Meningitis

The pitching is getting faster, bat speeds are getting quicker, and bats are created with newer and better technology; these three things are resulting in softballs popping off bats at higher velocities, yet no required protective measures are being taken to protect the pitcher from the ball. Getting hit by a ball traveling at high speeds can have devastating effects on a pitcher if no safety measures are taken to soften the blow of the ball. A hit to the body or face of a pitcher cannot be…

The book that I chose to read and review was A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family by Lou Ann Walker in 1986. Walker's autobiography focuses around her own life growing up in the 1950's and into the 1970's with her family of two other siblings and two deaf parents. Throughout the book it seems as though Walker is struggling with her own identity and how her upbringing around her parents and the environment has ultimately changed her. The struggle of always being depended on just…

An infection happens when a foreign organism attacks a human body. There are different types of organisms that can cause us harm, for example; Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi. Not all infections are the same; some are mild while some can end up being life threatening. Also, infections can be contagious; they can be transmitted by a variety of ways, for example; skin contact, airborne particles, touching an object that an infected person has touched. One of the very common and effective ways to…

Salmonella is bacteria that may cause an infection in your gut known as salmonellosis. It is a genus of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria. There are two common species of Salmonella, Salmonella bongori and Salmonella enterica. Salmonella enterica has two common sub-strains, Enteritidis and Typhi which are contracted by animals and humans respectively. People who get infected with salmonella are sick for five to seven days. If not treated properly and immediately, the person may become…

Hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory infections are just some of the chronic conditions that are seen in prisoners. Inmates are thirty percent more likely to have asthma, fifty percent more likely to have diabetes, and 90 percent more likely to have a heart attack. (Cecere, 2009) Eighty-nine percent of the deaths in prison are due to illnesses. Some of the major contributors are heart disease, liver disease, respiratory disease and cancer. (Noonan, 2015) Outside of jail,…

Setting and background, case overview Vaccinations warrant the most immediate attention. Vaccines are purposefully to produce immunity to resist a disease without developing the actual symptoms. It also serves to save many lives and protect several cases of serious illness. Children and adolescents through the ages from birth to 18 years old are at high-risk to several diseases. The recommended type of routinely vaccines include: Varicella, Hepatitis A and B, Pneumococcal conjugate, DTaP,…

The US government and Castro regime have undeniably been waging economic war against one another since the Cuban Embargo was enacted in 1962. This embargo commenced under President John. F Kennedy during the height of the Cold War Era. Cuba became a threat to US democratic ideals when the Castro brothers led a revolt against the dictator Fulgencio Batista overthrowing his government. After Castro came to power in 1959, his government established diplomatic ties with the communist Soviet Union…

Medical care in pediatrics is complicated network that involves decision making from both a patient and care provider perspective. In contrast with adult medicine, patient consent to treatment is muddled by the challenge posed in treating for young children who may lack cognitive maturity to achieve the requisite capacity and understanding. In these instances, parents are allocated the role of substitute decision maker. In order to enforce the pillar of patient autonomy, parents are afforded the…

Immunisation is defined as the method of strengthening a person’s immunity or resistance to an infectious disease through administration of certain vaccination (World Health Organization, 2016). Vaccination helps to stimulate the body’s own immune system protecting the person against subsequent infections or diseases (World Health Organization, 2016). Immunisation provides the safest and most effective way of protecting people and community from various life-threatening diseases. Thus,…

Antibiotics are very useful and powerful drugs that help kill many different infections. In the 1940’s, before antibiotics were invented, many people died from bacterial infections (Goldsmith 7). “In the past twenty five-years, the widespread misuse of antibiotics has turned many formerly curable bacterial diseases into nearly untreatable ones” (Goldsmith 9). “Bacteria have shown the ability to become resistant to every antibiotic that has been developed” (CDC 41). According to the Centers…