Feces

every action there is a reaction. The waste we throw away can lead to streams that lead to bigger bodies of water and materials such as oil, gasoline and other chemicals can directly kill fish. Items that you might think are safe such as grass; pet feces hurt fish and may spread diseases. Pathways that lead to water such as storm drains be aware of chemicals that you may place in those. Not only because they are unsafe for human use chemicals such as fertilizer, drain cleaners, and detergents…

Center with cottons balls on the final days of Black History Month. An act of hatred that parallels the era of discrimination dating back to the 20th century. However, the most extreme incident of racism was when “Someone smeared a swastika in human feces in a dorm bathroom” (Huffington Post). People were reprimanded and punished, but nothing stopped these incidents from getting progressively worse. Instead of pacifying the situation, internet users turned to a social media app called “Yik Yak”…

140. His body temperature was still low. Therefore, we decided to cover him with many blankets and a bear hugger to help increase his body temperature. Then we moved on to changing his sacral pressure dressing because it had become soiled with his feces. According to Patient.info “Reduce risk of infection and enhance wound healing by hand…

Aravind Adiga uses his novel, The White Tiger, to create a cautionary tale. In his work of fiction Adiga tries to shed some light on parts of India that we wouldn’t normally see. In an article written by Ann Mandelstamm for Occasional Planet, Mandelstamm writes that the book “is chilling because it reveals a society in which the poorest classes have little hope of ever improving their lives”. I agree that Adiga is using the main character, Balram Halwai’s, narrative to show us the negatives of…

While using water only to bathe preterm infants’ for the first week of life is important to prevent toxicity from the cleanser and skin irritation is recommended, a healthy full term infant will need a mild baby cleanser to remove dirt, oils and feces and urine because water by itself only removes about 65% of these substances. (Gelmetti, 2001) Atopic dermatitis and eczema are a concern regarding skin care and the nurse must talk with the parents before bathing so they may make informed…

Would you rather build a chicken coop from scratch or build one from a kit? Chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes and are available to buy and build from a kit, or you could buy plans and build from the ground up. Chicken coops are an essential item to have if you plan to raise chickens. They provide a safe, dry, and warm place for the chickens to live in. Most chicken coops also provide a run which allows them to roam in a caged area. The run lets the chickens have their freedom outside…

virus, bundibugyo virus, and Reston virus. The Reston virus is the only strain of Ebola that only causes disease in non-human primates but not humans. Humans can contract the virus by coming in contact with bodily fluids like blood, sweat, vomit, feces, urine, and/or semen from infected person or infected animal. Recently America has been dealing with an Ebola outbreak with 6 different cases and 1 death. The…

When I was in fifth grade, I was introduced to a website developed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) featuring animated Sea Kittens. Rebranding fish introduced kids to their concept that fish could feel pain, just like household pets. After dressing my own Sea Kittens, I read articles about the unethical treatment of animals. As a vegetarian, I was on a quest for information about the food animal industry and PETA’s website inspired me to conduct my own research. As I…

Chlamydia is common sexually transmitted disease. It is a genus of pathogenic bacteria. This bacteria is eukaryotic and gram negative. It depends on the host for ATP and energy metabolism, therefore an obligate intracellular organism. Chlamydia has three species, namely, C.pneumoniae, that causes a type of pneumonia, C.psittaci, that causes psittacosis and C.trachomatis that causes various diseases such as trachoma, inclusion conjunctivitis and nongonococcal urethritis. Chlamydial infections are…

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), pertain to a group of diseases that are transmitted predominantly through unprotected sexual contacts. Besides intercourse, STDs are transmissible through contacts with infected areas, contaminated objects, or from pregnant women to the fetus. Sometimes people infected with STDs do not show symptoms, therefore, is unknown if sexual partners are infected. The causes of STDs are the infections with bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycoplasmas, and parasites whose…