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Plague | Yersinia pestis bacterium | Deadly Disease

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Plague is generally described as an illness which you can get from Yersinia pestis bacterium. Usually, you can get the most common form called bubonic plague through flea bites but you can get the other form of plague called pneumonic plague from someone who is infected. In the past, plague caused deadly pandemics and it still exists in some countries today. If you are treated with antibiotics quickly, you can survive with plague. One of the most common ways for humans getting plague is through a flea bite. Usually, plague disease is treated with antibiotics. If not treated the illness properly it will lead to even death. Types The three types of plague: Bubonic plague  septicemic plague  Pneumonic plague  Each named because of the part in your body gets infected with Yersinia pestis bacterium Symptoms of plague Some of the symptoms of plague will happen in all forms of plague and some signs will depend on whether you have bubonic, septicemic or pneumonic plague. Symptoms...

An Overview of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome(ZES)

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  Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is one of the rare conditions in which more than one tumor grows in the pancreas or in the upper part of the small intestines. Usually, tumor are generally called gastrinomas. These gastrinomas typically produce a very huge amount of  hormones called gastrin. Gastrin usually causes the stomach to produce a huge amount of acid which generally leads to peptic ulcers. These high gastrin levels also cause diseases of belly pain and other symptoms. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome disease might occur at any period in life. But people typically identify this disease sometimes in between the ages 20 to 60. The usual treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is medicines to cut down stomach acid levels and also medicines to heal the ulcers. Mostly people need surgery to remove the tumors. Symptoms In the endocrine system, people mostly witn Zollinger-Ellison syndrome have multiple tumors, as well as people have tumors in the pancreas. Some common signs are similar...