Malaria

Loiasis is called the African eye worm. It is caused by the parasitic worm Loa loa. This disease is transmitted by horseflies breeding in the forests of West and Central Africa. Loiasis gets its name from the well-known sign which is the visible passing of the Loa loa worm through the eye. Day to day the disease has receives little to no attention. Loiasis considered as a barrier to other disease control efforts. This is so because individuals with a large amount of Loa loa larvae in the blood…

Yellow Fever Yellow fever is a potentially deadly infection that has the power to kill with just a bite from a mosquito. This infection, that mainly began in the 1900’s, has caused many people to have nasty symptoms and even death. This potent disease has gruesome consequences if it is allowed to reach the further stages, and it has the ability to transmit rapidly within a short period of time. The initial symptoms will appear three to six days after being bitten by a mosquito. The three to…

Zika Virus Zika Virus is a fairly new Virus, the first big outbreak was reported in 2015 in Brazil. Zika Virus is fairly new in the United States, but scientists now know that it comes from a mosquito. The virus attacks the reproductive system in women. It’s the most harmful to women who are pregnant. When pregnant women get Zika, it will cause the baby to be born with microcephaly. Microcephaly makes the baby’s head smaller than average. The Zika Virus affects the reproductive system. The…

Summary Sickle cell disease (Zia & Rafique) is a hereditary blood disorder that is caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin genes. The disease represents a major health problem in high prevalence countries such as Saudi Arabia (SA) due to the associated high mortality rate. To date, there has been no studies discuss the current status of SCD in SA, its impact on health care cost and the major factors associated with high utilization of health care services. This paper aimed to review articles…

Sickle Cell Sickle cell is a blood disease that has become a more public disease amongst people. Sickle cell has been prominent since the discovery in 1910 in America. The disease was said to be around for 5000 years before that originating in East Africa. The Disease was discovered in the U.S when a patient from Granada came to Dr. Ernest Irons with anemia symptoms. The disease has a dominant gene and a recessive gene. The dominant gene is the full blood disease Sickle cell anemia, the…

Summery: Zika Disease: Another Reason to Hate Mosquitoes, is an article on the disease Zika. The article chronicles the journey of a 48 year old man, and then tells about the problems we face with Zika. It start with a man who showed up to a clinic with some strange symptoms: a rash that covered his body, high fever, back pain, and an eye infection. This man had been traveling prior to the symptoms in Polynesia and the South Americas. During his extensive travels he felt fine, although he was…

I think goal 1, 2, 4 and 8 have done a lot of work and have come a long way. I believe goal 1 has done a lot of work because poverty has significantly declined by more than half, in 1990 it was 1.9 billion and in 2015 it decreased to 836 million. Goal 2 has come a long way in improving education. In 2000 there were 100 million out of school children, and in 2015 there were 57 million. In Sub-Saharan Africa primary school net enrolment has increased up to 80% which is higher than what it was in…

What is Sickle Cell Disease? Sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin. Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped and have difficulty passing small blood vessels. Hemoglobin is the main substance of the red blood cells. It can help red blood cells carry oxygen from the air in our lungs to all parts of the body. Normal red blood cells are soft round and can squeeze through…

Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disorder of the red blood cells, which is passed down through families. Sickle cell anemia primarily affects people with African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian ancestry. About 70,000 children are affected with sickle cell anemia because it directly attacks their gene, it is prevalent in African-American and millions of people carry the gene. There are different types of sickle cell disease, People who inherit two sickle cell genes, one from…

Overview of Environmental Allergies Environmental allergies are the allergies that live in our environments. If you have ever gone outside and immediately felt your allergies act up, then it is highly likely that you have one or more environmental allergies. The symptoms of environmental allergies are similar to normal allergies. These symptoms include: • Itchy and watery eyes • Clogged nose • Congestion • Sniffles • Coughing • Sneezing • Itching It is hard to avoid our environmental…