ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE I can recall my grandmother when I was a child; she was nice‚ happy‚ and could always remember stories about her younger years and even everyone in our family’s birthday. All of that changed one day though‚ my grandmother was at home about three years ago when all of the sudden she had a miniature stroke attack. Physically she was fine after the attack; but mentally she was not well. The miniature strokes had triggered a horribly devastating disease called Alzheimer’s disease.
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Celiac disease is starting to become more common to people. Although it is becoming more common most people mistaken it for a food allergy to gluten which it is not. It is a genetic autoimmune disorder. The difference between an allergy and an autoimmune disorder is that an allergic reaction can most often be taken care of with medicine or an epi pen of some sort and within a few hours you are fine or feeling a lot better. With an autoimmune disorder the effects last for days and up to years depending
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Therapy of Alzheimer’s disease: An update Prerna Upadhyaya*‚ Vikas Seth and Mushtaq Ahmad Department of Pharmacology‚ Mahatma Gandhi Medical College‚ Sitapura‚ Jaipur– 302022‚ India. Accepted 23 June‚ 2010 Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder manifested by deterioration in memory and cognition‚ impairment in performing activities of daily living‚ and many behavioral and neuropsychiatric illnesses. The pathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is widespread neuritic
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Running head: ADDISON ’S DISEASE 1 Addison ’s Disease ADDISON ’S DISEASE 2 Abstract Addison ’s disease is a disorder that occurs when a person ’s adrenal glands produce insufficient amounts of certain hormones. When Addison ’s diseased was first discovered the endocrine system was not yet completely
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What is Graves’ disease? Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease which causes the thyroid gland to be put into overdrive. Graves’ disease can have an effect on the body‚ causing problems with the eyes‚ skin‚ create goiters‚ and several other symptoms. Little is known about what exactly causes Graves’ disease‚ like many other autoimmune disorders. On the contrary‚ it is known who is susceptible to Graves’ disease. As for where Graves’ disease occurs there are two main areas that are being effected;
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Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s is an irreversible‚ unexplained disease. It slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and‚ eventually it destroys the ability to carry out simple tasks. Most people with the Alzheimer’s start experiencing symptoms in their early 60s. The disease was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. In 1906 Dr. Alzheimer had a patient that died of an unknown mental illness. Before she died she had memory loss‚ language problems‚ and unpredictable behavior. After she died Dr. Alzheimer
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In 1872‚ George Huntington wrote about a disease that he and his family was suffering from. Symptoms included slurred speech‚ involuntary or slowed movement‚ and compulsive emotions and feelings. Today‚ it is known that this disease is a genetic disease affecting the brain‚ caused by the mutation of chromosome number 4‚ in which the codon CAG repeats over 40 times‚ contrary to the normal 10 to 26 times. Though it is unknown as to why this repetition causes such effect on the brain‚ scientists have
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Media Critique of Huntington’s Disease There are a lot of different books‚ movies and TV shows that portray neuropsychological disorders. The popular show House M.D. showed the audience so many cases of different diseases that give an interesting knowledge to the viewers. Sometimes it is real life cases‚ but most of the time it is imagination of the screenwriters. Each episode is different and was not focused for a long time on one specific disease except Huntington’s. Dr. Hadley (Olivia Wild)
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (SIR MODEL) Infectious diseases continue to claim the top spot for morbidity and mortality worldwide‚ with an estimated of 10% of all deaths each year to have been caused by HIV‚ tuberculosis and malaria. Infectious diseases have remained the major cause of suffering and mortality in developing countries‚ perhaps due to the fact that the aftermath of natural disasters often involve the outbreaks of infectious diseases. It is no wonder that the topic of infectious diseases have always
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many conditions that produce dementia experience problems in memory‚ reasoning‚ and planning that dramatically affect their behavior. Alzheimer’s disease is a mild cognitive impairment which with time will progress into Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a word for a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. It is not a specific disease. People with dementia may not be able to think well enough to do normal activities‚ such as getting dressed or eating. They may lose their ability
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