... vessels. Sickle cells tend to become trapped and destroyed in the liver and in the spleen. This results in a shortage of red blood cells called anemia which, when severe, can cause the patient to be pale, short of breath and easily tired. Certain conditions, such as infections, may worsen a patient's anemia by speeding up destruction of red blood cells or reducing red blood cell production. Two of the most common forms of are sickle cell anemia (SS disease) and sickle "C" disease. Sickle beta thalassemia is a less common form of . The effects of vary greatly from one person to the next. Some affected people rarely see their doctors for sickle cell-related compla ...

... bloodstream and lymphatic system. The later symptoms, as you begin to experience the last stages of the disease, are your back starts to hurt and painful swelling of your lymph nodes. Hard lumps filled with blood and puss called "boboes",from which the disease gets it name, form on various parts of your lymphatic system, such as your neck, inner thigh, groin, and armpits. This stage is the most painful. Blood vessels break and later the dry blood turns black underneath your skin. The treatment for the plague is a vaccine that lasts 6 months. You can use the preferred vaccine Streptomycin, or gentamicin, teracyclines, or chloramphenicol are all good substit ...

... no racial barriers and has been reported by variable ages from neonatal to young adult. Fetal alcohol exposure has life long effects and consequences that are not restricted to any one race or socio-economic group. /Fetal Alcohol Effects does not go away, brain damage is permanent, and birth defects are also permanent. Metal retardation is permanent and irreversible, behavioral problems are permanent; all of these problems associated with /Fetal Alcohol Effects are forever and once alcohol has done the damage there is no recovery. According to the writer, an experimental study was done among alcoholic male rats, and the observation showed evident of how alcohol m ...

... "The Ebola virus and Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family" (Journal of the American Medical Association 273: 1748). Marburg is a relative of the Ebola virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the geographical location in which it was discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kill victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, malaise, and respiratory or GI symptoms, followed b ...

... the succession of her responses occurring throughout her sickness. The AIDS test was ordered almost spontaneously, and the result was not implied to be positive. A woman had reasons for having symptoms, and age and 14hr workday could easily explain the latter. Fatigue was not suspicious, similarly the rush didn’t seem to present a serious danger. Therefore, the “news” struck her and threw into a state of a shock: “My hands and feet went ice cold. I thought I would lose control of my bowels. I stood up and started pacing like an animal in a cage, looking out the window.” Immediately other thoughts entered her mind, it can’t be happening. It must be some careless ...

... pain and treating various diseases by inserting needles into specific places on the body. Specialists called acupuncturists insert needles along meridians or painful points on the body. During acupuncture tiny one-to-two inch needles are inserted at selected acupuncture points. Acupuncturists recognize nearly 400 of these special locations on each side of the body and another 250-300 "extra- meridian" points outside the meridian lines. The needles are typically turned clockwise or counterclockwise to evoke patient response and to intensify or change the needles tip polarity. Manual or electrical manipulation of the needle or the application of heat or cold to the ...

... ill patient who is mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. "Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides the patient with the means and/or knowledge to commit suicide"(Death and Dying,91). "Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or agent"(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. "Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution"(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Ju ...

... cell phone can be likened to driving with a blood alcohol level of about 0.10 per cent. The chances of getting into a car accident while using a cellular phone is nearly equal to the chances of having an accident while slightly drunk.” (Kolata, par.1) The distractions caused by talking on the phone are causing more accidents as the amount of cell phones being used increases. “The risk (of accidents) gets even greater if the person is discussing something important or especially is in the middle of an argument.” (Kolata, par. 2) The solution to cell phones in the cars is that cell phones should only be used in cases of emergencies. The chance of brain tumors ...

... National Conference in Washington, DC for "HIV infection in women: Setting a New Agenda." The conference included activists, physicians and HIV positive women who used the meeting as a forum to voice their concerns about how best to balance women's own medical needs with those of their infants. Other concerns of activists that were voiced were that they don't want laws, policies or medical care imposed on women merely as "vectors" who may transmit HIV to their infants. The new guidelines recommend that all pregnant women should receive HIV counseling and testing. These guidelines are aimed at helping pregnant women know their HIV status early so that medical ...

... stimulates the central nervous system. Its effects range from mild alertness to heightened anxiety and body tension. Caffeine may not improve performance of complex tasks; it may even interfere with work. It shortens reaction time among some users, but its impact on creativity and other intellectual activities is hard to define. Caffeine can be habit-forming. Some regular users who give it up may experience withdrawal symptoms twelve to sixteen hours after the last dose, such as: drowsiness, headaches, lethargy, irritability, disinterest in work, depression, occasional nausea and vomiting. How caffeine affects you depends on what and how much you drink. ...