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    Leprosy: Hansen's Disease

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    Leprosy, a bacterial infection is also known as Hansen’s disease. It is a chronic, long-lasing infection. It is one of history’s most formidable diseases. This disease was believed to be extremely epizootic and calamitous. However, as times have changed and medical advances have grown Leprosy has become limited and is now easily treatable. This research paper will discuss the history, demographics, signs and symptoms, disease process, and treatment of Hansen’s disease. It has been possible that this

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    difficulty in walking and breathing, and more Current Research • Scientists have found many types of CMT such as CMT1, CMT2, CMT3, CMT4, CMTX • CMT causes damage to the gene that code proteins that affect the axons or damages the gene that codes for the myelin which is the insulator

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    It’s difficult informing a child that drinking alcohol is bad for you, while the television and people around are participating in it. Teenagers are influenced by the entertainment business. For example, a movie might reveal drugs and alcohol as a good thing, in which formulates the choice easier for teenagers. Celebrities are loved by many and kids look up to these people and want to be just like them. Underage drinking could eventually lead to risky decisions that put themselves in danger. When

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    of humans because without it we would have less energy because it turns carbohydrates, proteins, and fat into energy. Finally, the vitamin b12 helps maintain the health of nerve cells and also helps form the protective outer layer of nerves called myelin sheaths. Without dairy, we would be deficient in all these vitamins. According to https://universityhealthnews.com if humans were deficient in calcium they could experience tooth decay, dry skin, muscle weakness, fatigue, and many other symptoms

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    basic unit of the nervous system dendrites, p. 36 - neuron’s bushy extensions that receive messages and sends them to the cell body. axon, p. 36 - lengthy fiber that passes messages through it branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands. myelin sheath, p. 37 - a layer off fatty tissue such as like a home electrical wire that speeds their impulses. glial cells, p. 37 - considered to be the worker bee’s; support, nourish and protect neutrons in our nervous system. They also help out in our

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    Spinal Stenosis Essay

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    advancements. Treating spinal stenosis envisages several factors like soothing pained nerve fibers as these are impinged by the narrowed vertebral foramina by following. ANALGESIA: NSAIDs can control pain, which lightens dreadful inflammatory process in myelin sheath covering nerve endings. Advil, Naproxen is commercially known as Aleve, Motrin IB and others can have their role in the treatment regimen of spinal stenosis without any prescriptive advice for they are renowned and harmless pain alleviators

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    For an extended period in our history, the medical community believed that the brain was different than other organs in the body, in that it did not have the ability to repair itself. In this TED Talks presentation, Chandran (2013) discussed the recently discovered fact that the brain is able to repair itself. This is an exciting revelation, as there are over 35 million people currently living with untreatable brain diseases, creating a global cost of $700 billion annually (Chandran, 2013). Furthermore

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    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the nerve and nerve fibers of the central nervous system (Ringold, Lynm, & Glass, 2006). It results in the loss and damage of myelin, the insulator of nerve fibers, thus affecting the conduction of nerve signals within the brain and spinal cord. This damage to the central nervous system (CNS) leads to an impairment in sensory, cognitive, and motor functions of the body. The cause of multiple sclerosis is still unknown, however

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    symptoms, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Psoriasis are significantly linked, they are both immune-mediated and can be treated by the same drug: dimethyl fumarate. Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the Myelin Sheath that covers a nerve cell in the CNS, thus causing scar tissue called Sclerosis.* Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) involves episodes of inflammation called relapses which include: numbness and tingling, fatigue and vision loss (also

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    In the early 1920’s animal experimentation was crudely developed for testing and evaluating products and medicines. Animals, such as rodents, are injected with certain medicines or fed specific ingredients found in these products. Many results from these testings include pain and suffering for the animal experimented on. I believe that animal experimentation should have restrictions. These experiments can be important in discoveries relating to cures for diseases and other medications, but many animals

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