Essays on: Disease

Title: Essay on Parkinson's Disease
Last modified: 30th Jun 2021
Introduction: Parkinson’s Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer’s. Onset typically occurs late in life, affecting approximately 1% of 65 year olds...

Title: Essay on Periodontal Disease
Last modified: 29th Jun 2021
Introduction: Periodontal disease is defined as an inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth caused by specific microorganisms or groups of specific microorganisms....

Title: Essay on Leptospirosis
Last modified: 10th Jun 2021
Introduction: Leptospirosis is a disease associated with human contact with wild and domestic animal urine. A bacterium by the name of Leptospira causes this disease process....

Title: Infection Control: Cutaneous Diptheria
Last modified: 26th May 2021
Introduction: The topic of this paper is cutaneous diphtheria. This paper aims to discuss the tools available to infection prevention control teams (IPCT) in recognising outbreaks in the healthcare setting in a potential case of cutaneous diphtheria and how they would response....

Title: Social and Economic Factors of Rabies
Last modified: 11th May 2021
Introduction: Rabies is a viral, neurotropic disease that, upon the development of symptoms, has a 100% fatality rate.  This neglected tropical disease (NTD) is transmitted by human exposure to unvaccinated dogs and is responsible for approximately 59,000 deaths worldwide...

Title: Gender Differences in Disease
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: Men are more susceptible than women for certain diseases. Discuss. There are a number of diseases that affect men more than woman, these include heart disease which has been stated in literature to be the number one killer of men, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and dementia...

Title: Disease Prevention
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: When it comes to our health, knowing our family medical history could be a huge advantage. Constructing and analyzing a family health pedigree, is helpful as it enables us to identify potential health issues and perhaps implement lifestyle changes that could ultimately prolong or even save our life....

Title: Infertility and Celiac Disease
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine significant association with several extraintestinal features, such as reproductive disorders in women with undiagnosed celiac disease....

Title: Von Willebrand Disease Causes Effects and Management
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in humans. The condition is characterised by prolonged mucous membrane and skin bleeds and in more severe forms, by bleeding of the joints....

Title: Essay On The Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Last modified: 19th Apr 2021
Introduction: Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition that affects the sufferer’s mobility and speech. It affects the central nervous system, leading to a person’s inability to control muscles throughout the body....

Title: Essay On The Response To The Ebola Outbreak
Last modified: 9th Apr 2021
Introduction: The Ebola virus, which is also known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a unique but highly contagious infection that was identified in 1976 in Central Africa....

Title: Epidemiological Analysis of Malaria Disease
Last modified: 29th Jan 2021
Introduction: People with malaria will suffer from high fever, chills, and flu-like illness. There are four kinds of malaria that can infect the human body: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malaria....

Title: Alzheimer’s Disease: Treatments for Patients
Last modified: 12th Jan 2021
Introduction: The pharmacological and non- pharmacological treatments are both able to manage the vast progression of Alzheimer’s and maintain behavioral symptoms. ...

Title: Case study of alzheimers disease
Last modified: 22nd Dec 2020
Introduction: My first administrative position in mental health was working on a Geriatric Psychiatric unit of the local hospital. Many of the patients were elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. ...

Title: The Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Developing Therapies Concerning Parkinson's Disease
Last modified: 4th Dec 2020
Introduction: Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders in the world. It is a movement disorder caused by the deterioration of dopamine producing cells in a portion of the midbrain called the substantia nigra. ...

Title: Timing of Onset and Rate of Decline in Learning and Retention in the Pre-Dementia phase of Alzehimer’s Disease
Last modified: 4th Dec 2020
Introduction: The hypothesis of this study to analyze the trajectories of declines in retention as well as the learning process of the phase before the original diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease...

Title: Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Last modified: 4th Dec 2020
Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is chronic inflammation of the air ways, specifically the peripheral airways and lung parenchyma (alveoli and bronchioles) which leads to expiratory airflow limitation....

Title: Causes and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
Last modified: 3rd Dec 2020
Introduction: Kidneys consists of outer cortex and of inner medulla, located on either side of spinal cord at T12-L3 vertebrae...

Title: Chronic Disease Health Promotion and Maintenance/for Adults Aged 35–65
Last modified: 27th Nov 2020
Introduction: Chronic diseases, in addition to the negative impact on an individual quality of life can have some serious economic implications for both the patient and the population....

Title: Coronary Artery Disease in Indians Living Abroad
Last modified: 13th Nov 2020
Introduction: The rate of CAD among the Indians remains considerably higher even after migrating into the US compared to other racial and ethnic groups....

Title: A Pediatric Assessment of Kawasaki Disease
Last modified: 4th Nov 2020
Introduction: Kawasaki Disease is a rare condition that affects children typically from an infant to 5 years of age....

Title: Addressing Misconceptions of Alzheimer’s Disease
Last modified: 29th Oct 2020
Introduction: In my research paper I will be addressing the topic of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia related disorders....

Title: Chronic Diseases: Impacts and Prevention
Last modified: 28th Oct 2020
Introduction: Chronic conditions have an effect on developing countries and first world countries such as Australia and it is on the increase year by year....

Title: Osteoporosis in Women and Current Research
Last modified: 28th Oct 2020
Introduction: Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones, and the most common worldwide. It causes decreased bone mass, the bones become more porous increasingly over time, plus the spaces or cavities inside become fragile, this withstanding less of the blows and easily fracturing....

Title: Neurodegenerative Disease: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Last modified: 27th Oct 2020
Introduction: Neurodegenerative disease (ND) is a broad medical term used to describe a range of conditions that primarily affect the neurons in the human brain....

Title: Pathophysiology of the Digestive System and Treatments for Dietary Diseases
Last modified: 8th Oct 2020
Introduction: The mouth is the start of the digestive system. The mouth is where food is chewed and broken down into very small pieces. The salvia in the mouth is mixed with the food to easily help digest the food....

Title: Comparison of Lifestyle and Infectious Disease on Impacts to Human Health
Last modified: 6th Oct 2020
Introduction: In Australia, increasing living standards have led to a significant reduction in the rates of infectious diseases. The benefits of abundant resources have also led to a high prevalence of preventable diseases arising from lifestyle patterns....

Title: Infectious Disease: Outbreak and Control Strategies
Last modified: 28th Aug 2020
Introduction:   A disease is an abnormal illness that negatively impacts the function of living organisms. The disease is commonly taken as a medical condition and is mostly associated with particular symptoms and certain signs and differs from physical injury in nature. ...

Title: Use of Epidemiology in Disease Control and Prevention
Last modified: 28th Aug 2020
Introduction: Epidemiology is used to research root causes of specific health occurrences in specific people, places, and during specific time frames. It is also used to find out what specifically caused the problem....

Title: Comparison of Biomedical and Biopsychological Models of Disease
Last modified: 21st Aug 2020
Introduction: For some time, researchers have struggled to find a model that explains the prevalence of a disease within individuals or a community of people. Some of the models that have been in existence, such as the biomedical model and the biopsychosocial model have been used by medical practitioners to examine the prevalence of diseases in human populations....

Title: Alzheimer Disease: The Untouchable Presenile Dementia
Last modified: 20th Aug 2020
Introduction: One of the most accelerating neurological disorder among the elderly population, Alzheimer disease serves as the common cause for presenile dementia hitting the number of 13.8 million by 2050....

Title: Impact of the Rise of Noncommunicable Diseases on Health Systems
Last modified: 22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: The rise of NCDs necessitates a range of adjustments by health systems. Please discuss this statement, with reference to a particular country or region. Introduction Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a...

Title: Overview of Von Willebrand Factor
Last modified: 22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Von Willebrand Factor Von Willebrand Factor is a very important glycoprotein that is needed for Haemostasis in the body, without vWF patients can suffer from severe bleeding disorders, so it’s cruci...

Title: Disease Prevention to Health Promotion
Last modified: 18th Jun 2020
Introduction: Ottawa Charter and Jakarta Declaration Disease prevention focuses on particular efforts intended at decreasing the growth and severity of chronic diseases and other illnesses. As an impo...

Title: Dengue Vaccine in Thailand and South Africa
Last modified: 17th Jun 2020
Introduction: Dengue Vaccine in Thailand and South Africa Overview of the Disease Dengue fever or dengue disease is a viral infection transmitted by the Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosq...

Title: Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Last modified: 17th Jun 2020
Introduction: Introduction of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, in 1906 when he noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness...

Title: Analysis of Impact of Data size for Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease
Last modified: 10th Jun 2020
Introduction: Analysis of Impact of Data size for Classification of Alzheimer’s disease using Convolution neural network Abstract – Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the neurodegenerative diseases that affec...

Title: Epidemiology, Transmission, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Legionellosis
Last modified: 8th Jun 2020
Introduction: Legionella is a facultative, intracellular bacterium that causes legionellosis presenting as either Legionnaires’ disease or Pontiac fever (1). Epidemiology Although over 50 Legionella species have ...

Title: Diseases Related to the Human Body Systems
Last modified: 8th Jun 2020
Introduction: Diseases Related to the Human Body Systems The human body has several systems that function together to help everyday activities happen. Sometimes these individual systems can become impaired by an ou...

Title: Alzheimer’s Could Be Treated by Clearing Senescent Cells Around Major Organs
Last modified: 8th Jun 2020
Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest forms of dementia, a general term used for memory loss and other cognitive abilities that interfere with daily life. It causes problems with thinking, beha...

Title: Smallpox: Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment
Last modified: 4th Jun 2020
Introduction: Abstract In conclusion, smallpox was a very demanding viral disease the affected the entire world.  It was such a largely widespread disease, that was around for a very long time, that it was a huge ...

Title: Is Obesity a Disease?
Last modified: 4th Jun 2020
Introduction: Obesity is Not a disease- Michel Tanner AMA Declares Obesity a Disease- Liz Neporent John Pollina One of the most controversial issues related to the health field is obesity. Obesity affe...

Title: Role of Physical Therapy in Medical Treatment.
Last modified: 3rd Jun 2020
Introduction: Role of Physical Therapy in medical treatment. The study of physical therapy is generally termed as physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM). It should be kept in mind that it is a new and developin...

Title: Effect of Psoriasis on Cognitive Function
Last modified: 3rd Jun 2020
Introduction: Psoriasis, a painful, disfiguring, disabling lifelong disease affecting 125 million people worldwide, although 2-3% of the population has this disease there is no cure available, and it is still uncer...

Title: Hepatitis C: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the blood-borne, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019a). According to the CDC (2019), the majo...

Title: Disease Prevention in Nursing
Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: According to The World Organization [WHO] (1946), “health is the state of complete physical, social, and mental welfare and merely the absence of disease”. WHO’s definition, however, does not re...

Title: World Awareness of Pathological Conditions: Obesity
Last modified: 29th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Obesity being a non -communicable disease has a big impact on many things. It is a battle that has affected so many and a fight that is still being fought for many years in the past and the o...

Title: Aortic Valve Stenosis: Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
Last modified: 29th May 2020
Introduction: Aortic Valve Stenosis is a condition caused by the narrowing of the hearts aortic valve. This congenital heart defect is very common among people in the U.S., as over 200,000 cases are noted per year ...

Title: Therapeutic Management of Parkinson’s Disease in Adults
Last modified: 28th May 2020
Introduction: 1) Pathophysiology and clinical manifestations Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive condition of the nervous system in which parts of the brain deteriorate gradually. It is marked by both motor...

Title: Individuals with a Family History of Hypertension and the Effect Diet and Exercise has on Preventing End Stage Renal Disease
Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Individuals with a family history of hypertension are at a higher risk for developing chronic kidney disease which can lead to end stage renal failure. By utilizing a good diet and committing...

Title: Alcoholism: Disease or Moral Dilemma?
Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction:  Is alcoholism a disease or just a moral dilemma? That is a question that many people still ask today. There are doctors, lawyers, professional people and everyday citizens that   ...

Title: Alzheimer’s Disease: Important Issue in our Aging Society
Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Alzheimer’s Disease: Important Issue in our Aging Society Dementia is the most common disease in older adults more than any other age group (Miller, 2019).  Approximately forty percent of those ove...

Title: Cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Last modified: 21st May 2020
Introduction: Table of Contents Introduction Review of Evidence Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Conclusion and Recommendations References A...

Title: Insight to Assisting Patient with Multiple Sclerosis
Last modified: 20th May 2020
Introduction: This essay will look to explore, critique and interpret the existing literature relevant to Multiple Sclerosis within physiotherapy practice. The author will research pathophysiology, physiotherapy as...

Title: Factors Affecting Balance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Last modified: 20th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract: Context: Excess prevalence of balance deficit in COPD has been reported, suggesting a link between these two conditions Aims: Balance being affected in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ...

Title: RUA Case Study: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Introduction: Health History Pamela Carothers is a 71-year-old Caucasian female who was diagnosed with COPD last year is being admitted for shortness of breath and chest pain that she has had for the last 2 days. S...

Title: Tay-Sachs Disease: Causes, Pathology and Treatment
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Tay-Sachs disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that occurs when an individual has a mutation within the HEXA gene, hindering the central nervous system’s ability to break down toxins (Vu...

Title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Case Study
Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction           Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), is a study about common respiratory conditions primarily in the lungs. It is chronic inflammatory lung disease that may ha...

Title: KHA-CARI Guidelines for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Last modified: 12th May 2020
Introduction: As part of the profession nurses work to uphold and follow all relevant guidelines to shape the care given to patients to ensure effectiveness. The KHA-CARI Guidelines work are used by Renal nurses to...

Title: How do we continue to promote regional and global disease prevention?
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question How do we continue to promote regional and global disease prevention? Answer The spread of communicable diseases remains an ongoing global threat, and the UK is not immune to the rapid transm...

Title: Public Health Disease Management of Tuberculosis
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: This essay critically examines the effectiveness of policy frameworks and assessment tools in public health disease management of tuberculosis. The essay discusses the role of the community nurse and...

Title: Impacts of Alzheimer’s Disease
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: It is quite easy to confound someone’s propensity when they have Alzheimer’s and it can be done easily because the person with Alzheimer’s unconsciously has no way of articulating that need...

Title: Non-communicable diseases - Diseases of Excess
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Non-Communicable diseases – often referred to as “Diseases of Excess” or “Diseases of Affluence” – are increasing in both rich and poor countries. What factors are ...

Title: Answers to questions on the spread and control of diseases
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: List and discuss briefly major public health strategies for communicable disease control. Choose five communicable diseases and discuss what public health strategies will be appropriate in each case. ...

Title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The lungs are one of the most important organs in the human body. Without the lungs a person is unable to intake oxygen that is need to life. There are many problems that can develop within the lung...

Title: An Overview Of Peptic Ulcer Disease Health Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Peptic ulcers are one of the most common gastrointestinal tract disorders. The recent past few decades have witnessed an increase in the rate of peptic ulcers occurrence in our human community (Thomps...

Title: Hepatitis causes and effects
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract Hepatitis, one of the major incurable diseases, still exists nowadays endangering many people’s lives. It has many types i.e. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E and G. The nature of Hepatitis is v...

Title: Health Essays - Chronic Disease Management
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Chronic Disease Management Chronic diseases have an effect on all countries, and the augment in their prevalence is to a great extend attributed to varying demographics, improved life expectancy, c...

Title: The pathophysiology of a disease: COPD
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: This assignment will discuss the pathophysiology of a disease process of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It will also show how biological, psychological and the social aspects of the dis...

Title: Epidemiology in Disease Control and Prevention
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The purpose of this discussion post is to briefly review the concepts of epidemiology in disease control and prevention. I will also define and apply the ecoscoial epidemiology paradigm to obesity i...

Title: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Health Promotion is the process of motivating people and empowering communities to adapt lifestyle and behavioural changes to improve their health. This process involves various interventions to rea...

Title: What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Dwight Coleman Wendt L. Eddy In 1906 Alzheimer’s disease was discovered by Alois Alzheimer, a German neurologist. The disease was originally observed in a middle-aged woman named Auguste D. ...

Title: Overview of Communicable Diseases
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Pang Sheng Yang In this world, there are hundreds and thousands of communicable diseases that are spread from person to another, at any age, young or old. Some are deadly, and some are not. Some are...

Title: Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) List
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Consequences: NCDs are the new emerging threat to modern world as they continuously increase disease burden silently. Previously, they were thought to be the diseases of affluent and most of the worl...

Title: Heart Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract According a report published by the World health organization about the most prevalent causes of mortality for the time periods of 2000 and 2011, it can be seen that Ischemic heart disease i...

Title: Hand Washing in Disease Prevention
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The most frequent way of germ spreading is by people’s hands. Most of the times germs are harmless but sometimes they can also be reason for illnesses like flu, cold and gastroenteriti...

Title: Ocular Manifestations in Hansen’s Disease
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Christina Samuel1, Sundararajan D2 1Postgraduate, 2HOD. Department Of Ophthalmology, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India ABSTRACT Background: Leprosy or Hansen’s disease is a ...

Title: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Control of Lyme Disease in Public Health
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease and was first recognised in 1975 in Connecticut, U.S., by Dr. Burgdofer (Discovery of the disease agent causing Lyme disease, 2018). The ...

Title: Arguements For and Against Obesity as a Disease
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Obesity: Disease or Not Over time there have been many debates on the topic of obesity, and whether it is classified as a disease or not. It has been very difficult to actually pinpoint ...