Rheumatic Fever! Rheumatic Heart Disease By Kaya Michaelis Causes: Rheumatic heart disease is damage of the heart’s valves caused by rheumatic fever‚ which is caused by streptococcal bacteria. A streptococcal infection is caused by strep throat or scarlet fever.The streptococcal infection may result in scarring of the valves‚ weakness of the heart muscle‚ or damage to the hearts pericardium. Rheumatic fever mostly affects children from the ages of 5 -15‚ and occurs approximately 14-28 days after
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The Romans left many legacies behind that inspired many people today! However‚ not many people think about what the most important legacy that they left us was exactly. I believe the most important Roman legacy that they gave us is Roman Architecture & Engineering. The Legacy of the Roman Empire refers to a set of cultural values and religious beliefs continuing to shape civilization. The important things that they created‚ making the world a different place is Roads‚ Arches & Stadiums‚ and Aqueducts
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Dengue fever can be caused by any one of four types of dengue virus: DEN-1‚ DEN-2‚ DEN-3‚ and DEN-4. You can be infected by at least two‚ if not all four types at different times during your lifetime‚ but only once by the same type. You can get dengue virus infections from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite infected humans‚ and later transmit infection to other people they bite. Two main species of mosquito‚ Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus‚ have
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Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of insufficient treatment of strep throat or scarlet fever. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria. Rheumatic fever is most prevalent in children ages 5- to 15-year-old‚ although it can develop in younger children and adults. Although strep throat is common‚ rheumatic fever is rare in the United States and other developed countries. Nevertheless‚ rheumatic
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Mediterranean Fever is an explosive disorder that causes frequent fevers and painful infection of your abdomen‚ lungs and joints. Familial fever is an inherited disorder that usually occurs in people of Mediterranean origin- including Sephardic Jews‚ Arabs‚ Greeks‚ Italians‚ Armenians and Turks‚ but it may affect any ethnic group. Familial Mediterranean Fever causes a mutated protein‚ which causes disruptions in control of the immune system. Some organs involved in Mediterranean Fever are kidney‚ skin
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Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus ABSTRACT A brief summary of lassa fever‚ its history‚ pathology and effects on the indigenous populations. Also‚ lassa fever in the context of newly emerging diseases. LASSA FEVER On January 12‚ 1969‚ a missionary nun‚ working in the small town of Lassa‚ Nigeria‚ began complaining of a backache. Thinking she had merely pulled a muscle‚ she ignored the pain and went on about her business. After a week‚ however‚ the nurse had a throat so sore and so filled
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name is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. This disease is caused by several Ebola viruses (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). It was discovered in 1976 and named after the Ebola River in Northern Congo‚ where it was first found (Rupp 48). There are 4 species of Ebola which are Ivory Coast ebolavirus‚ Reston ebolavirus‚ Sudan ebolavirus‚ and Zaire ebolavirus (WHO). Ebola is part of the group of diseases called viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF). All viral hemorrhagic fevers begin with fever and muscle aches. Ebola
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Abby Fitzgerald May 16‚ 2013 Period 3 "The Seafarer" and "Sea Fever" Comparative Essay People have been drawn to the adventures the sea has to offer for centuries. Many attempts have been made to express this desire in various ways. Voyaging on the sea has been a constant topic in all of the arts throughout history. "The Seafarer" and "Sea Fever" are poem that both express how a sailor’s love for the sea creates an obligation to be on the sea‚ whether it is wanted or not. This necessity
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AES-Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? (A) It would take too long to explain why there was very little electricity and no heat in Tbilisi in the winter months….The reasons were so intertwined with Georgian networks of “patronage‚”‚ black hole‚ patchwork‚ and jerry-rig that it was impossible to separate sabotage (a strange and sudden fire at Gardabani‚ the country’s only thermal power station) from corruption (the bungling and greedy idiots as SakEnergo‚ the state energy concern) from non-payment (less
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who’s just had her best friend die from an unknown disease. Then after that‚ almost everyone starts to drop dead from this disease called the “Yellow Fever” that came back and started to infect everyone you know‚ even you. So now you’ll have to survive the Yellow Fever. “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson” is set in philadelphia 1793‚ the Yellow Fever was a fast spreading disease. The most important plot events include the following. “Dead? Pollys dead?” I couldn’t have heard her properly. “Polly
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