Hepatitis D

Overview Cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) is a common condition caused by a type of herpes virus. Once contracted, CMV stays in the body for the rest of a person’s life. It is spread through direct contact with infected bodily fluids such as saliva, blood, semen, and urine. While the virus can also be spread to a baby through a mother’s breast milk, it does not usually sicken the child. The majority of patients do not even realize they have been infected. CMV is unusual in that the infection…

Introduction Within this assignment we will talk about the definition, symptoms, causes, effects and treatments of Liver Cirrhosis. The case study is about a forty-two-year-old Simon who is an accountant, he is married with two teenage sons. Due to the stress of Simons job he unwinds at night with a drink or two or maybe three. He feels that his wife is nagging at him about his drinking but he feels that he has never been drunk. He noticed his bellying expanding and his clothes wouldn’t fit.…

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2016a), approximately 3.5 million people in the United States are infected with Hepatitis C and more specifically, one third of all injection drug users ages 18-30 are currently infected. This outstanding number is in addition to the 1.2 million of the population who are currently infected with HIV (CDC, 2015a). Thusly, establishing its relevance to adults and their health. With injection drug use being at the top of the list for…

exposure, however, are mainly related to Vitamin D production. Vitamin D enhances calcium absorption in the intestines. Consequently Vitamin D plays a big role in bone health and deficiencies cause bone problems such as rickets, osteomalacia and osteoporosis (Lucas and Ponsonby 595). Apart from bone health, research suggests that vitamin D has an important role in immunomodulation, and regulation of tumor-cell development. It has been shown that Vitamin D triggers apoptosis, cell death, in…

before food, and while sitting upright for a half hour after taking. Calcium supplements must be taken with food in divided doses, with six to eight ounces of water. Calcium may cause gastrointestinal upset, and to monitor for kidney stones. Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, so toxicity can occur. According to (Lenox, Lunen, Prater, Renner, & Tallman, 2014) watch for symptoms such as weakness, fatigue, nausea, constipation and kidney stones. Teach them to work alongside physical therapy to…

Chelsea Hornyak MED 2047 Osteoporosis Instructor Michelle Earixson-Lamonthe 2/28/15 VNFT031 Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. The word osteoporosis means “porous bone.” It is a metabolic bone disorder which means that the rate of bone breakdown, which is called resorption, speeds up while the rate of bone formation slows down causing a loss of bone mass. In other words, osteoporosis happens when you lose too much bone, make too little bone, or even both. As a result…

Australia should ban the burqa based on a multitude of reasons. The main reasons are the Burqa creates a threat to national security, violates the fundamental need for identification in all social circumstances preventing social cohesion and for the burqa not only arouses health and safety issues to others but for the person wearing it as well. Australia’s national security should not be compromised for the few who wear the burqa. Both men and women can easily use the burqa, and many will take…

What is the Sun? The Sun is this big yellowish reddish orange ball of gas, the Sun too is known as the main source that gives us energy in heat and light. “The Sun is the center of all the planets.” (Cain, par.4) . The Sun that comes out during the day on one side of the world and on the other side of the world night time. The Sun has different season four to be precise the one that gets really hot is summer time. In summer time is when many people can enjoy spend their time at the beach even…

Video games have been transformed so much thought the years. Starting from pong in the 70’s to modern day video games. As society advances so do video games and their importance in modern culture. The more complicated we make video games the more we see there is controversy around it, but that’s not the main transformation this paper will be focusing on. The transformation I see the most would be between the Nintendo 64 to the PlayStation 4 consoles. The Nintendo 64 was a stepping stone for…

7). Given Vitamin D and Calcium’s healing properties, it’s unlikely that Glucosamine and/or Alendronate were able to achieve the pain and joint stiffness reductions alone. Therefore, the degree in which Vitamin D and Calcium impacted the findings of the study is unknown. A suggestion to avoid this co-intervention bias is to not administer vitamin D and/or Calcium or any other additional healing agent to participants. This is likely…