Biology
- Zoster
Term: zosterLiterally meaning: ?gird?Origin: Anc Greek??????/zoster(=belt, girdle) + ????/zone(=belt) > ???????/zonimi(=gird) Coined/History The zoster was a belt worn by warriors in ancient Greece in order to secure their armour....
- Ichthyosis
Term: ichthiasis Origin: ????? /ichthis(=fish) because in many types of this medical condition there is cracked skin, which is said to resemble the scales on a fish although the scales appear next to each other and the skin is thus more reptilian than...
- List Of Bacterial Diseases In Human: Causative Agent, Transmission, Symptoms, Prevention & Treatment
Sl No. Disease and Pathogen Transmission & Incubation period Symptoms Prevention & Treatment 1. Disease:Acinetobacter infections Pathogen: Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission: Direct contact and...
- 4/1/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was absent for illness, she probably has a bacteria making her sick (haha get it because we learned about some bacteria that cause illness). Even though she was gone we took notes over a PowerPoint and I did research on Leprosy. I then...
- Post Of The Living Dead
Biology concepts ? ethnobotany, pathophysiology of diseases, zombies? You know you have a phenomenon when you can knit a zombie. These you can take apart and reassemble, just like real zombies. Knitting a zombie somehow weakens the argument that...
Biology
Leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that causes harmful skin sores and nerve damage to the arms and legs. Leprosy has been around since way back then, and it was such a terrifying disease that the people who had it were often shunned and sent out of the country. It is caused by slow growing kind of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. The symptoms are these nasty pale skin sores or bumps and the damaged nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, or the peripheral nerves. Nerve damage can cause loss of feeling in arms or legs and muscle weakness. Symptoms don't show until a couple years later after having the bacteria since the bacteria goes at such a slow pace.
In 2002, about 1,000 people in America died from leprosy and about 2,000 in South Asia. But now with the medicine we have the bacteria can be killed quickly and the patient can be treated within a few months. Leprosy isn't too contagious that in order to catch the disease you have a lot of contact and have shared mouth or nose droplets. Currently about 180,000 have leposy, mostly in S. Asia and Africa, and about 200 people in America are diagnosed every year.
"Leprosy Symptoms, Treatments, History, and Causes." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 31 Mar. 2014
"Facts about Leprosy." - ILEP. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.
- Zoster
Term: zosterLiterally meaning: ?gird?Origin: Anc Greek??????/zoster(=belt, girdle) + ????/zone(=belt) > ???????/zonimi(=gird) Coined/History The zoster was a belt worn by warriors in ancient Greece in order to secure their armour....
- Ichthyosis
Term: ichthiasis Origin: ????? /ichthis(=fish) because in many types of this medical condition there is cracked skin, which is said to resemble the scales on a fish although the scales appear next to each other and the skin is thus more reptilian than...
- List Of Bacterial Diseases In Human: Causative Agent, Transmission, Symptoms, Prevention & Treatment
Sl No. Disease and Pathogen Transmission & Incubation period Symptoms Prevention & Treatment 1. Disease:Acinetobacter infections Pathogen: Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission: Direct contact and...
- 4/1/14
Today Mrs.Tyrell was absent for illness, she probably has a bacteria making her sick (haha get it because we learned about some bacteria that cause illness). Even though she was gone we took notes over a PowerPoint and I did research on Leprosy. I then...
- Post Of The Living Dead
Biology concepts ? ethnobotany, pathophysiology of diseases, zombies? You know you have a phenomenon when you can knit a zombie. These you can take apart and reassemble, just like real zombies. Knitting a zombie somehow weakens the argument that...