Disease

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited multisystemic disease of unknown etiology that typically causes fever and acute inflammation in young children. It is also referred to as "mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome," because of its involvement of the mucous membranes, skin, and lymph nodes. It has 3 stages that lasts about 12 days which are comprised of the acute, subacute, and convalescent phases. This syndrome may result in the complication of damage to the coronary arteries, due to inflammatory…

Hashimoto’s Disease Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disorder in which your immune system creates antibodies that attack your thyroid gland. Causing inflammation in the thyroid gland leading to hypothyroidism a condition in which the thyroid does not make enough hormones for the body's need. The most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States is Hashimoto’s. Hashimoto's disease typically progresses slowly over years and you may have it for many years before you develop any symptoms.…

Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary disease that is marked by the degenerations of brain cells and causes a chorea and progressive dementia. The symptoms can affect one’s cognitive state, psychiatric level, behavior, and their physical movements and appearance. (2) Less than two hundred thousand people between the ages of eighteen to sixty have consulted with their doctor and were diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease. When someone has one defective gene, that single gene would have to create…

brain. Alzheimer's is a disease that has progressive brain cells failure. There is no cure to it but there are treatments that could help them with the disease. We may not know the main cause of alzheimer's, but we know some of the things that lead to alzheimer’s. One of the main thing that we know of that leads to alzheimer’s is age. “Less than 5 percent of the time, alzheimer's is caused by specific genetic changes that virtually guarantee a person will develop the disease”(). Studies…

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, and progressive motor system disorder; meaning that over a prolonged period of time the patient’s brain cells that produce dopamine deteriorate, and that with every passing day the symptoms get worse. This makes daily life difficult as these symptoms include involuntary movements, sleep disturbances, mood swings, difficulty walking, speaking, and eating, and trouble recalling specific details. This disease currently has no known cure, but there are treatments…

done at Erasmus University Medical School, the likelihood of dementia increases exponentially with age nearly one third of the population aged 85 and over has dementia (Ott et al., 1995). The most commonly heard of form of dementia is Alzheimer 's disease. And although this makes sense, considering it is the most common form, affecting around 5.4 million Americans (Alzheimer 's Association®, 2013) there are other forms that deserve to be recognized. The second and third most common forms of…

cognitive function decreases as we age, it causes our brains start to shrink in volume, and hemmers on our memory, thinking skills, and ability to comprehend what is going on. An example of cognitive function would be Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that destroys your memory, and other mental important functions such as cognitive function. As a healthcare worker dealing with patients that have cognitive function can be a difficult thing to bare. Things may occur while…

Syphilis According to the CDC “the very first syphilis outbreak happened in Naples, Italy in 1994-1995” (Syphilis’ Early History). Syphilis was called “The French Disease” during the French invasion carried by troops. There are two hypothesis on how syphilis came to be. One was that Christopher Columbus brought it to Europe when he returned from the United States. The other reason is because syphilis could have been in Italy already but has not been noticed. STD’s has been around since the…

eyelashes, eyebrows, and a streak in her hair (which you don't see unless her hair is up). This particular disease has no cure, but there is treatment options. This occurs when the cells that produce melanin die or stop working. It often will appear before you are 20. If you get treatment, it may slow down the process. How you get vitiligo is unknown, but it is not as severe as some other diseases. The most well known symptom is having white patches on your skin. The rate at which it spreads, if…

Alzheimer's disease is a very serious condition in which your brain starts destroying memory and disabling other mental functions. This happens because brain cells start to degenerate an die. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, only medications that can temporarily help and prevent it longer. The main symptoms of Alzheimer's are increasing forgetfulness, difficulty organizing thoughts, not noticing things are wrong, repeating questions and statements not realizing they've already said it,…