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Cancer Has Spread Digestive Enzymes
1,149 wordsThe pancreas is a long narrow gland, which is part of both the digestive system and the endocrine system. This small organ is approximately six inches long and one inch thick. It is located in the upper abdomen and is attached to the duodenum, which is the upper part of the small intestine. It extends upward behind the stomach to the spleen. The pancreas is made up of two different types of tissue, the islets of Langerhans and acing cells. The pancreas has five sections: the wider end is called ...
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Bubonic Plague Lymph Nodes
503 wordsPlague is a term applied randomly in the Middle Ages to all fatal epidemic diseases, but now restricted to an acute, infectious, contagious disease of rodents and humans, caused by a short, thick bacillus, Yersinia pestis. In humans, plague occurs in three forms: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague. Bubonic plague is the best-known form and is so called because it is characterized by the appearance of buboes, or enlarged, inflamed lymph nodes, in the groin or armpit or on the...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,983 wordsInflammation is the bodies normal response to injured tissues, although it can sometimes lead to further tissue damage. It was first described around 30 BC by Celsius, as tumour (swelling), rumor (redness), calor (heat) and door (pain); although excess secretion and loss of function are now commonly added. Inflammation is a response which has evolved to try and put things right in a damaged tissue, for example the pain and loss of function allow the tissue to heal easier whilst the heat and redn...
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Bubonic Plague Lymph Nodes
692 wordsNo pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seattle redness and horror of blood. (Edgar Allen Poe The Masque of the Red Death. ) Many thought the Black Plague was a curse from God; punishment for the sins the infected had committed. Those that survived were the chosen people, the ones who added by the laws of the Church. Scientists know now that the devastating disease was not a result of sins or spiritual inadequacy, but the terrible illness was caused by a...
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Effects Of The Aids Virus In 20th Century
1,939 wordsImagine what it would be like to contract a virus that causes the immune system to fail and slowly kill. Try to think what it would be like to have to live each day knowing this disease, which has no cure, is slowly and painfully taking over. Its almost impossible to imagine, but for millions of people in the United States that is the reality they are forced to live with everyday for the rest of their lives. Anyone who has had unprotected sex, a blood transfusion, or has used I. V. drugs is at r...
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Lymph Nodes Chronic Fatigue
642 wordsMononucleosis is an infectious disease of humans in which the blood and tissues contain mononuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with only one nucleus), either monocytes or lymphocytes. An infectious disease is a disease that can give you an infection, can be transmitted by infection without actual contact, or can be caused by a microorganism. All species of animals are afflicted with infections caused by a wide variety of organisms, from submicroscopic viruses to worm like parasites. When a pe...
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Bubonic Plague Lymph Nodes
1,415 wordsProfessor Piciche The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light It is impossible to discuss Europe's history without mentioning the Plague of 1348, also known as the Black Death. The Black Death reached Italian shores in the spring of 1348. The presence of such a plague was enormously devastating making its mark in unprecedented numbers in recorded history. According to records, it is estimated to have killed a third of Europe's population. The Black Death was caused by bacteria named Yersini...
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Ebola And Marburg Viruses
2,407 wordsEbola and Marburg Viruses Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Description Ebola is a member of negative-stranded RNA virus family Filoviridae. Ebola and Marburg viruses (filo viruses) are very similar in density, morphology, and odium dodecyl sulfate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) profile. As far as these particles are pleomorphism, it means that they can exist in many shapes. The Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. It relates to Ebola, and was first discov...
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Blood Sugar Levels Gastrointestinal Tract
3,976 wordsDieteticWhipples Procedure Whipple? s Procedure Dietetic Intern 1996 Personal Data: Name: W. F. Date of Admission: Sept. 26 1996 Admitting Diagnosis: Ca of the Duodenum Age: 48 yrs Sex: M Ht: 180 cm Admission Wt: 77. 9 kg Attending Physician: Dr. G. Groot Social Hx: W. F. is divorced and lives alone in a private dwelling. He has worked as a city bus driver for the past 10 yrs and plans to return to his job when he is able. W. F. also works part time as a carpenter with a friend doing custom carp...
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White Blood Cells Lymph Nodes
284 wordsYour immune system is a complex array of organs, cells and molecules distributed throughout your body. Each part of the system contributes to the growth, development or activation of lymphocytes, sophisticated white blood cells that play a major role in your immune response. White blood cells originate in bone marrow. Some then migrate to your thymus where they develop into specialized types of immune cells. From bone marrow and thymus, some white blood cells gather in lymph nodes and other immu...
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White Blood Cells Types Of Leukemia
673 wordsLeukemia Leukemia is a cancer that has had a significant effect on our society and with the developments of new drugs it may become treatable. Leukemia originates in the blood-forming organs which may include the lymph tissue and bone cells. In a person with leukemia the rate and the number of cells produced is altered. This altering can become fatal, or with proper treatment it can be subdued. There are two main types of leukemia which include total and differential. These are mainly characteri...
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Bubonic Plague Pneumonic Plague
595 wordsThe Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, had many negative as well as positive effects on medieval Europe. While being one of the worst and deadliest diseases in the history of the world, it indirectly helped Europe break grounds for some of the basic necessities for life today. The Black Death erupted in the Gobi Desert in the late 1320 s, but one really knows why. The plague bacillus was alive and active long before that; as Europe itself had suffered an epidemic in the 6 th century. But the diseas...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Genital Warts
2,768 wordsSexually Transmitted Diseases: A Teens Worst Nightmare Sexually transmitted diseases are infectious diseases that can be spread by sexual contact. Some can also be transmitted by non-sexual ways, but these make up a minority of the total number of cases. An estimated ten to twelve million Americans have sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases in the United States affect both sexes, all races, and every economic stature. STDs come from different sources. Some are epidemic lik...
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