Diseases of the Skin and Treatments Kari Fournier MO150-7 September 18‚ 2011 Instructor Eileen Domerchie Diseases of the Skin and Treatments In this paper‚ I am going to be writing about 3 different types of diseases of the skin and their treatments. Also I will be including the signs and symptoms‚ causes of the diseases‚ and the medication side effects. The first topic will be about Measles‚ which is an example of a viral skin infection. Next topic will be about Malignant Melanoma
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Syphilis is a disease that dates back to early times. The actual location that it originated is still debated. The main hypothesis about the origin of syphilis are recorded around the time that Christopher Columbus made his voyage to the New World and is referred to as the “Colombian theory.” This theory describes the disease as being brought back to Europe when his crews were returning back from America in 1492. It was shortly after this time that the first epidemic of syphilis was recorded in Naples
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My fellow scientists‚ I am writing this report to inform you all of a highly dangerous‚ fatal disease that is beginning to make a resurgence in society. This disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease‚ or CJD. While CJD is still considered rare due to its relatively low infection rate‚ it is still critical nonetheless that we and the public be informed of this disease and the devastating effects it can have. CJD is caused by a prion‚ or a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Prions are
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE’s) are an obscure category of diseases caused by infectious proteins‚ or Prions. Despite the unique threat posed by prion infections‚ they are rightfully a low priority concern for medical science because of their rarity. While universally fatal‚ TSE’s in human are rare occurrences that have been effectively been prevented by legislative responses to outbreaks of Mad Cow disease. Instead‚ they provide unique challenges and opportunities to further insight
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Blood Borne Diseases Brennan Welty Kaplan University Outline Thesis: Ending the spread of HIV and blood borne diseases will be hard‚ but if everyone knows the right steps to prevent it‚ these diseases can be stopped. I. Introduction II. 1st body paragraph III. 2nd body paragraph IV. 3rd body paragraph V. Conclusion I. Introduction a. Explain what HIV and Blood borne diseases are b. How these diseases relate to the medical field c. Talk about how to prevent these diseases i. Include
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Typhus is a disease that is caused by the bacteria‚ Rickettsia. It’s been around since the late fifteenth century‚ and up until the twentieth century has impacted the world. Historically‚ Typhus was a huge disease that caused high mortality‚ and a chain of events. Not only that‚ but biologically there’s also a lot this disease does. In 1492 Typhus was a new disease and it wasn’t known until just before World War I. The origin of it is unknown‚ however‚ it is believed that it went to Western Europe
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Clear‚ bright eyes; with no discharge. Free moving limbs with no clicks or stiffness in the joints; and no limp or lameness when walking. Healthy‚ glossy coat and skin; with no patches missing or matted fur‚ no dry patches of skin. 2. How is the disease Canine Parvovirus spread? The virus is spread by humans; on shoes‚ clothes and animals; fur‚ paws after having come into contact with infected soil or faeces. The virus can live in soil for up to a year. 3. Give three symptoms of dehydration. Taut
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DATA TABLES: DISEASE LESSON 1 Lesson 1: Step 1 Population Number Starting Number of Contagious People Sick Days Reported Contagious Contagion Rate Prediction 200 5 60 5 5 Simulation Run 1 600 3 51 0 0 Simulation Run 2 600 3 85 0 1 Simulation Run 3 600 3 28 0 0 Lesson 1: Step 2 Population Number Population Density Starting Number of Contagious People Sick Days Reported Contagious Contagion Rate Prediction 1 (low) 125 Low 5 90 250 1.5 Simulation Run 1 200 Low 3 340 2 1.7 Simulation
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HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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Tay-Sachs The disease Tay-Sachs was discovered by two men‚ the first one was a British ophthalmologist named Warren Tay who described the disease in 1881. The second one was a New York neurologist named Bernard Sachs who described the cellular changes and the genetic nature of the disease in 1887. Tay-Sachs is a rare disorder where a child who inherits the gene from both parents Specialists claim that Tay-Sachs disease is developed by children who lack a protein that is necessary to dissolve a fatty
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