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phosphate. Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) are most vital compounds in the human being. Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin, but a steroid hormone formed in the body when the skin is exposed to sunbeams, mainly ultraviolet B light (UVB) rays22. The compound vitamin D has been found in organisms that are more than 500 million years old, including phytoplankton (Emiliania huxleyi), and diatoms (Skeletonema menxelii), which can endogenously synthesize vitamin D…

Maddie Ward American History 2nd hour April 9, 2017  Auschwitz was a terrible concentration camp because the Nazi’s killed at least 1.1 to 1.3 million people by beating them, overworking them, and killing them in gas chambers with Zyklon B gas. It was constructed in April of 1940 and once they finished building it they immediately brought in prisoners and started putting them to work. They didn’t get proper food, housing, or clothing and sickness spread around the camp very easily. The…

severely reduced causing the sufferer to bleed severely from even a slight injury. There are four types of Hemophilia which are Hemophilia A-Also called classic hemophilia, it is four times more common than Hemophilia B, and it occurs when factor VIII levels are deficient, Hemophilia B-Also called christmas disease, it occurs when factor Xi levels are deficient, Hemophilia C-It occurs when facts of XI levels are deficient, and Acquired Hemophilia-is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by…

The acute inflammatory response can be stimulated by an infection, tissue necrosis, foreign bodies, or immune reactions. The stimulus is recognized by receptors on the surface phagocytes, dendritic cells, and epithelial cells. The two types of the receptors are the toll like receptors and the inflammasomes. The toll like receptors recognize bacterial and virus DNA and endotoxins and in response produce inflammatory mediators. The inflammasome recognizes microbial or dead cell products or…

Hepatitis virus C (HCV) is an enveloped positive-strand RNA virus widely distributed in the world, once nearly 200 million people are contaminated with the pathogen. The HCV virus is responsible for developing a chronic infection in the patient, leading to different degrees of liver disease and it is also able to cause systemic syndromes, even causing damages in the central nervous system (CNS). Signals and symptoms include fatigue, tiredness, impaired memory (“brain fog”), and they can even…

Niacin is in animals and plants. Vitamin B3 is in Niacin. Niacin can be found in multiple foods. Niacin can be absorbed in a person’s mouth and can be dissolved in water. Niacin is used for preventing the absence of decrease fats in the person’s body such as cholesterol. Niacin can cause the following side effects: itching, redness, warmth, or a tingly feeling under the skin. It may also cause vomiting, stomach pain, dizziness, diarrhea, and skin irritation. These effects may be intensified…

Clostridium Difficile Tiffany Hoang Health Science Technology 03/03/2016  Clostridium Difficile Clostridium difficile also known as C. diff is a disease caused by a germ which in the United States infected half a million people in 2011, and twenty nine thousand people that died within thirty days. Patients with this disease have symptoms such as watery diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain. Usually, people who are at increased risk for C. diff had gastrointestinal…

Hepatitis C Virus is a genus of FLAVIVIRIDAE causing parenterally-transmitted HEPATITIS C which is related with transfusions and drug abuse. Hepatitis C infection is the type species. It is an irresistible malady caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that fundamentally affects the liver. At the main stages, specific symptoms haven’t been seen and some common symptoms including a fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and yellow tinged skin occurs. In the progression of the disease, liver disease and…

Epidemiology of hepatitis B was extensively studied in the pre-vaccine era, but by contrast there are only three studies published so far describing it after vaccine introduction (Braga, 2012) (Cabezas-Sánchez, 2014) (De la Hoz F P. L., 2008). Furthermore, these studies have…

various cusses of liver cancer and the effects on patient life. Liver cancer can leads to physical effects. Forexample, Afflation B1, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) ,and hepatitis C virus (HCV).Afflation B1 is a toxic substance and harmful to the liver and exposure to it continuously cause liver cancer and some of fungus secrets the Aflatoxin B1. The Hepatitis B virus can cues a chronic inflammation to the liver which increase the risk of liver cancer. Also can cause cirrhosis. Hepatitis C virus…