fever, fatigue and headaches. Without prompt treatment with antibiotics, the infection can spread to the heart, joints and the nervous system. The CDC has alist of questions that a doctor might askyou to see if you should get preventative antibiotics for Lyme disease after a tick bite. ...
The tumor suppressor gene had been first discovered in 1986 and absence of adenomatous polyposis coli indicates inadequate emigration of colon mucous cells and consequent accumulation resulting in polyp formation, which determines a stage in carcinogenicity. Adenomatous polyposis coli mutation causes the ...
364D rickettsiosis.Also called Pacific Coast tick fever, it spreads along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington through the bite of the Pacific Coast tick. Rickettsia bacteria also cause this infection. 364D rickettsiosis causes fever, headache, muscle aches, and a dark scab in the...
Meningitis and encephalitis are dangerous diseases of the nervous system. Learn what meningitis and encephalitis are, what causes these diseases, their pathophysiology, their signs and symptoms, how they are diagnosed, and how they are treated. ...
Roughly 20% of patients’ central nervous systems are affected, causing conditions like cranial nerve neuropathy and meningitis. About 5% of patients develop Bell’s palsy, a neurological disorder that causes paralysis on one side of the face. If left untreated, late disseminated Lyme disease ...
the masks became virtually invisible as we began chatting and catching up, though some elderly family members kept tugging at theirs like a nervous tick. The desire for family and need for social interaction felt evident as the atmosphere felt more like a celebration as we laughed and swapped ...
Along the course of her medical training and working through her own personal health issues, she found her passion for Functional Medicine. She works with patients through a Functional Medicine approach, working to identify and treat the root causes of illness. She uses nutritional therapy, herbal...
light that enters the eye causes chemical changes in cells that line the back of the eye. These cells relay messages, in the form of action potentials (as you learned when studying biopsychology), to the central nervous system. The conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential is...
The scientific discipline of various fields, such as neuroscience and medicine, is called neuroimaging to obtain the image of the control center, nervous system, or brain through utilizing techniques. The other name of Neuroimaging is also called brain imaging. Neuroimaging is useful for obtaining ...
What does a tick bite look like? Most commonly, ticks attach to warm, moist, and hard-to-see parts of the body including the scalp, armpits, groin, skin folds, and other hairy areas. Ticks must be removed properly with tweezers to minimize the chances of infection from these insects. ...