Many people use mothballs for different reasons. Mothballs are helpful for many different causes, but health risks are also associated with mothballs. Using mothballs can repel moths and make things smell great, but can also cause hemolytic anemia. Mothballs are helpful in many ways, but there is one factor in mothballs, Naphthalene, that can cause health issues. Mothballs have many features that are beneficial to people. One feature of mothballs is keeping a house or building free of pest. Mothballs
The mindset of every living organism is to survive and reproduce. As such, it may be surprising to hear that diseases actually plays a crucial role in the survival of our predecessors. In the book Survival of the Sickest, Dr. Sharon Moalem discusses the role these hereditary disorders played in keeping our very ancestors alive. Three examples mentioned in the reading selection include hemochromatosis, diabetes, as well as favism. All the diseases I mentioned had a specific aspect, to which I found
ligase “is used to seal discontinuities in the sugar phosphate chains…” (3, pg. 44). Endonucleases are also used for genetic fingerprinting, (4, pg. 77). Enzymes are also used in analytical tests for example to test for “glucose, urea, ketones, cholesterol etc. in blood and urine,” (4, pg. 81). Analytic tests are also used by diabetics to measure the amount of glucose in the blood. The glucose oxidase in the strip of paper oxidises the glucose present in the blood, which can be measured according
It consists of an inherited enzyme deficiency. Some indications of favism include anemia and weakness. This disease is most commonly found in North Africa and Southern Europe, which is where fava beans are mostly farmed. To determine if someone has favism, they can take tests for anemia. It can be treated through blood transfusions which replenish the iron in the blood. This deficiency was first discovered in the 1950s during the Korean War. This period was the
Explain why the increased prevalence of sickle-cell disease among African Americans has more to do with the environmental factors than the skin color or other phenotypes used to define races. During a short break of solitude from studying, I explored and came across that the environment in which most African Americans reside in has a high occurrence of malaria virus. The malaria virus disease is contagious and when it contaminates someone with sickle cell traits, it cannot survive on the external
unnecessary laboratory tests costs a great deal of money. During the analysis of cyanosis, physicians should consider methemoglobinemia as a valid diagnosis. The Fugate family is better known as the Blue People of Troublesome Creek, Kentucky are unusual [12, 6]. As their name suggests, their skin is indeed a blue color. The Fugate family is quite large and keeps to themselves near the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky. Their story started with Martin Fugate, who may or may not have been blue. In