Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that breaks down nerve cells over time. The disease is not curable and can last years or a lifetime‚ although medication is available to help deal with the symptoms (Ferrara 247-248). Those who have this disease have a life expectancy of 10-15 years after they are diagnosed. It has a broad impact on a person’s functions such as movement‚ thinking‚ and psychiatric disorders (Staff). Most people develop these symptoms in their 30s or 40s‚ however those
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Krickett Davis Zachary Mock Cystic Fibrosis Case Study: Part I Questions: The Meeting Consult your textbook and trustworthy Internet sites to answer the following questions: 1. Which organs are affected by cystic fibrosis? What are the disease symptoms? Organs that are affected by cystic fibrosis include the lungs‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ sweat glands‚ reproductive organs‚ nose and sinuses. The symptoms of cystic fibrosis include coughing with mucus coming up‚ wheezing‚ breathlessness‚ decrease in ability
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much about Huntington’s disease. After reading this paper and the subsequent ones to come‚ you surely will. According to PudMedHealth.com‚ “Huntington’s disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away or degenerate.” This can lead to many different complications to a person’s health. In most cases‚ the disease’s symptoms develop later in life during a person’s mid thirties-forties. There are also instances where the disease becomes on-set
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History of Cystic Fibrosis “Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty. He is bewitched and soon must die.” This proverb‚ dating back to European folklore in the 1700’s‚ was the diagnosis for the disease recognized today as Cystic Fibrosis (CF). In that time period the disease was usually fatal and common among infants. The excessive salt in the sweat‚ just one symptom of CF‚ made the disease identifiable. However‚ since the time of European folklore‚ various renowned scientists
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Description Huntington disease is a hereditary disease that causes the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. Huntington disease‚ or hereditary chorea‚ has an extensive impact on a person ’s functional abilities and usually results in movement‚ perceptive and psychiatric disorders (Walker‚ 2007). It is named after the American physician George Huntington‚ who provided one of the first descriptions of the disease in 1872 (Huntington‚ 1872). The disease causes nerve cells in the brain to die which
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Stem cells – the cure to Cystic Fibrosis? Cystic Fibrosis is one of the UK’s most common life threatening diseases with it affecting over 9‚000 people. Statistics show that one in twenty five people in the UK carry the faulty gene‚ each week five babies are born with the disease and another two young lives are lost. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder caused by a recessive allele. It affects the internal organs‚ especially the lungs and digestive system‚ by clogging them with thick sticky mucus
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Cystic Fibrosis‚ commonly known as CF‚ is a genetic disorder that causes the body to overproduce mucus. The overproduction of mucus affects many parts of the body. Primarily the lungs‚ pancreas‚ reproductive system‚ liver‚ sweat glands and intestines are all affected by the condition (Falvo 485). CF is most prevalent in Caucasians‚ but it also is seen in African Americans‚ Hispanics and Native Americans (“Cystic Fibrosis” 2012). Millions of people are carriers of the CF gene but in order for a
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Cystic fibrosis is a disease passed down through families‚ a genetic disorder‚ that causes thick‚ sticky mucus to build up in the lungs‚ digestive tract‚ and other areas of the body. Cystic fibrosis is where it affects the cells that produce mucus‚sweat and digestive juices. These fluids are normally thin and slippery‚ but in Cystic fibrosis‚ a defective gene causes the fluids to become thick and sticky plugging up tubes‚ ducts and passageways in the human body especially in the lungs and pancreas
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The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Testing for Huntington’s Disease INTRODUCTION Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant‚ progressive‚ neurodegenerative disorder (Walker‚ 2007 and Harmon‚ 2007). The gene that causes the disease is located on the fourth chromosome and causes an abnormal number of repeats in the patient’s genetic code (Harmon‚ 2007). Huntington’s Disease can have devastating effects on patients’ quality of life. The first symptoms of HD generally start between the ages
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1. Describe the symptoms of cystic fibrosis. The different symptoms of cystic fibrosis include repeated infections and thick mucus secretions in the lungs‚ it affects you with wheezing‚ a chronic cough‚ bronchitis‚ asthma‚ weight loss‚ dehydration‚ and many more mainly affecting the lungs and stomach. Sufferers may also feel very fatigued easily. 2. Describe two problems associated with the presence of thick‚ sticky mucus (a) in the lungs and breathing passageways (b) in the digestive system
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