What it is:A bacterial disease that can cause meningitis, an infection and swelling of the brain and spinal cord. It can also infect the blood. How you get it:It's caused by bacteria that live in the back of an infected person' nose and throat. It can spread through kissing or just ...
The Coronaviridae family comprises of enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses that are generally causative agents of common cold, upper respiratory disorders and lower respiratory infections, especially in elderly persons and children, who have weak immune system. Currently, there is an outbreak caused by...
An emerging infectious disease (EID) is defined as a disease caused by a pathogen that has not been observed previously within a population or geographic location. Viruses are a major cause of EIDs, particularly −ssRNA viruses. Many variables are involved in the emergence or reemergence of vir...
Weak muscles Thickened skin on your fingers Raynaud’s phenomenon — low blood flow to fingers and toes that may make them turn blue Telangiectasia, small dilated blood vessels you can see through your skin Diagnosis The doctor will ask about your medical history and your current symptoms. They...
The Council has concentrated on infectious diseases, as these constitute risks that have global relevance, can cause great damage in the event of outbreaks and mostly involve a people-envi- ronment-people chain of causation. The following discussion considers exclusively infections with an epidemic ...
Having a weak Immune system, for example, HIV or AIDS, Diabetes, Chemotherapy Treatment, and those who have undergone organ transplantation, as they take medications to prevent their body from rejecting the new organ transplanted. Examples of fungal infections are: Valley fever or Coccidioidomycosis ...
Immune-mediated Diseases That Affect the Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and the leading cause of nontraumatic disability among young adults in Western countries [1]. The co...
Nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) is a family of inducible transcription factors that plays a vital role in different aspects of immune responses. NF-κB is normally sequestered in the cytoplasm as inactive complexes via physical association with inhibitory pr
that low protein intake (< 0.8 g/kg per day) or very low intake (< 0.4 g/kg per day) for 6–36 months preserved kidney function, slowed the progression to ESRD and reduced the rate of all-cause death compared to a high protein diet (> 0.8 g/kg/day) [149]. However, a ...
Head and neck position during feeding can play a role in increasing or decreasing the likelihood of this occurring, to the extent that hospitalized sick and weak calves that are being fed from a bottle at our institution are routinely encouraged to nurse with the head and neck along a more ...