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Etiology: Poliomyelitis aka Polio, is a crippling and potentially death causing disease caused by the Poliovirus. Polio contains RNA and has three types of serotypes. The virus can spread in so many ways. By contact by infected feces, contact with phlegm/mucus from the nose or mouth, or by person to person contact. It starts with entering through the mouth and nose, replicates and spreads in throat and gastrointestinal tract. Then potentially gets absorbed and disbursed out into the blood and to…

It a very painful illness. This was the #1 killer disease in the Civil War. Soldiers that had Dysentery may have gone through a vary of symptoms. Stomach pains, fevers, chills, nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, which can contain blood, mucus or pus, fatigue, or and constipation. Most likely it is a mild stomach ache and diarrhea. It normally lasts 1-3 days. Most cases of Dysentery is just mild and not worth going to the doctor, but back then they didn't know how to treat it. Intently,…

Mercer disease is a staph infection that is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics. Mercer is another name for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; or MRSA for short. The infection begins either in the skin or a mucus membrane. The longer it goes untreated the deeper the infection burrows. MRSA can even get into the blood and spread the infection to the entire body. MRSA is a man influenced bacteria. It gained the resistance to the penicillin family because of improper use of…

On October 31, 2017, at 4:00 pm, I attended the Department of Biology Seminar Series hosted by Dr. Richard Gomer that helped in the Biological Sciences Building East, Room 115. The lecturer was Dr. Carolyn Cannon from the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology at the College of Medicine TAMHSC. What intrigued me to go to this lecture was the title, “Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: Killing Bacterial Pathogens with Innocuous Compounds. Surprisingly the title did match the content that Dr.…

In this report I am going to discuss the impact of Down’s syndrome, Sickle cell anaemia and Cystic fibrosis on the individual and society. I am going to include what causes the condition, the impacts on the individual physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs. The first condition that I am going to discuss is Down’s syndrome. Down’s syndrome is a genetic condition known as trisomy; this is where a person has an extra copy of one chromosome; people who have Down’s syndrome have 47…

Are Nasal Polyps? Nasal polyps are noncancerous little polyps on the inside of the nasal cavity, where the sinuses open into the nasal cavity. Many people suffer from nasal polyps, especially individuals that battle with severe allergies and asthma. Mucus from sinus infections and asthma, irritate the polyps which can cause discomfort for many individuals. Treatments for Nasal Polyps There are many ways to go about treating nasal polyps. Many people opt for homeopathic methods to manage their…

The duration of the slave trade was approximately four centuries. Those victimized were the millions of black African men, women and children brutally assaulted, torn from their homes, deported to several regions and continents and sold as slaves. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO the slave trade was “the greatest tragedies in the history of humanity in terms of scale and duration.” According to Johnson’s argument, the emancipation of…

Francis Drake partook in some of the first English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for piracy against the Spanish. Sent to South America by Queen Elizabeth II in 1577, he returned home by the Pacific and thusly became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. The queen rewarded him with knighthood. Drake died in January 1596 of dysentery. In 1567, Drake sailed to Africa in order to join the fledgling slave trade. When he sailed to New Spain to sell his captives to…

In this book the natural world of other Earth has a disease that turns people into scabs if they don’t bathe in the waters of Eylon in the forest of Middle, Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern. Johnis and Silvia are transported by the books of history to the outskirts of Las Vegas which was in the year 2030. So they think that Darsel and Karas had just got there before them, so Johnis tells Silvia to spread out and look for them. As Johins and Silvia use their heads to find a way to use the…

Sensation is a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to and or comes in contact with the body that begins beneath the skin. Sensory receptors are specialized neurons that respond to specific types of stimuli. Sensation occurs when sensory information is found by a sensory receptor. The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential is transduction Every human being has five senses which consist of vision, smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), hearing…