INCURABLE DISEASES

THE COMMON COLD

COMMON COLD

• Inflammation of the mucus in the nose & throat
• It's easily catchable through touch and inhaling
• Syntoms are runny/stuffed nose, sneezing, sore throat
• Influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial viruses, and reoviruses
• ⬆️ causes the common cold

INFLUENZA

INFLUENZA

• AKA 'The Flu'
• A viral infection
• Happens more in fall/ winter
• It can sometimes lead to infections after recovery
• Worse than a cold and lasts longer

INFLUENZA (CONT.)

• Caused by influenza viruses A and B
• Different strains of the flu virus each year
• Attacks upper or lower respiratory

ASTHMA

ASTHMA

• Chronic disorder of the lungs
• Inflamed airways
• Causes wheezing, coughing, chest tighness, shortness of breath
• Syntoms range from mild to potentially fatal (can occur at any age)
• 1/2 of cases occurs at less then 10 yrs old

DIABETES

DIABETES

• Disorder of blood; body is unable to produce enough insulin
• Glucose (sugar) levels are abnormal
• Two major forms: Type I and type II
• Type I: insulin-producing cells are destroyed
• Type II: slowness in production of insulin from the pancreas

LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

LUPUS

• Autoimmune disorder; causes chronic inflammation
• Three kinds: discoid, systemic, drug-induced
• Discoid: affects only the skin; rash on upper head area
• Systemic: most common, can affect virtually any organ
• No two people will have identical symptoms

POLIOMYELITIS

POLIO (INFANTILE PARALYSIS)

• Acute viral infectious disease of nervous system
• Begins with fever, headache; sometimes followed by permanent paralysis
• Paralysis affects fewer than 1% of persons
• More than 90% show no illness at all
• Polio has been eradicated in the 2000s

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE

• Rare fatal degenerative disease of central nervous system
• Occurs in adults between 40-70 yrs old
• Syntoms: vague psychiatric/ behavioral changes, dimentia,
• Abnormal visions and involuntary movements
• Fatal after a year of syntoms

HIV/AIDS

HIV

• Human immunodeficiency virus
• Slowly attacks the immune system
• Leaves a person vulnerable to many infections

AIDS

• Final stage of an HIV infection
• Fatal infections and cancers can occur
• Widespread in the 1980s- especially in Africa
• 38 million people living with HIV (since 2004)
• 20 million died of HIV since 1991

EBOLA

EBOLA

• Virus of the family Filoviridae
• Characterized by extreme fever, hemorrhages
• Fatality rate for humans: 50-90%
• Takes its name from the Ebola R. where it first manifested
• Closely related to the Marburg Virus

CANCER

CANCER

• The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells
• Affects one in three persons born
• Major cause of sickness and death
• Significant increase improvements in cancer treatments have been made
• Researchers now have a better understanding of cancer

COMMON CANCERS (DEATH TOLL)

• Breast cancer: 40,000+
• Leukemia: 25,000
• Lung cancer: 158,000+
• Brain cancer: 14,000+
• Kidney cancer: 14,000+

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