Communicable Diseases Essay

My commitment to academic excellence stems from my own struggle with disease that needs research attention and commitment to provide a reduction in morbidity in society. Beginning in August of twelfth grade, I faced a sudden unwarranted impediment. Discerning letters on the whiteboard, reading street signs, and recognizing faces transformed into arduous draining tasks like never before. Paralyzed by unprecedented vision loss, I visited my primary physician who referred me to a series of…

problems that King Charles spaniels suffer from which include: * Mitral valve disease which is a condition that causes degeneration of the mitral heart valve that can be fatal for most dogs. All cavaliers should be screened for heart murmurs once a year beginning at age 1 year due to the commonness of the disease in the breed as it is the leading cause of death of cavalier King Charles spaniels, as it is a hereditary disease passed through generations from excessive breeding. * Patellar…

might also say that medical marijuana can cause lung cancer; However, if the medical marijuana ; isn't smoked and instead drinked like medicine or eaten like food it wouldn't cause lung cancer. Meaning, it won’t cause deaths. According to Centers for disease control alcohol causes at least 40,000 deaths annually while marijuana has never had one death. Negative assumptions are always being made when hearing about drugs, while we never stop too think if these drugs can help out a human being just…

Cystic fibrosis is the most common, life threatening autosomal recessive disease within the Caucasian population. It is an inherited disease caused by the mutation of a single gene on chromosome 7. Both males and females can be affected by this disease, however, it is not contagious. Around 70% of individuals with cystic fibrosis inherited the disease from not only one, but both their parents. There is over one thousand different mutations of the cystic fibrosis gene, which means that there may…

As a child born with an underbite, my appearance prevented my confidence to flourish. If I have three wishes from Genie like Aladdin, I would wish for a magic pill for my jaw to grow normally. However, the medical field has yet proceeded far enough to succeed the pill. On Christmas of 2015, I stayed in a hospital for the first time, which I find fascinating even after going through anesthesia. To prevent future health problems, I had my jaw bone cut and shaved. I do not remember sleeping over…

the purposes of the cloning of children and the reasons to do so. "Human cloning could allow couples at risk of generating children with genetic disease to have healthy children. If both parents carried one copy of a recessive gene for the same heritable disorder, cloning might allow them to ensure that their child does not inherit the known genetic disease without having to resort to using donor gametes or practicing preimplantation or prenatal genetic diagnosis and elimination of afflicted…

It’s the second most common cancer in UK. Survival time for patients diagnosed with a late stage of the disease is approx. 1 year with chemotherapy. There are different types of the disease, among which the non-small cell lung carcinoma accounts for approx. 85% of all cases. Smoking is the most significant contributor to the formation of the cancer. As Cuba is famous for its prime quality cigars…

I have a strange infatuation with diseases. I love to see diseases, analyze them, understand the symptoms that define them, but most importantly, discover if and how the ailment can be cured. One disease that has recently become a focus in my life, is one I have personally entitled African American Dystrophy; a disorder characterized by the weakening, degeneration, or abnormal development of a people. It is a disease that has been metastasizing this country since I was young. Spreading rapidly,…

Alcohol Matthew J Rela Kean University HED 4333 Abstract This paper explores Huntington’s disease (HD) which is described as a genetic condition where a mutation occurs on the Huntington gene. This mutation has a specific pathophysiology that leads to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Due to the non-curable nature, the patient management is simply palliative care. Diagnostic and predictive testing can be performed; however, the results are merely to know if the mutation is…

using contaminated needles for to inject yourself with recreational drugs, and taking anti-viral drugs every day. The prognosis for patients with KS is about 72% of patients survive past 5 years of being diagnosed with this cancer. Treatment of this disease is consistent with treatment for any other type of cancer; radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy are some of the more common methods of treatment for Kaposi’s…