Immune system

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) was declared global emergency by The World Health Organization in 1993. It is an airborne bacteria that basically affects the lungs, it can be spread when a person with the active TB sneezes or coughs. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among curable infectious diseases worldwide. In TB in the US-Mexico Border Region remains a serious public health problem. It is one of the most serious problems along the border; this is due to first, the abundance of…

vitamin D. The role of vitamin D in the calcium pathway is fully understood, and recent studies have proposed that vitamin D also plays a role in the immune system as an immune modulator. The understanding of its role still remains unclear however; studies have suggested that vitamin D interferes with the immune responses within the body regulating immune mediators such as T-cells, antigen presenting cells and macrophages.…

fasciitis. The combined test results of wound culture, MRI scan, and bloodwork verified the diagnosis, the wound culture indicated a Streptococcus and Staphylococcus infection was found in the wound site, and Mr. Olfa is diabetic therefore his immune system is weakened. Streptococcus and Staphylococcus microbes are found in small amounts on the skin and nasal passageway of most people. The blood work results C-REACTION PROTEIN in the body indicate that an infection is causing large amounts…

Erythematosus Janelle Reed –Estrada Nursing 250 Delta College Disease Process Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or lupus is a multisystem inflammatory auto immune disease that can attack any system in the body, though it typically affects the skin, joints, and serous membranes, renal, hematologic and neurologic systems (Lewis, 2011). The origin of the disease is unknown; however it is thought to result from interactions among genetic, hormonal, immunologic, and environmental…

The skin is a major component of the integumentary system and forms a defensive barrier that protects the internal environment against external forces (Seeley, 2008). Studies carried out by Lowes, Suárez-Fariñas, and Krueger (2013), Cargill et al. (2007) and Tsoi et al. (2012) show that psoriasis vulgaris is a homeostatic disorder of the skin that interrupts the normal proliferation, differentiation and maturation of epithelial cells in the stratum corneum. The focul site of psoriasis vulgaris…

Biomedical scientists study and perform experiments on animals such as rats, mice, reptiles, chimpanzees, and many others for ailments that ultimately cause death. An animal’s internal systems and organs closely resemble humans in complexity and vital functions such as breathing, reproduction, and digestion, so scientists understand how it will affect the human body and life cycle. While petri dish studies are available using human cells and could prevent what the Humane Society considers…

What is it? Impetigo is a skin infection caused by two different bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Impetigo is a skin infection that causes red patches with sores or blisters with a fluid, personally to me the sores look more like blisters from being filled with the fluid and being able to pop easily. Impetigo mostly occurs on the face, neck, arms, and legs, diaper area usually only if it is bullous impetigo. The differences between the two different types of impetigo…

Moalem talks about how cholesterol rises too. Like when you consume alcohol, your body detoxifies it and then extracts calories from it. It's a difficult process that involves many different enzymes and a lot of organs, although most of the process takes place in the liver. First, an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase converts the alcohol into another chemical called acetaldehyde; another enzyme—cleverly called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase—converts the acetaldehyde into acetate. And a third…

Xenotransplantation is the process of transplanting or grafting organs and tissue between different species. As you’re transplanting a foreign organ not from the same species as you, this has many social and biological implications. Including the fact that there’s could be new viruses and pathogens passed over between species with the potential to cause a mass epidemic and kill of many members of a species. Also this procedure although been around for a long time it hasn’t had a very high…

is cured using an antiviral that is slightly different from a vaccine. The antiviral attacks the virus instead of preventing the patient from contracting it. This process is what we call curing the disease, whereas vaccines use the body’s own immune system in order to inoculate against the disease. Compare and Contrast Motaba and Ebola The movie centres on the fictional Motaba virus that is based off the real, and deadly Ebola HF virus. They are identical in structure and should therefore…