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Viral Infection Host Cell
851 words
It all started with a little tickling in my
throat. I forged ahead, knowing all too well what
that feeling meant, I was getting sick. I
convinced myself to just not think about it and it
would just go away. This whole time there was an
army of alien species amassing in my bloodstream
and older cells. They are horrifyingly ugly, like
something straight out of H. R. Geiger's
imagination. They writhe and twitch while they are
on the hunt for one of your precious body cells.
One can almost imagine t...
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Infectious Diseases
774 words
Necrotizing fasciitis is more commonly known as
"flesh-eating disease." It is a rare illness that
causes extensive tissue destruction and can lead
to death. In Canada, there are 90 - 200 cases of
necrotizing fasciitis each year. Some of the
Symptoms that can be noticeable or just from the
inside of necrotizing fasciitis include fever,
severe pain, and a red, painful swelling which
spreads rapidly. Death can occur in 12 to 24
hours. When the disease spreads along the layers
of tissue that surroun...
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Communicable Diseases Menstrual Cycle
1,144 words
... hough the vagina. Problems that occur from the
procedure, which are rare but serious, are
blockage of the pulmonary artery, bleeding,
infection, and tubal pregnancy. A type of
microscopic organism that is not bacteria,
viruses, or fungi. However, it is similar to
bacteria in that it can be eliminated with certain
antibiotics. It is responsible for several human
diseases. 1. Symptoms: yellowish vaginal
discharge, painful urination, lower abdominal
pain, spotting after sex or between periods. ...
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Pneumonic Plague Bubonic Plague
1,804 words
In the early 1330 s an outbreak of deadly bubonic
plague occurred in China. Plague mainly affects
rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to
people. Once people are infected, they infect
others very rapidly. Plague causes fever and a
painful swelling of the lymph glands called
buboes, which is how it gets its name. The disease
also causes spots on the skin that are red at
first and then turn black. Since China was one of
the busiest of the world's trading nations, it was
only a matter of tim...
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Liquid From The Blisters Jenner Repeated Smallpox
821 words
Smallpox has been one of the most dangerous and
deadly curses ever placed on humankind. Even
illnesses as terrible as the plague, cholera, and
yellow fever have not had such a universal effect.
Smallpox is a parasitic virus (a virus destructive
to the host) called variola. Its considered to be
a crowd disease, spreading only through people and
requiring a large densely populated area to
survive. If the virus is cut off from new host
bodies it dies out. Smallpox is spread by what is
called drople...
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Reston
1,212 words
In the year 1976, Ebola climbed out of its unknown
hiding place, and caused the death of 340 people.
Fear gripped the victims' faces, and uncertainty
tortured their minds. The people of Zaire waited
outside clinics, churches and in their homes for a
treatment of the horrible disease, but there was
no cure. They were forced to watch people die,
hoping that they would be saved from the violent
death of the Ebola virus. From the year of 1976 to
the present date of 1996, researchers have
searched fo...
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U S History Panama Canal
1,260 words
After the war with Spain at Cuba, the United Stats
realized that a faster route was necessary in
order to deploy its warships from Pacific Ocean to
Atlantic Ocean. It was because the warships in
Pacific Ocean had to take a detour around Cape
Horn, which is located at the extreme South end of
South America, in order to go to the sea area of
Cuba. The total distance amounted to 224, 000
kilometers, and this great distance caused great
amount of wasted time during the war. (web) Panama
Canal was th...
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Joan Of Arc Henry Viii
1,214 words
The authors of Disease & History point out
that disease has been a crucial determinant that
marks history. Frederick F. Cartwright, Department
of the History of Medicine, and Dr. Michael
Biddiss, Director of Studies in History at Downing
College Cambridge, collaborated together to write
this book. With Dr. Biddiss extensive knowledge of
history as a professional historian and with
Cartwright's studies of the history of medicine
they have written a book about the effects
diseases have on hist...
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Salk Vaccine Polio Vaccine
1,616 words
Polio, more properly known as poliomyelitis, was
one of the most feared and studied diseases in the
first half of the Twentieth Century (Sass, 1).
This disease has paralyzed thousands in American
history (Health Education Facts Sheet, 1). Polio
struck its victims, mostly children under the age
of three, as it appeared unpredictably bringing on
a panic in the 1940 s and 50 s. Then, a break
through occurred when Jonas Salk's research
established an effective vaccine to the
poliovirus. Today, the f...
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Parts Of The Body Genital Herpes
1,555 words
... ow, but also in another attempt the following
year. Carlo Alberto was obliged to abdicate in
favor of Victor Emanuel II. In a 852 Count Camillo
Benso Di Cavour became the prime minister of the
king. He played an important role in the
unification of Italy. He based all his work on
diplomacy. At the congress of Paris in 1856,
concluding the Crimean War, fought by the army of
Piedmont in a coalition with France and England
against Russia and Turkey, Cavour made the
possible to raise the Italian...
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Louisa May Alcott Civil War
1,470 words
by Louisa May Alcott This book is Little Women by
Louisa May Alcott. It in a town in New England in
the 1800 's. It about a family and the girls
growing up during the 1800 's and the things they
have to face. The growing pains that all girls
have to go through even now. This was a very sad
book at the end when Beth dies. The four main
characters are Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth the story
centers around the four girls and the life they
have during the time they are growing up. Marmee
the girls mother is...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Herpes Simplex
489 words
Herpes-Simplex: Type 2 Herpes is a name that is
used to describe several types of skin eruptions
that are characterized by formation of blisters.
The term embraces primarily two distinct
disorders, herpes simplex and herpes zoster, both
caused by viruses. Together, these herpes viruses
are estimated to cause more human illnesses than
any other group of viruses. Two types of herpes
simplex are known. The first causes cold sores or
fever blisters, which is an eruption of blisters
that often occurs...
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Pulmonary Artery Heart Failure
884 words
Heart Murmur, Atherosclerosis, 038; Heart
Failure A heart murmur is a sound caused by blood
flowing through a childs heart or through blood
vessels entering or leaving the heart. More that
50 percent of all people will be diagnosed with a
heart murmur sometime in their lives. When a
childs doctor or nurse practitioner detects a
heart murmur, this causes many parents quite a bit
of anxiety, especially if they have relatives with
heart disease. Luckily, in most children a heart
murmur does not ...
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Academy Of Sciences Light Bulb
1,424 words
Illuminating the Path of Progress Thomas Alva
Edison is the most famous inventor in American
History. Edison designed, built, and delivered the
electrical age. He started a revolution that would
refocus technology, change life patterns, and
create millions of jobs. He became famous for his
scientific inventions, even though he was not a
scientist. His real talent was his ability to
clearly judge a problem and be persistent in
experimenting. He was the master of the trial and
error method. Thomas...
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Epstein Barr Virus Immune System
818 words
Mononucleosis, also known Mononucleosis
Mononucleosis Mononucleosis, also known as Mono,
is an illness caused by an infection with a virus.
The virus, The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is usually
the cause of Mono. Other infectious viruses, like
cytomegalovirus (CMV) can also produce illnesses
like Mono. Most of the people who get Mono are
adolescents and young adults. In developed
nations, the majority of the people has been
exposed to the Epstein- Barr virus by the age of
18. That means that many a...
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Story Of An Hour Kate Chopin
2,472 words
Kate Chopin is a brilliant writer. Her writing
career is during the late 1800? s. She lives in a
time where women are sexually suppressed and their
opinions are not valued. Her writing holds more in
common with our time than the time just after the
Civil War. Although her life was full of death,
she still lived as happy a life as she could by
writing in such a bold and daring way. Kate Chopin
was born as Catherine O? Flaherty. She was born
July 12, 1850. She is the daughter of Thomas and
Eliza O...
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Abdominal Pain Six Weeks
981 words
Ever wonder what kind of parasites are in your
water, or how they can enter in to your body to
make you very sick? Well it is most definite that
no on want to get sick. The information found in
this paper was collected over the past month,
either by going to the library or by accessing
information off the Internet at home, almost every
night. The point that will be given to you is a
little in information about the infectious disease
called Schistosomiasis. The points the main points
will be the ...
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Infected With Mono Blood
314 words
Mononucleosis is an infectious virus caused by the
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), one of the
Herpesviruses. Mononucleosis is also called mono,
the kissing disease, and glandular fever. It
usually strikes people in the ten to thirty-five
year old age group, but it can also infect younger
people. Mono is spread by exchange of saliva. Some
examples of this are, kissing, sharing drinking
glasses, and sharing silverware. You can avoid
getting infected by washing your hands, avoiding
infected people, and n...
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Heightened Sensitivity Henry Iv Fahrquhar's
998 words
The exact positioning of the men and the careful
attention to terminology in the description of
their postures is part of Bierce's reality effect.
He is creating this event as a fact by using the
precise language of military drill. These details
have a thematic effect as welcome Bierce
identifies explicitly. The goal of establishing
the reality of the situation is reinforced by the
geographic and historical references (e. g.
Alabama, Federal). The arrangement of the troops
has thematic significa...
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Bubonic Plague Pneumonic Plague
2,080 words
Bubonic Plague is an infectious disease of animals
and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia
pestis. People usually get plague from the bite of
a rodent flea that is carrying the plague
bacterium or by handling an infected animal.
Millions of people in Europe died from plague in
the Middle Ages, when flea-infested rats inhabited
human homes and places of work. Today, modern
antibiotics are effective against the plague, but
if an infected person does not seek treatment
promptly, the disease...
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