Essays on Disease

Cancer is a leading cause of deaths worldwide, with so many new kinds of cancers still developing, it is vital to understand what is happening within the molecular structures of cells. It is estimated that 1 in every 3 people will develop a form of cancer and with a survival rate estimate of 5 years,...

Systemic lupus is one of the most common outoimmuno diseases, charactarized by chronic inflammation of many systems and formation of antibodies to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. It is most common between women than men. There are many symptoms to SLE such as malar rash, Ulcers/mucocutaneous involvement and Renal involvement ( proteinuria, urinary cellular casts) ....

In this case study published in Milestones in Public Health, addresses the journey to the eradication of smallpox. It begins by explaining the origin of the illness, where measles was dated back as far as 1157 BC in Egypt then continues to explain the spread from Egypt to Asia, Europe, and eventually Latin America by...

Diabetes is a very serious disease that has been on the rise for the last few decades and continues to worsen. According to the CDC, “Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in theUnited States.” They also report that 34 million Americans in the United States have Diabetes with 20% of them not even...

Introduction Bladder cancer is newly diagnosed in roughly 80,000 people annually while causing death in 17,000 people with urothelial carcinoma being the most prominent subtype. (1) Bladder cancer usually metastasizes to lymph node, bone, and liver but metastasis to pancreas is very rare. We present a rare case of metastatic bladder carcinoma to Pancreas which...

There is a lot of fear surrounding our nation at the moment. There is a desperate race for a vaccine to end the terror from this new novel virus. This pandemic has caused distress and devastation on a global stage, but this is not the world’s first pandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic caused the death...

What is Obesity and How to Measure it? A child is said to be obese when he or she is significantly overweight as compared to children of similar age and height. The weight might vary according to the body frame and development stage. For example, between the ages of two to nine, the growth rate...

 ‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death. 18 Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life.19 Anyone who injures their neighbour is to be injured in the same manner:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has...

Dementia is known as a neurological disorder in which the person’s cognitive abilities progressively decline. It can cause a person to become depressed and can cause negative effects on a person’s health and their relationships with others (Robinson, 2019). Family members need to be able to properly identify early signs of dementia before it progresses...

Most of us fear death whether we acknowledge it or not. It’s never easy to contemplate death, whether it’s our own experience or that of a loved one. Consequently, death is a natural part of every culture, it is unique in the extent of how dying is viewed. For this week’s assignment, I was asked...