Infectious diseases

after Albert Neisser who first isolated it in 1879 (Dixson,2015). The disease it caused Gonorrhea, is a term coined by second century Greek physician Galen stands for “as flow of seed”. It is the second most common sexually transmitted infection in the world (Unemo and Shafer, 2011) affecting 62 million individuals worldwide (PHAC, 2011). This bacterium can lead to complications such as Epidimytis in men, Pelvic inflammatory disease and tubal blockages which can lead to infertility in women…

Barnack Samuel May 03 2015 Essay on my research of SARS In the year 2002, the disease SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) ravaged the modern world, spreading via airlines and other means of worldwide transportation. From my seventh grade biology class in the year 2011, I learned much about SARS. Below is what I knew before further research. In 2002, SARS appeared in China. It soon used international airports and cargo shipments to spread across the rest of the modern world. Because of…

ABSTRACT Introduction There are different types of pneumonia, whereby Hospital Acquired Pneumonia is one of them. It is a disease that is contracted in a hospital normally after 48 hours of admission. This is dangerous, normally bacterial, disease. What make the disease so dangerous is that the patients who contract the Hospital Acquired Pneumonia immune system are low as they are already critically ill. The germs in the hospital are also more dangerous than that in the community. Case…

incidence of disease in a particular population. In short, it is study to understand when and how the diseases occur. The most common activities which epidemiologists would be engaged are on identifying factors associated with diseases and what can protect human and animals from the diseases. The incidence rate is the frequency at which the health event occurs during a period of times. Epidemiologists used these data to understand the source or cause of disease. Discuss determinants for…

Canadians began to hear about what the profession really was about, adult reformers, social workers, religious authorities, lawyers, police officers, nurses and plain doctors strived for the authority of the care of children. When the Canadian Society of Diseases of Children commenced in 1922, practitioners began to fret less; children were beginning to be understood. The government was understood to be a big part of what doctors did or what procedures for care they recommended to families,…

There are many different vaccines for numerous diseases, such as smallpox, tetanus, measles, influenza, and polio. Some of these, like smallpox, have been eradicated because of vaccinations, and others diseases such as polio are soon to be eradicated. The first vaccine created was for smallpox in 1796 by Edward Jenner, a British physician. By the time smallpox was eradicated in 1979, an approximate 300-500 million people had died from this contagious disease, all who were not vaccinated…

backup plan when the electricity goes out. The electricity goes out often, therefore these generators are being used a large amount (Bambrick, 2014). In Haiti, clean water is something only 55% of the population has access to (Sentlinger, 2016). Disease and bacteria in the water supply is the cause of over 50% of deaths in Haiti. Due to the 2010 Earthquake the wells and water systems suffered major damage, and the government does not have the money to do widespread repairs. Unfortunately, the…

There are over a hundred different answers and opinions on the topic of vaccines. Vaccination is the process of making someone immune to an infection or disease. Today, some agree to the topic of vaccinating your child, while others oppose the thought of it. This paper will be talking about the pros of vaccinating, including how they have saved children’s lives, the adverse reactions to vaccines are extremely rare, and vaccines protect the “herd.” This paper will also talk about the cons of…

system cannot be vaccinated ("Who Should Not Be Vaccinated"). Because a weak, living virus is injected into a patient, the smallest trace of disease can attack…

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…