Essays on Disease

Former President George H. W. Bush served as our 41st president. He was elected at the age of 65 and was said to be one of the most qualified candidates for presidential office. He served long careers in foreign affairs as well as domestic politics....

Managing cancer or any life-threatening disease poses challenges of its own, but in multicultural healthcare environments those challenges increase. A particularly alarming challenge is associated with the communication between the patient and the healthcare provider in these environments regarding examinations and their preparation. Culture is...

Concern about infertility has hugely affected many people in all different types of ways. Infertility is the inability of a woman to conceive or to have a successful live birth. The word health organisation defines infertility as: “Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system...

Dengue is a Spanish word which means “fastidious”, it is derived from “dinga” which means an evil of spirit. Dengue is a viral disease which is caused by the biting of a female mosquito Adese Aegypti. The causative agent of dengue fever is the dengue...

Chlamydia trachоmatis is a оbligate intracellular, Gram negative bacterium that causes several chronic and acutе human disеases. It was first discovеred in 1907 by Stanislaus von Pоwazеk and Halberstaеdter in Berlin who first obtainеd it from conjunctival scrapings from the purposеly-infected lab orangutan. The еtymology...

I saw a 61-year-old lady on the orthopaedics ward during my MDEMO placement. She had been admitted on the 9/4/19 as a result of worsening pressure sores around her sacral region. The patient used an electric wheelchair and had a number of co-morbidities, resulting from...

Arthritis is an umbrella term for a range of inflammatory conditions affecting the bones, muscles and joints. Thereby, pain and fatigue are very common and often reported symptoms. These conditions include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis and gout and often result in pain, stiffness and...

Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland in the udder. It occurs as bacteria enter the udder and cause damage to milk secreting ducts and tracts in the udder. Usually occurs when bacteria enter the udder through the teat canal. Mastitis can cause shirt...

Alzheimer’s Disease is one that is often heard about, but how many know the diagnosis in and out? This particularly common disease is a neurodegenerative disorder. It affects the human body’s nervous system entirely, but more specifically, the cortex. The nervous system is like a...

The brain is a very powerful organ, but as we age the most important functions that the brain controls start to lose touch and slowly deteriorates as a result. Why is this relevant? In 2019, the Alzheimer’s Association reported that 5. 8 million people are...