... result from an interplay of genetic, environmental, and hormonal factors. "Many researchers suspect that a special type of allergic reaction causes the disease."(Leslie Epstein 6) Lupus is more common in certain ethnic groups, as well as in women. "The body sometimes attacks healthy tissue ... instead of dangerous organisms like viruses or bacteria."(Graham R.V. Hughes 1) Still, the basic question which remains unanswered is what event sets off the mechanism which causes antibodies to be produced against one's own tissues. Solving this question may be the one step ... . "Medication is th...

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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You "You sound like you have a cold," my grandpa said over the phone. "Yeah, I have had it for almost two months now but it seems to be getting better," I replied. " ... had but then she informed me that livestock was the most common carriers but not the only. After that incident, I started to ponder about this deadly disease. Is it a disease? To start, all I knew to be true about Anthrax is that it can kill people and that the vaccine is not available to the general public. ... 't tell me how to avoid getting Anthrax or how it can be contracted. After reading deep...

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... in the ileum. People with Crohn's tend to have abnormalities in the immune system; which then causes the inflammation of the intestine. Crohn's is a very difficult disease to diagnose; it is often mistaken for appendicitis. There are many ways to test for Crohn's; the most common being a colonoscopy. During a colonoscopy your doctor would insert a long, flexible tube; which is linked to a TV ... strive for. Some people with Crohn's" find that eating certain foods makes their symptoms worse. Though there is not a set diet for a person with Crohn's there are some recommendations of what a...

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... at this time. Every year, approximately 1 million people over the age of 20 are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism and metabolism is the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. A large percentage of the food we eat is broken down into what we call glucose. Glucose is the sugar that's in our blood and is the ... main source of fuel that our body runs off of. When we eat food, our pancreas is automatically supposed to make the right amount of insulin so that the glucose can move from our blood, into our different cells. When you have diabetes, th...

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... at you all because of 3 little letters? Had family after family reject you because of one small problem? Did you know more than 8,000 people die a day because of what I have? Did you know that only because of a young hemophiliac boy did the government do anything? Did you know ... that at the end of 2003 more then 5 million people died? All because of one little virus one little virus that turns into a syndrome that turns into death, one small word can make a difference in a person's life. For over 40 million people are ... affected with this and around 30 million deaths. It is a diseas...

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... have been lead to believe so many fictional stories about the ways of contracting Aids its hard to know what to believe. The truth is, the main way of getting this disease is unprotected sex. Although condoms do work most of the time they are not 100% effective. Abstinence is the only sure way of not contracting Aids. Besides sexual contact with a person ... into your system. (Faulk p1) Sex, infected blood, vertical transmission is the three main ways to spread Aids. The most common is having sex with an infected person. (Fertzer p.16) You can't get it from mosquito bites, coughing, or ...

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... the office as soon as possible. You nervously tell the doctor that you will be there as soon as possible. You get to the doctor's office and wait for what seem like hours. The doctor finally come and gets you and takes you to the conference room. On the table are pamphlets but you can't see what they say. The doctor explains to you that when he did his initial ... . Most live in inner cities, where poverty, illicit drug use, poor housing and limited access to and use of medical care and social services add to the challenges of HIV disease. Management of the complex medical and social pro...

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... it can affect people. People with lupus have unusual antibodies in their blood that target their own body tissues. The disease can affect all ages, but most commonly begins from age 20 to 45 years (MedicineNet 2000). What are the symptoms of lupus? There are many symptoms of lupus. Some people have some of them, but no one has all of them. Most only ... . A patient with lupus should eat a healthy diet, get lots of rest, do plenty of approved exercise, avoid the sun if you are sun-sensitive, adjust your work schedule to be as stress-free as possible, and try to avoid allergic attacks if y...

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1. What is meant by the term "stressor", "immune system" and "cardiovascular disorder"? A stressor is a physical or psychological stimulus which threatens an individual's psychological and / or physiological well-being. (Something that causes stress, e.g. moving house, a new job, first day of school.) Stressors ca be different for different people, you have to consider an individuals perception of stress, as it will differ from person to ... person. You also have to look at their ability to cope. The immune system protects the body from disease. It should act like a system, identifying and ki...

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... . When broken down completely your body will catch a simple sickness that would usually not affect you because your immune system would have taking care of it would kill you. People who are affected with this disease usually die a slow and painful death. What people are not realizing is that this disease is deadly and by having premarital sex and not being monogamous they too have a higher possibility ... that they might contract this disease. People are very aware that this disease is out there but they do not understand ... that it can affect them. Children are another aspect that has...

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... they should be the ones that know better than to get a prostitute and help spread the disease. A quote by the great author P.J. O"Rourke says that overpopulation is, "just enough of me, too much of you." This is extremely true in Africa because if the government realized what the population was doing to them then they would do something about it. Instead they relish ... in their own wealth while their "minions" are scrambling to spread an apocalyptic disease. It is now however, too late. The next problem that ... can also be fixed through isolation is the population situation, and the ...

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... eczema improve by age two and about forty percent of patients outgrow the disorder by the time they are teenagers. Eczema can stay beyond puberty and stay with them while they are adults in another forty to sixty percent of patients. If you are young with the disease you should get help instead of waiting to outgrow it because it can stay with u even after puberty ... new type of drugs will improve or completely clear eczema in more than 80 percent of patients that are treated. The side effects on this drug have improved a lot compared to what it was when it first came out. Doctors say ...

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... poisoning, which is poly chlorinated biphenyls are quite toxic but are not transmissible. There are also those 3000+ inherited disorders, which are not transmitted from one person to another, such as Tay Sach's disease. Every disease fits in one of these categories. What is going on now in our time, is that scientist are trying to treat liver cancer with a virus. We are now in a position to be able ... the disease, but rather they transmit it from their body to yours. Insects are vectors of germs. So now we are trying to use a certain kind of virus as a vector for some sort of a chemica...

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... I am interested in this topic because I have heard a lot about STD's and some ways that you can get them, but I don't know the specifics of how risky they are and what they can do to my body. Sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, are infections that can be transferred from one person to another through sexual contact. Sexually transmitted diseases have probably ... culture can be more accurate in detecting chlamydia. Treatment of chlamydia infection involves antibiotics, usually tetracycline or doxycycline unlike gonorrhea, there has been little resistance of the disease to currently us...

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... 's weakened defenses. T-cells are the part of the body's immune system, they help fight diseases. The average T-cell count for a healthy person is 800-1200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. The HIV/AIDS virus lowers the T-cell count, as a result of this the body is less able to fight cancers, sicknesses, and even the common cold. When you have HIV/AIDS ... your T-cell count is continually lowered, when it reaches 200 you are diagnosed with AIDS, when it reaches zero, you die because opportunistic diseases have taken over your body and are destroying what is left of your immune system,...

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... someone in your family does), learn as much as you can about the disease and the options for care. As the disease progresses, you may have choices about care and treatment. As you face these decisions, remember that what's right for one person with ALS may not feel right for another person. What you value and want are important factors in making choices about care. Some people want ... every possible medical treatment to sustain life, while others prefer measures to maintain their comfort without prolonging life. It may be helpful to think about what kind of medical treatment you want. ...

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... multiplies in the human immune system's CD4+ T cells and kills vast numbers of the cells it infects. The result is disease symptoms. Nice To Know: There are two forms of HIV: HIV-1 is the more common and more potent form. This form of HIV has spread throughout the world ... mucus, and saliva, as well as the swelling that occurs after an infection or injury, contain types of immune cells and chemicals that attack disease-causing agents attempting to invade the body. Adaptive, or specific, immunity uses specialized cells and proteins called antibodies to attack invaders that get ... appr...

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... lymphatic systems, the liver and spleen. It is usually a minor affliction, but symptoms can sometimes be much more severe. It is usually spread through saliva, hence it's name "the kissing disease", but it can be spread through other bodily fluids. Once mono is contracted it enters the body's lymphatic tissue. The virus also enters the salivary glands where it reproduces rapidly ... white blood cells. EBV usually triggers a general increase in B-lymphocytes, resulting in an elevated level of T-lymphocytes as well. Infected B-lymphocytes rapidly reproduce and take on an a-typical appeara...

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... group of diseases that results from the suppression of the immune system (A group of cells, molecules, and organs that defend the body against invaders causing disease). The AIDS virus first involves the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). People with the HIV virus gradually loses immune function along with immune cells and without ... is down 19 percent from 37,900 deaths in the U.S. during the same time period in 1995 according to the United States Centers or Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One reason for the decline, according to the CDC, was the reduced rate of new infections b...

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... . Oh well though. First off AIDS is in short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Acquired means you can get infected with it. Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases. And Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease. That's basically what it means word for word. AIDS is caused by the virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency ... preventing things from happening. AIDS can be stopped as long as a lot of the precursors are practiced. Unless you are 100% sure that you and the people you are with do not have HIV infection, you s...

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... the leading cause of death in men between 25 and 44 years of age and the fourth highest in women between 25 and 44 (What is AIDS, 1997). AIDS is defined as acquired immune deficiency syndrome. "Acquired meaning you catch it, immune deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases, and syndrome means a group of health problems that make up ... blindness. Candida is a fungal infection that can cause a white colored film in your mouth, throat, or vagina (What is AIDS, 1997). Herpes of the mouth or genital area is also a disease that AIDS patients become more susceptibl...

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... between the beginning of the infection, until up to twenty years later! Along with the symptoms of HIV, you may also experience loss of appetite, severe weight loss, drenching night sweats, fatigue, severe diarrhea, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, many yeast infections, Pelvic Inflammatory disease (PID), Abnormal Pap smears (which show unhealthy changes in cervical cells), genital warts, herpes and ulcers, swollen ... where this virus is held. It is a sexually transmitted disease, which means that it most commonly transmitted through sexual exposure with someone who already ...

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... it off. Like culture, health goes hand-in-hand with our human-needs like love, success, the basics, esteem, and security. These human-needs are what drive us to continue in our everyday lives and also play a huge role in encouraging us. If we go without one of them it can be ... sleeping and hygiene but I understand now that it is much more than just the natural. Self-care is something you have to mentally and physically do to promote health and to prevent illnesses and disease. For instance, food is a huge problem for a lot of people. Eating the right type of food and ... or snacks o...

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... body. Syndrome is a group of symptoms and signs of disordered function that signal the diagnoses(Hyde 1). You don't catch AIDS, you catch HIV. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. HIV severely damages a person's disease fighting immune system. There are two viruses that cause AIDS. They belong to a group called retroviruses. The first virus is HIV-1. It ... illnesses that commonly affect AIDS patients. One is a type of pneumonia called pneumocystis carinii. The other one is a type of cancer called kaposi's sarcoma, which attacks the skin(What...

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... the diversity of life on earth. Biological science is classified into various branches, which depend upon the organisms to be studied. These are some main branches of biology Botany, Entomology, Ecology, Anatomy, Immunology, Limnology, Genetics, Histology, Biomechanics and Embryology. The study of ... you knowledge to teaching and research in agriculture, horticulture, and land use planning and medicine. Usually they investigate the effects of environmental factors such as rainfall, temperature and disease on plant growth, they grow plants under controlled conditions to assess the signif...

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