Disease mongering

Try this: Look at these six possible causes of death: Ebola Heart disease Tornado Shark attack Lightning strike Plane crash Now force rank them on which is the most probable to happen to a person in the USA, 1 being most probable, and 6 being least probable. According to www.psych2go.net, People are more likely to think that something is more dangerous and immediate to them if they have been hearing about it a lot. For example, Ebola. there were only around 10 confirmed cases of…

Traditions are important in every culture; in Liberia and many other West African countries infectious diseases run rampant due to specific social practices. Many Liberians continue to practice these traditions including the use of healers or spiritual doctors. These “doctors” often recommend alternative medicines, including the uses of herbs and other natural remedies. For example, many Liberians believe that washing their sick and infected relatives in local rivers will “cleanse” their beloved…

Doctors and scientist use blood every day for research. For examples, they use blood in studies to help make medication or to even find cures. Doctors also use their patients’ blood to preform test to see if they have some sort of an affection or life-threating virus that is causing their patients to be sick. Reasons why doctors use blood for their test or research is because the human blood or any organisms blood is very complex because it has all sorts of pathogens, leukocytes (white blood…

especially at the beginning of the war when men who had seldom been far from home were brought together for training with thousands of strangers. First came epidemics of the childhood diseases of chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough, and, especially, measles. Operations in the South meant a dangerous and new disease environment, bringing diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever, and malaria. There were no antibiotics, so the surgeons prescribed coffee, whiskey, and quinine. Harsh weather, bad water,…

Measles is one of the most infectious diseases, and it causes many deaths annually. In 2013, there were 400 deaths every 24 hours. Measles virus transmitted through the air by coughing and sneezing. In addition, if the person is in infected environment, he will have a high probability of infection. Therefore, it is important to prevent the person from catching the measles virus. In order to prevent humans from getting measles, they should follow three steps: take the proper precautions for…

The Doctor’s Plague Reflection The book “The Doctor’s Plague” was a verminophobe’s worst nightmare. It was set in a time when germs weren’t discovered yet. No one understood what caused the sickness and the society resorted to primitive ways of explaining phenomenon. It was a time when bleeding and use of leeches were still being used in medicinal practices in mid-19th century Vienna. This book describes the story of how doctors used to spread childbed fever to many pregnant women in the…

guinea worm disease is one of the leading risk for infection in Africa and Asia (CDC, 2002). In this case study, it discusses the eradication efforts to eliminate the disease in parts of Asia and sub-Saraharan Africa. The cause of guinea worm is from drinking unsanitary water from a well or pond that is polluted with copepods that carry guinea worm larvae (CDC, 2002). The eradication of the guinea worm disease started in the 1980 with a campaign started by the US Centers for Disease Control…

infects. This plague goes by the name of “depression”. Depression fears none and mentally destroys each victim; some to the point of no return. I became poisoned with depression in 2012, and I am proud to say that I survived and overcame this deadly disease. If I did not suffer through three years of depression, I would not be the person I am today, and I am proud of who I am despite my despondent past. Depression has always been frowned upon, but it should not be, because it has the power for…

triangle has three corners- 1) Agent, that causes the disease; 2) Host, or organism that harbors the diseases; 3) Environment, or external factors that causes or allows for the disease transmission. In the case of TB disease, the agent is the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and sometimes Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), M. africanum. M. canetii and M. caprae. The host factors are low immunity, poor nutrition, and co-infection or concurrent disease (e.g. HIV). The environmental factors are crowded…

Abstract: Neglected tropical diseases are a medically diverse group of tropical infections which are especially common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Different organizations define the set of diseases differently. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of these diseases as a group is comparable to malaria and tuberculosis. Some of these diseases have known…