My newer list of microbial influences on diseases:
Asthma
Obesity
HPV
Hepatitis
HTLV-1
Gastric Ulcers
atherosclerosis
Chron’s Disease
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Diabetes Mellitus
MS
Arthritis
The old list of microbial influences on diseases:
asthma
cystic fibrosis
emphysema
diabetes mellitus
lupus
celiac
MS: multiple sclerosis
rheumatoid arthritis
In comparing the topics discussed in week 1 one to week 10, there has been a lot more knowledge that I have gained. Before I was honestly just trying to think of any type of illness that could be affected. After taking this class and reading so many different scientific articles about different diseases, I was easily able to come up with a lot of diseases. It was interesting that I was able to come up with the details that were discussed in these papers. In taking this course, I will take with me the in-depth knowledge of specific diseases. I also will take with me the awareness that the microbial world has on my current and future health. It is vastly important that people are aware of the influences that these microbes have.
