Glycogen storage disease

8-15% of meningococcal meningitis (meningitis caused by N. menigitidis) are fatal Even when the disease is diagnosed early and adequate treatment is started, 8% to 15% of patients die, often within 24 to 48 hours after the onset of symptoms. If untreated, meningococcal meningitis is fatal in 50% of cases and may result in brain damage, hearing loss or disability in 10% to 20% of survivors. How many people a year on average die from meningitis in America? The national meningitis association…

than as documented in the past. Infectious diseases have been the major killers of humans. It is only within the last century that they have been replaced by chronic diseases and injuries as primary killers in the United States. Worldwide, infectious diseases still account for 25 percent of all deaths. The major advances in infectious disease control to date have been through protection of food and water and through immunizations. New infectious diseases could spread only as fast and far as…

Did you know about fifty-one percent of people die of anthrax a year? Anthrax is a serious infectious illness caused by a microbe called Bacillus anthracis that lives in soil. The good thing about anthrax that it is hard to get in the United States. Anthrax history has been widely more common in 2001. It was first discovered from ancient origins in 1250 BC. Anthrax is known as one of the worst biological attacks in the country. So far anthrax has attacked resulted in five deaths and 17 illness…

have Huntington’s Disease or know someone that does or just want to learn more about Huntington’s Disease (HD)? Well if you do then this is the perfect research paper to read! HD is an inherited genetic disorder that causes nerve cells in your brain to get destroyed. George Summer Huntington discovered HD in 1850-1916. Huntington’s Disease is also sometimes called Huntington's chorea, Huntington chronic progressive hereditary chorea, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease. HD is a very…

social, and environmental aspects. All these dimensions converge together to form particular places of health that influence disease exposure and transmission. King asserts that a political ecology framework applied to health provides insight into “how health is situated within political, economic, cultural, and environmental systems that intersect to shape the spread of disease and decision-making options” (King 49). By taking into account these dynamic multiscalar processes, we can see how…

Reflective Learning and Writing, Assessment 2 Step 1 In this reflective learning task it will discuss why poor countries have a predominance of infectious diseases as opposed to the lifestyle-related diseases of wealthy countries. Such as obesity, diabetes, lung cancer, alcohol and drug use. This reflective learning task will also include my opinion of the global health inequalities that exist currently and how we can resolve them. For examples poverty, hygiene, access, wealth, resources,…

Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases are spread through four methods of transmission they are 1. Respiratory tract transmission 2. Fecal-Oral transmission 3. Direct contact transmission 4. Blood contact transmission Respiratory tract Infectious diseases are transmitted via the respiratory tract and they can range from a mild cold to many life threatening diseases. This is the most common method of transmission of infectious diseases in an early childhood environment. Germs pass through the…

lazy and try to make it easier on them, then clients or even the cosmetologist could both be affected. Although some diseases that are introduced in the salon are not contagious there are other diseases that are very serious to people’s well being. Skin diseases especially on the hands, affect one in five hairstylists. In fact, skin diseases are the number one occupation-related disease in America. Many chemicals produce symptoms ranging from itchy rash to serious burns or allergies. In the…

affecting the institution in two ways (Scott 2015: 34). First, infectious disease outbreaks posed a direct threat to social contact between citizens and the government (Scott 2015: 34). If the government allowed the disease to rage unchecked, the legitimacy of the state would be questionable. Plus, to go against the Resolution would put them on a difficult position as their humanity would be questionable. Second, emphasis on disease also fits the biomedical of health (Scott 2015:…

infectious diseases have disappeared and chronic diseases have risen. Epidemics such as obesity have caused the social models of health to improve order to more effectively improve the treatment of patients. A representation of this is the change from the medical model to the more modern socials model. This is due to current health epidemics being more complicated than just the patient’s physical health. With the increasing prevalence of obesity, diseases such as diabetes, ischemic heart disease…