Autoimmune disease

lifelong disease , more common in the young adult region. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of unknown cause that affects the nervous system . It can affect your vision , strength , coordination , speech , bladder control , sensation , or other faculties concerned with the eyes , brain , or spinal cord . Both men and women are affected in these cases one gender is not only attacked . The severity of problems that occur during this disease can …

hepatitis B vaccine, Recombivax HB, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1983, followed by Engerix-B in 1989 (Hepatitis B Vaccine Safety, n.d.). safety. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is one way that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) monitors the safety of vaccinations. In a study of VAERS reports from May 2001 to September 2003 the CDC found that no unexpected health problems were reported from a combination Hepatitis A inactivated and a recombinant…

Gum disease is among the most common health problems worldwide. A Periodontal word comes from the Greek language that mean around the tooth. Both periodontal disease and gum disease can be used as a synonym for periodontitis, specifically chronic periodontitis. "It is now considered an autoimmune disease and can be a precursor to extreme health problems". Moreover, more worrying is the fact that the relation between periodontal disease and other maladies are often not detected or given adequate…

This is known as a condition called thyrotoxicosis. The most common cause of this is an veracity in the thyroid gland. For example, Graves’ diseases causes an inflammation of the thyroid or a tumor on the thyroid. Another case is called goitre, which is a swelling of the neck due to an enlargement of the thyroid gland. Symptoms of thyrotoxicosis include intolerance to heat, weight loss, increased…

After using a search engine, I researched the differences between Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism. Although, many people might confuse the terms due to their similarities in their spellings. There are many differences between them but the main difference, in my opinion, is the change in the production of the gland activity, Underactive vs Overactive Thyroid glands respectively. Hypothyroidism is an underactive thyroid gland. This means that the thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough thyroid…

personal topic for me and my family. On this paper I will talk about the history of Luppus. Lupus is a inflammatory multisystemic disorder of the connective tissue, it manifests on joints (confused with athithis), kidney and skin. In this case the autoimmune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It has periods of illnes and periods of remission. Lupus is the word for word in the old latin language. This term was first used around the 10th centuy. There’s a theory that Hipocrates was the…

has continue to be a scourge throughout time. Individuals with a suppressed or undeveloped immune response have difficulty resisting the virus as it progresses into pneumonia or encephalitis (swelling of the brain). In the past Measles like other diseases hopped across the oceans with explores and traders. Native Americans and Pacific Islanders with no natural immunity were reduced by some estimates by 95%. During the 20th Century, virtually…

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease that targets the neuromuscular junction resulting in impaired impulse transmission and skeletal muscle weakness. The muscular weakness may exacerbate during periods of activity while improving after periods of rest, occurring with various severities. Muscles that control the eyes, eyelids, facial expression, swallowing, and talking can also be affected. Symptoms are presented as drooping of the eyelids, called ptosis, blurred or double vision,…

What is Enlarged Spleen in Cats? Splenomegaly, or an enlarged spleen, is a symptom of another condition or disease. The enlargement is due to inflammation, which occurs due to infiltration of cells as a result of the primary condition. The primary condition that is causing the enlargement is typically related to the function of the spleen, such as filtering blood or synthesizing antibodies in the cat's body. The cat's spleen may either enlarge uniformly over the entire organ or enlarge…

humans, our vaccines can last our lifetime in relation our pets that only last a year. While vaccines have helped to eradicate many common diseases in both the human and animal world, humans only get a few vaccine boosters while animals get a yearly booster. The number of boosters given to our pets has led to the increase of allergies, cancer, autoimmune diseases and even death. If the adverse effects of vaccines happening in the animal world happened to humans, countless studies would be done…