skin. The peak incidence is during autumn and winter. The disease is highly infectious and patient remains infected with ability to transmit the germ for two weeks or more. Infective Dose: Toxin Incubation Time: The incubation period (the time it takes for a person to become infected after being exposed) for diphtheria is 2 to 4 days‚ although it can range from 1 to 6 days. Symptoms of Illness: Diphtheria disease has many sign and symptoms‚ however in some cases there may
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Parkinson’s disease Just imagine: your muscles going stiff‚ tremors running through your limbs constantly and the inability to smile and laugh with your grandchildren. This torment is the everyday experiences of a Parkinson’s disease sufferer. Parkinson’s disease is a growing concern in our nation‚ and though we know what the symptoms are‚ we do not know for sure what causes it‚ or even how to cure it. Throughout this paper‚ the definition will be described as well as the symptoms and treatment
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Bakanae disease in Rice Causal agent;- Gibberella fujikuroi Host plant ;- Maize (zea mays)‚Rice (Oryza sataiva)‚Sorghum (Sorghum spp)‚sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Alternate hosts include Leucaena leucocephala‚ Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato)‚ Musa sp. (banana) and Vigna unguiculata (cowpea). In Japan‚ the pathogen has been found on Panicum miliaceum. Distribution;- The pathogen is widespread in all rice-growing countries of the world. It has never been recorded on rice within the rice-growing
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to a new disease called Kuru. Kuru was a disease spreading within the Fore people of Papa New Guinea. Kuru is also known as the laughing sickness‚ or the trembling sickness because the disease caused its victims to tremor‚ laugh uncontrollably‚ loose their balance and lose control of their motor movements. Victims eventually lose the ability to talk‚ chew and swallow and Kuru inevitably leads to death. The tribes being affected by Kuru were very spiritual and believed this awful disease that was
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caused by the human immunodeficiency virus‚ or HIV. By killing or damaging cells of the body’s immune system‚ HIV progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases called opportunistic infections. These infections are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick It is a major epidemic worldwide and Philippines is no exception. Since the first cases of HIV/AIDS
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The Causes of Disease in Humans Diseases can be caused in humans in many a way. Some diseases may be pathogenic some may be caused by a lifestyle choice of an individual or an individual surrounding them‚ or some may be genetic. Pathogens are micro-organisms which cause disease some bacteria‚ fungi and all viruses are pathogens. Pathogens enter our bodies through various methods such as breaks in the skin‚ the digestive system‚ and respiratory system. Pathogens can survive in many conditions
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Description Huntington disease is a hereditary disease that causes the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington disease‚ or hereditary chorea‚ has an extensive impact on a person ’s functional abilities and usually results in movement‚ perceptive and psychiatric disorders (Walker‚ 2007). It is named after the American physician George Huntington‚ who provided one of the first descriptions of the disease in 1872 (Huntington‚ 1872). The disease causes nerve cells in the brain to die which
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Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms‚ and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ alveoli‚ pleura and pleural cavity‚ and the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting‚ such as the common cold‚ to life-threatening entities like bacterial pneumonia‚ pulmonary embolism‚ and lung cancer
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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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When we examine the five-paragraph essay by lynch‚ it touches on the things that we should and should not do when writing an essay. An essay should not include your personal opinions because you’re making an argument based on support and that’s why there is no place in academia for personal types of essay. When writing and essay you want to reference the facts‚ which is obtained from credible sources that give your essay support. When you use I‚ which reference your personal opinion‚ then the reader
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