Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell Anemia occurs in about 1 out of 500 African American births‚ and 1 out of 36‚000 Hispanic births. It is a lifelong disease‚ and sometime can be deadly. According to Dr. Whittaker‚ in our region there are abnormally higher cases of Sickle Cell Anemia‚ so I found it important to learn more about the disease‚ what cause it‚ what are the symptoms as well as the options of treatments for this disease. According to www.invista.com‚ it is believed that sickle cell disease
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The Effectiveness of Guyabano as Medicine Guyabano (scientific name: Anona muricata) is a heart shaped fruit with 10-30 cm long and up to 15 cm in width. The skin of the fruit is leathery and covered with curved‚ soft‚ pliable spines. When the tip of these spines can break off easily‚ then the fruit is ripe enough to eat. The inside of the fruit is cream-colored and is divided into segments. Closely-packed segments are seedless and other segments have a single oval‚ smooth‚ hard black seed. One
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health. Body: 1. Breastfeeding According to a 2002 Australian study‚ breastfeeding has a positive effect on baby’s immune system development base on ingredients in breast milk that promote the growth of breast milk. Mucosal digestion and altered intestinal microflora. Breast milk contains all the protein‚ sugar and fat that a child needs to get a healthy body. In addition‚ it also provides antibodies and leukocytes‚ both of which improve the body’s immune system‚ and help children resist resistance
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and spread of infection 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. · Bacteria- Are one cell microorganisms with a simple cellular orgaization who necleus lacks a menbrane. · Viruses- peices of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein that replicate only within the cells of living hosts. · Parasites- can be protazoa‚ yeasts or multicellular organisms such as fungi or worms that live in or on a host to obtain nourishment
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In “Bugs in the Brain”‚ Robert Sapolsky makes the claim that more research is needed in order to gain a greater understanding of how the brain works and more importantly‚ to gain a greater understanding of how certain microorganisms change animals’ behaviors for their own benefits‚ such as reproduction and/or spreading to new hosts. He supports this claim mostly through the use of examples of these types of microorganisms. For example‚ he mentions mites that belong to the genus Anthennophorus‚ which
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Views to stop spread of malaria!!! The parasites that cause malaria are transmitted by a species of insects which are known as the female Anopheles mosquitoes. These parasites multiply within the red blood cells (which are commonly abbreviated as the RBC’s). These parasites cause the symptoms of anaemia‚ which also includes light-headedness‚ shortness of breath‚ tachycardia‚ etc. They also cause such general symptoms as fever‚ chills‚ influenza (which is commonly abbreviated as flu)-like
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Non-cellular Cell wall (polysaccharide + amino acid) Nuclear membrane Absent Protista Eukaryotic Body organisation Cellular Cellular Mode of nutrition Autotrophic (photosynthetic & chemosynthetic) and heterotrophic (saprophyte/parasite) Autotrophic (photosynthetic) and heterotrophic Present in some Present Five kingdoms Fungi Eukaryotic Plantae Eukaryotic Animalia Eukaryotic Present (without cellulose) Present (cellulose) Absent Present Multicellular
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African Trypanosomiasis African Trypanosomiasis‚ also known as "sleeping sickness"‚ is a parasitic disease of people and animals caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly‚ which is found only in rural Africa. Although the infection is not found in the United States‚ historically‚ it has been a serious public health problem in some regions of sub-Saharan Africa covering about 37 countries and 60 million
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and sweating. It is caused by a parasite called plasmodium which has several species that affects humans. For this parasite to spread‚ it needs its host‚ humans and mosquitoes‚ the vector. A part of plasmodium life cycle takes place in human and the other part in mosquitoes. Female anopheles mosquitoes are the parasite’s preferred vector that spreads malaria. When female anopheles mosquitoes‚ which prefer to feed in the night‚ bite an infected human‚ the parasites in ingested by the mosquito and
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their immune system once tried to form strong immunity‚ but they failed. From the perspective of spiritual ecology‚ five main categories stand in the foreground of the disappearing honeybee issue: Population expansion; Influence of pesticide; IAPV; Parasites; Malnutrition. Population expansion As a result of population expansion‚ the demand of food is growing. The survival of bees is threatened. One way to prevent the bees from dying is to reduce the damage of our environment. No matter in country
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