Behcet’s syndrome also known as Behcet’s disease causes inflammation of the blood vessels as well as other parts of the body. This disease was named after the Turkish dermatologist‚ Dr. Hulusi Behcet who first discovered it in 1937. His original description of this disease is a triad of oral ulcers‚ genital ulcers and ocular inflammation. This disease is currently recognized worldwide but the countries with the highest prevalence rate are Turkey‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ China‚ Iran and Saudi Arabia. Turkey
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Using Animals in Disease Research People all over the world have different opinions on whether animal testing is an ethical way to research drugs and treatments or not. Almost every medical advancement has involved using of animals including discovery of penicillin‚ organ transplantation‚ vaccines etc. Scientists should use animals in disease research because nowadays it is the only right way to develop drugs‚ treatments and cures for diseases and to be sure that new products are safe to use.
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Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a hereditary neurological disorder of the central nervous system that causes progressive degeneration of cells in the brain. This degeneration causes the affected person to slowly loose the ability to move‚ communicate and think. People are born with this disease‚ but won’t develop symptoms until between the ages of 30 – 50. Although Huntington’s disease can be traced back to the Middle Ages‚ it was first described by American physician George
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Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that causes swelling and inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). It also affect the mucous membranes‚ lymph nodes‚ skin‚ and the heart. It is important to treat Kawasaki disease as soon as possible to help prevent lasting damage. CAUSES The cause is not known. RISK FACTORS • Being under five years old. • Being of Asian descent. • Being a boy. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Symptoms for Kawasaki disease occur in phases. The first phase includes
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Unit 4222-264 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the preventiont and control of infections 1.1. Explain employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Infection is a major cause of human suffering. Even relatively minor infections can become more serious‚ leading to major infection and can‚ in some cases‚ lead to patient death. In addition to patient suffering‚ infection causes
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Research Question/Aim: To investigate which eye colour is dominant in my family. Variables: Independent: The generations of my family. Dependent: Eye colour. Constant: My family’s eye colour trait. Hypotheses & explanation: I think that the dominant eye colour of my family will be brown. This is because it has been proven by scientists that the allele for brown eyes is dominant compared to other eye colours. Also‚ brown eyes are the most common eye colour especially in people who are from
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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 either direct or indirect
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE -aka Dementia: a syndrome with progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning secondary to structural or functional changes. - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia -Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible form of senile dementia caused by nerve cell deterioration. -Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experience cognitive deterioration & progressive loss of ability to carry out ADL’s. -The pt experiences a steady decline in physical & mental
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ability to obtain blue eyes. “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes‚ those eyes that held the pictures‚ and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different‚ that is to say‚ beautiful‚ she herself would be different” (Morrison pg. 46). To explain her fondness of blue eyes‚ Pecola
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Lyme Disease Chief Complaint: Parents report that their son has been febrile for a few days and “he has been rubbing his right ear off and on”. SUBJECTIVE: HPI: A six-year-old male patient was brought into the clinic accompanied by both parents (mother and father). They said there son was feverish over the last few days reporting the highest fever of a 100.1. Parents noticed him recently touching his right ear as if he had an ear infection. The mother treated her son with Children’s Tylenol
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