mitochondrial disease is born. Mitochondrial disease affect mitochondria which are specialized compartments present in every cell of our body except in red blood cells. They are responsible for 90% of energy production in our body. If mitochondria failure occurs less energy is produced in the cell‚ this leads to cell injury and in some cases to cell death. If the process continues‚ our whole body is severely affected. Mitochondrial disease affects mostly children but in the last few years this disease is also
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Chronic diseases can be secondary to as persistently held conditions that do not cure easily while others are totally incurable. Some of the chronic conditions that affect human beings include cancer‚ arthritis‚ obesity‚ diabetes‚ and epilepsy. According to the world health organisation (WHO)‚ chronic diseases are the leading causes of deaths in the world. Chronic diseases effects have caused devastation not only in the health sector but the economy as a whole. As the number of people with chronic
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Running Header: Peripheral Arterial Disease Peripheral Arterial Disease April 22‚ 2010 ME 1352 Abstract Peripheral Arterial Disease is a common secondary disease that follows Atherosclerosis. Once so much plaque builds up in the arteries‚ they become block the blood flow. P.A.D. usually affects the lower extremities and can cause intermittent claudication and‚ if severe enough‚ gangrene. Many people live with atherosclerosis and P.A.D. and show no symptoms. There are numerous prevention
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�PAGE �7� �PAGE �1� THESIS I am referring to a condition called Hashimoto ’s Thyroid Disease‚ which is a common hypothyroid disorder found among many different people and countries throughout the world. As you read through this paper‚ you will learn the basics about Hashimoto ’s Thyroid Disease‚ including some of the causes‚ the signs and symptoms‚ and the treatment. OUTLINE Hashimoto ’s Thyroid Disease I. Introduction II. Description and History a. Thyroid b. Hashimoto ’s thyroiditis III
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Psychology Assignment 4 PASS Terminal disease is made up of two words‚ Terminal and Disease. Terminal basically means end or pertaining to the end or extremity and diseases means illness. Terminal disease is defines as those diseases that cannot ever be cured or adequately treated and for that reason‚ it is likely to cause death to the patient in a relatively short time. The terminal illness that I have chosen to research is Coronary Heart Disease. This is the result of plaque build-up in your
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s Disease can be divided in two main groups infections and non-infections. Infectious diseases are diseases that can be spread or transmitted from one organism to another. Non – infectious diseases cannot‚ be spread from one person to another. Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases are generally caused by microbes known as pathogens. Pathogens invade the host and can cause changes in the body that stop parts‚ or all‚ of the body working correctly. Pathogens contain antigens that are made of
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ABSTRACT Coronary artery disease (CAD)‚ also known as coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary atherosclerosis‚ involves the progressive narrowing of the arteries that nourish the heart muscle. Often there are no symptoms‚ but if one or more of these arteries become severely narrowed‚ angina may develop during exercise‚ stress‚ or other times when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood. Your coronary arteries are the major blood vessels that supply your heart with blood‚ oxygen and nutrients
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Current Topics in Health 26 November 2012 Drug Addiction a Disease? Drug addiction‚ a new major phenomenon in our society today. The dependence‚ compulsive craving of a drug which becomes priority over all other issues in one’s life. We recognize that this issue of drugs and addiction is a growing problem now affecting most in this world. The physical characteristics of addiction would trembling‚ sweating‚ loss of appetite‚ and seizures. Psychological characteristics are harder
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Degerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease is something that is very common. As people get older they experience some symptoms but‚ certain cases are worse than others. Allen Naylor is someone that suffers from this disease personally. He has had seven back surgeries in a matter of ten years of finding out he had the disease. He did receive passive treatment which has the benefits of taking away extreme pain by pain medication that is monitored by a doctor
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A Disease of the Integumentary System September 28‚ 2011 Abstract There are many diseases that affect the Integumentary system‚ due in some part to the fact that it contains the largest organ in the human body‚ which is the skin. The some of these diseases can be seen as rashes‚ dark spots‚ or just patches of itchy areas. The disease that will be discussed in throughout this paper is called Alopecia Areata. One will cover areas such as a description of the disease‚ as well as the causes‚
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