Neglected diseases

health, we cannot overlook the issue of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While mainly effecting populations in poverty, the diseases infect over a billion people globally in around 150 tropical and subtropical countries (WHO). As a result of prevalent health issues in more developed nations, NTDs are often overlooked and downgraded in the overall health importance scale. Neglected tropical diseases are often neglected due to their lack of relevance and breadth of infection. While highly prevalent in many underdeveloped portions of the world, they are largely unseen in more developed countries. This discrepancy pushes the diseases off our radar as we care for the most part about ourselves and the issues we may face…

Abstract: Neglected tropical diseases are a medically diverse group of tropical infections which are especially common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Different organizations define the set of diseases differently. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of these diseases as a group is comparable to malaria and tuberculosis. Some of these diseases have known…

Some people are born with abnormalities of their valves, may even be born with a murmur; those people are likely to need surveillance through their lives because those valves can deteriorate. Other people can acquire minor valve abnormalities, one instance would be due to endocarditis, and those people need ongoing surveillance during their lives. So those are givens, they should be following regular medical surveillance with their doctor and paying attention to their body. How do we address…

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can cause visual impairment and debilitating and disfiguring skin disease. It is the world’s second leading cause of blindness due to infection and the world’s fourth leading cause of preventable blindness. It is a parasitic disease, caused by a filarial worm, and is transmitted by repeated bites from infected blackflies. It is called river blindness because the infected blackflies breed in rapidly flowing streams;…

The cost of an artificial tooth can run high, but not having a tooth at all can make chewing difficult; this is especially true with a molar. If you spend the money now, you will not need to be concerned about the consequence of having a missing tooth. You can develop gum disease The infected pulp in the root of the tooth is not going to go away on its own. If you avoid getting the necessary root canal for your tooth, the infection can spread to the surrounding gums. This can lead to gum…

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 many different methods. People all over the world tend to…

The diagnosis of NMDAR relies heavily on the detection of the NMDA-related autoantibodies (Ryan 159). The treatment of this disease can be frustrating since there is no established standard of care, being that NMDAR is still relatively new. There is also clashing data in the literature that makes one method of treatment difficult to spread to doctors (Mann). This actually creates a unique problem related to treatment which involves access to care, revealing broad difficulties with processing new…

Despite the advancements medicine has made since the time of Hippocrates, it is evident that there are themes that never take a permanent leave from medical theory and how illness is perceived and treated. The themes include, but are not limited to: the use of heroic remedies, the use of religion to explain the cause of disease, and marginalized people denied aid. There is no argument that science has improved the lives of nearly everyone in some way shape or form. Regardless of the clear…

As it states in Source A “ Even without a ban, it will be upper-class parents who can afford pricey genetic technologies. “ this evidence shows that if their was no limits to genetic engineering then the rich people would become even more elite because not only would they have money but they also would not be plagued with the common genetic disease that the rest of the population would have to deal with. Also in Source A it states “Sooner or later, as the most glaring genetic liabilities will…

More Americans have died during the Civil War than any other war. 620,000 soldiers died in the line of duty. Two-thirds of these didn’t die from wounds. They died from diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. Civil War medicine was not yet advanced enough to connect a lack of hygiene with an influx of disease. Lack of hygiene in hospitals and camps also contributed to the spread of disease. Placing a latrine downstream away from the clean water supply was sometimes also overlooked. Disease spread…