Stress: The Silent Killer Stress is an overlooked reason people have health problems. Reducing stress is guaranteed to give you a healthier life and can prevent future health problems! Stress!!! Most of us feel some kind of stress every day. The dictionary defines stress as physical‚ mental‚ or emotional strain or tension. Everyday 87 percent of the population lives under this type of stress. We worry about money‚ children‚ jobs‚ our spouse or significant other and hundreds of other things
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health status. Health compromising behavior by individual is the main factor in health. TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF HIV & AIDS The origin of HIV AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV is a lent virus‚ which is a class of viruses that attack the immune system. Lent viruses are in turn part of a larger group of viruses known as retroviruses. The name ’lent virus ’ literally means ’slow virus ’ because they take such a long time to produce any adverse effects in the body. These viruses have been
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white blood cells. They are the most numerous of all leukocytes. They are the first responders to infections. When bacteria are found‚ neutrophils will surround the bacteria and kill it‚ often dying in the process. B. Monocytes- help with immune defense and rebuild damaged tissue. They also produce proteins for the body and antigens‚ which stimulate antibody production. C. Eosinophils- are white blood cells that protect the body by killing and swallowing bacteria. If the eosinophil
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measles outbreak‚ experts say vaccine delayers compose a larger and growing group. “(Reddy) Children’s are unprotected to transmittable vaccine‚ which is preventing diseases at the most susceptible ages and possibly threaten the idea of people’s immune system which involves that majority of a population which then is vaccinated to keep those who can’t get a vaccine safe‚ like newborn babies or children with cancer or serious immunity
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Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder of rapid-onset muscle weakness as a result of damage to the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system is the portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. Autoimmune means an illness that occurs when the body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. In this case they begin attacking nerve cells which communicate with muscles. They attack the myelin sheaths surrounding the axons of the nerve cells
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infrequently for several years. In this particular disease‚ when one thing goes wrong in your immune system‚ that is the part of the body which fights off viruses‚ bacteria‚ and germs‚ our immune system is not able to function properly. Commonly our system produces proteins referred to as antibodies that defend the body from these invaders. Lupus is an autoimmune disease‚ which suggests that your system cannot tell the distinction between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues and
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Biology Revision Notes Biochemical Tests: Proteins - add biurettes reagent to the sample. If protein is present‚ clear colour change from blue to purple. Reducing Sugars – add Benedict’s reagent to the sample. Heat in Bunsen or water bath. If reducing sugars are present‚ clear colour changes from blue -> orange red precipitate. Lipids – dissolve sample in ethanol. Slowly pour the solution into the water slowly. If lipids are present a white emulation forms on the surface. Starch – add iodine
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(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). It can only be passed on from person to person through blood‚ semen‚ vaginal fluids or breast milk and is commonly passed on from one person to another through reusing or the sharing of needles‚ unprotected sex or during pregnancy. The most Common perceptions are that it can be passed on from kissing‚ sharing drinks or by sharing eating utensils but this is completely untrue (website1). HIV infects and gradually destroys an infected person ’s immune system thus
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discussion over the quality‚ morals‚ and adequacy about giving vaccinations to children. Even though the government should not be able to choose whether or not a child gets vaccinated‚ child vaccines should be mandatory because it helps build the immune system at an early age and it protects the child from getting a more powerful version of a disease. There are many reasons behind why child vaccines should be mandatory. Some parents
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Basophil: Allergic Reactions Basophil white blood cells help your body by killing bacteria that can hurt you and cause an allergic reactions if histamine is released. The basophil white blood cell is a human body cell. This cell helps your body‚ and fights bacterial infections. The basophil white blood cell is really rare. “Out of all of your white blood cells you have a 0.4 to a 1% chance of have a basophil” (MedFriendly.com 2015). The reason why basophil is the least common white blood cell
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