar spine‚ or low back‚ is a remarkably well-engineered structure of interconnecting bones‚ joints‚ nerves‚ ligaments‚ and muscles all working together to provide support‚ strength‚ and flexibility. However‚ this complex structure also leaves the lower back susceptible to injury and pain. Lower back pain can have any number of causes‚ but these symptoms may indicate that one may have lumbar degenerative disc disease: 1. Pain that is provoked by activity
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