been crying. Her eyes were puffy and the sides of face were wet. “I just spoke with your grandmother and she told me my dad was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease.” Her monotone voice as she said these words reminded me of the time she told me my hamster had died. The following day‚ I went on the Internet and started researching Huntington’s disease‚ otherwise known as HD. I felt nauseous. Words popped up on my computer: behavioral disturbance‚ hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ psychosis‚ depression‚ suicidal
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Alzheimers is a fatal disease to the brain‚ and it affects millions of people world wide. According to Medical News Today it`s the sixth leading caused of death in America. Alzheimers is a slow process. Alzheimers disease has seven stages‚ and each stage progresses very slowly. The first stage of Alzheimers does not show any physical signs‚ but plaques and tangles in the brain can start to develop. Stage two is very mild decline to someone infected; for example‚ the person would lose or misplace
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are known as disorders. From things like Down Syndrome and Heart defects. Heart defects may not seem genetic but could be passed and is a family matter‚ things in a family’s history can show signs. Heart defects also known as “congenital heart disease (CCHD)” is used to refer to a large “group of serious heart defects that are present from birth” (Reference and Medicine). This disorder comes from issues with the formation of one or more parts of the heart in the
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1. Discuss diagnostic findings of Addison’s disease. Addison’s disease‚ otherwise known as primary adrenal insufficiency‚ appear after the adrenal cortex is destroyed. Due to this‚ hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone decrease or stop being produced by the defective adrenal gland. Those hormones start a chain reactive within the body that cause other lab values such as glucose to be out of the normal range. Additionally the rate at which the kidneys filter slows and waste products can build
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Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an abnormally high number of CAG repeats (polyglutamine) in the huntingtin (HTT) gene (also known as IT15)‚ found in the short arm of chromosome 4‚ specifically‚ p16.3 (Buetow et al. 1991). Symptoms of this disorder include chorea (involuntary jerking movements)‚ cognitive deficits‚ motor deficits‚ and changes in behavior. This disease gets progressively worse over time‚ starting with subtle behavioral‚ cognitive
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Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme Disease) 1.) Entry: To obtain Borrelia Burgdorferi the human host must be infected by a Lxodoes Scapularius‚ a black-legged tick‚ and these species are only found in the wooded areas around the world. Being in contact with an infected Lxodoes Scapularius increase your chance of getting Borrelia Burgdorferi. 2.) Establishment: Once the infected tick saliva comes in contact with the human host. The Spirochetes are released into the body. Borrelia Burgdorferi are so sneaky
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rabies hydrophobia‚ which means fear of water‚ a symptom shown by rabies victims. Rabies is a highly fatal‚ zoonotic disease that causes severe destruction of the central nervous system of all warm-blooded animals. It has been known since the ancient days of 2300 B.C. This lethal virus still exists in almost all parts of the world. Once infected‚ and left untreated‚ this disease is usually fatal. The rabies virus is
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Crohn’s disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the United States. You may ask‚ “who can get Crohn’s disease?”. Anyone can get Crohn’s disease but it is more common for a woman rather than a man to get it. It has affected more than five hundred thousand people in the United States alone‚ that is about one for every seven people in the United States. Crohn’s has common symptoms of a cold such as abdominal pains‚ fever‚ and diarrhea‚ it also has many more symptoms. Crohn’s can affect
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most important diseases which is Huntington’s disease (HD). It’s widely spread around the world but it’s not commonly known among people. Since science developed and genetics became known‚ scientists discovered that HD is inherited from one generation to another which have put the scientists with a big challenge to find cure for such disease. In addition‚ this paper provides information about causes‚ symptoms‚ inheritance‚ treatments & a test for Huntington’s disease. My aim from
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1 to 2% of the people over 60 years‚ and estimated costs of drug treatment are about 1‚000 to 6‚000 dollars per patient per year1. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) is a now commonly used method in which two electrodes are implanted in a patient’s subthalamic nuclei to decrease the motor symptoms and instabilities of the medication in PD. Usually there are two electrodes implanted‚ one in each hemisphere‚ even though PD occurs asymmetrically. That would
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