Sallie Tisdale wrote an essay titled We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story. After reading her personal essay about her job I concluded she doesn’t necessarily propose her opinion. While her opinion does not seem clear, I believe that Tisdale wants the readers to form their own opinion on the situation. As I read We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story, my opinion began to regenerate on abortion. I believe that there are certain situations that do call for abortion. In We Do Abortions Here: A…
Evaluation of Epidemiological Problem - Chlamydia Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), used to be known as venereal diseases, are infections that are spread through sexual contact. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common reportable bacterial sexual transmitted disease in the United States and can affect a wider spectrum of people than other STDs. Approximately half, of the nearly 20 million yearly reported STD cases, involves males and females under 25 years old and Chlamydia comprises…
On March 25th, 1931, 9 African American boy’s lives were soon to be negatively changed as they boarded a train going to Memphis. On the outside, the Scottsboro case looks as though it was simply another sexual assault case. The gravity of the case due the race of the perpetrators was large; few seemed to fully comprehend this. Willie Roberson, aged 16, along with 8 other African American boys was accused of sexual assault by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The people of Alabama should conclude…
Pregnant women who have had the virus should talk to their health care provider about the steps they can take to prevent from transmission to their baby. Fungal Infections Fungal STD’s are the most commonly occurring type of STD’s but they can be treated easily if treatment starts at an early age. They are transmitted through oral, vaginal or anal sex. Symptoms of fungal STD’s include fever, dizziness, diarrhea, vomiting, chills and muscle aches. Yeast infections also cause redness and itching…
When Ashleigh was about 12 years old, I told her one detail per day about Sex so that she is not in complete shock in one day. There are so many details involving Sex. I told her before she took Health class because the Health Teacher will tell her/his students about Birth Control and tell them it is okay. We are Catholics and I wanted to pre-warn her about the consequences of using Birth Control and that using something like that is considered a Sin. I also told her that Sex before marriage is…
system to ultimately plan public health action and resources. The surveillance system should include a clear case definition for the STIs. The case definition should be distinct for each of the STIs measured in the surveillance (i.e. Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, and HIV) and should include clinical manifestations and laboratory confirmation. Having a uniform case definition will ensure standardization of the data collected. Also, case definition for each disease is linked to the health data…
Pelvic Inflammatory disease (PID) is one of the most common diseases in the United States in women between the ages of fourteen and twenty four are being treated. This disease is mostly cause by an untreated sexual transmitted disorder (STDs), mostly gonorrhea and or chlamydia, but it can also be caused by minor infections or douching. PID is treatable with a set on antibiotics and depending on how advance the disease is how the physician terminates how to treat it. Pelvic Inflammatory…
The most common serious infection among young women in the United States is pelvic inflammatory disease. There are one million new cases of pelvic inflammatory disease diagnosed each year. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a polymicrobial infection of the upper genital tract. Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, or the ovaries. Pelvic inflammatory disease usually affects sexually active females in their childbearing years. “About one in every seven women…
Analysis Plot. The story starts in spring between an Italian nurse, Luz, and the American soldier, they fall and in love and the climax starts when the nurse refuses to go with him to America, it ends by Luz sinking into cheap relationship and the guy gonorrhea from a sales girl in the loop department. The story ends on summer "on a hot evening in Padua...", then the American soldier stays at the hospital for three months after this and Luz takes good care of him in her nightshift, "…Luz stayed…
1. Introduction/Define County Prince George’s County (PG) was established by the 1695 Maryland general assembly, originally formed by parts of Calvert and Charles counties, and is the second largest county in the state of Maryland. It is part of the suburban Washington region and has an estimated population of 909,535. As the second largest county, it houses 15% of Maryland’s total population. The county racial distribution is 26.5% Caucasian and 73.5% minorities. PG is primarily urban with…