Essays on Infection Page 2

Small PoxSmall pox, which was once the most feared disease known by mankind startedout in the days of Christopher Columbus. The disease set out to change thelives of the people in the worse way. It became known as an epidemic diseasethat ended up killing hundreds of people. Small pox started out in Hispaniolaand because of…

Your next patient is a 17 year old high school student. He is an avid video game player. After a complete history and physical exam, you find him to be healthy with a IBM of 24. 5. A. Even though he is in the upper limits of a IBM range, the patient is healthy but…

Many Zimbabweans continue to lose their lives as the spread of cholera worsens in the country, the disease is normally through poor sanitation facilities, unclean and untreated water and this causes the  victims to vomit and diarrhea, if not treated well the victims lose their lives. Even though cholera is curable, the situation might worsen…

    The Tuskegee Syphilis study was conducted from 1932 to 1972. There were 399 participants who had syphilis, and 200 in a control group who were not infected. The participants were primarily poor, illiterate African-American sharecroppers who were not told of their true diagnosis; rather, they were invited to join the study and given free…

Leptospirosis is caused by infection of the bacteira genus Leptospira, and affects humans as well as other mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. A patient is suspected to acquire leptospirosis when experiencing symptoms for about 1-2 weeks after exposure to the urine of the carrier animals. In this case, Ms. Angeline Dara Damaderio has experienced it….

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) or ‘acute idiopathic polyneuritis’ is an rapidly progressing autoimmune disorder (condition the individual’s immune system attacks the tissues) of the peripheral nerve tissues, usually following an infection (bacterial or viral) (about 60 to 70 % of all cases), and resulting in tiredness, muscle weakness, abnormal sensations in the lower limbs (and upper…

The increasing microbial resistance to drugs is a great threat that hampers the treatment of many illnesses. The indiscriminate abuse of antimicrobials together with the lack of proper identification of the causative organism and patient demands, have contributed to the rise of resistant strains of microbes to various drugs. Currently more than 70% of bacteria…

Arthritis Essay, Research Paper Arthritis is a general term for about 100 diseases that produce either INFLAMMATION of connective tissues, peculiarly in articulations, or noninflammatory devolution of these tissues. The word means “ joint redness, ” but because other constructions are besides affected, the diseases are frequently called connective tissue diseases. The footings rheumatism and…

Definition of Pathogen and research into the main features of bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses. Pathogens, or infectious agents, are microorganisms that cause disease or illness to their host. There are divided into four groups; bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses. The term pathogen most often describes an organism that disrupts the normal physiology of a…

“When Smallpox spread, epidemics were everywhere and killed millions of people. “After getting the disease once, survivors were immune for the rest of their lives. This led to the practice of variolation—deliberately infecting a person with smallpox. Dried smallpox scabs were ground up and blown into the nose of an individual. The person would get…