Emerging Infectious Diseases Megan Jones BIO 101 Final Paper Over the past few years‚ it has become quite obvious that Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) pose a much larger threat than they did thirty years ago. By observing their studies and trends‚ experts have nearly proven that Emerging Infectious Diseases are not just a thing of the past. Many of these diseases originate in a non-human animal source‚ also known as zoonoses (zoonotic hosts). It is most important that the experts communicate
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Literature Review Aida Vega El Paso Community College March 8‚ 2013 Aida Vega Professor Kathleen Bombach English 1302 March 8‚ 2013 Everyone that has phenylketonuria or celiac disease knows that this is something serious and it will affect them. Emily Meyers is a mother of a child with phenylketonuria; she says it was the hardest thing. Because not only does she have to give her baby a diet. She knew that if she didn’t take her of her health‚ her daughter could be affected with
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Huntington disease Email this page to a friendShare on facebookShare on twitterBookmark & SharePrinter-friendly version Huntington disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away‚ or degenerate. The disease is passed down through families. Causes Huntington disease is caused by a genetic defect on chromosome 4. The defect causes a part of DNA‚ called a CAG repeat‚ to occur many more times than it is supposed to. Normally‚ this section of DNA is repeated 10
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Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease‚ or also known as Huntington’s Chorea‚ is an incurable hereditary brain disorder‚ which causes nerve cells to become damaged‚ resulting in various parts of the brain deteriorating. Huntington’s disease was recognized by George Huntington in 1872. Huntington’s disease had been acknowledged as a disease entity previously‚ several people before 1872 reported having and describing movement disorders that later would be connected to Huntington’s disease. The disease
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Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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Huntington’s Disease Definition- Huntington’s Disease is an inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Classification- This disease affects the musculoskeletal system due to loss of brain cells that control the initiation‚ coordination and fluidity of movement. This disease also affects the digestive system due to the loss of muscle control affects chewing and swallowing. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association notes that people with Huntington
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Hypothyroid Disease Kelly Erickson Week 9 Assignment 9/28/13 Martha Johnson Hyperthyroid and Hypothyroid Disease "Mischief just seems to follow wherever Dennis appears‚ but it is the product of good intentions‚ misdirected helpfulness‚ good-hearted generosity‚ and‚ possibly‚ an overactive thyroid ... The Merchant of Dennis the Menace." Hank Ketchum Additionally when comparing Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism‚ it is useful to consider the symptoms‚ treatment‚ and life with the disease. The
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Alzheimer ’s disease A form of dementia‚ Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal ailment that affects the brain with abnormal deposits of proteins that form amyloid plaques and tau tangles so once-healthy neurons begin to work less efficiently. The disease is found most commonly to affect those older than sixty-five. This disease usually last for seven to ten years‚ with less than three percent making it past fourteen years. The first signs and symptoms of developing Alzheimer’s disease are relatively
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about Huntington’s disease. After reading this paper and the subsequent ones to come‚ you surely will. According to PudMedHealth.com‚ “Huntington’s disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away or degenerate.” This can lead to many different complications to a person’s health. In most cases‚ the disease’s symptoms develop later in life during a person’s mid thirties-forties. There are also instances where the disease becomes on-set in
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Minamata Disease Masazumi Harada‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D. http://www.einap.org/envdis/Minamata.html Minamata Disease was discovered for the first time in the world at Minamata City‚ Kumamoto Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1956 (Minamata Disease Research Group; 1968‚ Harada M; 1995)‚ and for the next time at Niigata City‚ Niigata Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1965 (Tsubaki T & Irukayama K; 1977). The both cases were attributed to the methyl mercury that was generated in the process for producing acetaldehyde using
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