Porphyrias
by Kimberly Allen, RN Porphyrias are a group of disorders that can affect your skin or nerves. ...
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about Burkitt’s Lymphoma
The two main types of cancer that affect the lymphatic system in your body are Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Burkitt’s lymphoma is classified as a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma…
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Epidemic or pandemic?
Most people think of epidemic and pandemic as being the same, however, they are not. though both terms do refer to an infectious disease that spreads rapidly the two are distinctly different…
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about Cat Scratch Fever disease
Cat scratch fever or cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection that you can contract from an infected cat or kitten. There are approximately 22,000 cases diagnosed every year in the US. Most cases of cat scratch fever are diagnosed in children and most experts believe that is because their immune systems are …
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HIV/AIDS
The human immunodeficiency virus more commonly refered to as HIV is a sexually transmitted disease though it can aksi be transmitted through the use of contaminated needles, contact with infected bloodor an infected mother can pass it to her child during pregnacy, childbirth or breast feeding…
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