types of diseases that infect human beings. Crohn’s disease happens to be one that affects the digestive system in a huge way. Less than 200‚000 Americans have experienced the pain of this disease‚ where the gastrointestinal tract becomes swollen. Currently Crohn’s disease is not curable‚ but best scientists are working hard to learn more about this disease‚ and find a cure. Although there are no cures yet‚ there are certain steroids that can be taken to slow down the progress of the disease. In
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Romero W1A3: Case Study: Biological Basis of Diseases Due: Sunday‚ May 22‚ 2011 The most current thoughts and theories on the cause of Alzheimer ’s Diseases is that Minnie is forgetting things‚ calling her oldest son‚ Chester‚ her husband ’s name‚ getting upset easily‚ and speaking in Italian. The theories would be the children looking up the information from the signs their mother is showing of the Alzheimer ’s Diseases and deciding if she should have extensive testing or going to the doctor
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Rachael McAlister A&P II Extra Credit Paper J. Kamykowski 29 – November - 2011 Porphyria: The Vampire Disease Porphyrias are a hereditary group of disorders in which heme is not properly made. There are many different forms of this disorder‚ with porphyria cutanea tarda being the most common type. Remember what happens to Edward Cullen from the Twilight series when he gets out in the sun? Yea‚ me neither. But in classic movies and early folklore‚ vampires were commonly depicted as having purplish
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Genetic Disease Diagnosis‚ Screening and Treatment Advocacy and Decision Making in Genetics Competencies for Contemporary Nursing Issues (GNT1) Juanita Allen Janette Barney Western Governor ’s University Task 3 724.2.5-03-08 724.2.6-02-09 Mr. and Mrs. Trosack have recently been told through chorionic villus testing‚ that their unborn child has Tay Sachs disease.As the case manager there should be several appropriate members identified for an interdisciplinary team to obtain information
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Understanding of Alzheimer Disease Introduction Loss of memory‚ forgetfulness‚ personal change‚ even death‚ are common related disorders caused by a disease called Dementia or better known to most people as Alzheimer ’s disease. This disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States in persons 65 and older. Alzheimer ’s disease is‚ named for the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer‚ who first recognized the disease in 1907; Alzheimer ’s disease is characterized by a progressive
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differentiate between the different clinical stages‚ of Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is characterised as a dementia with the presence of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles which leads to neuronal cell death (Hardy & Higgins‚ 1992). The most major symptom shown in Alzheimer’s disease is the degeneration of cognitive function (memory‚ reasoning‚ attention‚ language etc.) and it is crucial to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in the early clinical stages where the pathological damage isn’t
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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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the final end reward and whether participation trophies need to be implemented. Varying opinions have been proposed on this subject. Corey Turner from the NPR Ed states both sides to the argument in the short article‚ "Should Kids Get A Trophy For Showing Up?" Although both sides have valid arguments‚
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Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that breaks down nerve cells over time. The disease is not curable and can last years or a lifetime‚ although medication is available to help deal with the symptoms (Ferrara 247-248). Those who have this disease have a life expectancy of 10-15 years after they are diagnosed. It has a broad impact on a person’s functions such as movement‚ thinking‚ and psychiatric disorders (Staff). Most people develop these symptoms in their 30s or 40s‚ however those
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The Effects of Alzheimer’s disease‚ Symptoms‚ Behaviors‚ Causes‚ Diagnosis‚ Treatments‚ and Future Outlook Wanda W. Jones Webster University Literature Review Alzheimer’s disease is the decline of mental function and the most common form of dementia (Parsa‚ 2011). Dementia is a term used to describe multiple areas of functions that have progressive declines‚ such as “decline in memory‚ reasoning‚ communication skills‚ and the ability to carry out daily activities” (Banerjee‚ 2012‚ p. 706)
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