Lyme Disease and Its Effects on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System. Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems
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Chronic Kidney Disease Eileen Daza-Gallego The Center for Allied Health Nursing Education Abstract An estimated 26 million adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Persons with CKD are unlikely to be aware of their disease and seek appropriate treatment before it is too late. Among those that have the disease‚ a large majority of them are obese and are suffering from diabetes or hypertension or both. The majority of the individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes will
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Alzheimer’s Disease According to the statistics‚ about 3 percent of men and women ages 65 to 74 have Alzheimer’s disease‚ and nearly half of that age 85 and older may have the disease. Alzheimer’s disease‚ it’s a chronic disease‚ which starts slowly and get worse over time and no recovery. The disease will slowly attack the nerve cell in the parts of the cortex of the brain‚ thus impairing person’s abilities to govern emotions‚ recognize errors and patterns‚ coordinate movement‚ and remember. How
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Parkinson disease What is Parkinson disease? Parkinson disease is a degenerative neurologic condition that typically causes progressive tremor‚ slowed movement‚ muscle stiffness‚ and trouble walking. Eventually‚ individuals may develop behavioral changes. Most people develop symptoms during middle age (around age 56). The condition usually starts with shaking or tremor in one arm. Over time‚ patients may become physically disabled without the ability to perform daily activities. In fact‚ Parkinson
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of Celiac Disease Simply put‚ celiac disease is an absorption disease that occurs when the body is unable to digest gluten and has an autoimmune response (Green & Jones‚ 2010‚ p.2‚ 19). Gluten is one of the many different proteins found in large quantities in wheat and other members of the triticum family - durum wheat‚ kamut‚ spelt‚ and einkorn. Barley and rye have a close relation with the triticum family and also contain gluten (Wangen‚ 2009‚ p.26). In order to have celiac disease‚ one must
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Etiology Huntington’s Disease is an inherited disease. The gene mutation is found on chromosome four (Johns Hopkins). This gene has a specific sequence that is repeated an abnormally large number of times (Johns Hopkins). The more repeats of the sequence‚ the more likely it is that a person will develop Huntington’s Disease earlier in their lifetime (Johns Hopkins). For most people‚ the sequence is repeated ten to thirty-five times in one gene‚ but for people with Huntington’s Disease‚ the sequence is
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Thyroid Disease Have you ever heard of Thyroid Disease? Thyroid Disease is common disorder that affect mostly females‚ the symptoms and treatment have an impact on everyday life. What is Thyroid Disease? A person who has Thyroid disease has many challenges to defeat. Thyroid disease affects your thyroid gland. The thyroid gland helps produce hormones that controls your metabolism and growth. In addition your thyroid needs iodine‚ which is a chemical element that absorbs food and
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Devesh Mehra 3/16/17 Biology Huntington’s Disease Research Paper Huntington’s Disease‚ previously known as Huntington’s chorea‚ is a long term brain disorder that eventually leads to uncontrolled movement‚ problems with emotions‚ loss of cognitive abilities such as memorization‚ increased involuntary movements‚ behavioral symptoms‚ and degeneration of nerve cells in the brain(1). This disease has been recognized as a disorder for hundreds of years‚ but however‚ only recently a cause was instituted
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Addison’s Disease The disease I’ve been reading and researching about is called Addison’s Disease. Addison’s Disease is an uncommon condition in which the adrenal glands‚ above the kidneys‚ don’t make enough of a hormone called cortisol‚ which helps regulate the body’s use of a protein‚ carbohydrates and fat‚ helps maintain blood pressure and cardiovascular function and controls inflamation. Causes to how a person will acquire and the usual type of people to get Addison’s Disease
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Communicable Disease Paper Tuberculosis Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange‚ contaminated substance‚ or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. Many people have never heard of a disease called tuberculosis (TB) or not fully aware how serious this disease really is. I will briefly summarize the research that was conducted on tuberculosis by describing the disease in details and discussing efforts to control it‚ indentify environmental factors related
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