Cutaneous conditions

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Insulin Receptor Introduction Insulin receptor (IR) is a transmembrane receptor, an important member to a large family of tyrosine kinase receptor proteins. Endogenous ligands such as insulin, IGF-1 (Insulin-like growth factor-1) and IGF-2 (Insulin-like growth factor-2) bind to this receptor to carry out major physiological and metabolic functions. INSR (Insulin Receptor) gene encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed in our body to form a functional heterotetrameric insulin…

The Truth on Child Abuse According to Childhelp.org, child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failure to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, and emotional abuse. Studies have shown that about one-third of people who are abused in childhood will become abusers themselves. However, this is not true for all child abuse…

within the onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis MDA control programs and is considered well tolerated[59]. The drug has shown good efficacy against several other parasitic infections, such as soil-transmitted helminth infections, pediculosis, and cutaneous larva migrans [87]. A reduction of the transmission of soil-transmitted helminth infections and scabies in affected communities has also been perceived as an additional benefit within the ivermectin-based filariasis and onchocerciasis…

Homeobox, also known as HOX genes, are genes that determine organ and limb formation during early embryonic development. Frances R. Goodman writes in his article “Limb Malformations and the Human HOX Genes” that humans have 39 HOX genes which are organized into four clusters. They have their own roles in the development of the central nervous system, axial skeleton, genitalia, and limbs. The study of HOX genes can lead to the identities of a number of human malformations. According to Shane C.…

Shaina Willenberg 2/16/16 Research Paper Vitiligo Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease that affects a person in which they’re having the destruction of melanin in their body. This will lead to the loss of pigmentation. The loss of pigmentation in the skin is due to the melanocytes (melanin) which forms white patches on the skin. This disease can affect 1 in every 100 people in the Unites States (2). This skin disorder can affect both males and females of any race. We have a few…

Too often, therapists and other medical professionals get caught up in things like documenting progress to please insurance, fulfilling financial or business requirements set by the facility, and/or treating a patient a certain way based on their condition and their experience with “those type of patients” in the past. This documentary really focused on the emotional trauma these individuals and their families experience and how the brain injury consumed their whole lives. As a future PT, I…

Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options I. INTRODUCTION Lupus, Latin for “wolf,” originally referred to the erosive facial lesions that resembled a wound from a wolf’s bite. In the Middle Ages lupus was mainly described as a dermatologic condition. It was not until 1872 that lupus was considered a systemic disease that presented with subcutaneous nodules, arthritis, lymphadenopathy, fever, weight loss, anemia, and central nervous system involvement.1 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…

survival capability under hostile conditions; it is commonly found in a number of disinfectants as well as in nutrient-poor reservoirs such as drinking water, soil and/or pipes. S. marcescens is recognised as an opportunistic pathogen due to the red pigment that it produces called Prodigiosin. It is thought to be a promising drug due to its reported…

symptoms that can be considered somewhat slight to extreme and some are considered a common Porphyria to a rare disorder and are classified into 8 different types and are put in 2 main headings, Acute Porphyria which effects the nervous system and Cutaneous Porphyria which effects the skin. These diseases effect numbers such as 1 in 10,000 for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) which is considered the most common form to Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (CEP)…