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    Gaucher’s disease can vary wildly. Siblings‚ even identical twins‚ with the same disease may have different levels of severity” (Mayo Clinic). While many people who get the disease can live long lives‚ most infants who get the disease die by age 1 (Vance). Gaucher’s disease is a rare genetic disorder that results in the buildup of cerebrosides‚ a type of fatty molecule‚ eventually causing damage to the spleen‚ liver‚ central nervous system‚ and bones. There are four types of Gaucher’s disease. Type

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    Celiac Disease Chrissy Cassill Celiac Disease Introduction I became interested in celiac disease because I was diagnosed with in December 2012. Celiac disease is a disease that is very common‚ but a lot of people do not know about it. Celiac Disease affects people in different ways. There are several symptoms and they vary from child to adults and they also vary on the age as well. TOPIC Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that damages the villi of the

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    Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an abnormally high number of CAG repeats (polyglutamine) in the huntingtin (HTT) gene (also known as IT15)‚ found in the short arm of chromosome 4‚ specifically‚ p16.3 (Buetow et al. 1991). Symptoms of this disorder include chorea (involuntary jerking movements)‚ cognitive deficits‚ motor deficits‚ and changes in behavior. This disease gets progressively worse over time‚ starting with subtle behavioral‚ cognitive

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    example‚ genetic disorders‚ hepatitis viruses‚ alcohol abuse‚ obesity‚ and diabetes.2 Damage to the liver may result in scarring or cirrhosis over time‚ which could lead to liver failure and an increase risk of mortality.2 Signs and symptoms of liver disease may include jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes)‚ abdominal pain and swelling‚

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    Anatomy and Physiology 2‚ SCI 136 Research Project # 40904000 Doing research on Alzheimer’s disease was very disheartening‚ just knowing what some people have to deal with on a daily basis was hard to imagine. I mean the simple definition of the disease is “progressive mental deterioration occurring in middle or old age‚ due to generalized degeneration of the brain.” As you can imagine‚ that can take a toll on someone’s emotional stability‚ which can eventually lead to depression. Most

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    Parkinson’s Disease has been around since ancient times and man have been aware of the disease since then. In western Medicine a physician named Galen described Parkinson’s as “shaking palsy” in AD. 175. A thorough medical essay was published about the “shaking palsy” in 1871 by London doctor James Parkinson. The disease was named after Parkinson and his essay was called “An Essay of the Shaking Palsy.” The essay paved the way for parkinson’s and established it as medical condition. Parkinson’s

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    Huntington’s Disease is a homozygous dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation in the HD gene. The mutation involves the basal ganglia‚ striatum and cerebral cortex parts of the brain and causes a CAG trinucleotide repetition. This repetition then proceeds to cause involuntary chorea‚ mood disorders‚ mental instability‚ and eventually leads to death. Since this is a relatively new discovery the Huntingtin gene is still mysterious in many ways to researchers. Many new discoveries have

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    Amidst the global health landscape reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic‚ a troubling trend has emerged in children’s health‚ particularly in Iraq‚ with a surge in cases of Kawasaki disease (KD). Kawasaki disease is a rare‚ yet potentially severe condition characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels. It is of special importance due to its severe complications if left untreated or if treatment is delayed for more than 10 days after the onset of fever. Symptoms of KD typically include bilateral

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    Dercum’s Disease Imagine waking up‚ with painful bumps on your body‚ questioning how and why this was happening to you‚ the feeling of your skin clutching with pain from globs of fatty tumors forming beneath your skin. Robbing your energy and strength. This is a rare condition called Dercum’s Disease. This abnormal disease is characterized by multiple‚ fatty lipomas that occur primarily in postmenopausal‚ obese women in their middle age. Although 20 times more common in women than in

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    Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Kidney Disease Basics 2012)‚ the kidney main function is to balance the amount of sodium‚ potassium in the body‚ water‚ disposed waste and toxins out of the body throughout the urine output‚ and produce grown hormones and red blood cells. The kidneys are a very sensitive organs‚ they could damage by an infection‚ drug abuse‚ diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ heart and blood

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