Everyone knows that alcohol causes damage to the liver. Alcoholic liver disease occurs after years of heavy drinking. Alcohol can cause inflammation in the liver. Over time, scarring and cirrhosis can occur. Cirrhosis is the final phase of alcoholic liver disease(Alcoholic liver disease 1).
A well-known public health administrator C. Everett Koop once stated that ‘cigarette smoking is identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society’. This point of view has been proven by various studies to lead to health complications (including -due to blood clotting in the brain-, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and erectile dis-function). Smoking itself is the single preeminent cause of death in the United States, causing 1/5 deaths (CDC, 2014). This habit is known for not only causing health deficits but worsening already-present ones; asthma attacks can be prompted by tobacco smoking and smoking can augment the gravity of said attacks. Smoking has also be found to effect fertility and the risk of stillbirth.
In the most recent years the use of Marijuana has taken its toll in the world. Many people look down on smoking Marijuana while other advocate that it's no more harmful than alcohol or nicatine. Which comes to the argument of is Marijuana addicting, or is it in the hands of the user. In the Article "Marijuana Is Not Addictive, By Paul Armentano". Armentano compares being addicting to Marijuana is the same as being addicted to caffeine.
It is believed that most results are from both genetic and environmental stimuli (Bernknopf, 2011). Receiving this from genetics normally are passed on through your mothers pregnancy. The environmental factors leading up to obtaining this disease are through extreme stress, exposure to ultra violet light, smoking, and certain medications, mostly depression, anxiety meds, and some antibiotics (Bernknopf, 2011). A doctor who is trying to diagnose lupus, looks for different signs of inflammation which includes pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function in particular places in the body. (Bernknopf, 2011).
8/21/2014 Diagnostic Assignment Is smoking really all that bad for adolescents? Some say that it does not affect the teenagers because they will stop before they are 20, however, that is not the case. Once you start smoking it is almost impossible to stop and you have already infested your lungs with the puffs of smoke. The moment the tobacco enters your lungs you are putting your health in danger. Lung cancer, bronchitis, and heart diseases are all effects of smoking tobacco.
It’s common in adults, adolescents, and even infants; but can be potentially fatal for infants (March). Leukocytosis, particularly WBC counts of more than 100,000, has been associated with fatalities from Pertussis. According to Arthur Allen, “Toxins released by the bacteria cripple white blood cells and cilia, the tiny hairs in the upper respiratory passages, and the cilia, through genetic programming, actually promote the growth and production of toxins by the bacteria (267). Whooping cough is the second most deadly respiratory tract pathogen. It ranges from being moderately to highly durable in the external environment (Edward, 75).
Electronic Cigarettes, I think they will work for me COMM215 Electronic Cigarettes, I think they will work for me. While not enough is known about their long-term risks or the effects of secondhand exposure, studies have shown that many people have completely quit by using electronic cigarettes by slowly lowering nicotine levels for example “Electronic Cigarettes: Do They Have a Role in Smoking Cessation?” (J.E. Odum, K. A. O’Dell, J. S, Schepers, 2012). Electronic cigarettes are more cost effective than regular cigarettes and Electronic cigarettes are safer than combustion cigarettes because electronic cigarettes do not have all of the carcinogenic chemicals that a regular cigarette has.
Why draw the line here and say, thus far but no further? Are cognitive enhancer’s drugs? In my opinion anything today could be considered a drug if misused. I believe something as simple as drinking too much diet coke is drug abuse, or obesity. As a society we do not consider things such as Tylenol or Aspirin a drug, but if you take too many it might just be your last headache.
Crohn's disease, or also known as Crohn Syndrome/regional enteritis, was first discovered and described by Dr. Burrill B. Crohn in 1932 and is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBDs are a group of inflammatory conditions that occur in your digestive system when contracted (Almost always in the gastrointestinal tract), with the most common place being the small intestine. IBD's are so efficient and deadly that they have resulted in an estimated 51,000 deaths in 2013. Crohn's disease is one of the most common IBDs and is special in the sense that it can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract including the colon and usually involves the entire thickness of the wall of the intestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract, or also known as the alimentary canal, is made up of the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, mouth, anus and intestines (Small and large).
It shows that 1.8% of adult population has had a heart attack. Myocardial infarction can result in people in High blood pressure, smokers, alcohol, and oral contraceptive pills. Sickle Cell A genetic disorder that causes abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in red blood cells that assume an abnormal sickle cell, sickle cell interferes with normal blood flow, resulting in damage to the most the body system. The risk factors result in most often among people whose ancestry can be linked to sub-Saharan Africa, south & central America, Caribbean, and India showing that third largest visible minorities in Canada, behind the Chinese and South Asians. The 2001 Census reported a total of 662,200 blacks in Canada, representing approximately 2 percent of the overall Canadian population and Third largest visible minorities in Canada, behind the Chinese and South Asians.