Airborne diseases refers to any diseases which are caused by pathogens and transmitted through the air. These viruses and bacteria can be spread through coughing‚ sneezing‚ laughing or through close personal contact. These pathogens ride on either dust particles or small respiratory droplets and can stay suspended in air and or are capable of traveling distances on air currents.[1] Often‚ airborne pathogens or allergens cause inflammation in the nose‚ throat‚ sinuses and the lungs. This is caused
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Heart Disease By : Nhia Moua Research Question How do you have heart disease when your all healthy? What is Heart Disease? ○ Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. What cause Heart Disease? ○ begins with damage to the lining and inner layers of the coronary (heart) arteries. Several factors contribute to this damage. They include: smoking‚high blood pressure How can you have Heart Disease? You have heart disease by smoking. And doing some other stuff like having
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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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Monday February 24 of 2014 The Huntington’s disease The issues involving Huntingtons disease has been a popular topic amongst scholars for many years. It has recently come to my attention that not enough people understand how Huntingtons disease has been up to our lives. Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a dominant genetic disorder‚ is inherited. affects muscles coordination and leads to cognitive decline and psychiatric problems. Symptoms of Huntingtons disease include uncontrolled movements‚ swings‚
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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS CEREBRAL PALSY * A comprehensive diagnostic term used to designate a group of nonprogressive disorders resulting from malfunction of the motor centers and pathways of the brain. * It is genrally characterized by paralysis‚ weakness‚ incoordination‚ or ataxia. Pathophysiology and Etiology * Prenatal Factors (Most Common) 1. Infection (rubella‚ toxoplasmosis‚ herpes simplex‚ and cytomegalovirus) 2. Maternal anoxia‚ anemia‚ placental infarcts
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chose measles as my topic is that I knew it was a common disease. Plus‚ I recently heard about the outbreak that happened at Disneyland and wanted to learn more about it. Before I began my research‚ I only knew that measles was a disease. I didn’t know any of the symptoms‚ let alone how deadly it is. Now‚ I know a lot more. Measles first came to America with European explorers. This caused many of native inhabitants to die from the foreign disease. Measles can spread through either direct or indirect
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liver disease. Liver disease is any condition that causes liver inflammation or tissue damage and affects liver function. Some important function of liver are to convert the food we eat into stored energy and chemicals necessary for life and growth‚ to act as a filter to remove alcohol and toxic substances from the blood‚ and to manufacture and export important body chemicals used by the body. Liver disease is dangerous and it can effect the body. The liver has many functions‚ so liver disease can
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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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Future career trends It is no surprise that one of the fastest growing areas of employment in recent years relates to computer technology. Technological advance and the continued integration of IT and digital communications into the workplace throughout the private‚ public and voluntary sectors ensures that this trend will continue for some time. Systems analysts‚ designers and developers‚ computer programmers‚ web developers‚ consultants and information managers reflect the range of these career
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Cardiovascular Disease in the African American Community Causes‚ Preventions‚ and Treatments Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to the dysfunctional conditions of the heart‚ arteries‚ and veins that supply oxygen to vital life- sustaining areas of the body like the brain‚ the heart itself and other vital organs. Since the term cardiovascular disease refers to any dysfunction of the cardiovascular system there are many different diseases in the cardiovascular category‚ and many of these diseases are
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