Healthy people have two kidneys that together work to filter the blood and produce urine. They also play a role in blood pressure regulation and mineral balance in the body. The most serious types of renal disease are usually related to kidney malfunction, perhaps connected to a defect or othe...
There are several different types of kidney disease, and each of them has the potential to cause permanent kidney damage, often leading to the necessity of dialysis or kidney transplant. Some of the most common types of diseases affecting the kidneys include hereditary, systemic, and glomerular. ...
Heart disease is a huge term that can describe many different conditions. All of these conditions have some effect on the heart or the blood vessels that supply the heart. It’s certainly possible to have several types of heart disease at the same time, which can make it difficult to ...
Generally diseases can be defined as ‘changes of general or usual physical condition’. Almost all types of animal can be affected by different types of disease in their lifetime. Poultry birds are not exception, they also get affected by numerous diseases. This types of disease can suffer th...
disease(sCJD)is the predominant type of PrD(88.7%).19 different genotypes of genetic PrDs(gPrDs)were identified,accounting for about 11.3%of all PrDs,revealing ethno-relationships.No iatrogenic CJD(iCJD)and variant CJD(vCJD)was identified.The characteristics of different types of sCJD in China ...
Beriberi is one of the malnutrition diseases caused by a vitamin deficiency, in this case, an insufficiency of thiamine, also known as vitamin B1. The name, which means “I can’t; I can’t” in Singhalese, is an expression of the crippling effects of the disease: beriberi affects the...
The hypothesis, published in theJournal of Parkinson’s Disease, builds on the “brain-first vs body-first” model ofParkinson’s disease. This model suggests that the disease can start in two places: the brain, beginning in the olfactory bulb (involved in smell), or the body, ...
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormonal changes of pregnancy along with other genetic and lifestyle factors. Other rare causes might include genetic mutations, damage or removal of the pancreas...
Heart disease does run in the family, starting with their mom, who had a heart attack attributed to high blood pressure when she was only 40. However, Amanda and Kelli were told there are no common threads in the heart problems the three women have endured. ...
of sex-linked recessive disorders. according to the genetic inheritance pattern, the unaffected carrier mother passes on the haemophilic genes to sons. it is a very rare type of disease among females because for a female to get the disease, the mother should either be hemophilic or a carrier...