Question 1

home remedies for sore throat. it hurts everytime a swallow. i've tried salt water, lister one, ect. but never helps.

Accepted Answer

Home remedies: You can gargle w aloe vera juice a couple of times per day. A mix of chamomile tea w honey ; a small amt of lemon juice helps. For significantly sore throat w swollen tonsils / lymph nodes – see physician ; get a strep throat test ; culture. Antibiotics are imperative for strep throat.

Question 2

what are some degenerative diseases?

Accepted Answer

Many: Osteoarthritis for one is age and trauma related wear and tear of the cartilage in joints. There are many others including macular degeneration of the retina, etc.

Question 3

can degenerative dise disease be reversed?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: Degenerative disc disease is irreversible, but it can be stabilized so that it does not progress.  This is accomplished by anti-inflammatory medications, rest, range of motion exercises, and possibly through the use of a glucosamine/chondroitin supplement.

Question 4

progressive degenerative myopathy, what is this disorder?

Accepted Answer

Muscle degeneration: There are several types of progressive muscle degeneration.  Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the better known.  Other variants of muscular dystrophy are less severe.  Spinal muscular atrophy results from loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord that causes progressive degeneration of the involved muscles with weakness.  Toxic myopathy can occur including associated with steroid use.

Question 5

is degenerative spine disease a disability? please advise!

Accepted Answer

Hard to say: Depends on a lot and what you do for a living.  Being disabled means you cannot do anything else as an occupation since the only ability you had was the one occupation you cannot hold anymore.  Recommend never getting labeled "disabled" if possible.

Question 6

is it possible for you to please list known diseases that have no known cures?

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Large list: The list is too large to place on this page, but I have attached a link to the top 10 odd diseases with no known cause.

http://listverse.com/2009/03/17/top-10-odd-diseases-with-no-known-cause/

Question 7

can you list some inheritable x-linked diseases?

Accepted Answer

Several, some are:..: X-linked diseases can be either recessive or dominant. X-linked recessive diseases include red-green color blindness, haemophilia and the Duchenne and Becker forms of muscular dystrophy (both of which involve mutations in the DMD gene).  You can search on the Internet I am sure for a tremendous list of X-linked diseases.

Question 8

what kind of condition is degenerative nerve disease?

Accepted Answer

Like Alheimer,s.: Degenerative nerve diseases can be serious or life-threatening. It depends on their type. Most of them have no cure. The goal of treatment is usually to improve symptoms, relieve pain and increase mobility. Some of those condition(parkinson's disease alzheimer's disease).

Question 9

what are some degenerative diseases of the nervous system?

Accepted Answer

Too many to list: However, a few include Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's, Huntington's, spinocerebellar degenerations, motor neuron diseases, etc.  Please note that the term degenerative is now considered archaic, as we have learned that many of our disorders have understood causes, and a no longer as mysterious as in years' past.

Question 10

list any 5 acquired diseases
list any 5 hereditary disease?

Accepted Answer

See below: Acquired:
tuberculosis
malaria
gonorrhea
hiv
flu

hereditary:
cystic fibrosis
neurofibromatosis
hemochromatosis
huntington's
ehlers danlos.

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