Lysosomal storage disease

Blount’s disease. Blount's disease is pathologic genu varum which is progressive and centered at the tibia. It is divided into two distinct disease entities: 1. Infantile Blount's : This is the more common pathologic genu varum in children aged 0-3 years. 2. Adolescent Blount's: This is the less common pathologic genu varum in…

Death is a natural occurrence in life that arises in all living things. Natural death occurs during the later stages of life, but in tragic circumstances, children can also die. When children die, they leave behind heartbroken parents and siblings. The parents of the child can suffer from immense guilt after the death of a child. Parents ask themselves questions such as “What did I do wrong?” or “What could I have done better?”. Parents re-examine all of their decisions and second-guess…

genetics. not only will it be useful for scientists but also for new medication and the understanding of diseases .By gaining this new information, any concerns for dangerous errors will soon be history allowing this type of modification to maybe become a normality. if every child with parents who carry dangerous genetic diseases was modified this could mean that in many years to come some diseases could be eliminated from the human race. unfortunately due to the fear that a large majority of us…

The genetic counselling services can provide both advice and relevant information about specific genetic conditions. Genetic counselling works by looking at the likelihood of certain genetic disorders and genes being passed through to offspring and comparing the crossover of the parent’s genes and alleles and the potential risk of the child developing a genetic disorder. This allows the healthcare professional to identify any potential risks, meaning they are able to investigate and evaluate and…

genetics are very important for patients and their families at risk of having a child with genetic disease of birth defect. Wherein, the need to describe the use of genomics to patients and families is paramount, they need to understand that genomics study genes, which is considered as the basic units of inheritance and because it influences all body part, an error one of the genes could lead to genetic disease (McCance & Huether, 2014). In the article “ Genetic counseling following the…

Beginning, if a loved one is diagnosed with a curable disease, with enacting this operation money that could have been used to cure the loved one may not be available because of hospital finances. This is similar to the movie “Awakenings,” because of the prices of increasing the dosage of the drug L-Dopa, the…

the body, mind, and soul. Whilst the dominant definition of health currently, some cultures still haven’t prescribed to the ideology as yet. Unique to the Latin Americans of Central America, and the Trinitarian peoples of Bolivia, Susto or “fright disease” displays many of the same symptoms attributed to PTSD. However, onset and treatment vary drastically from typical biomedical cures. Whereas PTSD is the result of a traumatic event leading to depression, Susto’s most common definition is that…

Degenerative disease experienced at a higher rate by Indo Americans Cervical Cancer Indian Americans women have higher rates of cervical cancer compared with all other races in the United States. Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor of the cervix. If the cancer is not treated it can spread deeply though the cervix and can be fatal. Work cited: Watson, M., Benard, V., Thomas, C., Brayboy, A., Paisano, R., & Becker, T. (2014). Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among American Indian and…

researchers have been searching to find a cure for the life-threatening disease, Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Most children are diagnosed around birth from the newborn screening, therefore, this disease takes a toll on the hundreds of children and their families. Families struggle over the stress, emotions and financial problems of caring for children with Cystic Fibrosis. There is still no cure, but patients diagnosed with this dreadful disease are given ways to help proceed with their life using…

1. A 39 year old US postal worker notices an area of redness and swelling on his left lateral forearm. Six days later he notices that the rash, which is painless, now appears black and swollen. He becomes concerned and goes to the emergency department, where he is subsequently diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely associated with the swelling that surrounds the black rash? A. SNARE protein cleavage B. Overactivation of adenylate cyclase by disabling…