key points that affect one’s mental state. In recent studies‚ scientists have found an answer for those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety. Anxiety may come in many different forms. There are three known anxiety disorders today: generalized anxiety‚ panic attack‚ and social anxiety. Many symptoms of these three disorders include restlessness‚ fatigue‚ irritability‚ and unpleasant sleeping patterns. Everyday‚
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. There are many types of heart diseases that fall into this title. Two of the most popular forms of cardiovascular diseases are heart attack and stroke. The increasing amount of exposure of known risk factors for these diseases to young adults is why I feel it is necessary to promote what it takes to lead a heart healthy lifestyle in order to avoid becoming another statistic. I feel as though
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Communicable diseases are those that are spread from one person to another person‚ from animal to animal‚ or from animal to person‚ or vice versa. It is likely that everyone will come down with a communicable disease at some point in their lives. It is important to learn about the causes of communicable diseases and ways to prevent their spread. For example‚ some may say that HIV is caused by sexual contact. This is not true. It is simply the way it is spread. Causes of communicable
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 Communicable Disease Chickenpox is one of the many highly communicable diseases. This communicable disease is cause by a virus called varicella-zoster which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted through close contact with the fluids from the blisters or through air wherein the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is regarded as highly communicable for individuals who are exposed to the disease for the first time
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Heart Disease Amber Brooks HCS-245 November 26‚ 2012 Tynan Weed‚ Facilitator Heart Disease Heart disease is what is known as the silent killer; to me I believe this whole heartedly. I hold this particular disease close to my heart because I had a lost due to the disease in my family. I had to realize that it must be really serious for the simple fact that it works so silently and could kill off so easily. I did my research on it and I now know the severity of it. Everyone
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Kawasaki disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of small and medium sized arteries throughout the body‚ including the coronary arteries. Kawasaki disease is also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because it also affects the lymph nodes‚ skin‚ and the mucous membrane inside the mouth‚ nose‚ and throat. Kawasaki disease occurs most frequently in Japan‚ where the disease was first discovered. It is a rare childhood disease and occurs mostly in boys than girls. It mostly
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Morgellons‚ founded in children by Sir Thomas Browne in 1674 is based on the information of a small fiber producing condition. Studies have been shown that most cases of Morgellons Disease found in the United States are found in areas such as California‚ Texas‚ and Florida. This disease has occurred in all 50 states. Worldwide‚ Morgellons has been a serious problem in Europe‚ South Africa‚ Japan‚ The Philippines‚ Indonesia and Australia. Adults and Children are both equally diagnosed with Morgellons
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MOOD DISORDERS A 32-year old female Janice Butterfield‚ who came in at the insistence of her husband Jed Butterfield for a consultation concerning her suicidal attempt due to dysthymia. American Heritage Dictionary defines that dysthymia is a chronic disturbance of mood lasting at least two years in adults or one year in children‚ characterized by recurrent periods of mild depression and such symptoms. Although the symptoms of dysthymia may be less intense than those of depression‚ dysthymia
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deadly diseases infecting an unsuspecting population that had no immunity to such diseases. The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley‚ 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs‚ horses‚ sheep‚ and cattle‚ the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to be spread through wars‚ explorations‚ and city-building. Thus any European who crossed the Atlantic was immune to such diseases as measles
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The Meniere’s disease (MD) is a problematical inner ear multifactorial illness. The MD usually causes the episodic vertigo syndrome. Meniere’s disease is also connected to the shifting hearing loss (Gates 2006). Scholars have been conducting research on Meniere’s disease for decades‚ nevertheless; MD etiology and pathophysiology remain to be disputable. Many factors have led to these disputable issues concerning Meniere’s disease (Harcourt et al. 2014). These factors include; the paucity of specific
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