Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that sauses chronic inflammation of the joints. Rhematiod arthritis can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints‚ as well as other organs in the body. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body tissues are mjistakenly attacked by its own immune system. The immune system is a complex organization of cells and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body‚ particularly infections. Patients with
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Myositis is inflammation of the muscles under your skin. Myositis is cause by anything that can lead to inflammation in the muscles. Myositis causes the body to become inflamed which normally follows with pain‚ swelling and red or very painful muscles. Mitosis can be from many different sources‚ many are known for being autoimmune conditions. Mitosis can cause the body will begin to attack itself. Your body will start to attack its own tissues‚ trying to protect itself from a harmless disease. But
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and hypogastric pain. In both men and women if the N. gonorrhoeae spreads to the blood stream symptoms include pyrexia‚ skin irritation‚ pain and inflammation of the joints‚ and an abnormal
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The vagus nerve is the tenth of the twelve brain nerves. The vagus nerve contributes to the feelings associated with infections such as appetite‚ fatigue and induction of disease behavior. It extends from the brainstem to the abdomen‚ with branches in the neck‚ thorax and abdomen 68. The vagus nerve is part of the autonomic nervous system‚ has efferent fibers‚ ascending signals from the brain to the peripheral organs‚ as well as afferent sensory fibers‚ and transmits information from the peripheral
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the destruction of articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints. The most common cause of death in RA is cardiovascular disease‚ accounting for more than 50% of the mortality (2). The most likely explanation is that the inflammation associated with RA has an impact on the vasculature. The pathogenic mechanisms involved in accelerated cardiovascular complications in rheumatoid arthritis appear to be complex and multifactorial. Both traditional and nontraditional risk factors
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Autoimmune disorder case study Autoimmune diseases: An autoimmune disease is any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues or normal cells by mistake; the body fails to tell the difference between self and non-self. There are several dozen kinds of autoimmune diseases‚ risk factors depend somewhat on the particular illness. In general‚ researchers have found strong links
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days. Other signs and symptoms include fever‚ chills‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ fatigue‚ and inflammation and soreness of the lymph nodes. The disease is more serious in people with an impaired immune system such as HIV/AIDS or chemotherapy from cancer. In AIDS patients the infection can lead to abnormal growth of blood vessels that form tumor-like masses‚ called Bacillary angiomatosis. This can cause severe inflammation of multiple organs including the brain‚ spleen‚ liver‚ lungs and bone marrow. If the
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY The causes or pathogenesis are usually multifactorial. Several risk factors can predispose to infection or initiate inflammation and subsequently the infectious process. Intact canal skin and cerumen production have a protective effect against infections. This is secondary to the fact that cerumen produces a pH in the ear canal that is slightly acidic. On the other hand‚ breakdown of skin integrity‚ insufficient cerumen production‚ or blockage of the ear canal with cerumen (which
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Patents Name: Benjamin Engelhart Patients ID: 112592 DOB: 10/05/---- Age: 46 Sex: M Date of admission: 11/14/---- Emergency Room Physician: Alex McClure‚ MD. Admitting Diagnosis: Acute appendicitis HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 46-year-old gentleman with past medical history significant only for degenerative disease of the bilateral hips‚ secondary to arthritis. Present to the emergency room after having had three days of abdominal pain. It initially
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL - CASE 2 Patient: Benjamin Engelhart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/5/1966 Age: 46 Sex: Male Date of Admission: 11/14/2012 Emergency Room Physician: Alex McClure‚ M.D. Admitting Diagnosis: Acute Appendicitis HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 46-year-old gentleman with past medical history significant only for degenerative disease of the bilateral hips‚ secondary to arthritis‚ presents to the emergency room after having had three days of abdominal pain
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