WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN ADULTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HOW SHOULD MEDICINES BE USED TO REDUCE THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT? Dementia is a progressive disease that associates with memory impairment and cognitive deficit. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. In AD‚ brain is damaged by the presence of beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. There are an approximately 820‚000 people (1.3% of population) with dementia in UK. Among them‚ population
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The exact cause of Alzheimer disease is unknown‚ but scientists have proven that there is a strong link between Alzheimer disease and some factors such as genetic‚ environmental‚ and life style factors. Alzheimer disease not only affects the cognitive ability of the patients‚ but also it has behavioural and psychiatric impacts on the patients. In addition‚ family members and friends of the patients would be also affected. Since Alzheimer disease gradually get worse over time‚ damaged brain could
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Rosario Garcia Graves Disease Graves’ disease an immunological disorder that affects about 3 % of the population & almost 10 million people just in the United States. It is a condition where your immune system makes an antibody called TSI or thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin this causes the thyroid gland to generate too much thyroid hormone. There are many factors that play a role when someone gets Grave’ disease. There are some people that are just predisposed to Graves’ disease because of their genes
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Running Head: CELIAC DISEASE Celiac Disease Introduction Celicac disease (CD) is defined as an immune mediated malabsorption disorder caused by the ingestion of gluten and related proteins‚ occurring in genetically predisposed individuals‚ and characterized by a variable combination of elevated titers of celiac-specific autoantibodies‚ an inflammatory enteropathy with variable degrees of severity‚ and a wide range of gastrointestinal and/or systemic complaints”
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DISEASES In Elizabethan times there were many diseases. Including cholera‚ typhus‚ the deadly black plague‚ and many more. One of histories most deadly killers‚ cholera‚ was caused by mostly by bad sanitation. When someone swallowed food or water contaminated by the feces of the victim‚ the become infected. Any contact with bathroom‚ clothing‚ or bedding that was used by the victim is also another way to become infected. Symptoms include extreme diarrhea‚ sharp muscle cramps‚ and fever and vomiting
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ MTB‚ or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) is a common‚ and in many cases lethal‚ infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria‚ usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been present in the human population for thousands of years; fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies from 2400 BCE show definite pathological signs of tubercular decay. Called "consumption‚" tuberculosis was recognized as the leading cause of mortality
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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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Alzheimer’s Disease Case Study Scenario M.E. is a 62-year-old woman who has a 5-year history of progressive forgetfulness. She is no longer able to care for herself‚ has become increasingly depressed and paranoid‚ and recently started a fire in the kitchen. After extensive neurologic evaluation‚ M.E. is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband and children have come to the Alzheimer’s unit at your ECF (extended-care facility) for information about this disease and to discuss the possibility
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Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease Leila Pouttu‚ 77‚ suffered from Alzheimer’s disease‚ and her husband Donald was devoted to caring for her. “He was always there for her‚ always‚” a friend of the couple commented. “He never left the house other than to ride his bike around and go swimming every morning”. The Pouttus had no local relatives and no children. Both were retired and lived in their house for 29 years (Kornacki‚ S.‚ 2006d). The couple died together in their home on a
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psychiatrist takes an interest in the patients that are in a statue-esque state. After much research and experimentation‚ he concludes that the patients were misdiagnosed‚ and actually have a severe case of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous disease associated with the destruction of brain cells that produce dopamine and characterized by muscular tremor‚ slowing of movement‚ partial facial paralysis‚ peculiarity of gait and posture‚ and weakness. His experimental treatment
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