What is Polio Disease? This viral disease can affect nerves that can lead to serious paralysis (muscle function loss)‚ sometimes partial‚ or even complete. How is Polio Spread (Mode of Transmission)? Polio is a virus that spreads by the following: contact with infected feces‚ direct human-to-human contact‚ and contact with infected mucus or phlegm from the mouth or nose. What are the symptoms? The symptoms of Paralytic Poliomyelitis include: Fever (5-7 days before other symptoms)‚ abnormal
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DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source‚ such as infectious disease. “Disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress‚ soci al problems‚ or death to the person afflicted‚ or similar problems for those in contact
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| DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS | DISEASES | | DANICA DE FREITAS | 12/21/2011 | | Disease and its impact on humans TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS A DISEASE? MAIN TYPES OF DISEASES DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION WHAT IS A VECTOR? STD’S ROLE OF BLOOD IMMUNITY EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF DISEASE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS What is a disease? Disease is defined as a disorder with a specific cause (which may or may not be known) and recognizable signs and symptoms.
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Sickle Cell Disease Physical-Adult • Eye problems. The retina‚ the "film" at the back of the eye that receives and processes visual images‚ can deteriorate when it does not get enough nourishment from circulating red blood cells. Damage to the retina can be serious enough to cause blindness. • Jaundice‚ or yellowing of the skin‚ eyes‚ and mouth. Yellowing of skin and eyes. These are signs of jaundice‚ resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells. • Delayed growth and puberty in children
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Anatomy & Physiology Gerald McGraw January 27‚ 2012 Addison’s Disease A disorder that takes place when your body produces an insufficient amount of certain hormones that are produced by the adrenal glands is called Addison’s disease. With Addison’s disease‚ the adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol and often times an insufficient amount of aldosterone as well. Doctors sometimes refer to Addison’s disease as the illness of chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ or also called hypocortisolism
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Paget Disease of the bone was first described by English surgeon Sir James Paget in 1876. He observed certain clinical findings in five male patients. Each of these individuals displayed certain deformities on a minimum of two skeletal areas. When describing this condition‚ he used the term osteitis deformans by which the disease is also known. He felt‚ at first‚ that he was describing a rare inflammatory-type disorder. However‚ there were soon numerous papers published on similar findings in
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Canine Heartworm Disease Canine Heartworm Disease is a serious and potentially fatal disease caused by the parasite Dirofilaria Immitis. The disease can infect over 30 species‚ including humans‚ however dogs are the definitive host. The most common way this disease is transmitted from one animal to the next is through mosquitoes. A mosquito carrying infective heartworm larvae bites a dog and transmits the infection to them. The larvae grow‚ develop‚ and migrate in the body over a period of
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that manifests without systemic manifestation or acute inflammation. Moreover‚ OA may occur as an idiopathic (primary) or secondary disorder. The primary cause is known. The secondary causes are related to joint damage or causes joint instability. Furthermore‚ OA site typically affects the hip and knee. Patient’s age‚ and body weight play a role in the development of OA. The onset of OA is at 45-year-old and older. OA usually affects joints asymmetrically
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general identification of diseases of the heart and the blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in Australia and the amount of people living with it increases and is increasing due to environmental‚ socioeconomic and sociocultural determinants. One in 5 Australian’s were diagnosed with CVD between 2011 and 2012. In 2012 alone‚ 43‚946 Australians died because of CVD and in 2013 to 2014‚ 11% of all hospitalisations were due to CVD. These three factors differentiate
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gift of normality. In this harsh world people are dying of all types of diseases and things that are undetectable or even treatable due to the fact that they have unknown origins. Many of the world’s diseases such as HIV‚ AIDS‚ some cases of Multiple Sclerosis and Muscular Dystrophies. Among these fatal and life threatening ailments Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease‚ other wise known as (CJD)‚ takes precedence. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an unusual‚ degenerative‚ consistently terminal brain disorder
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