Inflammatory bowel disease affects about one million Americans. Crohn ’s disease and ulcerative colitis are both types of irritable bowel disease‚ or IBD. Crohn ’s disease is an ongoing illness that creates inflammation in the walls of the digestive tract. It can affect any area of the gastrointestinal tract (GI)‚ from the mouth to the anus. Although it can be found along any part of the GI tract‚ it is most commonly detected in the small intestine. This paper will highlight the history‚ causes
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Communicable Disease: Communicable diseases‚ also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases‚ are illnesses that result from the infection‚ presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe and fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host. Disease causing
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Throughout the novel Heart of Darkness Conrad uses the motif of the heart to thoroughly explain how dark people and places really can be. Conrad uses the heart as a symbol for the entire continent of Africa. The heart is also used to show what the heart of mankind truly is. Another use of the heart is as a representation of the inner station‚ which shows the darkness of exploitations through Kurtz. The different uses of the heart are amplified through such literary devices as irony‚ imagery‚ and
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Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE -aka Dementia: a syndrome with progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning secondary to structural or functional changes. - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia -Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible form of senile dementia caused by nerve cell deterioration. -Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease experience cognitive deterioration & progressive loss of ability to carry out ADL’s. -The pt experiences a steady decline in physical & mental
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is a disease that affects one in three members of the American population. Obesity is when excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. People are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI)‚ a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by the square of the person’s height in meters exceeds 30 kg/m2. Obesity increases the likelihood of several diseases particularly
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Some rats are are vicious creatures that carry deadly diseases and can severely harm a human. According to John Davis‚ “Around 60% of the rodents carry Weil’s disease‚ he added‚ which causes flu-like symptoms or in more serious cases kidney and heart failure”. Also as claimed Victoria Gill‚ “A once in a generation‚ gigantic plague of rats‚ that ruins crops and leaves people starving”. To add on‚ rats can be a really insane and cause infestations and why they cause them. Also many people try to terminate
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affecting the immune system Graves Disease When you think about diseases and disorders that can attack the immune system one of the first ones that might pop into your mind is Graves’ disease. You may not know what it is or how it effects the immune system but you have heard about it‚ after reading this paper you will have a better understanding of the disease and how it affects your body and your everyday life along with how to manage the disease. Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that
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January‚ 2013 H.S.B Project: DISEASES Teacher: ………………………………….. INTRODUCTION The difference between good health and disease is that health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans‚ it is the general condition of a person’s mind‚ body and spirit‚ usually meaning to be free from illness‚ injury or pain (as in “good health” or “healthy”) whiles a disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of
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Literature Review Aida Vega El Paso Community College March 8‚ 2013 Aida Vega Professor Kathleen Bombach English 1302 March 8‚ 2013 Everyone that has phenylketonuria or celiac disease knows that this is something serious and it will affect them. Emily Meyers is a mother of a child with phenylketonuria; she says it was the hardest thing. Because not only does she have to give her baby a diet. She knew that if she didn’t take her of her health‚ her daughter could be affected with
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