Infectious disease

being allergic to many substances. Not all children can be healthy without receiving a medicine. She is lucky to have a healthy child (Williams). Many infectious diseases can affect children, and not receiving medication can lead to severe effects on health. If the children are unvaccinated by parents today, then the threat of the infectious diseases will continue.…

saved more than a billion lives and prevented countless illnesses and disabilities in the United States. However, because many parents chose not to vaccinate their children, vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough, are still a very serious threat. These vaccine-preventable diseases continue to infect numerous children, resulting in hospitalizations and deaths every year (IAC, 2016). The Amish are a growing population who live a traditional, rural way…

New Germ Theory of Disease Paul Ewald looks into the diseases the world faces every day and presents a new theory to what causes them. The book breaks down the current germ theory, causes of this way of thought, and solutions to it. Ewald starts by diving into what the world thinks as everyday diseases including the flu, HIV, and stomach ulcers. The public normally differentiates these infectious disease from chronic diseases like Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, and Heart Disease. The key…

According to the Mayo Clinic, an infectious disease is defined as disorders caused by organisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. Infectious diseases can be transferred from person to person, bite by animal or insect, environmental surroundings, or ingesting food or water that has been contaminated. Some of the infectious diseases can be prevented with vaccinations. Vaccines contain weakened or killed germs that cause the disease. These vaccines cause the body to produce antibodies…

Polio Vaccination Carly Spencer Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis otherwise known as “Polio” is an infectious viral disease that affects the nervous system and can cause “paralysis” (paralyzation) or death if left uncured. There are three different types of the disease - Paralytic, Nonparalytic and Sub-Clinical. Types of Polio Infections Paralytic - the rarest and most serious type of Polio - which is the highest chance to leading to full or partial paralysis. There are also three…

fever is known for bringing on a characteristic yellow tinge to the eyes and skin and for the terrible black vomit cause by bleeding into the stomach.Known today to be a spread by infected mosquitoes yellow fever was long believed to be a miasmatic disease originating in rotting vegetables matter and other putrefying filth and most believed the fever to be contagious.…

serious infectious disease. About 3 of 10 people who caught it died because of its serious attack on your body. The disease is caused by the variola virus. Signs of smallpox include: Body Aches, High fever, vomiting, rashes, etc. The transmission of this disease is usually spread by coming in contact with another infected persons’ open and oozing wounds. Even sometimes it could be airborne so no one would be safe if they were in any close vicinity of an infected person. (Fun Fact: the disease…

easy to build and easy to hide. One of the most challenging weapon types of WMD are biological agents. These agents are viewed as infectious (replicating) and classified in four categories: (1) natural poisons, or toxins, that occur without human modification, (2) viruses, (3) bacteria, and (4) plagues (White, 2012). Biological weapons kill by spreading a disease that is normally fatal or tricks…

Right to Choose Immunizations Thesis Paper Immunization rights are currently becoming a highly debatable ethical issue. Immunization is the method by which an individual is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease. Vaccines enable the body’s immune system to protect against disease or infection. There is much debate arising about whether individuals have the right to choose to vaccinate their children. Are vaccines safe enough that it be mandated for all or should there be a…

immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease or future illnesses. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Individuals should be immunized in order to protect the public health. Individuals who cannot be vaccinated for individual health issues rely on herd community to be vaccinated to prevent spread of potential diseases or illness that even the public may not be aware of. Herd community is a form of indirect immunity protection from infectious diseases or…