Disease Essays

Introduction Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness that needs medical attention. The struggle of those people with this kind of disorder is tremendous to the point of affecting their career, relationship. Also known as manic depression, it is also considered as fatal for it can cause morbid thoughts to …

            Genetic factors are the sole cause of some non-infectious diseases; such genetic diseases are inherited or are caused by mistakes during cell division when gametes are formed (Alters, 2005). Down syndrome is caused by errors during the gamete formation.             Superimposed upon his individual characteristics, each child and adult …

Dementia – ‘generally accepted by clinical psychologist and psychiatrists is outlined in DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) and DSM-IV (APA, 1994). In summary, it states that for diagnosis of dementia, there should be demonstrable evidence of impairment in short-term and long-term memory. Impairment in short-term memory (inability to learn new information) may …

1. Understand that individuals with dementia may communicate in different ways 1.1 Explain how individuals with dementia may communicate through their behaviour The way a person is behaving is usually a good indicator of what they are trying to communicate, especially if they have difficulty expressing their feelings with words. …

1. Communicative Situation, Theme and Figurative Speech a) Communicative Situation In the poem “Sonnet on the Death of Mr. Richard West” by Thomas Gray, the speaker can be identified by the use of personal pronouns of the first person singular “me” (l.1) and “I” (l.13), as well as the possessive …

The lymphatic vascular system has an important role in tissue pressure and immune system. The lymphatic system also contributes to a number of diseases such as lymphedema, cancer metastasis and many other different inflammatory disorders. Lymphatic obstruction is a blockage of the lymph vessels which drain fluid from tissues through …

            Pedigree analysis can be done in order to determine the probability of an offspring inheriting a specific gene, like that of cystic fibrosis.  In the given activity, since a friend’s cousin has cystic fibrosis, then it can be deduced that their grand parent can only be a heterozygous (Cc) …

Agonal Phase- agon means struggle, refers to s gasp and muscle spasm during the first moments in which regular heartbeat disintegrates. Clinical Death- a short interval follows in which heartbeat circulation, breathing, & brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible. Morality- the individual passes into permanent death within a …

Introduction Periodontal disease affects the tissues around the tooth. If untreated results to progressive and steady loss of the bone around the bone the eventuality of which is complete loss of teeth. It can manifest itself in various forms but the severe forms of the disease are less common but …

Definition: Osler-Weber-Rendu disease is a genetic disorder is a genetic disorder causing multiple abnormalities in the blood vessels. It is also well known with the name of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). In this disease there are arteriovenous malformations missing of the capillaries in between, hence arterial vessels flow directly into …