Disease Term Paper: Rheumatoid Arthritis Qaini Abidi Biology 106 Tracy Gray March 11‚ 2013 Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto immune disorder‚ which means body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. RA is a long-term disease that leads to inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues‚ also other organs. It could occur at any age‚ and mostly common in middle age (30-40 yrs.). Women are likely to get RA more than men. Infection‚ genes‚ hormone changes may be linked to the disease
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Research suggests breastfeeding is a critical step in raising a healthy baby‚ because it develops a healthy immune system for the child‚ and it helps build bone structures. c. Main points: i. The immune system benefits from the breast milk. ii. Breastfeeding helps the development of bone structure in a baby. II. Infants are fragile and can catch a disease or infection quickly. Because their bodies and immune system are not fully developed‚ they must be treated with special care and
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As of now‚ there are multiple types of ways in which SCID can be treated such as: Bone marrow transplant‚ Enzyme replacement therapy (mostly for ADA-SCID‚ which replaces enzymes which would help their immune systems to recover)‚ and Gene therapy (discovered to be successful on April 3‚ 2002‚ on a boy with X-SCID by replacing the abnormal gene with a normal one). Ever since 1968‚ the bone marrow transplant has been the most common and best treatment for SCID;
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this happens‚ it is known as an infection which in turn make people ill. Our body uses its immune system to fight of the infection that has began spreading in the body. Vaccines are used to help our immune system develop an immunity by imitating the infection. This means that there is a small amount of the bacteria or virus introduced to the body but it does not make the person ill. This causes the immune system to create t-lymphocyttes and b-lymphocytes‚ white blood cells that attack cells that have
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intestinal tract‚ bone marrow‚ and the stem cells of developing fetuses. The attacks on the blood cells can lead to the development of anemia and lowering of the immune system. The virus can survive for years in contaminated environments‚ making it incredibly difficult to get rid of. Kittens between the ages of two to six months‚ pregnant cats‚ and immune compromised cats are at the highest risk for severe symptoms. Symptoms of Feline Pan Leukopenia Virus include complete loss of interest in food‚ diarrhea/
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in a person’s lifetime. 3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors. 4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic‚ environmental‚ food and lifestyle factors. 5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies‚ changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system. 6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing
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(Institute.Org‚ n.d.) Since 1981‚ the (HIV) epidemic has continued to expand in the United States; In the Summer of 1982 the HIV virus was officially names AIDS‚ also being called other names as “gay-related immune deficiency” (GRID). The names changed when the Doctors realized the heterosexuals could also be affected. (Institute.Org‚ n.d.) In 1983‚ scientists discovered the virus that causes AIDS. The virus was at first named HTLV-III/LAV (human T-cell lymphotropic
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sexual stage in which it is able to reproduce‚ and in intermediate hosts it experiences an asexual stage. In both hosts Toxoplasma gondii enters the cell‚ forms vacuoles‚ and protects itself from the immune system. If the immune system is weak then it can cause disease‚ but if the immune system is uncompromised then the vacuoles form cysts in the muscles and brain of the infected organism. There are four methods in which one might come in contact with the Toxoplasma infection; foodborne‚ animal-to-human
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Principles that explains and guides you through biologically systems and how living things function. One principle states: Organisms use feedback mechanisms to regulate growth and reproduction‚ and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. In order to understand this biology principle‚ you must understand the operation of the feedback system‚ and how it is used to regulate growth‚ reproduction‚ and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. The feedback system first consists of a sensor that receives the signal‚ which
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a person’s overall life. A person with a handful of good education has wise knowledge is more likely to live a decent life. Good physical education promotes academic learning‚ develops sportsmanship‚ and helps prevent disease among children. A healthy physical health enables students to perform well in class. Based on a research from Swedish researchers‚ studies have shown that children who received more physical education carried out higher grades compared to those who did not. According to HealthDay
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