An Analysis of the Outbreak of Lyme Arthritis During the 1970s
During the late 1970s, an outbreak of what was then called Lyme Arthritis in and around Lyme Connecticut, started the events that have become a nightmare for those stricken with it and has since spread from coast to coast. In 1981, Dr. Willy Burgdorfer and colleagues, managed to isolate the source as a corkscrew spirochete transferred to humans from ticks. They named the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, after its founder Dr. Burgdorfer. This was three years after it was discovered the…...
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1970s Arthritis Cluster in Connecticut Analysis
In the early 1970s, a mysterious clustering of arthritis occurred among children in Lyme, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. Medical researchers soon recognized the illness as a distinct disease, which they called. They subsequently described the clinical features of, established the usefulness of antibiotic therapy in its treatment, identified the deer tick as the key to its spread, and isolated the bacterium that caused it. Is still mistaken for other diseases, and it continues to pose many other challenges: it can…...
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Foot Symptoms for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Foot pain is common symptom in rheumatoid arthritis however the prevalence remained unknown, further clinicians overlook seeking information about foot pain which result in under treatment. Foot symptoms and signs are not involved in Disease activity scoring system (DAS28) for Rheumatoid Arthritis. We conducted a cohort study in group of patient with diagnosis of Rheumatoid arthritis to see how common is foot pain and how was it manage. We study 76 patients with established diagnosis of Rheumatoid arthritis who attended…...
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Understanding the Condition of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Its Treatment
The medical world is constantly growing in knowledge and developing new and useful techniques for solving once impossible health issues. Several groups and departments have dedicated their time and resources to unmasking the most mysterious of diseases, yet there is still so much left unsaid. As far as research goes, a large portion of the world is still unaware of the impact that medical research has created. For example, "in September 2014, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and…...
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Homeostatic Imbalance
The folllowing sample essay on Homeostatic Imbalance discusses it in detail, offering basic facts and pros and cons associated with it. To read the essay's introduction, body and conclusion, scroll down.Abstraction Homeostatic instability is the perturbation of normal homeostasis in the organic structure. This paper is on the disease of urarthritis caused by a homeostatic instability. Due to the kidney’s inability to filtrate uric acid it starts to construct up in the articulations and cause hurting. tenderness. inflammation. heat and…...
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