Blood-borne disease

heart and decreased perfusion leading to his chronic kidney disease due to damage to his glomeruli and the musculature of the heart. This also related to his diabetes mellitus which causes his neuropathy and damages his glomeruli of the kidneys decreasing filtration leading to increased workload for the heart and kidneys, hypertension which increases the workload and leads to damage of the heart, and hyperlipidemia which decreased blood flow to the heart and body and increased the BP leading to…

about infectious disease, still a leading killer in the world 1. Despite new technology and prosperity, still a main threat 2. People believe it is a problem of the past, but it is not B. By mid-20th century most experts had declared the war against infectious diseases was over 1. Overly optimistic, infectious diseases have been reemerging 2. Complacency followed and it is a shock how devastating infectious diseases have been since the start of the 21st century 3. Many new diseases being…

All tissues in the body rely on oxygen (O2) that is transported in the blood to meet their metabolic needs. O2 is carried in two ways: dissolved or bound to hemoglobin. About 98% of oxygen is transported bound to hemoglobin. And the remaining 2% is carried in the dissolved state. Dissolved oxygen is the only form that diffuses across the cell membranes and produces a partial pressure (PO2) which drives diffusion. The transport of O2 involves the transfer from the alveoli to the pulmonary…

objects that professions are exposed to are items such as needles, sharps, or scalpels. These hazards can lead to the exposure of blood borne pathogens and have life changing effects on the profession. Prevention is the best method to avoid the spread of disease, here are some of the ways to offer protection while working in healthcare. Although exposure to blood borne pathogens may be unavoidable, there are some safety procedures that can be followed to help prevent injury when possible. Be…

yellow fever. While they were doing tests, they stumbled upon a rhesus monkey that had a fever. They ran tests on the money, and the blood samples told them that there was this new virus. Because the scientists were in the Zika forest in Uganda, they decided to name the virus Zika. The Zika virus usually isn’t that harmful. It is like other insect-borne diseases. The Zika Virus mostly results in fever, muscle and joint pain, rash, and conjunctivitis, which just means red eyes. Most of the time…

Facts-33, 2014). This creature travels throughout the globe sucking blood from thousands of innocent people and leaving behind welts and taking lives. What is the most dangerous animal in the world? The mosquito. The mosquito can live in many types of environments, reproduce quickly, and can bite you unexpectedly. By educating ourselves about mosquitoes, we can learn about all the diseases they carry and how to prevent and treat these diseases. This knowledge could end up saving your life.…

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…

Vectors are organisms that transit diseases from human to human or from animals to humans. These organisms have caused much damage in society. Vectors affect society in how and what they spread, how many people they harm, and how their diseases can be prevented from spreading to humans. Vectors cause a serious problem that needs to be addressed. The organisms that spread the diseases are often blood sucking bugs. They can include ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies, tsetse flies, fleas, black flies,…

also would not be plagued with the common genetic disease that the rest of the population would have to deal with. Also in Source A it states “Sooner or later, as the most glaring genetic liabilities will drift toward the bottom of the socioeconomic scale,” This evidence shows that as time goes by the genetic problems such as ADHD would only affect the people who are lower class. If the people of lower class are plagued with these genetic diseases that the rich aren 't’ then not only will the…

soldiers died in the line of duty. Two-thirds of these didn’t die from wounds. They died from diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. Civil War medicine was not yet advanced enough to connect a lack of hygiene with an influx of disease. Lack of hygiene in hospitals and camps also contributed to the spread of disease. Placing a latrine downstream away from the clean water supply was sometimes also overlooked. Disease spread more quickly due to the foul water supply. The main killer during the…