-Incubation time -Clinical signs: Asymptomatic or symptomatic (Fever- Arthralgia- Myalgia- Headache- Asthenia- Abdominal pain- Edema- Lymph-adenopathy- Retro-orbital pain- Conjunctivitis- Skin Rash-…
Denies penile discharge. Denies appetite decrease. Denies fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Denies blood in urine. He tried cranberry juice and hot bath without any good and marked…
I choose the article “Hidden Epidemic: Tapeworms Living Inside People’s Brains” by Carl Zimmer. I picked this particular article because I thought it was interesting to learn about the effects tapeworms can have on a person’s brain and the things tapeworms can cause that people do not usually hear about. This relates to the class because we talked about tapeworms and their effects on humans. We also talked about how people get them and how long they can stay in the body.…
The first signs of this deadly disease were swellings or lumps in the groin, underarms, or neck. These swellings were called buboes, which were swollen, darkened, and painful lymph nodes. A bubo could become as large as an egg or apple, and blood and pus would often seep out of them. Following the buboes, livid black spots showed up on the body, usually on the arms and thighs first. Other symptoms include feeling sick, high fever, chills, headaches, delirium, helplessness, bumps under the skin, darkened skin, painful lymph nodes, white tongue, sensitivity to light.…
Cystic fibrosis SYMPTOMS- there are a couple of major symptoms that include repeated lung infections and the inability to gain weight. Some of symptoms consist of pain areas (in the abdomen), cough ( can be chronic, with blood or with phlegm), gastrointestinal (diarrhoea, heartburn and serve constipation, respiratory (pulmonary hypertension, delayed puberty or slow growth), developmental ( delayed development, delayed puberty or slow growth), whole body ( fatigue or inability to exercise) and also common acute bronchitis , deformity of nails, infection, male infertility, Basel polyps, pneumonia, slaty sweat or weight loss. TREATMENTS- treatments may make some of the symptoms better, but cystic fibrosis doesnt have a cure. People with cystic…
The American Heartworm Society is focused on growing concerns…
To start, there is a common bacteria, with the name of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This bacteria is common human and dogs and is transmitted through American Dog Ticks. Many different rodents, foxes, and raccoons carry the disease with them that are then transmitted by the ticks. Next, there are many symptoms from various severities when it comes to this disease. There is subclinical symptoms, this is where the dog or human is infected and there are no external signs of the disease.…
Lyme Disease Education There are many diseases in the world such as influenza, rubella and lice. There is one particular disease that will be discussed in depth in this report called Lyme disease. This report will further explain the details of the disease and public health strategies. Ticks Lyme disease is a disease you may get if a tick bites you.…
Lyme disease, a deer tick-borne infection provoked by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, was first recorded in medical literature in 1883. Although the disease has been prevalent for centuries, its severity was only realized in 1975, when an outbreak of individuals suffered juvenile arthritis and rashes on their body. Transferred through the bite of an infected tick, the infection can spread through the joints, the bloodstream, the heart, and the nervous system if not properly treated. Lyme Disease is the most common arthropod-borne illness in North America, with there being over 200,000 cases each year, but its diagnosis and treatment can be challenging for clinicians to identify because of its diverse manifestations. Therefore, it is imperative…
Legionnaires' disease is known as a " Gram-negative bacteria". This means that during a Gram staining test the Legionella doesn't keep the pink dye. The reasoning behind this is because of the "cell wall composed of a thin layer of [peptidoglycan]" (Medicinenet.com). A counter stain is later added to make sure the bacteria being tested is surely Gram-negative. Legionnaires' disease is caused by the Legionella bacteria.…
Even though utilizing personal protective equipment can keep myself and other's safe, viruses need to be a constant concern because of their unknown routes of infection, abilities to mutate and Secondhand contact with patient's substances doesn't change the severity of the possibly infection. Richard Preston really wrote this book to keep the reader anxious the entire time. Each individual that he interviewed was well aware of how severe of constant concern of transmission from the virus. I found myself shuttering with chills when people would recollect their experiences with possibly contracting the virus by an accident exposure. When Preston wrote about Nancy Jaxx’s thoughts before entering the level four hot zone, they really resonated with…
Heart valve disease is when a valve doesn’t work the way it is supposed to. A valve can either have trouble opening or closing. If this occurs, blood isn’t able to move through the chambers like it’s supposed to. When patients need a heart valve replacement surgery, one of the surgical options is to use a pig valve for the replacement. Pig valves have been used in human hearts for over 20 years.…
Lyme disease is found worldwide and the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America and Europe. The disease is transmitted by the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes Scapularis) harboring bacteria named Borrelia burgdorferii (b. burgdorferi) in North America and Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia. The first documentation of the disease occurred in 1883 when Dr. Alfred Buchwald treated a German patient with erythema migrans; A bulls-eye pattern rash that occurs in 70-80% of Lyme disease cases. The disease received its name in 1975 after two mothers reported occurrences of arthritis and juvenile arthritis in Lyme, Connecticut. These unexplained symptoms sparked a thorough investigation conducted by Yale School of…
With political debates centering around greater environmental issues such as climate change, air pollution, and the alleged fifth mass-extinction, a dog-owner may wonder why signs saying “please pick up after your dog” are appearing more and more in neighborhoods and parks. However, with 83 million dogs in the US producing 10.6 million tons of poo a year (Freinkel 2014), a contributor to the intensification of these greater environmental issues is the methane produced by this waste and the “doodie” bags used by owners. Despite the creation of “eco-friendly” biodegradable bags, such as what Paul Canella has promoted on Poopbags.com, the $49.99 spent on 360 of these bags does not compare to the 1000 normal bags for only $14.89. (Erbentraut 2014)…
Soil preference of the Red Compost Worms, Eisenia fetida INTRODUCTION Earthworms provide countless benefits to humans, plants and animals, by improving drainage, advancing nutrient accessibility, and providing a steady soil system, helping to develop farm production. They benefit the soil ecosystem by decomposing and recycling organic matter, opening up pores inside the soil to develop its formation and supplying food for predators . By adding nutrients to the soil they inhabit, earthworms are constantly working to keep soil healthy in order for plants to grow well in it .…