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    Parkinson’s Disease: It is a genetic disorder that affects the central nervous system.This diseases’ common symptom is stiffness in the the body. People may experience trouble walking and moving. It often starts with tremors. It can also affect the voice and the eyesight. The self care way to help with this disease is to exercise and loosen up the body. Some medications include anti-tremor and a dopamine promoter. The anti-tremor works to stop and prevent tremors. Dopamine promoter is a…

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    parts of the brain to break down; degenerate. This disease doesn’t show it’s symptoms between the ages 30 and 50. The gene name is HTT, the official name is huntingtin. HTT belongs to the family called endogenous ligands. It’s passed from one generation to the next, the size of CAG trinucleotide repeat often increase in size. A larger number of repeats is usually associated with an earlier onset of signs and symptoms. This phenomenon is called anticipation. Huntington is found in many of…

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    Herpes Simplex Symptoms

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    of them are unaware that they even have it… Crazy! The reason being is that most people have mild symptoms that go unnoticed and they are mistaken for something else. Some have no symptoms at all. Some people have symptoms within a few days of contracting herpes, others weeks, and some even years. This sometimes presents a problem when trying to find out the point of contraction. The classic symptoms of genital herpes are sores, vesicles, or ulcers on the skin – sometimes call herpes lesions. …

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    variable symptoms like chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough or wheeze. In some case, these symptoms can be mild or even absent, and, on the other hand, the symptoms can be severe and worsen acutely which leads to an asthma exacerbation. (1) Asthma begins in bronchi which can be developed through inherited allergies, atopy, exposure to certain allergens, viruses and irritants…

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    schizophrenia a brain disorder for many reasons, some being the symptoms that it includes some being, delusion: fixed false beliefs, among the hallmark symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, a strongly held fixed beliefs that have no basis in reality. Delusions are called psychotic symptoms, because they represent a serious distortion of reality. Delusions commonly involve them of persecutions Hallucinations are also another symptom, which is sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of an…

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    the bacteria will spread throughout the air and inhaled by other people. People may have either a latent TB infection or TB disease. Latent TB is when the bacteria is in the body, but is not active therefore the carrier is not showing any signs or symptoms of the disease. At this point, the TB is not contagious and the person may not even be aware of their condition. However as the bacteria becomes active in the…

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    Legionnaires Disease Legionnaires disease is a lung infection caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria. These bacteria usually grow in places that hold warm water, such as: Large air-conditioning systems. Complex plumbing systems, such as pipes, faucets, and showerheads in hotels, hospitals, or cruise ships. Public whirlpool spas. Decorative fountains. Hot water tanks. The only way to get legionnaires disease is to breathe in mist containing the bacteria. The disease…

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    Chore Chorea Symptoms

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    Many medicines taken for chorea symptoms block dopamine receptors or attempt to deplete dopamine. GABAergic drugs are also used as adjunctive therapy. Much like Huntington’s Disease chorea, Parkinson’s disease can not be cured. Treatment for symptoms mostly consist of drugs that can pass the blood-brain barrier and then can convert into dopamine. Patients with Parkinson’s disease have low…

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    negative symptoms. The positive symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought, and disorganized or abnormal motor behaviors while the negative symptoms are restricted emotional expression or affect and avolition. Delusions are beliefs that are not true. An example of this could be a belief that someone trying to hurt them. Hallucinations are hearing voices that are not there. Disorganized speech is when an individual with schizophrenia is incomprehensible. The negative symptom,…

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    as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling. Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia typically occur between ages 16 and 30. In sporadic cases, children have schizophrenia also. The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three categories: positive, negative, and cognitive. Positive symptoms: “Positive” symptoms are psychotic behaviors, not normally seen in healthy people. People with positive symptoms may “lose touch” with some aspects of reality. Symptoms include: • Hallucinations •…

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