Essays Tagged: "extreme weight loss"

Anorexia.

ia nervosa. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss -- at least 15 percent below a young woman's normal body weight. Those experienc ... Anorexics may have a growth of fine hair all over their body as a natural defense mechanism against extreme weight loss. People suffering from anorexia may feel cold and are easily susceptible to illn ...

(5 pages) 123 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

HIV and AIDS: Causes and Affects On the Population of Nigeria

se, profuse rashes, and experienced chronic fatigue. Soon he developed hemorrhoids, and experienced extreme weight loss, fevers, and his coughing would bring forth mucus mixed with blood. Shortly afte ...

(12 pages) 169 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Huntington's Disease with works cited

pasms, falling down, difficulty speaking, and in later stages difficulty swallowing, which leads to extreme weight loss. Cognitive symptoms include trouble learning new things, difficulty multitasking ...

(3 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

COMPETITION There are a number of weight loss products and services in the U.S. market today

weight loss eating programs such as Jenny Craig, exercise equipment such as, the Ab-Doer and to the extreme, weight loss surgery such as liposuction.In addition, scenarios that may cause the industry ...

(2 pages) 68 0 0.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Anorexia

tm). Anorexia usually begins in the teenage years with the onset of puberty and is characterized by extreme weight loss that is usually below the person's normal body weight (http://mamashealth.com/an ... .laureate.com/About_Eating_Disorders/Anorexia_Nervosa.asp). Individuals suffering from anorexia are extremely skinny, but are convinced they are overweight and obtain weight loss through over exercisi ...

(2 pages) 22 2 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS And Its Impact On Society

ctim. AIDS attacks the immune system, leaving the victim helpless and weak. Symptoms include fever, extreme weight loss, enlargement of glands, and pneumonia (King, Alan J.C. et al, p1).The virus is m ... wives of men who have died of AIDS" (Hamblin, Julie and Elizabeth Reid, Web). The AIDS epidemic is extremely large in Africa where 50% or more women in Sub-Saharan Africa are AIDS victims (Chin, Jame ...

(7 pages) 73 0 2.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases