An ongoing‚ and unfortunately growing‚ problem in the United States is pediatric overuse of antibiotics. The audience to whom the responsibility of this problem falls includes pediatricians and family practice physicians who are in the position to prescribe and administer antibiotics to children. Antibiotics have been one of man’s greatest discoveries in the medical realm; saving thousands of lives that would have otherwise succumb to harmful‚ disease-causing bacteria.1 However‚ with the discovery
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lead‚ cadmium or mercury‚ hormones injected to the cattle‚ aflatoxins and others more. Between the biological ones they are certain bacteria and virus like the Virus of the Human Papilloma‚ the Epstein-Barr‚ the one of Hepatitis B and the Helicobacter pylori. Between the more important factors of risk they are: - the tobacco consumption or the exhibition to the smoke of himself‚ that is direct associate or indirectly yet type of cancers and other serious diseases. - the diet that probably is
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and subjected to testing in order to identify it’s species. Seventeen of the unknown bacteria were classified as Gram-negative bacilli: Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum‚ Enterobacter aerogenes‚ Eschirichia coli‚ Flavobacter capsulatum‚ Helicobacter pylori‚ Klebsiella pneumonia‚ Klebsiella oxytoca‚ Proteus hauseri‚ Proteus mirabilis‚ Proteus vulgaris‚ Pseudomonas aeroginsoa‚ Alcaligenes faecalis‚ Rhizobium radiobacter‚ Salmonella typi‚ Serratia marcescnes‚ Shigella flexneri‚ or Yersina pseudo
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"friendly" bacteria that normally live in our digestive‚ urinary‚ and genital systems without causing disease. Lactobacillus is also found in some fermented foods like yogurt and in dietary supplements. Lactobacillus is also used for infection with Helicobacter pylori‚ the type of bacteria that causes ulcers. It is also used for high cholesterol‚ lactose intolerance‚ Lyme disease‚ hives‚ and to boost the immune system. What are probiotics used for? Many people use probiotics to prevent diarrhea‚ gas‚
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Symptoms of oesophageal cancer Difficulty in swallowing This is the most common symptom of oesophageal cancer. There may be some pain in the form of a burning sensation when swallowing food. Or you may feel that your food is sticking in your throat or chest and you can’t swallow it. A harmless narrowing of the oesophagus (called a stricture) may cause difficulty in swallowing. But these problems can be due to a tumour or swelling blocking the oesophagus. Either way‚ it is very important to
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over worked as well. If the stomach is always churning food the digestion processes is always on going. Parietal cells and gastric glands are directly related to the formation of ulcers. A major causing factor is chronic inflammation due to Helicobacter pylori that colonizes the mucosa. The immune system is unable to clear the infection‚ despite the appearance of antibodies. Thus‚ the bacterium can cause a chronic active gastritis. Gastrin stimulates the production of gastric acid by parietal cells
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BACTERIA Identification (Classification I. Domain: Bacteria 1. Gram Negative Proteobacteria (Phylum XII) Non-Proteobacteria 2. Gram Positive LOW G+C (Phylum XIII) HIGH G+C (Phylum XIV) II. Domain: Archaea III. Domain: Eukarya (Gram Negative 1. Bordetella pertussis Pertussis/Whooping Cough 2. Eikenella corrodens Human Bite Injury
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Chapter One: Introduction 1.1 Background Diseases have become common in today’s world. It has been observed that when medical science finds some medicine or vaccination for a particular disease‚ many other diseases arise. Certain microorganisms become resistant to drugs and some viruses change their structure to protect themselves from the effect of the medicine. Peptic ulcer also has become more common than the past. People blame the change in lifestyle and food habits for this disease. But
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Outline and evaluate the psychological research into the link between stress and the immune system. The main function of the immune system is to protect the body from infectious agents such as viruses and other toxins. The immune system can fail us in two ways-either by‚ letting infections enter the body‚ or being over-active‚ so that it is the immune system itself‚ rather than an infectious agent that causes illness. Most studies of the relationship between stress and the immune system have focussed
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from a multitude of factors. Salt and salted foods may damage the gastric mucosa‚ leading to inflammation and an associated increase in DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. Other factors increasing the risk of gastric cancer include chronic Helicobacter pylori infection‚ previous gastric surgery‚ pernicious anemia‚ chronic atrophic
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