overweight can have multiple problems and diseases in the long run due to being overweight. One of those diseases is heart disease. A couple reasons why people are so overweight are lack of exercise‚ poor diet‚ and unfortunately also heredity. Heredity is major factor when dealing with heart disease or any disease in general. Since genes are a factor into people’s health; people should definitely know all chronic disease in their family. In my family heart disease is a major issue unfortunately. Many
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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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this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that comes from the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). There isn’t a treatment for the disease once you get it. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Hepatitis A is contracted from eating food and drinking water contaminated with human feces. Eating raw and undercooked fish that was in contaminated waters contribute to the disease. Sometimes eating
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deaths due to harsh fighting‚ World War I was known for many reasons for soldier’s deaths. It was very hard for soldier’s to get the type of medical care and technology that we have today‚ and difficult to be cured. In this case‚ during World War I diseases were very common and were spread thoroughly. Fighting in the WWI meant being high at risk of death. Soldiers were constantly doing life threatening duties. Deaths numbers were so intense that “after a year and a half of fighting‚ more than 53
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invasive meningococcal disease Rabab Z Jafri1‚ Asad Ali1*‚ Nancy E Messonnier2‚ Carol Tevi-Benissan3‚ David Durrheim4‚5‚ Juhani Eskola6‚ Florence Fermon7‚ Keith P Klugman8‚9‚ Mary Ramsay10‚ Samba Sow11‚12‚ Shao Zhujun13‚ Zulfiqar A Bhutta1 and Jon Abramson14 Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally and can also cause sepsis‚ pneumonia‚ and other manifestations. In countries with high endemic rates‚ the disease burden places an immense
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Citrus Diseases Citrus Canker Citrus canker is a highly contagious bacterial infection of citrus trees causing yellow halo-like lesions or scabs on the fruit‚ leaves and twigs of citrus trees. Severe infections can cause leaf loss‚ blemished fruit‚ fruit drop and die back. The canker bacterium spreads easily and quickly on air currents‚ insects‚ birds and on humans by means of clothing and infected implements. There are a variety of sprays designed to protect against infection including using
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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease with many different symptoms and effects. (“Celiac Disease.” 2). People with celiac disease are very likely to have health problems when wheat‚ or gluten is eaten. (Davis‚ William 88). This disease is “…twice as common as Crohn’s disease‚ ulceric colitis and cystic fibrosis combined.” (“Center for Celiac” 1). People with celiac disease have a hard time digesting gluten so they have to be especially carful when eating almost anything. (Fennessey‚ Geri A. 2)
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The Perfectionism Disease Perfectionism‚ the definition of perfectionism: is refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. The root word of Perfectionism is perfect‚ but perfectionism isn’t perfect. Perfectionism is a disease. Once you get the disease you are most likely to deal with the things you were trying to avoid. Dangerous side effects of this horrible disease is depression‚ stress‚ and being self-critical. Depression‚ is basically being sad all of the time. Why would anybody be
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Again‚ Chagas is a disease that is transmitted through humans by an insect vector specifically a triatomine bug known as Trypansosoma Cruzi. Consequently‚ Chagas currently affects about 8 million people worldwide and is considered a life-threatening disease. In Argentina‚ it affects 3 million residents alone and is considered the number one cause of cardiac diseases in the country. According to the World Health Organization‚ about 40 percent of patients infected with Chagas will develop chronic cardiac
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Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular disease is defined as a disease that affects any area of the cardiovascular system‚ including the heart and blood vessels‚ and covers a range of diseases such as arteriosclerosis‚ atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Diet plays a vital part in the prevention and control of these diseases however other manageable factors such as smoking and physical inactivity also contribute to the diseases if not controlled correctly. However corrective action or
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