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Leukemia
940 Words - 4 Pages.... they contain. These
Leukemia's are usually very severe and need treatment right away. The present
incidence of new cases per year in the United States is about 25 to every
100,000 persons.
The danger to the patient lies in the growth of these abnormal white
cells, which interfere with the growth of the red blood cells, normal white
blood cells, and the blood platelets. The uncontrolled growth of the abnormal
white cells produces a tendency to unstop bleeding, the risk of getting serious
infection in the wounds, and a very small possibility of obstruction of the
blood vessels.
Treatment of these Leukemias include chemotherapy with alkylafing agents,
or antimetabodies ....
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The Ebola Virus
1588 Words - 6 Pages.... and falling under one genus, ‘Filovirus'. "The Ebola virus and
Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family" (Journal of the
American Medical Association 273: 1748). Marburg is a relative of the Ebola
virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston,
and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the geographical location in which it was
discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what
kill victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's
Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol
infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, malai ....
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Skin Cancer: “What Disease Am I”
429 Words - 2 Pages.... begin to bleed, crust over, then repeat the cycle.
Although it rarely spreads to other parts of the body, it can extend below
the skin to the bone and cause considerable local damage.
Squamous cell carcinoma are tumors that may appear as nodules or as
red, scaly patches. Squamous cell carcinoma is also common to Caucasians.
It is found on the rim of the ear, the face, the lips and mouth. It is
rarely found on dark skinned people. It will develop into large masses
unlike basal cell carcinoma, it can spread to other parts of the body. It
is estimated that there are 2,300 deaths from squamous cell carcinoma every
year.
Another type of this cancer is malignant melanoma. ....
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Meniere's Symptoms
504 Words - 2 Pages.... or may always be present. The noises may get louder just before a vertigo attack.
A feeling of pressure or fullness in the ear. This sensation is sometimes felt most strongly right before a vertigo attack. You may feel fine between attacks, or hearing or balance problems may continue between attacks. Although Meniere's usually affects only one ear, it can occasionally develop in both ears.
Your doctor can confirm a diagnosis of Meniere's. Then you and your doctor can discuss how Meniere's affects your life and develop a plan to manage your symptoms. Treatment options include lifestyle changes, medications, medical procedures, and certain types of surgery.
Meniere's disease ....
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Paranoid Personality Disorders
888 Words - 4 Pages.... only strangers. For these reasons, people with this personality
disorder rarely confide in people and are actually amazed if someone shows
loyalty. However, this amazement also gives way to disbelief and falls back
towards the idea that this newfound loyalty is part of a plot to cause harm.
Those of with the disorder also tend to bear their grudges and unwilling
to forgive. They nurture their grudges and anger, which over time, gives them
more of a sense that it is the outside world which the problem, not themselves.
At times, these individuals may also conjure up flamboyant illusions to confirm
their behavior toward others.
These feelings are also carried out towards f ....
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AIDS
2987 Words - 11 Pages.... to nerve cells. Since the first AIDS
cases were reported in 1981, through mid-1992, more than 190,000 AIDS cases and
more than 152,000 deaths had been reported in the United States alone. This is
only the tip of the iceberg of HIV infection, however. It is estimated that
between 1 million and 1.5 million Americans had been infected with the virus by
the early 1990s but had not yet developed clinical symptoms. In addition,
although the vast majority of documented cases have occurred in the United
States, AIDS cases have been reported in about 162 countries worldwide. Sub-
Saharan Africa in particular appears to suffer a heavy burden of this illness.
No cure or vaccine no ....
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Abortion: Is It Murder?
249 Words - 1 Pages.... times in the past twenty years. The problem is that they have
been killed legally because of abortion. Many people approve of abortion
because they consider that a fetus is not an individual human until birth.
Abortion is wrong and it shouldn't be legal. If a doctor killed a baby
one minute after it were born, they would be charged with murder. But if they
were to kill a baby one minute before it were born, and a minute before that and
so on, they would not be considered a murderer. At what minute can one consider
life worthless and the next precious?
Some people will say that abortion is not a matter of life and death,
but medical research proves that t ....
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Psychoanalysis
2215 Words - 9 Pages.... memories. (Hysteria is now commonly referred to as conversion disorder.) The French neurologist Jean Martin CHARCOT tried to rid the mind of undesirable thoughts through hypnotic suggestion, but without lasting success. Josef Breuer, a Viennese physician, achieved better results by letting Anna O., a young woman patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way ....
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