Pertussis Pertussis is also known as the whooping cough has infected and killed many infants and young children under the age of one, it has also killed people older than one but that is very uncommon for people over the age of one to get the disease. In these paragraphs i will explain the background and description, the symptoms, influences on body, and cures and treatments for the disease. Pertussis, (whooping cough) mainly affects infants and young children under the age of one. Infants…
list administering tetanus immunizations as first aid. However, it lists other immunizations and vaccines as medical treatment. This standard as simply as it is written…
Tetra the monkey was a female monkey born in October 1999. Tetra is a rhesus macaque and was cloned by the process of embryo splitting. Tetra was the first primate cloned. “Cloning is a cell, cell product or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.” Researchers and institution Tetra was created in the Oregon National Primate Research Centre in Portland, United States of America by a team that was led by Professor Gerald Schatten. Professor…
lays a young girl, in a hospital bed on the brink of death from Cephalic Tetanus. Her parents didn’t want get her immunized because they thought that it was a deadly and toxic vaccine. But now that technology is getting better and better the vaccine is more common and it prevents Tetanus way better than it has in the past. Tetanus can be a fatal bacterial disease if not caught in time. Some people don’t know what tetanus is or how a person gets it. It’s more commonly known as Lockjaw. A…
some antibiotics are not strong enough to kill them. Tetanus is a fatal, acute disease which is caused by exotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. This disease causes spasms in the skeletal muscles. The muscle stiffness beings in the locking of the jaw and of the neck. Then the rests or the spasm start to generate. The first researchers to study and examine this disease were Carle and Rattone in 1884. The way they studied Tetanus was…
The year is 1890 and tetanus continues to tighten its grip amidst the populace. Everyone was vulnerable to this disease and in particular children. With no cure, the disease reaped one out of ten victims. This disease was widely known as lockjaw for its modality of tightening the muscles. This process begins in the upper jaw and gradually advances to the rest of the body. Eventually, the contraction of muscles would fracture the very bones that support the body. The disease was a torment to the…
Tetanus is a very serious bacterial disease that causes many muscle spasms and breathing problems. The bacterium that causes tetanus is called Clostridium tetani. Clostridium tetani is the bacteria that produces toxins that affect the nervous system. Around one in 10 people infected with the bacterium that causes tetanus will die from it. A tetanus bacterium enters the body through a puncture wound, which can be caused, by nails, insect bites, burns, splinters or injection drug sites. These…
this is Tetanus. Tetanus is described by Better Health Victoria (2015) as “ a serious bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms and breathing problems.” Without the vaccine, those who are afflicted by tetanus may find themselves struggling to breath and swallow with painful convulsions. However, longer term issues can include respiratory failure, pneumonia, heart attack and blood pressure issues. The cost of which to support is a huge detriment to family and tax payers. Treatment for tetanus…
Have you ever heard of the rare disease called tetanus. In fact most people don’t know what it is but it’s an infectious disease that contains bacterium clostridium tetani which is a bacteria that enters the human body from either a cut or a puncture.tetanus is usually found in soil,dust, and manure.this disease was founded in 1884 when 2 scientist named carl and ratlone injected animals with pus from a human body containing tetanus,but in 1889 a scientist named nocolaier found out that tetani…
your baby, and one such issue is tetanus. The infection can affect your unborn baby and cause serious complications. There are vaccinations available and it makes great sense to get a tetanus injection during pregnancy. Let's find out more about it. Why Should You Have Tetanus Injection During Pregnancy? You will have to take the Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine during pregnancy to lower your risk of getting tetanus. Caused by the toxin of Clostridium tetani, tetanus is a life-threatening…