Graves’ Disease Hyperthyroidism and Treatments 0 comments Graves’ disease is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism. Complications can include hypertension‚ cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid eye disease but treatments are available. Jim Lowrance Posted on Aug 7‚ 2009 Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition affecting the thyroid gland that results in abnormally high levels of thyroid hormone to be released into the body causing hyperthyroidism. There is no cure for Graves’ but progression of
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areas where they possess a comparative advantage. However‚ when it comes to the spread of disease it is quite evident that globalization has had a negative impact. Historically and presently‚ globalization has been a strong catalyst for the spreading of disease. Over the course of humankind‚ a time period that spreads thousands of years‚ as the world has become increasingly global‚ every transmittable disease has followed in the footsteps. Trade routes carried smallpox‚ caravan routes spread the
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Infectious Diseases: Disease Transmission Symptoms Treatment Common Cold Colds are considered a viral infection‚ meaning they are caused by a virus. Colds are considered a viral infection‚ meaning they are caused by a virus. The only means of recovery is rest and drinking a lot of fluids. Taking cold medications will only help relieve the symptoms. Hepatitis‚ Viral Hepatitis can either be acute or chronic. That means‚ it can either be a temporary illness‚ or it can be a permanent condition
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The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum showcases a multitude of artists and provocative visual displays. Among the collection‚ is “Landscape of the Body” (Epilepsy Test)‚ by LaToya Ruby Fraizer. Fraizer‚ uses her photographs to express the struggles of her family‚ her mother’s ailments‚ and the social justice issues that have arose within her community. This particular piece is a representation of the relationship between her mother’s health conditions‚ and the availability to healthcare
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TITLE Hardness Tests And Charpy Impact Test OBJECTIVE 1. To compare the hardness of the carbon steel‚ mild steel and ASSAB steel using three different hardness tests‚ which are Vickers Hardness Test‚ Rockwell Hardness Test and Brinell Hardness Test. 2. To study the hardness of mild steel‚ carbon steel and ASSAB which is an important in engineering to design structures or components that related in mechanical properties 3. To determine the resistance of carbon steel and mild steel
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The Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the copper buildup. It is also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration as the
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likely to decrease the following health issues‚ like heart disease and stroke. Heart disease has controllable risk factors like‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes tobacco use‚ obesity and poor diet. It is important for one to address these risks early because only then he or she can prevent the problems of cardiovascular disease. A poor diet that consists of high fat‚ high cholesterol and excess salt can add to causes for heart disease. The chemicals in cigarettes harm ones’ blood cells‚ and
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Lazaro Castillo 04/16/2012 Infectious Diseases One infectious disease I will be discussing is called Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection‚ which mainly affects the nose‚ throat and occasionally the skin‚ but in more serious cases‚ it can attack the heart and nerves. Diphtheria is caused by a bacterium known as C. diphtheiae. The bacteria produce a toxin (poison) that is carried in the bloodstream and causes tissue damage in the area of infection‚ usually the nose
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Andrew Fiddler Professor Esquivel English 1020 15 February 2013 Themes of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allen Poe explores the similarity of love and hate in many stories‚ especially “The Tell Tale Heart.” In “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” the narrator confesses a love for an old man whom he then violently murders and dismembers the body and hides the pieces below the floorboards in the bedroom. When the police arrive‚ the narrator appears normal and unshaken by the murder. Later on‚ the man gives in
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I learned to never be quick to judge a person when you never know what a person is going through! Gaucher disease is a receivable inherited lysosomal storage disease. This characterization makes tone by bruising of bones because they are weak and derive of pain. The sickness that deliberates fatigue‚ anemia that undergoes pain‚ low blood platelet count that will be harder flowing‚ and growth of the liver and spleen. These visceral and neurologic symptoms are causing disruption of the lysosomes because
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