Definition of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease is identified as any disease that affects the heart or blood vessels (veins or arteries). It is often specifically associated with atherosclerosis (arterial disease) despite the fact that the term in and of itself suggests any disease that affects the cardiovascular system. The incidence of this type of disease is rising progressively and kills far more Americans than cancer. Because there is a tendency for heart conditions to be asymptomatic it is necessary to employ preventive measures to lessen the risk of developing any form of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular diseases include aneurysm, angina, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, myocardial infarction or heart attack, cerebovascular disease and stroke.
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Lou Gehrig’s Disease goes by the name Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the progressive and sometimes fatal disorder. This kind of disorder attacks the nerves and muscles.
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Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that affects the red blood cells. This disease is found in people that have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin S, which is an abnormal type of hemoglobin.
Normal blood cells are shaped like a donut taking a circular-shape and this is considered normal, where as a sickle-shaped red blood cell takes on a crescent shape and this proves difficult for this type of abnormal blood cell to pass the small blood vessels. When this happens the sickle cell shape blood cell blocks the small blood vessel hence resulting in low blood flow to that part of the body.
Sickle cells do not last as long as normal red blood cells.
Abnormal blood flows to a particular tissue, will result in that tissue becoming damaged and this is what leads to complications of Sickle cell disease.
Sickle Cell Disease also called Sickle Cell Anemia is mostly common in people of West and Central African descent.
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Mad cow disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease found in cattle that leads to a spongy degeneration of the brain and spinal chord. The incubation period is considerably long and affects adult cattle. All breeds are vulnerable to getting the disease. As the disease progresses, the animal is likely to behave in an odd manner including having an inability to stand because of irreversible brain degeneration. The disease appeared fairly recently and has been determined to have begun because cattle were being fed the remains of other infected animals, mainly sheep and other cattle. However, the true origin of the disease has still not been discovered.
Mad cow disease can be transmitted to humans in the form of a new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or vCJD. It is transmitted to humans when infected meat from cattle is consumed by them. Unfortunately, cooking the meat does not necessarily destroy the prion as it is able to survive even relatively...
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the small intestine and may manifest in genetically predisposed individuals of any age. The disease inhibits the proper absorption of nutrients from food. Persons with the disease are unable to digest gluten, rye, barley and protein in weight. Gluten is a fairly common ingredient found in foods but may also be found in vitamins, lip balms and medicines among other things.
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