Fever

At present, there is a live attenuated yellow fever 17D vaccine that is widely available for protection against the virus. The vaccine has been used for over 60 years and is highly effective although a majority of recipients experience minor side effects following vaccination such as headaches, soreness at the injection site and fever. The vaccination is administered in a single dose via a 0.5ml subcutaneous injection. (Monath, 2005) Individuals are immunized approximately 10 days after…

After researching the symptoms, I believe this patient has Scarlet fever. The main symptoms that brought me to this conclusion is that the patient has a fever, and extensive skin rash, peeling of the fingertips, bright red lingual papillae with white coat and pharyngitis with tonsillitis. She also had a positive “strep” test (ASO). Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by group A streptococcus which is also known as group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS) that comes from bacterial…

The Young Elites sis set in a time and place similar of 14th century medieval Europe. The Blood Fever seems to be modeled after the Black Death which devastated the worldwide population and resulted in much social upheaval. There are various historical allusions which add richness to the story. The central characters are introduced in the first few chapters. The Blood Fever is a disease in which its victims either die or are left with marks that will change their life, the ones who survive and…

While reading “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton, I found myself stopping in order to understand, interpret and analyze the text. The first point at which I stopped reading occurred very early on in the story. In the first paragraph, I stopped at the words “lofty terrace” and “Palatine and Forum.” I stopped at these words and looked up pictures of these things in order to be able to envision an image as I read on. I also stopped at the word parapet because I was unsure of the meaning. When I…

TYPHOID FEVER: AN URBAN SCOURGE Typhoid fever is caused by infection with Salmonella typhi, a bacterial pathogen of humans. Typhoid bacteria are transmitted when people ingest contaminated food or water, or when contaminated sewage gets into water used for drinking or washing food. In the body, S. typhi inhabits the intestines and is shed in the feces. If the shedder doesn’t practice good hygiene, such as washing the hands after using the toilet and before handling food, he or she can spread…

it any day and any time of the day without knowing it. It was easily spread throughout the soldiers because it was very contagious and the carriers of the disease and the ones that started were lice. The trenches were the perfect place for trench fever to flourish, “Death was always imminent from artillery fire, but just as threatening was illness from rat bites, bad food,…

Blood tests present with lowered total white blood cell, platelet and neutrophil counts and a 20% or more increase in haematocrit values suggests haemoconcentration. Thus, monitoring should be done every 3-4 hours in cases of severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Thrombocytopenia is observed with platelet count of lesser than 100,000 cells/μL. Thus, monitoring…

Robert. "Public Health and Medical Ethics in Epidemics." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society, issues.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1811724?terms=Typhoid%20Fever&webSiteCode=SLN_ISS&returnToPage=%2fSearch%2fDisplay%2f1811724%3fterms%3dTyphoid+Fever&sType=quick&token=0100FFF45ECC09E6889D6BAAE9E615C9&casError=False. Accessed 23 Oct. 2016. This article discusses the ethical implications of public health scenarios. Although the article doesn't directly mention Mary Mallon, it highlights very…

symptoms. Because there are no symptoms, it usually evolves to West Nile Fever or severe West Nile Disease. The people who develop West Nile Fever have symptoms of fever, headache, tiredness, body aches, nausea, vomiting, and occasionally a skin rash and swollen lymph glands (West nile virus, 2011). When people develop severe West Nile Disease the symptoms are much worse. The symptoms for West Nile Disease include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors,…

Recently, the Mandera County in Kenya has suffered an outbreak of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease. Chikungunya is an RNA virus that causes infected individuals to suffer fever, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue, rash, and joint pain. In most cases the joint pain can last several weeks, but in chronic cases the pain can last years. It is transmitted by female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos and symptoms start to appear between 2 - 12 days after infection. During…