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Disease
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12.03.07What is Eosinophilic Enteropathy?
Disease (0)Eosinophilic enteropathy is defined as a digestive system disorder in which a type of white blood cell known as eosinophils have within the digestive system over the regular amount. Eosinophilic enteropathy is caused when Eosinophils release toxins which go and attack any foreign allergens. Some examples of these would be those that are caused by certain foods or even those that are airborne. However the problem is that when the body does not regulate the amount of eosinophils they produce too many, and these attack the body which ends up giving constant inflamation which can result in heavy tissue ...
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12.02.07James Godbee and Sarcoidosis
Disease (0)James Godbee who has died from what is known as Sarcoidosis, has been of major talk recently. The fact that this police officer was directing traffic just 2 days after the 9/11 attack on the world trade center caused him to end up being a visctim of the tragedy, because of the dust that was taken in to the body for hundreds of hours during James Godbee assignment to direct the traffic around and near the former buildings. It wasn't till later that He died in 2004 of sarcoidosis, a disease that studies have shown to be inhalation and toxic dust ...
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08.08.07How to Avoid West Nile virus
Disease (0)West Nile virus has become very popular in the media lately and for good reason. While only 44 cases of the west nile virus have been reported in the United States for 2006, it appears that this epidemic is here to stay and will most likely get worse. How do humans get west nile? First of all West Nile virus is spread from the birds to humans by several different species of mosquito. What are the effects of the West Nile virus? After transfer from a mosquito the virus gets into the bloodstream and multiplies and spreads. If the virus reaches the ...