Skin diseases are among the most pestiferous and aesthetically displeasing of all maladies‚ ranging from hives to leprosy. The severity of skin diseases can differ‚ although the symptoms range from simple itching to loss of skin. Specifically‚ the covered diseases in this paper are acne‚ dandruff‚ and skin cancer. Acne is probably one of the most unappealing side-effects commonly associated with teenagers. The cause of acne vulgaris‚ which is largely an inflammatory disease According to wikipedia
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CHAPTER 6 Smallpox: A Primer Brenda J. McEleney Smallpox‚ is a virus that plagued humanity for millennia. It was the first and only disease ever intentionally eradicated from the face of this planet‚ a scourge defeated in a remarkable‚ never-before-attempted campaign of generosity and cooperation by the nations of the world. Its eradication was a triumphant symbol of science and dogged persistence winning over nature. Moreover‚ its eradication was a gift of man to all mankind. Yet‚ is it possible
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Rickets are mostly found in young children “…and 1 in every 100 non-Caucasian…” (Vitamin D Council 13). Rickets is a disease where one or one’s child has a severe vitamin D deficiency‚ it can also form softening and the weakening of the bones. Rickets are caused when a child is “…not getting enough calcium or lack of calcium and vitamin D…” (Mayo Clinic 4). Children that do not get enough sunlight or do not eat certain foods can start to develop a deficiency this is because the skin produces vitamin
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heart. Heart Disease Certain things increase a person’s chances of getting cardiovascular/heart disease. Doctors call these things risk factors Some of these risk factors a person can’t do anything about‚ for instance being older and having other people in the family who have had the same problems. But people do have control over some risk factors such as smoking‚ having high blood pressure‚ being overweight‚ and not exercising can increase the risk of getting cardiovascular disease. How they can
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Lifestyle Disease A lifestyle disease is one where a person’s choice in how they live their life – what they eat‚ how they socialize‚ where they work‚ how they care of themselves – either causes or increases their chances of contracting. This makes them different from other diseases which are caused by things such as genetics (inherited from family background) or chance (like catching a cold from a friend). Modern life increases the number of people with lifestyle diseases. An industrialized
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Chronic Disease Paper In late fall 1991‚ my family gathered for Thanksgiving at my grandparent ’s house as always. There was nothing special or memorable about that Thanksgiving except for the innocuous mention from my grandmother that she had a dull pain in her leg that seemed to be getting worse. While everyone simply brushed off the comments as a slow sign of aging‚ her comments were much more than that as this would be the last Thanksgiving we would spend with her. Shortly after that Thanksgiving
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Minamata disease (Japanese: 水俣病 Hepburn: Minamata-byō?)‚ sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease (チッソ水俣病 Chisso-Minamata-byō?)‚ is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia‚ numbness in the hands and feet‚ general muscle weakness‚ narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases‚ insanity‚ paralysis‚ coma‚ and deathfollow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. A congenital form of the disease can also affect foetuses
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Do you have someone in your family that has Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s Disease is a disorder of the brain that results in gradual mental deterioration. Eventually‚ the brain becomes so damaged that it can no longer properly regulate the body’s many systems‚ and the patient dies. However‚ because this level of deterioration may take as long as twenty years to develop from the time the disease’s symptoms are first notice‚ Alzheimer’s patients often die of other illnesses first (Willett‚ pg.4). This is
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE -aka Dementia: a syndrome with progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning secondary to structural or functional changes. - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia -Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible form of senile dementia caused by nerve cell deterioration. -Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experience cognitive deterioration & progressive loss of ability to carry out ADL’s. -The pt experiences a steady decline in physical & mental
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Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease causing
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