Tick-borne disease

very dangerous of the course of history. Ever since the discovery of the vaccine for rabies the amount of deaths have been on the decline. Rabies is pretty easy to notice for its symptoms. Rabies is a terrible disease that has been around for a very long time. Rabies is a deadly disease that can be found in wild animals who tend to be carnivores. Rabies in history was known for being transmitted when a wild animal bit a human, but lately rabies is being found in domestic animals as well. Louis…

Leprosy, now commonly known as Hansen disease is one of the world’s oldest and most feared maladies disease. In over a thousand years the illness has managed to afflict millions of people all around the world. For centuries throughout many cultures and religions the disease was seen as a punishment from Gods or Goodness and divinely inspired and thought to be highly contagious. During the Middle Ages there was widespread beliefs about the causation of leprosy. As a result individuals who had…

Final Huntington’s Disease Research Paper Huntington’s disease also known as Huntington’s Chorea is passed from parent to offspring (hereditary) with a genetic mutation of the dominant HTT gene. Huntingtons disease was discovered and recognised as an inherited disease in 1872 by George Huntington, the discovery of the gene came later in 1993 when a group of scientist found it on the HTT gene. The disease causes degeneration of nerve cells in the basal ganglia in the brain and behavioral,…

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disease disorder that makes progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It literally deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities, it has no cure. Huntington's disease is known as the quintessential family disease. People affected by this disease can have trouble walking and speaking. Huntington’s Disease was first discovered as an inherited disease in 1872. Huntington’s disease is a dominant gene. Since it is a…

trying to find ways to prevent Alzheimer's. There are currently no ways to avoid Alzheimer's, but there may be ways to prevent it. Since this disease is affecting so many, we need to find a cure and a way to prevent Alzheimer's. After extensive research, they found that there are three main ways to prevent Alzheimer's. The best ways to prevent Alzheimer's disease is to increase social engagement, work towards healthy eating, and adding mental stimulation. One of the number one ways to prevent…

Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease. It is a curable infectious disease that causes skin lesions and nerve damage. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It affects the dermis, nerves, mucous membrane in the airway, and the eyes (WHO). Anyone at any age is able to have this disease. There are at least three million people who are living with some kind of disability from leprosy. Leprosy used to be most common in Europe until it slowly went away. In the past when leprosy was more common…

injury.”- Oxford Dictionary. That is what a disease is defined as, a definition that is widely accepted in society today. However, there is a level of complexity and intricacy related to disease, and health issues in general, that this Oxford Dictionary definition fails to recognize. Disease is far more than “a disorder” and there is more behind disease than “specific symptoms.” If one considers all the angles that can be looked at when considering disease, like physical, mental, and emotional,…

creates an ideal host for a greater number of diseases. In an effort to slow and prevent outbreaks, epidemiologists trace diseases across the world. Similarly, anthropologists follow cultures on a global scale. It would be beneficial for epidemiologists to apply anthropological methods to advance the medical field and vice versa. Especially, as globalization continues to causes foreign countries to interact frequently sharing ideas, beliefs, and diseases. Epidemiology would benefit from…

infections diseases among these people who had never contacted many kinds of pathogens. Hill and Hurtado (1996) has found that “first face-to-face contacts result in the death of between one third and half of the native population within the first five years of contact (as cited in Hurtado and colleges, 2001, p. 427) as also Hurtado, Labourne, James Hill, Chemanand and Baca (2005) support that the current population of Southern Kayapo is 1% of the original amount of people. Infections diseases…

of key factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. From this list, three factors stand out as critically important due to their heightened potential … I will argue that climate and weather, lack of political will, and human demographics and behavior are the most critical factors in the emergence of infectious diseases in the modern day. I. Climate and Weather All life is impacted by short-term weather variations and long-term changes in climate. Climate and weather, thus, have the…