A young couple walks into the prenatal ward of the hospital after their second miscarriage in two years [1]. The wife, Topaz, looks fatigued [2], and lacked enthusiasm and an appetite [2]. The husband became worried after Topaz became depressed [3] and appeared to look yellow [3] in complexion. Their doctor, Dr. Haus, called them in at this point and asked Topaz to step into the general examination room.
Dr. Haus began by asking Topaz for a urine sample and a blood test. As they went over the results, Dr. Haus said, “Topaz, your blood has a copper level of 260 μg/dL, which is extremely high. Most normal levels range from 70–155 μg/dL [1]. I believe that you may have Wilson’s disease, which is an inherited genetic disorder that affects your liver’s ability to excrete copper into bile
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Miss Z lies on her back in her bad and appeared to be very sad. She is wearing a yellow bath gown. Her black and long hear is scattered over the pillow. Her skin is slightly pale. Her eyes are puffy and her legs are swollen. Her abdomen is enlarged which is consistent with her 24 weeks pregnancy. Her posture is relaxed and somehow sluggish. She is not smiling at us and her face shows indifferent expression. On the right side from her there is a b...
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Angelman disease was discovered and named by Dr. Harry Angleman in England in 1965. He was observing several children that had the same symptoms that include unusual happiness, no speech, seizure disorders, mental delay, and similar facial expressions. Dr. Angelman described these patients as “happy puppets” or “angles” because of their always happy facial expressions and youthful look. After diagnosing these children as puppet children, he then went on to write a paper about his discoveries. In his paper, there was no cause for the disease because the Dr. was not sure how it was caused.
Diabetes is a disease that is very common in the world. Early detection of diabetes can significantly decrease the risk of it getting worse throughout a person’s life. There are symptom...
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What is hepatic cirrhosis? According to the medical dictionary hepatic cirrhosis is when scar tissue replaces the liver’s healthy tissue. This disease changes the structure of the liver and blood vessels that nurture it. It reduces the liver’s capability to produce proteins and process hormones, nutrients, medications, and poisons. Cirrhosis is an illness that gets worse over time and possibly can become life threatening. This serious illness is ranked as the ninth leading cause of death in the U.S. It is the third most common cause of death for adults between 45 and 65 years of age. It occurs in more than fifty percent of undernourished chronic alcoholics. Unfortunately it kills about 35,000 people per year. In other country’s such as Africa and Asia death from cirrhosis is usually caused by hepatitis B.
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In this scenario Mr. Abdul is at high risk of chronic alcoholism mainly causing danger to his liver due to alcohol abuse in which healthy liver cells are replaced by scar tissue. Evidence showed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] (2010) that alcoholic liver disease accounted fourteen percent of all deaths due to diseases of the digestive system and of alcoholic liver disease, more males than females died and seventy five percent majority of people aged betw...
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