Abstract: ALS is a disease in which the causes are unknown and the effects are devastating. Along with great physiological damage there is great mental damage that a patient that had ALS must endure. A disease with a great influence in today’s life and the life of those in the past. There is no cure for ALS only treatments. Treatments that treat the symptoms and not the disease. ALS is a disease that has impacted today’s society of individuals in a dramatic and influential way. Not necessarily
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ill or dead because of this disease. Fruit bats are considered to spread the disease without getting infected by it. Spread by air has not been observed till now by scientists. Once transmitted to humans‚ it can be spread by any form of contact with infected person like physical contact‚ blood transfusion‚ through male semen. It can also occur in places like crematoriums where people come in contact with the body of the deceased person who had suffered from this disease. Also if one is travelling
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Vascular Disease Peripheral Vascular Disease is a condition of the blood vessels that leads to narrowing and hardening of the arteries that supply the legs and feet. “It is estimated that peripheral vascular disease affects 30 percent of the adult population‚ and two-thirds of all cases are asymptomatic” (PubMed 1998). This paper will talk about the anatomy and physiology‚ etiology and pathophysiology‚ signs and symptoms‚ diagnostic and laboratory tests‚ and treatments about this disease. Peripheral
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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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Contemporary Nursing Issues Taskstream 724.2.5-03-04‚ 07-08‚ 2.6-01-09 Tay - Sachs disease Cherilyn Mitchell Western Governors University In reading this case study and other articles online‚ I find this a heartbreaking disease and am thankful that I have had the healthy children that I have. There are several key interdisciplinary members that I would place on the team for this family. I would utilize an obstetrician‚ geneticist‚ social worker and clergyman or priest. I feel there are many
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With Hirschsprung’s Disease “Jaylen has Hisrchsprung’s disease.” When I heard those words‚ my first reaction was‚ “what is Hirschsprung’s disease?” I soon learned that it is a congenital condition which results from an absence of “Auerbach’s plexus“(Swenson “Diagnosis”). In layman’s terms‚ “a part of the bowel is missing nerves . . . This causes a blockage. Intestinal contents build up behind the blockage‚ causing the bowel and abdomen to become swollen” (Hirschsprung’s disease). Statistics show
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frequency of the allele responsible for this trait‚ the mode of inheritance‚ etc.). As the frequencies of many diseases vary across human populations‚ you are free to choose from which population the woman is a member. Please clearly state her assumed population origin in your report. Although rare‚ Fabry disease is a serious genetic disease with a myriad of signs and symptoms. Fabry disease is the dysfunction of a gene that causes the accumulation of a particular type of fat‚ called globotriaosylceramide
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relates to the health of the heart and blood vessels. The diseases associated with the heart are the leading cause of deaths in the world‚ with 17.5 million deaths in 2012‚ representing 31% of all deaths. In developing countries‚ the main cause of cardiovascular disease is a built up of fats and cholesterol in the arteries‚ leading to blockage of blood supply to the heart or brain‚ resulting in a heart attack or stroke. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the leading cause of death in Australia for
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such as viruses and bacteria. Also‚ the disease affects the human life by influencing the people who are related to the patient. One of these dangerous illnesses is tuberculosis‚ which has one cause that leads the patient to a fatal condition. According to the American Lung Association‚ "not everyone who is infected with the TB germ develops TB disease." [1] Therefore‚ tuberculosis has many risk factors that help the process of developing the disease. TB disease has one cause‚ a strong effect on the
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of BSE. The symptoms of this disease are similar to those in cattle. People with vCJD begin to lose their memory‚ and are unable to concentrate. They may experience a change in personality‚ emotional disturbance‚ or even madness (basically tired and crazy). The incubation period of this disease is from years to decades. The average age of death with classic CJD is 68 years. However‚ the average age of death with vCJD is 28 years. When the first signs of the disease surface‚ the infected person
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