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Clostridium Difficile Tiffany Hoang Health Science Technology 03/03/2016  Clostridium Difficile Clostridium difficile also known as C. diff is a disease caused by a germ which in the United States infected half a million people in 2011, and twenty nine thousand people that died within thirty days. Patients with this disease have symptoms such as watery diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain. Usually, people who are at increased risk for C. diff had gastrointestinal…

Hepatitis C Virus is a genus of FLAVIVIRIDAE causing parenterally-transmitted HEPATITIS C which is related with transfusions and drug abuse. Hepatitis C infection is the type species. It is an irresistible malady caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that fundamentally affects the liver. At the main stages, specific symptoms haven’t been seen and some common symptoms including a fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and yellow tinged skin occurs. In the progression of the disease, liver disease and…

Epidemiology of hepatitis B was extensively studied in the pre-vaccine era, but by contrast there are only three studies published so far describing it after vaccine introduction (Braga, 2012) (Cabezas-Sánchez, 2014) (De la Hoz F P. L., 2008). Furthermore, these studies have…

various cusses of liver cancer and the effects on patient life. Liver cancer can leads to physical effects. Forexample, Afflation B1, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) ,and hepatitis C virus (HCV).Afflation B1 is a toxic substance and harmful to the liver and exposure to it continuously cause liver cancer and some of fungus secrets the Aflatoxin B1. The Hepatitis B virus can cues a chronic inflammation to the liver which increase the risk of liver cancer. Also can cause cirrhosis. Hepatitis C virus…

Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a disease that causes Liver infection. It is estimated that over 240 million people in the world have the STD Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a big cause of death. Approximately 780,000 people die each year as a result of the Hepatitis B infection. 650,000 from liver cancer and cirrhosis due to their infection the other 130,000 die from acute Hepatitis B infection. There are two types of Hepatitis B. The two types of the STD are acute and chronic. Acute hepatitis B lasts…

A is said to be one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. A man named Steven M. Feinstone discovered the virus in 1973. The word hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. There are five different strains of the hepatitis virus and they are A, B, C, D, and E. Hepatitis A is spread by fecal-oral contact, person to person in areas with low sanitation, or by anal-oral sexual contact. This means that hepatitis A can be found more commonly in males who have sex with males. Some foods that…

Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic inflammatory, multisystem disease in which the body attacks its own liver cells. There are two known forms of this chronic, long-lasting disease. Type 1, being the most common making up eighty percent of autoimmune hepatitis cases, affects mostly young women and often goes hand in hand with other autoimmune diseases. Forty percent of Type 1 AIH cases are diagnosed before the age of 18.Type 2 is less common affecting women ages 2 to 14. It is shown in many…

The Bronze Age in the Mediterranean Grecian regions was a time for exploration and war, trade and commerce, and ingenuity. Two monumental cultures with the evident demise influenced one another through economy, architecture, and logogram. The Minoans originated on the island of Crete, and their palace and administrative center titled Knossos. The Mycenaean culture, on the other hand, flourished on the mainland of Greece, in the palaces of Pylos and Mycenae. Both cultures thrived from maritime…

Aeriel Ocampo Public Health 194C May 28, 2015 63944677 Dr. Bic’s Lab Dr. Zuzana Bic is a public health instructor at UC Irvine. She received her medical degree at King Charles University Medical School in Prague, Czech Republic in 1980 and her Doctorate in Public Health at Loma Linda University in 1997 with a specialty in preventive care and lifestyle medicine (“Zuzana Bic”). Consuelo Siposs is a supervisor who manages education at the American Diabetes Association Office in Irvine, targeting…

Dakota McNany Gerontology Sophomore 3. Short Answer Questions (10 points each, 20 points total). Choose two out of four. It is expected the length of the text for each question is about 150-200 words, single spaced. D. Why is the Knossos Palace laid out in a rather irregular form? The largest Minoan site, The palace and labyrinth at Knossos, is also perhaps the most widely known Minoan site throughout the world. Directly under this site are the remains of Neolithic settlements. These…