THEOROTICAL BACKGROUND Related Literature Oregano is also known as Wild Marjoram‚ Mountain Mint‚ Origanum‚ Wintersweet and Winter Marjoram. This erectly spreading plant has strong aromatic characteristics‚ with leaves and stems that are fleshy. The leaves of oregano are heart-shaped‚ with toothed edges‚ and which‚ grow for up to 9 meters in length. In other countries‚ the plant is primarily used as a culinary ingredient. However‚ in countries like the Philippines‚ Oregano is a known herbal medicine
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Diarrhea vs. Thrush You know that feeling where you need to use the toilet so bad and you rush to the bathroom and don’t know if you’re going to make it? That feeling is diarrhea. Diarrhea describes loose‚ watery feces. It is a common condition that isn’t usually serious. It lasts about two to three days in most cases and can be treated with over the counter medication. The most common cause of diarrhea is stomach or intestinal flu. If the digestive tract recognizes a substance ingested to be
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to a socio-scientific issue” “Xenotransplantation: A Possible Treatment For Type 1 Diabetes” What Is Diabetes? Type-one diabetes is a severe disease that currently affects around 34.7million people worldwide. It is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the beta cells in the pancreas‚ these cells are the ones who produce the hormone; insulin. Insulin controls the special carrier proteins on a cells membrane and controls the amount of glucose that passes into the cell; this
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I attention step Lupus is an immune system disorder that could be very harmful to our body and as of today there is no cure for it. It is mostly common on women but it can also affect man. A.what is lupus? 1. Lupus is one of many disorders of the immune system known as autoimmune diseases. In autoimmune diseases‚ the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect. This leads to inflammation and damage to various body tissues. Lupus can affect many parts of the body‚ including
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get Crohn ’s Disease include the old and young; rich as well as poor; men‚ women‚ and children of white‚ black‚ and Asian descent; the disease does not discriminate against age‚ social class‚ gender or color. Crohn ’s primarily attacks the digestive system in the areas of the ileum‚ which is part of the small intestine and the large intestine (also known as the colon)‚ but can occur in any section of the gastrointestinal tract. Although Crohn ’s disease afflicts all age groups‚ initial diagnosis generally
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Q’s co-workers and customers‚ the body’s immune system would likely suppress the disease. It would be necessary however to anyone who had been in close contact with Ms. Q. to be made aware‚ if she in fact had active TB. Active tuberculosis is actually much less frequent than a tuberculosis infection. With that being said‚ Ms. Q. would not have been infectious to others unless she had active tuberculosis that had gone untreated. When a healthy immune system is doing its job‚ TB can lay dormant for
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Vaccines to Fight Cancer A vaccine is a very common way of building up the immune system to fight infection. Using vaccines to fight breast cancer is relatively new‚ however‚ and still considered experimental. A vaccine for breast cancer may consist of an antigen cocktail of weakened or essentially dead elements of breast cancer cells that could stimulate an antibody response. The cancer vaccine might be prepared from your own deactivated cancer cells‚ or from extracts of breast cancer cells cultivated
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coming out through her nose. I need to do this because I was just informed of a bacterium invading the lungs of my patient Peggy. Here we go as Chris injects me in the femoral vein‚ which is considered to be one of the largest veins in the venal system and is located at the right of the thigh and runs close to the femoral artery. This vein returns blood in the leg to the heart via the iliac vein. Moving north we will pass through a structure that is called the inguinal ligament. This ligament forms
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an unhealthy fuel for us that leads to depletion of specific nutrients including zinc‚ magnesium‚ copper‚ iron and some B-complex vitamins‚ among others. A vicious cycle often ensues when nutritional deficiencies develop. The body’s natural energy system becomes crippled and lethargy develops. This can cause a craving for alcohol as the fuel of choice‚ since it uses a different metabolic pathway to produce energy in the body. Once one begins drinking alcohol the nutrient deficiencies worsen‚ and
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INTRODUCTION 1.1. The gut microbiome The human body is a teeming metropolis of distinct microbial communities known as microbiomes. Members of these communities are microscope‚ single-celled organisms which support various physiological processes including immune defense‚ growth‚ and digestion (Bengmark‚ 2013; Collins et al.‚ 2012; Cryan & Dinan‚ 2012; Diamond et al.‚ 2011). Within the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract lies a particularly fascinating population of microbiota known for their enormity and connectivity
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