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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
Chest Configurations, Normal Adult, Barrel Chest, Pectus Carinatum, Pectus Excavatum
A, Normal intravertebral disk; B, herniated disk.
Normal and sickle-cell hemoglobin. (a) Subtle differences between the conformations of hemoglobin A
The Normal Distribution of Scores for a Standardized Intelligence Test
A deficiency of linoleic acid can interfere with normal growth and result in inflammation
Normal and Impaired Vision