Viral diseases

Elizabeth Reyes A&P January 11th, 2018 Influenza Influenza, also known as the flu, was discovered in 1918. A vet named J.S Koen was observing a disease in pigs which was believed to be the same as the flu today. In 1918, the flu pandemic broke out. It lasted for about a year, killing 20-50 million people. There are 3 types of influenza. There is type A, B and C. Type C mostly affects young people. Recently in Pennsylvania, a 21 year who was healthy as can be, died because of the flu. It is…

encodes the TSH receptor protein. Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder is the main cause of hyperthyroidism producing antibodies by the immune system arouse the thyroid to produce too much T4. Hyperthyroidism can be caused due to many conditions likes grave’s disease an autoimmune disorder, producing antibodies to excite thyroid gland to produce excess hormone, and causing inflammation of thyroid Gland. Drug induced, excess intake of iodine…

Crohn’s disease is defined as a “transmural inflammatory process.”1 Crohn’s disease is one of the two forms of inflammatory bowel disease.2 Crohn’s disease most commonly affects the end of the ileum, which is the last part of the small intestine. Although, it can occur anywhere throughout the entirety of the gastrointestinal tract.1 Typically, there are areas of the gastrointestinal tract that are normal, but these segments are separated by areas of the gastrointestinal tract that have damage.…

Obstacles in Stopping the Spread of Ebola Many illnesses that we know of can be easily treated, but what do we do if an untreatable disease is spreading? The first human Ebola outbreak occurred in 1976 and mostly subsided until an outbreak in 2014. Ebola has killed 5,000 people since it's outbreak earlier in 2014, and it has not been easy to contain. The biggest obstacles that compromise the containment of Ebola are as follows: fear, the ease of contraction, and the difficulty of treatment.…

Ebola: The Next Pandemic Throughout a lifetime, everyone encounters an illness at one point or another. Most people know someone who has had a serious medical condition such as cancer, an autoimmune disease, or a debilitating illness. However, many of these conditions take months or years to develop. Death from a medical condition normally doesn’t happen with in a few days. The Ebola virus is an exception. Soon after this virus invades the human body, hemorrhagic manifestations begin. This…

the most frightening outbreaks, for many reasons. One being that, few people knew how to combat the disease. For example, how does it travel and how do we protect ourselves? These questions are important in all diseases, yet the simple fact is, that we don’t know exactly know all the answers. As Americans, that’s frightening. How do we as the general public protect ourselves from this terrible disease? Better yet, how do we protect our children? Many might say the basics like: wash your hands,…

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same time, I felt a deep sense of compassion for those who had to live on with the disease. At the age of 10, I wanted to understand which processes took place as a disease progressed. It was not until last year that…

Polio? Rather say dinosaurs. It is scary, dangerous, and extinct. What is this disease? Why only the parents of new born sweat for its vaccine for the tiny citizens of the Earth if it is eradicated? You are one of the two. One who knows about the polio because you lived in the time when it showed its colors and shook the world or that you are the one whose parents knows well enough, thus your body already bears the ‘protection’ and therefore vaccine. Let’s tell more than your queries about…

This report investigates the disease Swine flu, also known as human swine influenza or H1N1 Influenza. An outbreak of this disease has already occurred in the recent past as it made headlines back in 2009 when it was declared a pandemic because of the factors that is was a contagious disease quickly affecting many people throughout the world or on multiple continents at once. The virus had not previously been identified meaning the flu had extreme research put into so that information on it…