Chickenpox

discovery the number of deaths from it decreased. Reye’s Syndrome is a rare condition that causes confusion, swelling in the brain, and liver damage. Children recovering from a viral infection such as chickenpox, the flu or children…

worth living’. Older and elderly women living with HIV/AIDS and their bodies’ process known as the lipodystrophy syndrome However, there’s another medical problem the older or elderly adults with HIV may have is called wasting syndrome. Wasting syndrome causes older or elderly adults with HIV to involuntary lose 10% of their body weight along within a 30 days or more period with either diarrhea or weakness and fever. The older or elderly adults with HIV/AID could also lose muscle…

Vaccines are safe and effective ways to prevent diseases. They are very important, especially to children. Immunization can save children’s lives (1). An estimated 19.4 million infants worldwide are still missing out on basic vaccines (2). By not getting vaccines, you are affecting more than just yourself. The virus spreads to others and affects them. Vaccines should be required so that we can save the lives of people other than just the ones who don’t get vaccinated. Vaccines are required for…

People argue over many things like on who’s better, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, ketchup or mustard, or even octopi or squids. Another topic argued over is abortion, and i’m about to show you how abortion is okay. Right now I want you to think of victims of sexual assault, think of how they feel, now should they be doomed to have their perpetrators offspring? The answer to that question is no. Yet some people argue abortion hurts the baby while it is being aborted and that you should give it…

A vaccine is a biological product that helps humans or other animals develop immunities that protect them from one or more diseases. English doctor Edwin Jenner developed the first vaccine in 1796 to create an immunity to smallpox after noticing that women who contracted cowpox from milking cows did not develop smallpox. Jenner used material from these women’s cowpox sores to manufacture his vaccine. This origin gave the word vaccine its name, which is rooted in vacca, the Latin word for cow.…

as a serious, contagious and sometimes deadly disease caused by the Orthopox virus. “Smallpox gets its name from the pus-filled blisters (or pocks) that form during the illness. Although the names may sound alike, smallpox is not related to chickenpox. Chickenpox is a milder disease caused by a different virus” (Dowshen, 2013). The World Health Organization asserts that Smallpox was one of the world's most devastating diseases known to humanity. They also inform us that the last known natural…

been reported to be dangerous. Cases have lead to horrible skin infections and death. In the 1800’s doctors could not find a cure to Scarlet Fever. Sadly, there is no way to prevent the illness from infecting a body. Like other diseases like Chickenpox, there is no vaccination that can be given. Doctors have found ways to treat Scarlet Fever through different kinds of antibiotics and injections (Sotoodian). When diagnosed with Scarlet Fever a doctor will start the standard 10-day antibiotic…

unsanitary living conditions, and excessive labor made slaves more susceptible to diseases than their masters. Death rates among the slaves were significantly higher due to diseases. “Many slaves suffered from tuberculosis, hepatitis, measles, chickenpox, cholera, whooping cough and influenza, among others”(Weatherspoon). Slaves were treated very badly, so they got lots of diseases. These infections and illnesses resulted in death for many slaves. Slave masters often tried to cure their ill…

“According to the World Health Organization, the measles vaccination rate in 2013 was 91 percent in the United States—lower than in Zimbabwe or Bangladesh” (Smith 6-7). It is somewhat astonishing that, despite having a significantly more developed healthcare system than both Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, America has a lower vaccination rate. In an article published for Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Neil Z. Miller, director of the ThinkTwice Global Vaccine Institute, argues that mandatory…

Spanish Conquistadors and the Fall of the Aztecs The fall of the Aztec Empire was due to the determination and destruction of the Spaniards. They did not respect the Natives’ religions at all. They almost destroyed all of the Natives’ culture, and now we know very little about Natives. The Spaniards’ greed and obsession with power, this was their main motivation to conquer the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs’ religion is what got them into the most trouble. They sacrificed humans for their Gods, which…