Sentences with phrase «from mild disease»

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a term that represents a spectrum of sudden or acute kidney damage, ranging from mild disease that is clinically undetectable to severe life - threatening acute renal failure (ARF).

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which eats away at patients» ability to breathe, is a devastating condition that saps quality of life from even people with milder forms of the disorder.

The flu kills about 12,000 Americans in a mild year and up to 56,000 in particularly severe years, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control.

People who experience chronic intestinal distress are often surprised to learn that their symptoms, including diarrhea or constipation, are a reaction to gluten allergy ranging from mild gluten intolerance or severe celiac disease.

Symptoms range from mild illness with low - grade fever to severe systemic disease with abdominal perforation and extra-intestinal infection that, if untreated, may be fatal.

Since symptoms can be mild for some people, your baby can catch whooping cough from adults, grandparents, or older brothers or sisters who don't know they have the disease.

It's estimated that as many as 1,000,000 Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which cause mild to severe symptoms that at best can be managed and at worst can lead to life - threatening complications.

Just before starting treatment, Gelsinger — who suffered from a mild form of the disease — had high levels of ammonia in his blood, indicating that his liver was not functioning well.

«There are more than eighty autoimmune diseases, ranging in severity from mild to life threatening in some cases.

The task also revealed an additional memory impairment unique to those with very mild Alzheimer's disease, indicating the changes in cognition that result from Alzheimer's are qualitatively different than healthy aging.

Although the DSM - 5 recommends using BMI percentiles for adolescents to denote the severity of the disease from «mild» to «extreme,» the criteria notes «the level of severity may be increased to reflect clinical symptoms, the degree of functional disability and the need for supervision.»

Accumulation of insoluble U1 protein was seen in samples from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor stage to Alzheimer's, but the U1 pathology was not seen in any other brain diseases that were examined.

Investigators showed the new strategy protected mice — vaccinated against the H3N2 influenza A flu strain, which causes mild disease — from succumbing to the more dangerous H5N1 and H7N9 strains weeks later.

«We see this mild increase in Aβ42 in cells from patients with Alzheimer's disease, which seems to be enough to trigger disease processes,» said Young - Pearse, a Harvard Stem Cell Institute - affiliated faculty member at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

MRI scans can reliably be used to differentiate mild to moderate dementia stages from both normal aging and from other neurodegenerative diseases.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

He compared brain scans, as well as fluid from the brain and spine, from three groups: people without Alzheimer's disease, people with mild cognitive impairment or memory problems who may have Alzheimer's disease, and people with full - blown Alzheimer's disease.

Symptoms of the disease range from mild fever and joint pain to potentially fatal hemorrhaging and circulatory shock.

The same relationship did not apply to ß - amyloid, suggesting that — although ß - amyloid PET scans can detect early stages of AD — tau is a better predictor of when people transition from the early, nonsymptomatic stages of the disease into mild Alzheimer's disease, Ances says.

They also used World Health Organization spreadsheets «that would tell us how many people would develop cardiovascular disease or mild mental retardation from those levels,» sayslead author Kevin Chatham - Stephens, a pediatrician at The Mount Sinai Hospital who focuses on environmental health.

In 44 cases, the court was able to establish that dogs were euthanized even though they suffered only from mild, curable diseases, Moriconi says.

The researchers found 37 bacterial species that distinguished mild / moderate NAFLD from advanced disease, allowing them to predict which patients had advanced disease with 93.6 percent accuracy.

One such passenger is dengue virus (DENV), which infects up to 400 million people each year and comes in several serotypes (1 to 4) and disease presentations — from mild infection to severe disease and sometimes death.

The process examines areas that standard blood tests do not and creates an Immune Risk Profile (IRP) that can range from zero — no imminent likelihood of disease — through mild, moderate and severe.

In this study, increased risk of death from several causes, including cardiovascular reasons were also described at an older age and for milder stages of renal disease in diabetic women that included a further deterioration due to worsening of glycemic control.

Studies carried out by a team of scientists concluded that the new blood tests were able to predict, with an 87 percent accuracy rate, whether patients suffering from MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) would develop Alzheimer's disease within a year.

Sharon Sha presented findings Nov. 4 from a small clinical trial that found administering blood plasma from young donors to people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease was safe.

(BOSTON)-- It's estimated that as many as 1,000,000 Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which cause mild to severe symptoms that at best can be managed and at worst can lead to life - threatening complications.

Symptoms can range from very mild to very severe or fatal, and the disease is incurable.

It may stave off dementia Among patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (age 60 and older), those with lower physical fitness levels (measured by cardiovascular tests on a treadmill) had four times more brain shrinkage when compared to normal adults than those who were more physically fit, according to a recent study from the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Dr. Schneider and his colleagues reanalyzed data from three clinical trials that included 431 patients with mild Alzheimer's disease and 697 with moderate Alzheimer's.

In 2003, the FDA approved memantine for moderate - to - severe Alzheimer's disease, but two years later the agency rejected an application from the manufacturer, Forest Laboratories, to expand the approval to mild Alzheimer's.

They come in many different varieties, including rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, thyroid disease, lupus, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and more, and can cause many different types of symptoms all over the body that range from mild to severe in nature.

Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Director - General, stated that «From past experience, we also know that influenza may cause mild disease in affluent countries, but more severe disease, with higher mortality, in developing countries.»

It is possible that the full clinical spectrum of this disease goes from mild illness to severe disease.

You probably know that for those with celiac disease, exposure to gluten can cause a host of uncomfortable symptoms that range from mild irritations to major problems: headaches, bloating, joint pain, skin rashes, mood issues, intestinal damage and malnutrition, to name a few.

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic, publishing the results of their study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, explain how people 70 and older who eat food high in carbohydrates have nearly four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, and the danger is also present with a diet heavy in sugar.

But I can't help sharing that you also almost perfectly describe my (large and growing) chronic patient community as well Dr. Brogan, which includes persons of all types usually with hypermobility (often diagnosed as fibromyalgia, and occasionally but rarely with Hypermobile Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome), depression, anxiety, mild autistic traits (or related to people on the spectrum), driven, Type A (for adrenergic, smile), perfectionistic, high achieving, driven, artistic, and creative who eventually succumb to secondary aotuimmune disease and all manner of issues from chronic inflammation.

There IS such a thing called «pre-autoimmune» disease even though autoimmune disease is actually a continuum of imbalances in the body that covers a whole range from mild, to moderate, to severe, to deadly.

Studies have shown that sage can improve brain function in those suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, so this really is a great one for the herb and spice rack.

The degree to which one is gluten sensitive can range from mild sensitivity to full blown Celiac Disease (extreme sensitivity).

The toxins have been proven to cause abdominal distress in the intestines that range from mild discomfort, bloating to serious illnesses such as celiac disease, auto - immune conditions and severe brain damage.

The severity of this disease can range from a mild fever through to death.

Early heartworm can have no symptoms but as the disease progresses, mild symptoms such as a persistent cough, lethargy, decreased appetite, weight loss and a swollen belly from excess fluid can occur.

Respiratory disease can range from something as mild as an upper respiratory infection to life threatening fluid accumulation in the lungs of a dog or cat.

Ringworm in cats can range from mild to severe and is the most common skin disease your pet will face.

These can range from fairly mild reactions like lethargy or soreness, to really severe ones like anaphylactic shock, autoimmune diseases and even death.

A mild form of lower airway inflammatory disease commonly encountered in young athletic horses is recognized as a separate entity from recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) and termed IAD.

Ranging from mild cases of gingivitis, where you'll see some reddening and inflammation of your cat's gums at the tooth line, to full - blown periodontal disease, where your pets teeth and gums are compromised due to severe plaque and tartar, accompanied by severe gingivitis and recession.

It's severity ranges widely from very mild cases to very serious and sometimes fatal disease.