Infectious diseases

Several studies have evaluated how to prevent CVC dialysis infection. One of these studies is that of Rickard & Ray-Barruel (2009) who performed a review of 11 dialysis CVC dressing infection-control practices. The assessment revealed that the handling of the dressing is very important in infection control especially in avoiding the spread of bacteria from an unknown colony. The study observed that catheter dressings treated with chlorhexidine have a 52% reduction in bacterial infections as…

American Dream because it saves lives which enables an individual to achieve happiness. While vaccinations help prevent diseases in America, some believe the potential harmful effects carry too high a risk. Limiting vaccinations would cause an outbreak in diseases because vaccines prevent the disease from forming. Vaccinations have lowered the risk of getting a disease, but the disease is still there and if vaccinations were stopped, it would have immediate effects. For example, “Great…

There are many reasons why a person cannot be vaccinated, the most common being age and health restrictions. Newborn babies as well as people with weakened immune systems such as, cancer patients, must be protected from disease to prevent injury and in some cases, death. Newborns cannot receive vaccines until they are at least two months old while cancer patients, even ones who were previously vaccinated, face an even greater risk of infection if exposed to an outbreak.…

system can 't seem to get rid of it..hiv can hide for a long time in the cells of your body it attacks a key part of your immune system your t cells or cdh cells.the cd4 is a specific type of cell that in other words helps you fight back infection & disease. you can have hiv for years before it can turns into aids.people whose cd4 cells count falls below 200.the…

It has also major health problems. There are communicable diseases and non communicable diseases in Guinea as well. Nowadays, the burden disease is Ebola infection. But, like every sub-Saharan country, malaria is one of the deadliness diseases in the country. TB is frequent, parasitic diseases are presents. Cholera is epidemic, but sometime it remains endemic. The number of typhoid fever is high. According to IPHD (2001); “The major diseases in Guinea are: Malaria; hepatitis A; yellow fever;…

air or on surfaces after the occurrence. Individuals who are affected by the disease are primarily unvaccinated or have not had the required doses. The vaccine became available in 1963. Measles in the United States, since 2000, has been considered eliminated since there were not any active cases for more than twelve months. The same is not true for international countries where measles is considered endemic(Center for Disease Control [CDC], Measles, 2015). A.Measles Outbreak A1. Outbreak…

Diphtheria, Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Polio, and so many more disease that have been stopped with vaccines. There is a mass of rumors in social media that vaccines are not good for a child. While every parent has the right to decide what is best for the child, I want to make sure that their facts are legitimate. Vaccines can help a child in so many ways including saving their life. Parents should consider having their child vaccinated because vaccinations are safe, they save lives, and they…

The HIV Alert Club is a student organization that teaches children to protect themselves against HIV, and sexually transmitted disease (Unicef). Unicef partnered with the Ministry of Education in Ghana, to implement this program into every school across the country (Unicef). Education is a key tool in preventing the spread of disease. Unicef’s main focus is to prevent the spread of infection from mother to child. According to their website 3 in 5 pregnant and breastfeeding women…

having the disease as well. I really did not know what to expect, or what the patient was going to even look like. I was imagining someone very skinny and ill looking. I walked into the patient’s room to greet them and introduce and it’s an African American man that looks perfectly normal to me. He was very kind and funny as well. When I was getting his blood sugars that’s when I had to really pay attention and be careful of what I was doing. I reminded myself, I cannot get this disease if I am…

other inflected with the same disease, and her response to the "rhetorical situation. She used many elements of immediacy to capture her audience’s attention such as words and phrases strictly for allotting participation from the audience on a topic that was so controversial during its time. It is believed that the AIDs epidemic that killed, scared and caused illnesses to so many people originated in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1920s. This disease was created when HIV…