host through breaks in the skin. Chancroid starts as an erythematous papular lesion that becomes painful bleeding ulcers with necrotic bases and ragged edges (Alfa 2005). Due to the presence of H. ducreyi in the body‚ the immune system signals lymphocytes‚ macrophages‚ and granulocytes‚ which in turn causes inflammation. Inflammation causes regional lymphadenitis in the sexually transmitted bacillus Chancroid (Rapini et al‚ 2007). H.
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Center where they have a NEUROLOGY SPECIALTY GROUP. Once she was assessed in TRIAGE there they immediately ran a PHLEBOGRAPHY along with a DUPLEX ULTRASOUND‚ and lots of bloods samples that checked ERYTHROCYTES‚ HEMOGLOBIN‚ LUEKOCYTES‚ THROBOCYTES‚ LYMPHOCYTES MONOCYTES‚ NEUTROPHILS‚ among many other things. The SURUM is very important in a blood sample of this sort because it is used to find FRIBRINOGEN AND PROTHROMBIN which is CLOTTING PROTEINS. After the test where done they started her on an ANTICOACULANT
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The causative agent of tuberculosis‚ resides primarily in human macrophages. Discuss the mechanisms by which this organism resists the potent antibacterial activities of macrophages to establish and maintain an infection. Tuberculosis is one of the most serious infections in the world‚ killing almost 3 million people worldwide annually. Thus‚ it is important to understand how this mycobacterium is pathogenic and the defence mechanisms it has in order to try and manage this potentially fatal
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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY ASSIGNMENT DR. YIN MIN PHYOE Presented by Ma Cho Cho Lwin & Ma Eaindra Win TISSUES Tissues are group of cells that work together to perform a particular functions. There are four main type of tissues. They are: I. Epithelial tissues II. Connective tissues III. Muscle tissues IV. Nervous tissues EPITHELIAL TISSUES Simple epithelial tissues This tissue has only one cell layer. Compound epithelial tissues This tissue has more than one
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Hello there‚ my name is Cassie and I will be your tour guide as we take our journey through the wonderful body of Lillian Jones. We have been scheduled to tour the lower lobe of her right lung. She has been feeling very ill and her doctor has informed her there is a bacterium invading her lung! We will be starting off in the right femoral vein and traveling up the body through the right pulmonary artery into the lower lobe of her right lung. Alright folks lets get started with our tour by getting
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Topic 1: Subject‚ tasks and methods of pathophysiology. General nosology‚ etiology and pathogenesis. 1. A 49-year-old man was suffering 12 years ago from rheumatic myocarditis‚ endocarditis‚ and insufficiency of mitral valve. Examinations showed the absence of inflammatory process‚ sufficient minute blood volume. What is it? A. Pathological reaction B. Pathological process C. Typical pathological process D. Compensatory reaction E. Pathological
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An Ethical Discussion of My Sister’s Keeper Trudy German Wayland Baptist University An Ethical Discussion of My Sister’s Keeper Introduction and Thesis: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) to provide a genetically matched donor for an older sick child and to use the organs of the younger to the medical benefit of the elder is not morally justifiable using rule utilitarian ethical theory. This principle is not justifiable due to both the nature of the proposed rule regarding PGD and‚ primarily
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The field of PNI is not without controversy. One of the debatable topics is the causal relationship between stress‚ depression and immune response. Depression has been implicated in causing behavioral changes in people with major depressive disorder. Some of these lifestyle changes can be profound‚ such as‚ not eating‚ drug abuse‚ or disturbed sleep patterns. Some argue that it really is these "lifestyles" which is the culprit in reduced immune functioning. Having bad nutritional habits could starve
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the nature and composition of blood were known‚ a variety of symptoms were attributed to disordered blood. Red blood cells were not recognized until the 17th century‚ and it was another 100 years before one of the types of white blood cells‚ the lymphocyte‚ and the clotting of blood (coagulation) were described. In the 19th century other forms of leukocytes were discovered‚ and a number of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs were distinguished. Morphological changes—the changes in form
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cells‚ are called leukemias. They are abnormal white cell growth formed in blood and bone marrow. Due to which there is a low level of oxygen flow to the tissues‚ control bleeding and infections etc. Lymphoma : These form of cancers begins in the lymphocytes ( T and B cells )‚ which are formed in lymph nodes and lymph vessels. Two main types of lymphoma are seen ; Hodgkin lymphoma‚ and non Hodgkin lymphoma. Multiple Myeloma : These cancers begin in plasma cells‚ build up in the bone marrow and form
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