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Disease Causing Entire Body
448 wordster> The nature of DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS and the mechanisms employed by man to combat these organisms. What is disease? A disease is a disturbance in the normal structure or function of an organism, group of organisms or the entire body. Diseases affect different organisms in different ways, they may be temporary, they may be chronic, or they may be terminal. They may even be localized or widespread through an entire body. Many diseases have been eradicated, but, some have no cure....
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Long Term
385 wordsWe have always known of the existence of many diseases, but some of us dont realize that, these diseases are very easy to catch. There are many diseases caused by bacteria, while others are caused by viruses. Diseases caused by viruses are genital herpes, genital warts and AIDS. Other sexually transmitted diseases that are caused by bacteria are: gonorrhea, syphilis and Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria. Chlamydia is spread by direct person-to-person con...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Laxatives Diuretics
1,722 wordsAnorexia and Bulimia are the two main dietary disorders which have swept other dietary disorders aside. They mostly effect girls aged 14 - 17. The causes vary between culture, family pressures, chemical imbalance, emotional & personality disorder. Also genetics might play a small role in contributing to this disorder. In this era, we are constantly bombarded with the images of extremely thin, anorexic models. We are constantly told, if we want people to like us we must get thin. It has cross...
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Health Care Workers University Of Toronto
1,696 words... taking, questionnaires and donor inter- views. Very few people at risk of AIDS now come to give blood. The "self- elimination form", filled out in a private booth, allows any who feel compelled by peer pressure to donate blood, total privacy to check the box that says "Do not use my blood for transfusion. " As to banking one's own blood, or autologous donations, the Red Cross permits a few "medically suitable" people, referred by their physician, to store their blood if they are likely to ne...
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White Blood Cells Cell Wall
1,297 wordsBacteria is a simple organism that consists of one cell. They are among the smallest living thing on earth. Most bacteria measures from about 0. 3 to 2. 0 microns in diameter, and can only be seen through a microscope. Scientist classify bacteria according to shape. Cocci are round and sometimes linked together. Bacilli look like rods, and Vibrios resembles bent rods. There are two types of spiral-shaped bacteria, spirochetes and spirilla. Bacteria exist almost anywhere you can think of. There a...
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Health Care Needs Of Children And Families
1,248 wordsHealth care needs of children and families Illness is distressing for anybody. But in children, it can strike quickly and bring down an active child in hours or days. Severe illness, even if temporary, can provoke a great deal of anxiety for children. Chronic illness or disability usually causes even more emotional distress. Not only does it affect the child but the parents and other siblings too. Health care needs cover not only medical treatment but support for the entire family including coun...
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Career Path Health Care
719 wordsDENTISTRY: MY CHOSEN CAREER Introduction Having a grandfather who practiced his profession of Dentistry for 30 years inspired me to take the same profession as Grandpa did. I was intrigued as he would often bring me to his clinic and ask me to watch him as he worked on his patients. That was always an exciting time for me. That is why at an early age I knew that dental health care is a good career to pursue. In fact, the rate of change experienced by the dental health care industry has been quit...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases One Hundred Years
590 wordsNo Magic Bullet In 1918, the Spanish influenza killed more people than died in combat in World War I. With advances in disease control and medicine, diphtheria, typhus, and tuberculosis are under control, but sexually transmitted diseases are out of control of epidemic proportions. Brandt asks why we have been unsuccessful in controlling these diseases. Perhaps disease and dirt are the precipitating cause of venereal disease, and the stigma attached to them keeps the problem hidden. Brandt discu...
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Infected With Hiv Hiv Virus
1,249 wordsThe Impact of HIV/AIDS on Childrens Cognitive Abilities HIV in a child that is passed from the mother is a very unfortunate disease. The child has no chance before it is even born. The virus sets in at an extremely early time when there is not even an immune system in effect. A child can be affected in many ways after being infected with the HIV virus. Although, most symptoms will be extremely similar to an adults symptoms. The largest factor contributed to a change in symptoms is how the adult ...
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Nosocomial Infections L Interrogate Leptospirosis
731 wordsBug Report My bug was the Leptospira interrogate which causes Leptospirosis. Some of the common names of this bug are Weils Disease, Mud Fever, Fort Bragg fever, and Swamp Fever. This particular bug will manifest in the kidney and in the liver. It can in its most severe form cause kidney failure, heart failure, and shock. This bacteria, L. interrogate, multiplies inside of the organs, generally it is in the kidney, liver, CNS. L. interrogate is normally a zoonosis, and is found commonly in dogs,...
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Bodys Immune System Sexual Intercourse
820 wordsAIDS is the plague of the 20 th century, but how much do we really know about this deadly disease? HIV is a virus that gets into the body and flows through the bloodstream. AIDS is the disease that is caused by HIV. Once you are diagnosed as HIV positive, you do not automatically have AIDS. There is a possibility of being HIV positive, and not having AIDS. Most people do not know it is the infections that break down the bodys immune system rather than the AIDS that kills parents. HIV can be prev...
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Female Genital Mutilation Women Are Considered
1,010 wordsFemale genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is a practice that involves the removal of part or all of the female external genitalia. It occurs throughout the world, but most commonly in Africa where they say that it is a tradition and social custom to keep a young girl pure and a married woman faithful. But to some Westerners, the practice is viewed as being primitive and barbaric. We react with disgust and find it nearly incomprehensible that female genital mutilation can occu...
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Female Genital Mutilation Female Circumcision
649 wordsFemale circumcision, also known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), is a very dangerous surgery. It is done to girls of any age, from a few days old to right before their wedding. The most common age is three. In most countries where FGM is practiced the clitoris is considered dangerous to the man. At one point they thought that if a penis touched a clitoris, it would shrivel up and fall off. Girls in Africa and parts of Asia are genitally mutilated for family honor, cleanliness, protection agai...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Sickle Cell Anemia
965 wordsHemophilia Hemophilia is the most famous bleeding disease. In this disease, there is a lack in the amount of a certain protein called anti-hemophilic globulin, or Factor VIII, in the blood. Factor VIII is extremely vital in the clotting of the blood. Because of the way hemophilia is inherited, only males can contract this disorder. Hemophilia is passed from generation to generation by female carriers. In the United States 1 male in every ten thousand has hemophilia. Symptoms appear in childhood ...
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Congenital Glaucoma Glaucoma Glaucoma Eye
599 wordsThe most common Glaucoma Glaucoma The most common eye disease of the eyelid is a sty, which is an infection of the eyelashes. Several congenital defects of the eyelids occur, including coloma, or cleft eyelid, and ptosis, a drooping of the upper lid. (Eye 4) Defects to the eye are in inner surface of the eyelid to the eyeball, which usually burns. The eyelids are skin diseases such as eczema and acne and malignant tumors. The mucous membranes covering the inside of the eyelids and the outside of...
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Cases Of Aids University Of Alabama
1,479 wordsDebate around the origin of AIDS has sparked considerable interest and controversy since the beginning of the epidemic. However, in trying to identify where AIDS originated, there is a danger that people may try and use the debate to attribute blame for the disease to particular groups of individuals or certain lifestyles. The first cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in 1981, but they provide little information about the source of the disease. There is now clear evidence that the disease AIDS is ...
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Protease Inhibitors Bodily Fluids
1,198 wordsCytomegalovirus Retinitus Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is very common within the general population, but it often shows little or no symptoms in healthy people (Gateway). It infects between 50 % to 85 % of adults in the United States by the age of 40 (CDC). However, in the immuno depressed population, there is often an active infection that shows many possible symptoms. Within the HIV infected community, the CMV virus? most common symptoms are retinitis and gastrointestinal problems (Gateway)...
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Feng Shui Body
933 wordsIn a lot of conditions, medical cures and treatments have proven more harmful than the disease itself. In looking for other options, people all over the world have been turning back to the holistic way of health and healing. Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing the WHOLE person, or in holistic terms, the mind body and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat diseases and promote optimal health. This condition ...
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Dec 1997 Internet 2
439 wordsInfections Mononucleosis, also known as mono, is a viral infection that effects mostly adolescents and young adults. It is caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). This virus is spread mainly by saliva, which gives it the nickname, the kissing disease (Daughtry; InteliHealth). Symptoms usually develop within 30 - 50 days of the person becoming infected with EBV (Daughtry). The first symptoms may include tiredness, fever, headaches, and loss of appetite. After about 3 - 5 days of developing these ...
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Islamic World Human Rights
751 wordsThere is an immense problem occurring to women of the Islamic world. In many parts of the world, especially the United States and Britain, girl power, as many girl bands refer to is growing rapidly. More and more, women are having more rights and privileges. But in many Islamic countries, including Afghanistan, Jordan, Togo, and Pakistan this girl power is hiding behind the burqa, a heavy, dark piece of clothing that surrounds the body, with only a small mesh window to see through. It is a great...
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