Sentences with phrase «predisposing cause»

That could be a predisposing cause, but then the trigger would be being exposed to the allergen.

Anycondition the predisposes the dog to abdominal pain or unusual intestinalactivity can be a predisposing cause.

Certainly, the progression of secondary degenerative arthritis may be delayed if it is identified early and if the predisposing cause is resolved.

The most common predisposing cause in the dog is Chiari - like malformation (CM).

It will also contribute to obesity and it is thought to be a predisposing cause of pancreatitis.

The analysis, as a rule, brings to light certain experiences, conflicts, a sense of inferiority, maladjustment to life, and psychic tension, which are frequently the predisposing causes of excessive drinking.

Predisposing causes of bladder stones include pets that are not drinking enough or are not allowed to urinate frequently.

There are some recognized predisposing causes but many dogs develop pancreatitis without having one of the predisposing causes and I do not know what triggers the pancreatitis in these dogs.

Allergies may be predisposing causes.

Clinical history and a thorough physical exam are important components of diagnosing urinary tract infections in dogs and cats, as well as searching for predisposing causes.

Not exact matches

They were later subdivided into subtropical race 4 (STR4) and tropical race 4 (TR4) to distinguish the strains that need predisposing factors to cause the disease from the ones that don't.

Believing in God is much more pleasant, and we humans are predisposed to experience emotions that feel like proof when we think of things like a higher cause, morality, justice, etc..

Even if there are biochemical or metabolic factors in the underlying causes of alcoholism, it seems unlikely that they would be such as to specifically predispose to alcohol ism.

This recipe makes it EASY to stop the gut wrecking emulsifiers and gums ubiquitous in our foods that cause inflammation (IBD in mice predisposed to that disease) and in normal immune system mice, metabolic syndrome.

These fermentable sugars are poorly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and so easily and quickly fermented by gut bacteria causing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) manifestations (i.e. gas, bloating, and discomforts) for predisposed people.

Read this post for a refresher, but the short of it is they wreck your gut with inflammation that is on the order of causing (in mice anyway) IBD if predisposed, and if with a normal immune system, say hello to chronic low - grade intestinal inflammation and metabolic syndrome.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

Most of the foods that industry currently provide are very high in salt, fat, and sugars and are therefore more likely to cause cardiovascular disease and predispose to cancer than healthier alternatives.

«Most pain with no specific cause responds to rest, rehabilitation and identification of predisposing risk factors.»

Smoking causes premature births, babies born with a low birth weight and makes the infant more predisposed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Fat can also be stored around and in the arteries causing arteriosclerosis, a stiffening of arteries predisposing people to high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes.

The Duke scientists first examined the retinas of young rats that were genetically predisposed to an eye disease which causes progressive blindness similar to a disorder called retinitis pigmentosa in humans.

For instance, the finding that people who have lost a parent when young are predisposed to depression has been interpreted to mean that it is the loss of the parent that is the cause.

He suspects that the mitochondria in people predisposed to developing type 2 diabetes produce less energy, causing cells to demand less fuel, which triggers insulin resistance.

«Celiac disease is caused by gluten in genetically predisposed people, but bacteria in our gut could tip the balance in some people between developing the disease or staying healthy.»

Although the reasons why colonoscopy increases the risk of appendicitis remain unclear, the article offers some theories, including asking if bacteria within the colon are altered as the bowel is prepared prior to colonoscopy in ways that increase the likelihood of inflammation, or if the increased air pressure caused by colonoscopy may have effects on the colonic mucosa that can predispose people to appendicitis.

Low birth weight may predispose children to asthma, but by itself it doesn't cause the disease.

Yet despite achieving some encouraging results in animal models of MS, drugs that block the activity of TNF tend not work in patients with MS.. In fact, they usually make symptoms worse, and they may even have caused the disease in people predisposed to it, says Fugger.

Over the past decade, several dozen genes have been identified as potential culprits, and scientists believe that several genes cause disruptions in protein formations predisposing a person to schizophrenia.

McKee notes that there's evidence suggesting CTE predisposes people to suicide, although how remains unclear; a colleague called it a «chicken and the egg problem,» explaining that CTE may cause problems in life that encourage suicides rather than specifically promote suicidal behavior by altering the working of the brain.

This shows how a normal process of tissue development produces a cell type that is predisposed to acquire cancer - causing mutations.

«Most pain with no specific cause responds to rest, rehabilitation and identification of predisposing risk factors.»

Further studies that measure lung function and wheezing from birth onwards are needed to explore whether the infections cause asthma and lower lung function, or whether wheezing and lower lung function may be predisposing these children to develop the infections.

For instance, one genetic variant might both predispose people to smoking and increase the risk of schizophrenia, without one causing the other.

The researchers currently are conducting follow - up studies to determine if the changes caused by exposure to BPA and EE predispose mice to obesity and other metabolic disorders.

Because it is generally accepted that excess salt intake can lead to or exacerbate hypertension, we speculate that one mechanism predisposing babies to high salt intake is the heightened preferences that are caused by in utero events common to lower birth weight.

Because we are not predisposed to believe climate change is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions, we are able to look at evidence the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ignores.

«Dr. Tsuang's ultimate goal is to help prevent psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and other mental illnesses before their onset, and to identify traits that might predispose a person to developing this type of devastating illness, either because of genetic or environmental causes,» said Lewis L. Judd, M.D., Mary Gilman Marston Professor and Chair of UCSD's Department of Psychiatry.

Even though the mice were genetically predisposed to develop glaucoma — one of the leading causes of blindness in humans — they never did, no matter how old they got.

In this review, I highlight the main genes known to cause uncommon monogenic forms of diabetes (e.g. maturity - onset diabetes of the young — MODY — and insulin resistance syndromes), as well as describe some of the main approaches used to identify genes involved in the more common forms of T2D that result from the interaction between environmental risk factors and predisposing genotypes.

Depending on their location in the genome and the proportion of cells they are present in, these mosaic mutations can cause a wide range of genetic disease syndromes and predispose carriers to cancer.

That can cause weight gain or make it harder to shed pounds, and it may also predispose you to diabetes.

I understand that diseases such as Graves Disese etc can be a cause of Hyperthyroidism but what is baffling is what actually causes conditions such as Graves» disease in the first place... is it something that you could be predisposed to genetically or does something trigger is, like diet / stress etc?

Researchers have noted pleasure deficiencies shown on brain scans of a variety of people, finding that frequent abuse of food or drugs actually alters the brain, causing it to not light up with dopamine as it once did.Chronic overeating can also lead to diabetes and predisposes the body toward inflammation, insulin resistance, elevated blood pressure, psychiatric illness, poor digestion, hormone imbalance, and malnutrition.

Unfortunately, ignoring certain areas during strength training can cause muscle imbalances that could wreck performance and predispose men to injury.

While this corrects the insulin problem, the drop in estrogen levels she experiences from the weight loss (since estrogen is produced in fat cells) causes an imbalance in her predisposed - to - testosterone - production ovaries.

-- Avoid using of soap on your anus as it can cause the lining of the anal canal to become dry, predisposing it to tears when stretched excessively.

Conclusions: Small amounts of supplementary iodine (250 mg) cause slight but significant changes in thyroid hormone function in predisposed individuals.

The researchers of the Seattle study hasten to add that this doesn't prove antibiotics directly cause breast cancer: women who use antibiotics may have underlying illnesses that would predispose them to breast cancer.

What if the people that were on statin drugs were predisposed to diabetes based on the same factors that caused them to take the statin drugs in the first place?