Psychological Society Limited; 2012). Stress is directly related to the endocrine system and nervous system as any event of
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on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System. Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems within the body. During this paper
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Cell and chemicals that inactivate or kill invaders Adaptive immunity (p.446): The body’s ability to recognize and defend itself against distinct invaders and their products. 2) Five attributes of adaptive immunity (p.471) 1. Specificity: When the immune response acts to one specific molecular shape and not against others. 2. Inducibility: When they activate only in response to a specific pathogen. 3. Clonality: Once induced‚ they clone. 4. Unresponsiveness to self: They do not attack the body
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(“Loveridge”). This 26-amino long peptide targets cells and attacks their membranes‚ effectively destroying them (“Loveridge”). The ability of melittin to destroy cell membranes is what scientists are most interested in manipulating to treat acquired immune deficiency syndrome and various
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do not have enough hemoglobin‚ which is the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. Iron‚ B12‚ and folic acid deficiencies‚ some medications‚ and pregnancy can cause anemia. There are also more serious causes such as problems with the immune system that cause destruction of red blood cells earlier than normal‚ chronic diseases including kidney disease and cancer‚ and problems with bone marrow found in leukemia and lymphoma (MedlinePlus:Anemia‚ 2012). What is the effect of a bacterial
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University of Phoenix Material Diabetes Chronically Diseases Outline I. What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolic and endocrine system. A. Cause 1. Type 1-diabetes occurs when the body own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas (called beta cells). 2. Type 2-either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. B. Risk factors 1. Type 1 a. People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and/or impaired fasting glucose
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the colon in about 20cm. It considers as a mild form of ulcerative colitis. They could not reach the actual cause of ulcerative proctitis but they suggest that the interactions between environmental factors‚ flora‚ inappropriate reaction in the immune system‚ and genetic predisposition are responsible. Symptoms include blood in the stool‚ diarrhea‚ and rectal pain. Proctosigmoiditis: The inflammation affecting two parts of colon‚ the rectum and sigmoid. Symptoms include diarrhoea with blood‚ cramps
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Body Awareness Aromatherapy Paper March 20‚ 2013 Aromatherapy is a branch of herbal medicine that centers on using fragrant substances‚ particularly oily plant extracts‚ to alter mood or improve an individual’s health or appearance. The benefits of aromatherapy range from stress relief to enhancement of immunity and the unlocking of emotions from past experiences. Skeptics cite a lack of credible supportive studies published in reputable scientific or medical journals‚ but this largely because
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built in repair system that you can’t even turn off if you wanted to. All you have to do to assist this system is to removing
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Syphilis has been a major global public health problem worldwide and in all healthcare organizations for the past decades. Despite numerous prevention and intervention efforts‚ the overall rates of the case of syphilis in the CDC have not decreased significantly over time. In fact‚ according to the article‚ Syphilis: using modern approaches to understand an old disease‚ “the CDC reported that 25% of primary and secondary syphilis cases occurred in person coinfected with HIV‚ and the incidence rate
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