disorder develops and is transmitted from one generation to another needs to be understood more clearly (BC Health Guide, 2007, & Kaiser, 2007). Body Children affected with HGP Syndrome have certain symptoms that are especially seem in the disease. The symptoms that can develop in HGP Syndrome include:- * Crowding of teeth * Other dental malformations * Prominent eyes * Micrognathia
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The loss of a child to cancer is one of the worst tragedies a family can face. Each death means the loss of a lifetime (Goodman, 2014). Survivors face serious medical complications, and secondary cancers along with cognitive impairments and shortened life spans (Goodman, 2014). Over the last 20 years childhood cancers have been diagnosed to be invasive more than 29% (Childhood Cancer Facts, 2014). Annually, more than 13,500 children are diagnosed with some form of childhood cancer that is more than
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Dens of Death The picture contains a really cramped building and in a city that is all dirty and crowded with other buildings. It is a weak looking structure that looks like it can be a hazard to the people living there and can collapse anytime and hurt many people. The building also looks like it lacks ventilation and is hard to have fresh air in the rooms making it easy to get sick due to the lack of clean air. It makes me feel uncomfortable living in the place since it looks unsteady and it looks
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Polydactyl in felines is probably one of my favorite disorder or mutation. I personally have three polydactyl and they are my inspiration for this discussion board topic. Polydactyl is a genetic disorder passed down from one parent that has an autosomal dominant gene. Having an autosomal dominant gene basically means that the normal genes are over powered, and the autosomal dominant gene takes over. While most cats have five toes on each front foot and four toes on each back. Polydactyl cats have
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Symptoms Symptoms start to emerge one year after the worm enters the body, days or hours before the worm starts to exit the body. Some symptoms include, fever nausea exhaustion swelling (in the area of the worm) rash (in the area of the worm) blister (in the area of the worm) pain (in the area of the worm) Method of Transmission The only way of contracting guinea worm is through drinking stagnant, unfiltered water, contaminated with guinea worm larvae and eggs. Treatment and Prevention There
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is important to note that failure to thrive does not manifest the same way in all children and every case is unique. There are two main types of failure to thrive including organic and non-organic (NOFTT). Organic FTT is caused by an underlying disease or condition that make feeding or bonding difficult. These include illnesses such as organ defect or failure, Down Syndrome, pregnancy complications and more. NOFTT is different in that it is not caused by inherent medical issues, but rather caused
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Reason for choosing disease The reason why I chose this disease for further research, is because of an infant in San Joaquin County that had died on the fifth of this month and year. The infant was three weeks old and is the county’s first death from this particular disease. So this incident intrigue me to learn and do more research on this disease. The name of the disease and the etiology The name of this disease is Pertussis and also known as the Whooping cough. According to the CDC website,
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cancer has been found. The holy grail of modern medicine has been discovered. But there is one problem – it is locked up inside a top secret government facility restricted to the public. Why so? Because there is far more money to be made in treating a disease than curing it. Why cure someone of cancer in a day if they can be treated for it their entire life and bill them every step along the way? This is modern day society. It is the vivid reality of the dystopian world portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984
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may think that in today's society we have found a cure for every disease out there but that's not the case. There are a lot of illnesses that people have and we have not found a cure. Without a cure most people who are affected will never get cured and will live with a sick lifestyle for the rest of their life's which can lead to potential death. This is why we have laboratories across the world to help us find the cures to diseases and try and save peoples lives. With the laboratory we are able
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A lot of infections can develop inside the mouth or around it. These infections can come about due to a wide number of reasons. Maybe they first started off with burns due to hot food but later turned into infections. Maybe bacterial levels spiked up due to your diet or failure to brush your teeth or use mouth wash at the right time. A lot of them look really nasty but aren’t all that serious. Some look quite harmless, but can actually pose a threat to your health by making you susceptible to infection
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