A. Trachoma This is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Chlamydia trachomatis”. The infection causes the inner surface of the eyelids to become rough leading to pain in the eye‚ breakdown of the cornea and possible blindness. Untreated‚ repeated trachoma infections result in entropion - a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward‚ causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection due to their tendency to easily get dirty
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Cardiovascular disease is a group of things at are all combined together and are affected by this terrible disease. The things that get affected that involve the human heart are arteries‚ veins‚ blood vessels‚ and capillaries. Heart disease causes many different kinds of problems that are related to the process known as atherosclerosis. The condition happens to a person when a good size amount of plaque has built up in their arteries. The results from this occurring narrows the room inside of our
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Communicable Disease Student Name: Course No: Date: Instructor: A communicable disease can be defined as a disease that is spread or can be spread from one individual to another or sometimes from an animal to a human being (Webber‚ 2009). The spread of a communicable disease does not only happen through airborne bacteria or viruses‚ but also through blood and other fluids of the body. Communicable diseases are sometimes termed as contagious or infectious diseases. Tuberculosis
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Stargardt disease is an inherited disease that leads to blindness. This disease occurs around 1 in every 10‚000 children and is an autosomal recessive disease‚ therefore only being able to trace which parent has it‚ once the child has been confirmed whether or not to have this disease. It is caused by mascular degeneration‚ which eventually leads to blindness. Mascular degeneration is where the mascular part of the retina‚ where there are the most light-receptors‚ rods and cones (that are used for
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Obesity Is A Disease Obesity is a disease that affects one in three members of the American population. The trend of obese Americans has continually increased since 1960‚ and is not showing signs of slowing down. More than half of the adults in America are considered overweight or obese‚ and about thirty-four percent of the total population in the U.S is either overweight or obese. One is considered “overweight” if the body mass index‚ or BMI‚ is twenty-five to twenty-nine kilograms. “Obese”
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Vatsala Jha 10/18/14 Clovis‚ 3 Overcoming Anxiety Are you or do you know anyone‚ experiencing anxiety panic attacks? Anxiety has been a lifelong problem for me‚ but what is anxiety? People have anxiety disorders that are mental disorders characterized by feelings of fear and unease. Anxiety can work its way through one’s mental and physical state‚ causing disturbances in their everyday life. It is a very unpleasant state‚ accompanied by nervousness and generalized as an overreaction to a situation
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Cardiovascular disease is a common chronic illness in our society and it causes over half the deaths in the US each year. It affects all aspects of the heart. It affects the arteries that supply blood to the heart‚ the valves which pumps the blood and the heart muscles‚ itself. People who don’t take care of themselves can develop cardiovascular disease‚ which can cause heart attacks‚ congestive heart failure or strokes. A patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease increases if they smoke
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also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become‚ our nation ’s health hasn ’t caught up. After all‚ heart disease‚ also known as cardiovascular disease‚ is our nation ’s number one killer (Preventive Magazine Health Books p. 153). <br><br>The most common‚ and most preventable‚ heart disease of all is coronary artery disease. This is caused when blockages develop in the blood vessels that provide oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. A more general term for any impairment
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INSERT INTRO Although contrary to popular belief Lyme disease is very easily prevented. The easiest way to do this is when outside where long clothing that covers up almost all of your skin. This makes it harder for ticks or any other insects carrying the disease to burrow into your skin and use it as a shelter. Another very easy prevention for Lyme Disease is to avoid areas that are known to have insects that carry this disease. The most common places to find these insects is rural or suburban
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women and young women but also to young men and men who may also suffer from this disorder. My research comes from the journal article I picked and research sites such as Google scholars‚ ProQuest and the online school library. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze how anorexia can develop in some young women due to beauty and fashion magazines (Thomsen 2001). Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear
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