Allergies are due to asthma
The genes that control the levels of antibodies that cause allergies are not just impact on the development of asthma.
Research has discovered new genes related to susceptibility to this disease The genetic effects are weaker asthma in adults.
An international study on genes involved in asthma has failed to show that allergies associated in many cases of this disease are a consequence of it, and not its cause, because the genes that control the levels of antibodies that cause allergies are not little impact on the development of asthma.
Some genes can control the speed of healing of the airways have been injured after work, which has involved the National Center for Genome Analysis (CNAG), headquartered in Science Park, has enjoyed the cooperation more than 20 research groups with a total of 164 researchers from 19 countries and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The research, which is part of the European Consortium Gabriel and has received funding from the European Community, has discovered new genes related to susceptibility to this disease, although its development are also determinants of environmental factors. Read more
Huntington disease
Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited disease that causes wasting of some cells in the brain. People are born with the defective gene but symptoms do not appear until after 30 or 40 years. The initial symptoms of HD may include uncontrolled movements, clumsiness or balance problems. Later, the EH may prevent walk, talk or swallow. Some people fail to recognize family members. Others are aware of their surroundings and express their emotions.
If one parent has Huntington’s disease, you have a 50 percent chance of having it. A blood test can tell if you have the HD gene and if you develop the disease. Genetic counseling can help you weigh the risks and benefits of undergoing the analysis.
There is no cure. Medicines can help control some symptoms, but can not delay or stop the disease.
Eye Infections
Share Saul Groman, a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, said that of infectious conjunctivitis is caused by germs, bacteria, viruses and fungi, which are housed in the eye.
If you go and this disease is controlled in a few days is considered acute, but if you do not go to an ophthalmologist and without prompt treatment may then become chronic and require more time to be eradicated.
Because it usually occurs in highly contaminated sites where the air carries a lot of pathogens, and also by rubbing the eyes with dirty hands or poor hygiene when using contact lenses.
Symptoms and treatments
In all cases the symptoms are burning, itching, redness, discharge or yellow gunk (if infectious), or between transparent and green (if you’re allergic).
Faced with these inconveniences, it is not self correct (use of drops can exacerbate the condition or cover up the symptoms) and to see a specialist, in this case, an ophthalmologist, who made a revision and sometimes indicates a culture to identify the agent causing the infection. Read more
Prevent Diabetes Type 1
Like any parent, you want to protect your child of all things, which, of course, it is virtually impossible. But can you prevent your child from getting diabetes?
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood. Glucose, which comes in the foods we eat, is the largest source of energy needed to supply the body’s functions. To use glucose, the body needs the hormone insulin. But if someone has diabetes is because your body can not produce insulin or does not work on your body as it should.
There are two main types of diabetes:
* In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks and destroys the pancreas cells that produce insulin.
* In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas can still produce insulin but the body does not receive properly. In both types of diabetes, glucose can not enter the cells normally, and the level of blood sugar gets too high. Left untreated, people may become sick due to high levels of blood sugar. Read more
Hodgkin’s Disease
Hodgkin’s disease is a cancer that originates in the lymphatic system.
The lymphatic system consists of a series of vessels that run throughout the body and nodes that are like collectors.
Lymph nodes are like some small bags (or cluster of grapes) that are found in different parts of the body in areas like the neck, armpits, chest, abdomen and pelvis.
These two structures contain the lymph transport and which is composed of a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes.
Lymphatic tissue is also formed in other organs of the body such as the spleen, bone marrow and thymus.
The lymphocyte function is the body’s defense.
The spleen, blood vascular gland, located on the left side of the abdomen below the ribs, produces lymphocytes and other cells of the lymphatic system. It also stores healthy blood cells and filters out damaged cells, bacteria and waste products from cells. Read more
Tuberculosis
The first thing is to know the disease that first we see around Wikipedia
Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB or TB), formerly known as consumption, is an infectious disease caused by several species of Mycobacterium, all belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
The most important and representative, the cause of tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis or TB bacillus Koch.La is possibly the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. Other mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium Canetti, and Mycobacterium microti can also cause tuberculosis, but these species do not usually do in the healthy individual. Although tuberculosis is predominantly a disease of the lungs, may also be affecting the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, bones, joints and even skin.
The good news is that Peru has a campaign Minsa free to treat the disease called “National Health Strategy on Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis (ESN-PCT), the treatments are in the health centers in each district of the patient.
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