... and most the time fatal disease. It is caused by the Pulmonary artery having a built up pressure from the narrowing of the pulmonary arteries. This causes the blood in your arteries to not be able to circulate properly therefore not supplying oxygen where it is needed. This causes the right ventricle of your heart to become extremely ... down the process. The most common one is Viagra. As anyone can assume it is only used as a male stimulant but it is actually used to increase the blood flow so the heart doesn't have to overwork itself. Another medicine though, that is used through a CA...

• Word Count: 562
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

STREPTOCOCCAL TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME From the common cold to tuberculosis, there have been many infectious diseases throughout history. Advances in medicine have developed cures or vaccines for a lot of these diseases, and researchers are working continuously on the others. ... kidney function, a rash that is very red and covers the whole body (in about 10 percent of patients), sometimes followed by peeling skin, decreased liver function, abnormalities in blood coagulation, confusion (in 55 percent of patients), disorientation or other mental changes, swelling in the hands, feet and ankles, and...

• Word Count: 1048
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... . Ninety percent of lupus patients are women and are mostly African Americans, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans. Patient are usually diagnosed with lupus in between the ages of 15 and 45. Lupus affects people of all ages, races, and both sexes 2 despite what most statistics say (Purcell ... will only experience problems with their skin and joints, but others may have more serious problems. Joints, lungs, kidneys, blood, and other organs may be affected in others. The third type of lupus is drug-induced lupus. This occurs after the use of certain drugs are prescribed. ... that are mo...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... of muscular dystrophy myotonic, Duchenne, Becker, Limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral, congenital, oculopharyngeal, distal, and Emery-Dreyfus. Myotonic muscle dystrophy is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. This form affects both mean and women. This form usually appears any time from early childhood to adulthood. It is very rarely that newborns get this form ... named after a symptom called myotonia. This means prolonged spasm or stiffening of the muscles after use. I found through researching this topic that the symptoms were usually worse in the cold temperatures. Thi...

• Word Count: 765
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... of the Americas. This is referred to as the "Columbian Exchange"; it is not regarded as positive change by the indigenous people of the Americas. Diseases like the common cold, as referred to in the film Aguirre, were deadly to natives who had no natural immunity to them. Aside from new disease, the Spanish began to exploit the resources, both natural and ... (encomiendas). This led to the development of the hacienda system, which was the active system until the 20th century. In America today, there are more mixed races than anywhere on the planet. Castas, people of mixed blood, became ...

• Word Count: 384
• Approx Pages: 2

... The thyroid gland releases the hormone thyroxin, T4, and triiodothyronine,T3, which directly goes into the blood and is distributed through out the body. The thyroide gland regulates the function of every cell and tissue. It is essential to a normal body growth in infancy and childhood. These are esstentionl hormones that increase the rate of processing affect body temperature, regulate ... the thyroid form a miscommunication between the thyroid and the pituitary gland. The thyroid then does not ever decrease production. Thus resulting in another case of hyperthyroid. Theses nodels that ...

• Word Count: 1147
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... of winter, the disease seemed to disappear. This is because fleas, which were the main carriers of the bubonic plague, became dormant during the cold months. Each spring, the plague attacked again, killing new victims. After five years 25 million people were dead, more than one-third of Europe ... began to demand higher wages yet were refused those demands by their employers. By the end of the 1300's, peasant revolts and rioting broke out in several countries, including England, France, Belgium and Italy. The bubonic plague made serious indentures on the church as well. Throughout the cen...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... panic disorder as an organic disease such as cancer, or the common cold. The biological view has two essential theories. They first theory concerns abnormality in the lever of nerve cells in the brain. The other biological theory is based on the respiratory system and the balance of base and acid in the blood. Scientists studying this disorder have found that the disorder is common ... in many countries which suggests that the cause in not social or cultural. Scientist have also found ... that they can induce panic attacks in people what have the disease by injecting them with certain ...

• Word Count: 1011
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

... ; enlarged lymph nodes, especially in the neck and axilla (armpit) • facial swelling • general discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise) • sleep disturbance • drowsiness • loss of appetite • muscle aches or stiffness • enlarged spleen • rash • difficulty, foggy thinking • sensitivity to heat, cold, and hearing Meanwhile, the less ... (first stage) and re-activation syndromes (secondary syndromes). Primary Syndromes: 1) Infectious Mononucleosis 2) "Chronic EBV infection" 3) X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome Re-activation Syndromes: 4) Lymphoproliferative dis...

• Word Count: 755
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School