Our brains go through many changes as we age just like the rest of our bodies. Alzheimer Disease is a progressive loss of structure‚ function and death of neurons which gradually declines the cognitive abilities that affects multiple systems. AD affects the cerebral cortex which is the outer and main part responsible for memory‚ learning and reasoning‚ language resulting in destroying the qualities that forms an individual’s distinctive character. When compared‚ many fewer nerve cells and synapses
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WORKSHEET FOR INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Fill-in the letter corresponding to the disease which manifests the stated characteristics: A. Varicella ____Major risk for fetus: demise‚ IUGR‚ cardiac‚ eye and ear defects. B. Coxsackie ____Mumps‚ with complications of orchitis‚ unilateral deafness C. Diptheria ____A gram positive diplococcus causes pneumonia‚ OM‚bacteremia & meningigits. D. Erythema Infectiousum ____Whooping cough; paroxysmal cough‚ esp nocturnal
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Many breakthroughs and important discoveries have been discovered throughout the years of research and testing regarding the cure and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Despite that though‚ there continues to be no known cure or prevention for Alzheimer’s. Furthermore‚ once the ailment has started‚ there can be no repairing or slowing the damage of abnormal deposits of proteins in the brain. People with Alzheimer’s have abnormal deposits of protein in their brains. These brain protein coat the brain
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Daniel Valentine Ms. Blood Research paper 3/15/2014 Heart Disease‚ A growing Epidemic. Look at the highway just a few miles away. Right now you see the cars on it speeding along‚ nothing is wrong with the system. You see a bad driver and he causes disorder and mayhem. He causes traffic to move more slowly. Because of him‚ now other people cannot get to their destinations fast enough‚ causing problems outside of the highway. The bad driving causes accidents‚ and now an ambulance has to come‚ police
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Alzheimer ’s disease HCA/240 University of Phoenix Alzheimer ’s disease Alzheimer’s disease what is it? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. A general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging‚ although the greatest known risk factor is increasing age‚ and the majority of people are age 65 and over. Progressive mental deterioration in old age has been recognized and described
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Celiac disease is defined as an immune reaction to eating gluten which is a protein found in wheat‚ barley‚ and rye. When a person who has this disease eats anything that has gluten in triggers immune response that causes the small intestines to become inflamed. Over time this causes prevention of any nutrients being absorbed back into the body. The inflammation causes damage to the tiny hair like structures that are in charge of reabsorbing the vitamins and nutrients that the patient’s body needs
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Can you imagine being on a gluten diet? Well if you have Celiac disease you will no longer be able to eat anything like pizza‚ wings‚ candy and burgers. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that can occur in genetically predisposed people where the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the small intestine. It is estimated to affect 1 in 100 people worldwide. Two and one-half million Americans are undiagnosed and are at risk for long-term health complications. Gluten is a protein found in wheat
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mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial diseases result from deficiencies and in the protein which play important role in electron transfer chain. Mitochondrial dysfunction causes damage to brain‚ heart‚ kidneys and muscle etc. since these organs need large amount of energy to perform specific functions. Articles I chose address mitochondrial dysfunction and how it can lead to major and deadly diseases such as; Alzheimer disease and
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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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Celiac Disease Unit 4: Assign 2- Disorders Affecting the Immune System April 9‚ 2013 Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. It affects the small intestine in the person’s body. It can affect people who have been linked genetically or pre-disposed from infancy to adulthood (www.mayoclinic.com). This disease can be asymptomatic. Which means that the person can be a carrier of this disease and pass it on to their children. The carrier would not have
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