Scleroderma

Progeria, the name of a daunting rare and fatal disease can also be referred to more specifically as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, or the acronym of this term, HGPS (Chara, 2002; Guang-Hui et al., 2011; Gruenbaum, 2009). Progeria originates from the Greek word “geras” which means “old age” (Gulli & Mallory, 2002). The prefix “pro-” means to advance forward so the combination of these two terms create the meaning “prematurely old” (Wynbrandt & Ludman, 2000). Dr. Hastings Gilford is…

What is kidney failure? Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease. When someone’s kidney function gets below a certain point, it is called kidney failure. Kidney failure is when someone’s body cannot filter wastes from the blood. Kidney failure can make someone feel very ill and if it is left untreated it can be life-threatening. Kidney failure is life changing, it can be deadly and sometimes it can be treatable or…

The Human immune system and Autoimmunity The human immune system is a true strong-hold and defender, which response firmly and swiftly to attacks from foreign invaders. It has the ability to manipulate change in order to optimize the response and quarantine many of the unwanted intrusions. The Human immune system has many purposes. They include, defending the body against infectious microorganisms, such as fungi, bacteria and viruses-by destroying and resisting them. The Human immune system is…

Shortly after California passed the law permitting physician assisted suicide, Stephanie Parker, who has a terminal form of scleroderma, was denied coverage for chemotherapy treatments, but offered to pay for her assisted death (Richardson, 2016). Also, physicians concerned about the costs of medical treatment may subtly pressure patients into requesting physician assisted suicide…

The Effects of Cryotherapy on Recovery Student’s Name Institution The Effects of Cryotherapy on Recovery Introduction It was proved by modern medicine that using of cold provides healing of the human body. Local cryotherapy as cold application has become one of the directions of physiotherapy. Currently, the information concerning cryotherapy is abundantly available. Therefore, the main goal of this work is precise and direct research on the effects of cryotherapy and…

1.0 Background Gastroparesis is a condition of impaired motility function of the stomach to deliver food to distal alimentary tract without obstruction. The clinical associate with gastroparesis is a nonspecific and wide range of symptom from asymptomatic with delay gastric emptying time to severe nausea, vomiting loss of appetite, malnutrition needs a frequent administration in hospital 1,2 and poor quality of life. The pathophysiologic cause of developing this disease still not clearly…

What Should a Pesco-vegetarian Expect to Achieve? To become a pesco-vegetarian is challenging in the beginning, because meat is delicious, and many of us are not readily or willing to cut it out of our lifestyles. Reducing and eliminating the meat that we consume is an easy first step towards increased health. Adopting the pesco-vegetarian lifestyle is one way of doing this... Pesco-vegetarian is a new term used to describe a lifestyle that focuses on vegetarian foods but occasionally…