Evelyn Kelly

The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders. Despite centuries of scientific study and medical research, there are still many human diseases and disorders that remain difficult to manage or are incurable. Some of these maladies are extremely rare, yet, together, they affect a substantial number of people. The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders examines seldom-seen illnesses, providing high school and college students with an excellent resource for research as well as supplying fascinating reading for general readers interested in diseases and medical science. This book provides clear, easy-to-understand, and scientifically grounded information on the vast number of unusual medical conditions that have been recorded, covering five kinds of diseases and disorders: genetic, infectious, environmental, mental, and "other," which constitutes diseases of autoimmune and unknown origin. Examples of the medical conditions addressed include autoimmune encephalitis, Ebola, kleptomania, Morgellons syndrome, orthorexia, pneumoconiosis, and Prader-Willi syndrome. Selected case studies enable readers to better empathize with the experiences of those who have these disorders and how these afflictions have affected their lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9781610696753
• ISBN-10: 1610696751
• Artikelnr.: 42092897

Autorenporträt

EVELYN KELLY is an independent scholar who has written 10 books and over 400 journal articles. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, is past president of American Medical Writer's Association, Florida chapter, and was recently invited to join the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Unusual Genetic Disorders What You
Should Know about Genetic Disorders Achondroplasia ACHOO Syndrome
Alkaptonuria Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Angelman Syndrome
Ankylosing Spondylitis Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Cri-du-Chat
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome (EVC) Epidermolysis
Bullosa (EB) Fatal Familial Insomnia Hemochromatosis Hypertrichosis
Ichthyosis Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Porphyria Prader-Willi Syndrome Progeria
Prognathism Uncombable Hair Syndrome Part II: Unusual Mental Health
Disorders What You Should Know about Mental Health Disorders Alien Hand
Syndrome Androphobia Bigorexia Capgras Delusion Cotard Syndrome Diogenes
Syndrome Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Erotomania Folie à Deux
Hybristophilia Hypomania Jerusalem Syndrome Kleptomania Micropsia and
Macropsia Munchausen Syndrome Orthorexia Pica Renfield Syndrome Stockholm
Syndrome Trichotillomania Part III: Unusual Environmental Diseases and
Disorders What You Should Know about Environmental Diseases and Disorders
Altitude Sickness Argyria Brown Recluse Bite Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)
DES Sons and Daughters Frostbite Histoplasmosis Jellyfish Sting Pellagra
Pneumoconiosis Poison Ivy Prune Belly Syndrome Solenopsis invicta
Stachybotrys chartarum Tech Neck Syndrome Thalidomide Embryopathy Trench
Foot Vibrio Part IV: Unusual Infectious Diseases What You Should Know about
Infectious Diseases Cat Scratch Disease Chikungunya Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease Variant Cryptosporidiosis Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM) Dengue
Fever Ebola Elephantiasis Enterovirus-D68 Hantavirus Herpes Zoster Human
Bites Human Botfly Leprosy Naegleria fowleri Necrotizing Fasciitis
Norovirus Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Valley Fever West Nile Virus Part V:
Unusual Diseases and Disorders with Other or Unexplained Origins What You
Should Know about Diseases and Disorders with Other or Unexplained Origins
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Aquagenic Urticaria Bell's Palsy
Bromhidrosis Burning Mouth Syndrome Charles Bonnet Syndrome Foreign Accent
Syndrome Guillain-Barre Syndrome Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LRP) Moebius
Syndrome Morgellons Multiple System Atrophy Myasthenia Gravis Neuroblastoma
Oral Allergy Syndrome Paresthesia Pickwickian Syndrome Raynaud's Phenomenon
Savants Sjögren Syndrome Synesthesia Vitiligo Helpful Resources for the
Study of Unusual Diseases and Disorders Index