Essays on Disease

Case Study 1 – Endocrine, integumentary and neurovascular disorders Q1) Diabetes Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes where the pancreas can still produce insulin however the body loses the ability to use the insulin it produces effectively, this is called insulin resistance,…

Introduction Prophylactic seepage of the peritoneal depression after gastro-intestinal (GI) medical procedure has been utilized since time immemorial, with the decree of Lawson Tait, the nineteenth century British specialist, “if all else fails, deplete”, understood to all careful trainees. Emergency laparotomy is a typical method…

Mosquitoes (Culicidae) are popular insects that are found typically in warm and hot climates, such as the Tropics, due to being a vector of diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Japanese Encephalitis, yellow fever, and other sicknesses. These illnesses are endemic in developing countries…

Ebola virus disease is a very rare but usually deadly infection that is brought by one of the five Ebola Virus strains. According to World Health Organization, it was first seen in the year 1976 in Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan and thereafter there…

With the bubonic torment in Madagascar presently in the features, individuals are more mindful than any other time in recent memory of the conceivably decimating impacts of transferable (infectious) maladies. Concentrating on the torment, we tend to disregard other late sickness episodes. Here are some…

Presentation: A 7-month old previously healthy fully vaccinated girl presents to the emergency department with poor oral intake. The mother reports that 3 days prior to presentation, the patient became fussier than usual and was also refusing to eat solids. She was taken to her…

Humans can only expect to live longer than ever before but with the great benefit comes the struggle of having to enduring years of pain and discomfort. Grey hairs, wrinkles and weak bones can be daunting but all jokes aside aging has dramatic and detrimental…

Hereditary defects in the assembly of glycoconjugates cause metabolic diseases called Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG). Hypoglycosylation of glycoproteins and occasionally of other glycoconjugates leads to a heterogeneous clinical presentation (1). A common screening test for CDG is isoelectric focusing (IEF). IEF reveals hypoglycosylation of…

Skin diseases, that is common in young adults and elders, vary greatly in signs and symptoms. Disease sometime are temporary or sometime permanent. It may be painful or painless. These all types depend upon the causative agent, age of affected person, environmental condition, person’s immunity…

In the current study, PCR was employed on vaginal swab to diagnose Q fever as one of the routes of discharge of C. burnetii is the vaginal mucus. Infected ticks are playing a major part in the transmission of C. burnetii among livestock. Camels are…