healthy individual is infected with a bacteria or virus, the body identifies the virus as an invader, and therefore produces the antibodies, which is the human body's immune system, to destroy the virus to assist the person to recover and become hea Continue Reading...
Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, virus, or fungus. The most direct endogenous sources of any of these microorganisms include infected nasal carriers, sinusitis, oropharynx, gastric, or tracheal colonization, and hematogenous spread ( Continue Reading...
94). The modern legal definition of disease provides a useful starting point for an examination of the concept of disease and how it is regarded by various disciplines. According to Black's Law Dictionary (1990), disease is a "deviation from the he Continue Reading...
Nursing 201 Nursing Process PaperClient ProfileThe patient is a white 80year old whose religion is unknown and was admitted on February 2, 2022, for a UTI infection. Care for the patient began on the day of admission. He is a father of three and a gr Continue Reading...
prokaryotes consist of millions of genetically distinct unicellular organisms. A procaryotic cell has five essential structural components: a genome (DNA), ribosomes, cell membrane, cell wall, and some sort of surface layer which may or may not be a Continue Reading...
Women's Biology Review and critique of a current article relating to women's biology How Emergency Contraception Works to Prevent Pregnancy Emergency contraceptives are drugs used to prevent pregnancy after women indulges in unprotected sex. There Continue Reading...
precautions an individual could take to ensure that he or she remained safe during an outbreak of cholera. There are basic sanitary precautions that individuals should implement to ensure that they remain healthy during such an outbreak that largely Continue Reading...
That nurse must go deeper than the superficiality of "nursing helps people maintain health (Nursing Philosophy it Matters, 2012). "The fight against post-operative wound infections has long been undertaken by practitioners. We appreciate that surgi Continue Reading...
Diseases and Pathogens Pathogens Pathogens are disease-causing or infectious microorganisms (EPA 2011, Kennedy 2012). Some of them are often found in water from sewage discharges, leaking septic tanks, or runoff from feedlots. They enter the body a Continue Reading...
STDs: A MAJOR CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN Sexually Transmitted Diseases Given the advances in medicine and public health over the past several decades, most people might assume that the incidence and prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseas Continue Reading...
Fantastic Voyage Welcome aboard the SS William Harvey! As you well know the human body is a complex system of intricate cells that work together to maintain a perfect and efficient environment on which an individual can thrive. Two systems in the hu Continue Reading...
Communicable Diseases I Christiew handle order Identify a communicable disease research. (i.e HIV, Herpes) Communicable diseases rely fluid exchange, contaminated substances, close contact travel infected carrier a healthy individual. Communicable Continue Reading...
Tuberculosis: Causes, Effects, Symptoms and Prevention Measures Bacterial infections range from mild skin infections to more complicated diseases such as tuberculosis and bubonic plague. Advanced antibiotics, vaccines, and improved sanitation have o Continue Reading...
Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Patient Management OF OSTEOMYELITIS IN THE DIABETIC PATIENT Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone or bone marrow which is typically categorized as acute, subacute or chronic.1 It is characteristically defined accor Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement Program Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN Quarter This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at Continue Reading...
Henry F. Chambers, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (www.nfid.org). Moreover, as for Chambers' article, he contends that "bactericidal activity is not an invariable property of an antibiotic"; that depends on the Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
Psuedomonas Aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa Epidemiology The Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic killer that takes advantage of people suffering from medical problems (Van Delden and Iglewski, 1 Continue Reading...
2004). In those cases, there was very early diagnosis and administration of intravenous and intrathecal or intraventricular amphotericin B. with intensive supportive care (2004). One survivor received miconazole intravenously and intrathecally and r Continue Reading...
Given a mosquito's vastly shorter life span, preventing the spread of the infection to more human hosts greatly reduces the number of viable parasites in existence (CDC 2009). 10) There are several reasons that viral infections are more difficult Continue Reading...
In other words, people become so depressed and fall into such a state of despair upon hearing that they have HIV that their immune system is weakened, which is the real cause of developing AIDS. Null blames doctors for creating a self-fulfilling pr Continue Reading...
2008). Indeed better screening is necessary due to the number of false-negatives from women with precancerous lesions among the most frequent reasons of medical malpractice in the United States (Steben, M. et al. 2007). In the case of having a tiss Continue Reading...
Norovirus Etiology, Epidemiology, And Prevention Norovirus Acute gastroenteritis (diarrhea) can be caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites, but in the United States the most common cause is the norovirus (CDC, 2012b). The norovirus contributes t Continue Reading...
The blood with the IgG must be effectively removed from the body, or reduced to levels that will not allow the cells to be a danger to the infant. If caught early enough, plasma transfers for the mother can result in enough of a reduction of IgG lev Continue Reading...
What might have otherwise been individual illness, limited to one or two cases of Ebola, was magnified in a hospital setting in which unsterile equipment and needles were used repeatedly on numerous patients." (Garrett 220). Even with the significa Continue Reading...
Two families belong to this one, the Paramyxovirus and the Orthomyxovirus. Influenza virus belong to the latter. It was only perhaps during in the 1930's when the etiologic agent was identified to be a virus, rather than a bacteria.. Influenza viru Continue Reading...
" (United Nations, 2000) The Household Budget Survey 1996/1997 reported that in excess of 14.5 of households in Mauritius are presently living below the poverty line and economic development has been stalled due to the "…rising cost of labor er Continue Reading...
The Black Death Plague in China in the 1300sThe cause of the black death was only recently hypothesized and proven to be the Yersinia pestis with scientific advancement made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The pandemic that wiped out the Chinese popu Continue Reading...
Lyme Disease and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Introduction This text will concern itself with Lyme disease and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In so doing, it will not only give the description and epidemio Continue Reading...
Alcohol and/or Drug Users for HIV / AIDS Infection People abuse/use a number of both legal and illegal substances, recreationally. Of these, the most commonly abused substance is alcohol. Drugs include cocaine (which includes crack), pot or marijua Continue Reading...
Bacterial meningitis is a rare infection that attacks the meninges that shroud the brain/spinal cord. It is a potentially deadly infection and one that can be contagious as well. It is caused by a bacterial infection, as the name implies, that starte Continue Reading...
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Clinical Case Study Discussion Questions1. What is the most likely causative microorganism in this outbreak?The most likely causative microorganism in this case is Listeria monocytogenes. This pathogen has been described by Osek, Continue Reading...
Looking more generally at how the spread of resistant bacteria has advanced over the last few years one study traces the historical precedence of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. This work offers a plethora of good information about the se Continue Reading...
human papilloma virus and the description of epidemiology as it relates to the virus. Steps and methods of epidemiology have been discussed in detail alongside statistical data for demographics taken from surveillance records. Moreover, research dat Continue Reading...
cultural diversity issues and its impact on nursing professionals' practice. It assesses a client hailing from a different culture, and employs information derived from the assessment determining and reflecting on health practices and beliefs of the Continue Reading...
Genetically Modified Organisms Technology GMO Gentically Modified Organisms A Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is any organism that has had its genetic makeup altered by humans Ahmed, 2002. The organism could be an animal, plant, or microorgani Continue Reading...
Transmission of Periodontal Disease Through Saliva Transmission of Periodontal Disease Periodontal disease is associated with the pathogens Actinobacillus. actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis. These pathogens are found in both juveni Continue Reading...
and, for what it is worth, there are no studies that conclusively prove thus far that eating organic leads to better human health, and even if there may be some anecdotal evidence that eating organic makes people 'feel better,' such organic consumer Continue Reading...
