Essays on Disease

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic communicable disease which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease is considered as one of the most important cause of mortality in the world (Ali et al., 2013). It is a primary infection which can spread from one person to another through tiny droplets of...

Diabetes has become a worldwide concern especially among people termed as elderly The USA is not an exception here, and in fact, the problem is more common there compared to other developed countries. Medical and nursing researchers as well as nutritionists urges that obesity and sedentary life are the leading...

Sacks wrote about the people who lack some functions of the brain and how they are affected or injured. For example, aphemia, aphonia, alexia, apraxia, amnesia, ataxia, aphasia, and agnosia. ‘The man who mistook his wife for a hat’, Dr. P had problems with visual images. He was unable to...

Stress has recently been regarded as a basis for ill health. In the presented day, documented associations have been noted between stress and both physical and psychological symptoms of illness. The point then is that people who endorse higher stress levels also support higher levels of disease. More so, there...

The desire of an individual to eat or when to stop eating is in their mind. A strong comprehension of which section of the brain controls the motivation to eat can result in a greater comprehension of what makes some individuals overeat. There have been many critics that take the...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an example of an anxiety based disorder linked to repetitive obsessive and compulsive behaviors. The biological basis of the disease is illustrated with high hyperactivity in some parts of the brain, reduction in repetitive behavior after intake of serotonin inhibitors and the presence of OCD in...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of progressive lung diseases that cause the obstruction of airflow in the lungs. Breathing difficulties, wheezing sounds, and coughs are among the symptoms of COPD. Emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and non-reversible asthma are progressive lung diseases under the COPD umbrella. It is rare...

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria is an early-aging process disease and is one of the rarest diseases in the world. Research studies show that its global incidence rate is about one case for every four million births. Current health statistics estimate that there are approximately 100 patients who are living with the disease...

Diseases Classification Diseases that affect people in the world today can be classified broadly into two types. These are communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. The former refers to illnesses that can be transferred from one person to the other. They are also known as infectious diseases, and they are caused by...

Advancements in Controlling Disease Outbreaks With advancement in the medical knowledge and technology, it is possible to study and control the spread of diseases and outbreaks. From an epidemiological perspective, an outbreak refers to a sudden increase in the number of infections above the normal expected rate and within a limited...

Parkinson’s disease is a condition that centers its attack on the central nervous system, significantly affecting normal movement and conventionally involves stiffness, loss of balance as well as slow mobility. The disorder is commonly developed by individuals above the age of 50, and rarely occurs in young individuals (Gallagher et...

A typical metabolic condition is type 2 diabetes. According to Mezuk (2008), this disorder affects more than 220 million individuals worldwide. Due to the new lifestyles that contemporary people are adopting, the number is predicted to increase. Patients with this form of diabetes are more likely to acquire lifestyle diseases...