Cirrhosis

Familial Hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder, which means that it is a disorder that is carried on from someone's biological paternal and/or maternal link, that causes low-density lipoprotein to increase. Lipoprotein – abbreviated LDL – is known as the bad cholesterol that increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Taken from its roots, it means that it is a genetically active disorder that leads to the elevated levels of cholesterol in the human body. This disorder affects about 1…

The effects of alcohol and cigarettes to the human body are dangerous among others; they cause cancer, and liver cirrhosis. The United Sates department of health and human studies (2008) conducted a study that found that in the United Stated, 69.7 million people use tobacco, while about 15 million people abuses alcohol. The study also found out that 4.2 million of the…

Alcohol effects thousands of people every day. The depressant liquid drug has major effects on the user’s health, mental wellness, and life in general. Even though many American’s like to the taste of alcohol, they do not realize what the drug is doing to their bodies. Health is one of the main things that alcohol destroys. Enough alcohol on a single occasion or over a long period of time can cause issues such as: stretching and drooping of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), irregular heart…

Alcohol has been around for thousands of years, and throughout those years’ alcohol has evolved into more than just beer and wine. Surprising as it may be alcohol is considered a drug, and like many drugs it is neither a good thing or a bad thing. If alcohol is used cautiously, it can be used as a fun event drink. Like the many drugs out there, there are people who abuse and end up addicted to it. In today’s society, alcohol is viewed to be harmless. Alcohol effects the body in more ways…

periods of excessive drinking it can complicate matters into more serious situations such as being hospitalized. Life-lasting effects take place in your body such as giving an alcoholic digestive-system disorders, inflammation of the pancreas, and cirrhosis of the liver. It can also give someone high blood pressure and cause to heart muscles. The huge problem with someone abusing alcohol,…

The United States has experienced an increase in the number of cases of Hepatitis C over the past decade. There are counties across the United States that are at an increased risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) outbreaks. These diseases are efficiently transmitted by exposure to contaminated blood and blood products and often lead to co-infection. This has been shown by increased transmission occurring among injection drug users, primarily those under the age of thirty (Zibbell et al,…

For the past several weeks we have been reading memoirs on multiple sources, ranging from the hills of the Appalachian Mountains, to the streets of Chicago. Both of these places come off not only as different in geography but in lifestyle as well. They also share similarities in some instances. In Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, and Our America by LeAlan Jones, and Lloyd Newman, both stories share similarities in the fact that the people in these stories are restricted by the environment in…

In 2007, American Indian and Alaska Natives were twice as likely to develop a case of Hepatitis C (HCV) as the white population (NIH, 2014). Oklahoma's Acute Hepatitis C Incidence Rates is more than 3 times higher than the US average (OSDH, 2010). I would like to see a decline of HCV in the Native American population because the amount of Native Americans in Oklahoma. In the 2010 US Census there were 482,760 American Indian and Alaska Natives in Oklahoma (CDC, 2010). With improved prevention…

There are many natural remedies available to help you lose weight. These remedies work by increasing your metabolism, controlling your cravings and improving the body 's ability to convert fat into energy. Additionally, many of these herbs help reduce inflammation throughout the body. Inflammation within the body not only makes you look heavier than you are, but it also prevents the body from absorbing the nutrients from your foods, causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Cinnamon Cinnamon…

Nowadays, clinicians and psychologists are not using anymore the word "addiction". DSM-5 diagnostic criteria uses the word "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" or 'Substance Use Disorders". According with DSM-5, substance use disorders is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease which characteristics are compulsive seeking and drug use, despite its harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change this body: its structure and operation are affected. These…