Broad Subject : Disease Limited Subject : Uncommon Disease (1st Stage) Limited Subject : Alzheimer’s (2nd Stage) FORMULATED QUESTIONS: 1. What is Alzheimer’s Disease ? •Alzheimer’s Disease is an organic brain disorder characterized by a progressive loss of mental skills and deterioration of the personality. 2. Who described Alzheimer’s disease? •Dr. Alois Alzheimer‚ a German Physician described A.D. in 1906. 3. In what age
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This infectious disease caused by RNA viruses. This virus is not only attack human‚ but this virus also affects birds and mammals. The symptoms of this disease are fever‚ sore throat‚ muscle pains‚ headache‚ weakness‚ and coughing. This disease is very common nowadays. So many people affected by this disease. Even though it’s very easy to be affected by this virus‚ but this virus is not really dangerous. Dengue Fever Dengue fever is also known as breakbone fever. This disease is very common in
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Parkinson disease is a gradually progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Parkinson disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. There are four characteristic problems caused by Parkinson disease‚ including tremor at rest‚ balance problems‚ stiffness‚ and slowness of movement. Parkinson disease occurs when areas of the brain‚ including an area called the substantia nigra‚ is slowly destroyed. The exact reason for this destruction is not completely known
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Alzheimers Disease What is Alzheimers Disease? The most common form of dementing illness‚ Alzheimers Disease (AD) is a progressive‚ degenerative disease that attacks the brain‚ causing impaired memory‚ thinking and behavior. The person with AD may experience confusion‚ personality and behavior changes‚ impaired judgment‚ and difficulty finding words‚ finishing thoughts or following directions. It eventually leaves its victims incapable of caring for themselves. What happens to the brain in Alzheimers
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Crohns Disease What is it? * Crohns disease ‚ causes inflammation‚ swelling ‚ and irritation of any part of the digestive system Symptoms * Related to Inflammation * Persistent Diarrhea * Rectal bleeding * Abdominal cramps and pain * General symptoms that may also be * Fever * Loss of appetite * Weight Loss * Night sweats * Loss of normal menstrual cycle Causes of Crohns Disease * Crohn’s disease may affect as many as 700
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Hirschsprung’s Disease Hirschsprung’s Disease was named after Harold Hirschsprung‚ a Danish physician‚ in 1886. It is a congenital disorder which means it is present at birth. It is an enlargement of the colon where ganglion cells‚ or nerve cells‚ are not present. This results in improper movement of the muscles in the bowel causing chronic constipation. The only certain method of diagnosis is a rectal biopsy. We will explore the symptoms‚ causes‚ and treatments of this disease. The severity
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Abstract The following paper focuses on Alzheimer’s disease‚ the disease which is a devastating brain disease and is one of the most typical forms of dementia‚ a general term that is most commonly used for memory loss and the diminishing in mental and physical abilities. It is most frequently diagnosed in the elderly although there have been some cases of the disease affecting people of middle age. There is not one known single cause for Alzheimer ’s‚ however‚ scientists believe that due to the
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areas where they possess a comparative advantage. However‚ when it comes to the spread of disease it is quite evident that globalization has had a negative impact. Historically and presently‚ globalization has been a strong catalyst for the spreading of disease. Over the course of humankind‚ a time period that spreads thousands of years‚ as the world has become increasingly global‚ every transmittable disease has followed in the footsteps. Trade routes carried smallpox‚ caravan routes spread the
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Today we present our paper on a phenomenon called “Dutch Disease‚” that tries to explain changes in growth of an economy in the presence of a favorable shock. While it most often refers to natural resource discovery‚ it can also be extended to include "any development that results in a large inflow of foreign currency‚ including a sharp surge in natural resource prices‚ foreign assistance‚ and foreign direct investment."[1] The term was coined in 1977 by The Economist to describe the decline of
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The Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the copper buildup. It is also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration as the
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