These steroids themselves come with many side effects and can cause issues themselves, but are necessary to treat flare ups. ... These treatments are imperfect and come with a hefty amount of side effects. ... Most people opt to take the drug with the most efficacy and the least amount of side effects. ... O'Malley described an unusual weakness and numbness on one side of her body. ... Eventually she got used to the effects of the disease. ...

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Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that randomly attacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The progress, severity and specific symptoms of the disease cannot be predicted; symptoms may range from tingling and numbness to paralysis and ...

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There are multiple pros and cons associated with each form of enhancement and society is required to weigh both the good and the bad side of each to decide what is acceptable. ... For example, vascular endothelial growth factor promotes blood vessel formation and as a gene therapy it has shown beneficial effects on ischemic heart disease and peripheral arterial disease in animals. ... As such, enhancements of this type should be banned for athletes just like anabolic steroids. ... " (Wasson, 2011, p. 1) Individually there may be harms from the side effects of the enhancement even if it&#...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Not only that, but you may cure one thing only to be left with lingering side effects from the medicine in some other area of your body. ... Overgrowth of the candida albicans yeast can come from long-term use of antibiotics; NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs); anti-inflammatory steroidal drugs; a suppressed immune system due to cancer treatment or HIV/AIDS, or other prescription medications. ... But if your interest lies in having less chemicals and side effects, this is the way to go. ...

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Multiple Sclerosis About 8 years ago I knew a little girl named Christie Chandler. She was out side playing one day when she got ill. Then immediately her mother rushed her to the hospital where they could not figure out what was wrong with her. So as the days passed she began to feel a little bit...

• Word Count: 4423
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Clinically it is an unpredictable remitting, relapsing disease of acute onset that may involve virtually any organ in the body; however it principally effects the skin, kidney, serosal membranes, joints and heart. ... However severe episodes of the disease demands steroid therapy for treatment. Based upon the specific information gathered, pharmacological companies are working hard to develop drugs that have very low side effects and high specificity for causative agents. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Those at high risk include people with leukemia, chemotherapy patients or those on steroids, transplant patients, cystic fibrosis, HIV or AIDS, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), severe asthma with fungal sensitivity (SAFS) and many others (5). ... In terms of treatment, the favored treatment with the fewest side effects the drug called voriconazole. ...

• Word Count: 1431
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate