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    appear in the patient type of leukemia, the most common symptoms for most species, with the presence of certain differences. The most prominent symptoms are high temperatures and fatigue, fatigue and night sweats and enlarged lymph glands and the spleen and liver. Involuntary weight loss, the person loses about 10% of hes weight in half a year at least. Bleeding due to damage to the blood sheets leukemia may lead to bleeding anywhere in the body. Patients often bleed easily even when exposed to…

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    After conducting some medical tests and evaluation, I talk to Mr. Jones, a husband’s patient who currently has surgical repair of her left femur. I told him that she had comminuted fracture of epiphyseal plate; it means in the region of bone growth in her left thigh has been broken into pieces due to the previous accident. Because the calcification in her bone is less than normal, which is called osteopenia; it made the fracture was even easier. In addition, she had injury in both syndesmoses,…

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    Essay On Ricin

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    Ricin is very poison which and found within a castor of beans, which are found naturally. Ricin is usually made by processing the left over castor beans. It ends up being in the form of powder, but can also be a mist, pellets, or can even be dissolved in water. If castor beans are ingested by chewing or swallowing them, the ricin will be released and cause injury. This substance is a very stable substance under average condition, but ricin can be inactivated when the conditions react a…

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    Anemia is the disease I chose for this disease diary. 16.2 billion people are affected by anemia. 3 million cases each year this disease is very common. The signs and symptoms of this disease are fatigue, cold hands and feet, pale skin, numbness, cognitive problems, headaches, chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath.Many of these symptoms and signs are characteristics of the disease. What causes anemia is your body can not make enough blood cells. Your body also…

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    virus attacks. This paragraph is going to be the structure and function of the immune system. The lymph nodes of the immune system is like a trading centers for the immune cells. Lymph nodes are also places for examination for destroyed cells. The spleen can be considered a large lymph node. The bone marrow forms an essential part of the immune system by producing the different types of white blood cells. The immune system works when something that is unwanted enters the…

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    According to Merriam-Webster the definition of malpractice is “careless, wrong, or illegal actions by someone (such as a doctor) who is performing a professional duty” and the definition of negligence is “failure to take the care that a responsible person usually takes: lack of normal care or attention.” With so many laws in place in the medical field, there could be many forms or ways of breaking laws that are in place. Knowing what malpractice and negligence is, there are many ways of…

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    Another central part of Chinese medicine is the importance of the abdominal region. In Traditional Chinese medicine the organs are classified according to (zhang) the five solids. The main organs in the body are the heart, lung, liver, kidney, and spleen. There are also six hollow (fu) organs which are the small intestine, stomach, gall bladder, the triple burners: the three body zones. The zones are upper burner; anything above the diaphragm, middle burners; upper abdomen, and the lower…

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    Leukemia is a disease that is commonly treated by using chemotherapy and with this treatment comes a lot of side effects like myelosuppression (Thompson 2000). Patient that get Myelosuppression are sometimes diagnosed with anemia which is a disease that results from low level of oxygenated red blood cells and thrombocytopenia which is a decrease in the amount of platelets that a patients has (Thompson 2000). Leukemia affects the cardiovascular system by forcing the clotting cascade to start and…

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    Bacterial Meningitis Essay

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    “ Bacterial meningitis affects over 4,000 people and causes 500 deaths in the U.S. each year. 6,000 cases of pneumococcal meningitis are reported each year in the U.S. Meningococcal meningitis infects about 2,600 people in the U.S. each year.” What this text is saying is that bacterial meningitis is really harmful and can lead to deaths around the world, mainly affecting young children and the elderly. Bacterial meningitis harms and affects many people who are infected by the disease and is…

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    Salmonella Research Paper

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    Salmonella is bacteria that may cause an infection in your gut known as salmonellosis. It is a genus of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria. There are two common species of Salmonella, Salmonella bongori and Salmonella enterica. Salmonella enterica has two common sub-strains, Enteritidis and Typhi which are contracted by animals and humans respectively. People who get infected with salmonella are sick for five to seven days. If not treated properly and immediately, the person may become…

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