BIOL 160 UMB Nutritional Diseases Hyperkalemia Chronic Kidney Disease Essay

Research one specific disease resulting from a lack or

excess of vitamins or minerals.

Explain how and why the disease develops.

Ideally report a disease that no one else has reported so far so we can have a good variety in our weekly discussion.

Tell the class:

1) What is the disease ?

2) What is the prevalence ?

2) What are causes and/or risk factors ?

3) Who is at risk ?

4) Signs & Symptoms ?

5) Diagnosis methods and specific treatments ?

6) Prevention

7) Anything else relevant

Note: You may get material from the Internet or books, but please include a proper reference or references in your answer (e.g., website URLs, book author and title)

Please do not use Wikipedia, about.com, or other websites that are not peer-reviewed.*.gov sites are OK (e.g., NIH.gov and NIH-affiliated sites – there are many of them). Also, various pharmaceutical company websites like Merck.com, Pfizer.com, Glaxosmithkline.com, etc. can be used for referencing. *.edu sites are mostly OK, too.