Introduction: Diseases can be communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases are caused by infectious microorganisms which are pathogens. The aim of this passage is to discuss various types of microorganisms that cause disease. Microorganisms are simple organisms that are unicellular or live in colonies. The group contains bacteria‚ virus‚ algae‚ fungi‚ protozoa. They can be divided into pathogenic and non-pathogenic. In this passage pathogenic microorganisms that cause diseases are
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Chapter 1: Myth #1 – Most People Only Use 10% of Their Brain Power Most people believe that people only use 10% of the brain power because they are hopeful. Even very educated people fall into this trap. If only ten percent is being used‚ there is plenty of room to become smarter. But this is untrue. Businesses feed off this hope for self-improvement‚ and therefore‚ create products that do not actually aid in self-improvement but just act as a “feel good” product for the customer. But these scams
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leading to atrophy and cellular infiltration. It may be triggered by psycho-emotional stresses. * TYPE B (Antral): It occurs in the antrum and is usually due to degenerative changes and colonization of the mucosa by bacteria. Example is the Helicobacter pylori. With chronic gastritis the causes are the same as the acute form. When acute gastritis is not treated‚ it progresses into the chronic form. Etiology Acute Gastritis: This is mostly caused by excessive alcohol consumption and smoking
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ulcer disease‚ its causes‚ and its treatments? Answer: The process started with the observation of Dr. Barry Marshall’s observation of his patients going through antibiotic therapy for non-related ailments. Dr Marshall then hypothesized that helicobacter pylori was the causation of peptic ulcer disease and not the end byproduct of inflammations. The researchers then used research and study of inflamed stomach mucosa through a period of antibiotic regimen to deduce that the bacteria was the culprit
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Diarrhea describes bowel movements (stools) that are loose and watery. It is very common and usually not serious. Many people will have diarrhea once or twice each year. It typically lasts two to three days and can be treated with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. Some people have diarrhea often as part of irritable bowel syndrome or other chronic diseases of the large intestine. Doctors classify diarrhea as "osmotic‚" "secretory‚" or "exudative."Osmotic diarrhea means that something in the bowel
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The purpose of this paper is to complete a family assessment on a family that is at least two people in the home and have a health issue. A family assessment includes gathering information such as demographic and environment data; family structure and function; and health care function. The Shega’s family is a nuclear type of family consisting of the parents and their children. The father named Enton is 40 year old that works as truck driver here in the USA with a baccalaureate degree on English
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Marshal‚ one of the scientists experiments on himself to prove his theory. Just like how Dr. Jekyll wanted to prove his theory of moving your emotions into another man‚ he experiments on himself also. Dr. Marshall drank a potion cocktail of pure Helicobacter pylori bacteria‚ just like Dr.Jekyll drank his potion every time to turn into Mr. Hyde. In the article it stated that rarely didn’t scientist kill themselves from self
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alkaline mucus neutralizes HCL and forms a chemical barrier between the highly acid contents of the lumen and the mucosa. It has been discovered that gastric ulcers may also be caused due to bacterial infection. Bacteria like campylobacter pylori and Helicobacter pylori have been found to cause gastric ulcers. Symptoms and Effects Ulcers lead to stomach pain when the
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Salt Case Study Salt and Food We all need a little salt because it helps keep your body fluids at the right concentration. However‚ the majority of us eat more salt than we need. On average‚ people in the UK eat about 8.1g of salt a day. Even though it doesn’t sound like a lot‚ to reduce the risk of disease‚ adults should not be eating more than 6g of salt per day. A main source of salt is table salt. Your body only needs 1/4 teaspoon of salt every day. Salt is naturally found in foods but
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of as the main cause of ulcers‚ but with some research this was proven otherwise (1). In 1982 researchers found that ulcers were being caused by an over abundant amount of the bacteria H. pylori (1). The treatments they used in 1982 for ulcers were mostly just antibiotics‚ to try and kill off the H. pylori and antacid medications‚ to reduce the amount of acid in the stomach so it would be harder for these ulcers to form in the first place (1).
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