Sentences with phrase «irreversible disease»

The bottom line is that this degree of irreversible disease requires surgical treatment.

For animals that are suffering from irreversible disease, injury or other infirmities, those that pose a safety threat, or those for which a caring home can not be found, euthanasia is the most humane alternative.

Thankfully, CKD is not a painful condition and can be dramatically affected by monitoring and stage based therapies to slow the progression of this irreversible disease.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / Pejo29 Type 2 diabetes has long been thought of as a chronic, irreversible disease.

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When those are damaged — by disease, injury, or aging — hearing loss can occur, and until now that was typically viewed as irreversible.

Findings of the research, published April 22 in the journal Mucosal Immunology, reveal that a substance found in animal and human breast milk called epidermal growth factor, or EGF, blocks the activation of a protein responsible for unlocking the damaging immune cascade that culminates in NEC, a disease marked by the swift and irreversible death of intestinal tissue that remains one of the most - challenging - to - treat conditions.

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease before irreversible damage is done is one of medicine's major goals.

The main cause of reduced cardiac functionality lies in the irreversible loss of cardiac muscle cells due to disease, especially ischaemic diseases such as cardiac infarction.

As such it is important that we find new ways to diagnose the disease early, giving us a chance to investigate and instigate new treatments before irreversible damage is done.»

Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills.

Chronic kidney disease is defined as evidence of structural or functional renal impairment for three or more months and is generally progressive and irreversible.

During this time, irreversible damage can occur, often resulting in a high prevalence of retinopathy and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

Thus far, patients with previous diseases such as irreversible kidney disorder were ineligible for a heart transplant or destination therapy.

The review reports that liver transplantation is the most effective treatment for many patients with end - stage liver disease and irreversible hepatic failure resulting from a variety of causes, including hepatocellular carcinoma.

The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioural changes.

THE FIRST CLINICAL DESCRIPTION of Alzheimer's disease — an irreversible, neurodegenerative disorder — came in 1906, from a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer.

Current therapeutic strategies for glaucoma, the most common cause of irreversible blindness [1], act only to manage the condition and there are currently no means to replace the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which are lost in this disease.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS)-- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a rare maternally inherited mitochondrial genetic disease, characterized by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells that results in brutal and irreversible vision loss that can lead to legal blindness, and mainly affects adolescents and young adults.

Final Report Summary: Glaucoma is a silent disease that, over time, kills the nerve cells of the retina leading to irreversible blindness.

Cellular senescence is the irreversible growth arrest of individual mitotic cells, which as a consequence display a radically altered phenotype that is thought to impair tissue function and predispose tissues to disease development and / or progression as they gradually accumulate.

«Dr. Ding's latest research offers new hope for the process of developing medications for these diseases, as well as for the possibility of cell - replacement therapy to reduce the trauma of millions of people affected by these devastating and irreversible conditions.»

In a second study, published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, the team showed that in rodents they could use the same type of lung cell to successfully treat a model of IPF — a chronic, irreversible, and ultimately fatal disease characterized by a progressive decline in lung function.

Huntington's disease is a dominantly inherited, neurodegenerative disease causing irreversible decline in mood, memory and movement.

This chronic disease leads to degeneration of the macula, and is the main cause of irreversible vision loss in adults in developed countries.

Alzheimer's is a progressive and irreversible brain disease which slowly destroys cognitive and memory skills.

While the loss of cognitive ability is irreversible, the rate of disease progression varies by individual.

The chemical diacetyl, used for adding the fake butter flavor to microwave popcorn has been found to cause a life - threatening and irreversible lung disease known as «popcorn lung» in workers who inhaled the substance.

Has my body sustained any irreversible damage from celiac disease over the years?

Over time, such damage may become irreversible and lead to disease.

Several hundred studies overwhelmingly conclude soy phyto - toxic causation of an assortment of severe, painful and often irreversible neurological and physiological disorders, and these diseases are more often caused during developmental exposures.

One study conducted in 2014 concluded that smokers with Graves» disease were more likely to experience rapid eye deterioration, including the development of double vision, the constriction of eye movement, and irreversible optic nerve damage.

Over time, such damage may become irreversible and lead to disease including cancer.

The disease remains irreversible but that doesn't mean we can't stop it.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate, resulting in the loss of cognitive functions, primarily memory, judgment and reasoning, movement coordination and pattern recognition.

When kidney function becomes compromised, symptoms may be subtle at first, but the disease is progressive and irreversible, which is why early diagnosis and intervention is so important.

An unfortunate characteristic of the inherited form of copper toxicosis is that irreversible adverse changes occur in the liver tissue a considerable time before any overt signs of the disease occur in the dog.

Osteoarthritis is typically an irreversible, slowly progressive disease.

Many diseases associated with obesity are irreversible, so it's best to prevent your pet from becoming overweight.

In exceptionally severe cases, long - term diseases such as irreversible kidney disease, diabetes mellitus or pancreatic insufficiency may develop and may require lifelong treatment.

If the problem progresses to this point, your dog has developed irreversible periodontal disease.

The article opens with a description of irreversible heart damage caused by periodontal disease in an otherwise healthy Lab.

Without adequate care and attention, periodontal disease can result in pain, bad breath, loose teeth, irreversible damage to the gums, premature loss of teeth, and infection that may affect other organs in the body such as the heart, liver and kidneys.

This decay can result in irreversible periodontal disease, tooth loss, and possibly expensive oral surgery.

Numerous infections, as well as the Lyme disease, might be caused to your dog and sometimes, the consequences are both: scary and irreversible.

Periodontal disease is irreversible, but her teeth improved dramatically.

At this stage, your pet has developed an irreversible condition, periodontal disease, which causes considerable pain and can result in abscesses, infections, loose teeth and bone loss.

In many cases, once dental disease has reached a certain point, many of its effects are irreversible.

The goal of her research is to develop new strategies to improve healing and prevent irreversible joint disease and chronic pain in equine and human athletes who suffer orthopedic injuries.

Since DM is irreversible and there are no medical protocols available to effectively treat the disorder, the goal for these dogs is to manage the consequences of the disease and maintain good quality of life for as long as possible.