Fungal diseases

As stated previously, many people believe that antibiotics cure all infections, but in reality, antibiotics are not effective towards viral or fungal infections. Despite this fact, antibiotics are being prescribed inappropriately and are being misused frequently. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotics are prescribed improperly in 50 percent of cases, usually for viruses like colds and the flu (“About” par. 4; “Antibiotics” par. 1)…

DROPLET PRECAUTIONS These are used for organisms that can be transmitted by close, face-to-face contact, such as influenza or meningococcal meningitis. Droplet precautions include the following: ◊ Place client in private room ◊ If a private is not available, place client with another client who is infected with the same microorganism ◊ Wear a mask if working within 3 feet of the client. ◊ Limit movement of client outside the room to essential purposes. ◊ Place a surgical mask on the…

Immunization Immunization immunization, what an important impact immunization had on our society, country and the world. Before we understood disease and its causes, humans just accepted the fact that some people just were prone to certain illness and some where not. Then as technology advanced we began to ask the question, why do people get sick? More specifically, why is did my loved one get sick? Why did the whole family die from a sickness that only one family member obtained? These…

infections (Sherman, 2011). Without vaccines, millions of people would suffer from diseases that can be prevented. In order to see a change in the world from vaccinations, parents needs to vaccinate their children. One of the most important advances in the history of medicine is vaccinations. Vaccinations are used to make someone immune to an infectious disease. To trigger an immune system response, how the body responds to diseases, vaccines are loaded with microorganisms, a microscopic…

animal’s zoophilic species and in the soil, it’s geophilic species. Statistics show the ringworm in the scalp and body Is considered “very common” more than 3 million cases in the US per year they are most affected from the ages 3 to 40 years old. Diseases Ringworm is caused by a fungus…

laboratory is a branch of clinical laboratory. The main purpose of the microbiology laboratory is work to discover the reasons and causes of the diseases and treatment. Microbiology laboratory is one of important laboratory in clinical laboratory, because interested in studying infectious diseases. There are four type of microorganisms that causes infectious disease are bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses. Microbiology laboratory has many sections and each section do many types of tests. The…

Although are many kinds of lupus, they all fall under one category, an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body actually becomes allergic to itself. This happens when the antibodies used to protect the body from infectious agents attack the healthy cells and tissues instead (The Lupus Book). The types of lupus include discoid lupus, subacute cutaneous lupus, drug-induced lupus, neonatal lupus, and systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common type. Lupus damages many parts of…

main goal is of vaccinations is to prevent illnesses and diseases. Vaccines are a type of medicine that cures and prevent illness by injecting the illness in people. This is caused by stimulating the immunity of bodies. Vaccines fight off disease by allowing a body to obtain small amounts of the virus, or a version of the virus, thus allowing it to become immune to the virus. Vaccines are made to fight off viral viruses as well as disease pathogens. Pathogens entering a body will allow the body…

somewhat steady movement against vaccines. Why, you ask? It seems that some blame the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine as being a factor for autism, despite the lack of scientific evidence. "There is no link between vaccines and autism," The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on their webpage about vaccine safety. "Vaccine ingredients do not cause autism." While some consider vaccines to be nothing more than establishmentary mumbo-jumbo, they can rest assured that there is no…

It helps the body to fight off harmful and infectious diseases. “Antibiotics are natural substances that are released by bacteria and fungi” (Bellis 123). Penicillin was starting to gain interest by other scientists at the perfect time, around the start of World War II. Connors wrote that, “A drug was needed…