long-term health implications of their lifestyle choices. Most of us seem to think “it won’t happen to me” when it comes to chronic diseases. Since we all know that we can safely eat a candy or even as many as thousands of candies or lay on the couch watching television day after day without seeing any immediate harmful effects‚ it can be difficult to imagine that we are slowly developing chronic diseases over time. This concept of developing diseases over time from the specific lifestyle choices that
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“Alzheimer’s ... it is a barren disease‚ as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories” Nicholas Sparks Alzheimer’s disease causes brain changes that gradually get worse. It is the most common cause of dementia‚ a group brain of disorders that initiate progressive loss of intellectual and social skills. The disease comes on gradually‚ as two abnormal protein fragments called Plaques and Tangles accumulate in the brain and kill brain cells. All of this
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Zi Lin January 25‚ 2014 2B Cardiovascular Diseases The heart is an essential organ in the cardiovascular system responsible for pumping oxygen and nutrition filled blood to all parts of the human body. It is composed of four chambers; two upper chambers called the right and left atrium‚ and two lower chambers called the right and left ventricle. A structure called the septum is what divides the heart into right and left halves. Four heart valves keep the flow of blood in one direction. At rest‚ the
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)‚ as the name implies‚ is a long-term disease affecting the airways in the lungs. It can be further classified into chronic bronchitis or emphysema forms‚ the latter of which is associated with a history of smoking or smoke exposure. Common symptoms of COPD include progressive dyspnea and fatigue‚ which can be a major cause of disability‚ affect the patient’s activities of daily living‚ and reduce his or her overall feeling of health. There is no cure for
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Alzheimer ’s disease Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time‚ becoming severe enough to interfere with daily life activities. Up to today there is no cure for Alzheimer how ever there is treatment for symptoms‚ but the research continues in search to one day find the cure to this deadly disease. Unfortunately it runs in my family my dad’s dad past away of Alzheimer at the
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associated with Yersinia pestis. They are share a common characteristic which is that they are pathogenic towards humans. The three known bacterium are Yersinia pseudotuberculosis‚ Yersinia enterocolitica and‚ Yersinia pestis. Yersinia pestis is and will forever be known as the bacteria that caused the bubonic/black plague. Y. pestis is a zoonotic disease known to cause fatal infections in rodents and humans. Our understanding of this deadly disease is its mode of transmission and molecular mechanism
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problems with job responsibilities and relationships‚ according to the National Institutes of Health. As is the case with other addictions‚ alcoholism is considered a disease by many in the medical community‚ including the American Medical Association. A drawback to framing alcoholism as a disease is that we tend to think of diseases as something that needs to be diagnosed by a professional‚ Young said. However‚ physicians often only meet with patients for a short time and cannot possibility have
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January 2015 The causes of disease in humans A disease is defined as a disorder of structure or function in a human‚ animal‚ or plant‚ especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. In this essay I will explore the causes of disease in humans‚ in terms of pathogen infection‚ viruses‚ lifestyle factors and genetics. Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens; any organism that causes disease. Pathogenic microorganisms
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Introduction Chronic kidney disease is defined as presence of kidney damage or decreased kidney function for three or more months‚ irrespective of the cause[1]. Persistent damage or decrease in kidney function for at least three months‚ is necessary to differentiate between acute and chronic renal disease. There are different stages of CKD and different diagnostic methods by which it can be diagnosed. Stages of CKD: Stage1 − GFR >90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 Stage 2 − GFR 60 to 89 mL/min per 1.73
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In recent years‚ the study of the mechanisms affecting and causing Alzheimer’s disease has been closely studied. Alzheimer’s disease is the main cause of dementia in that it causes rapid atrophy of the outer cortex of the hippocampus in the brain. As a result‚ this cell degeneration ultimately gives rise to the array of cognitive impairments‚ including memory loss‚ confusion‚ irritability‚ loss of stream of consciousness‚ and depression. Cranial nerve one (CN I)‚ serves as the olfactory nerve where
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