Infectious diseases

From ancient times, humanity faced a variety of infectious diseases, accompanied by a high mortality rate despite the best efforts of doctors. These include smallpox, cholera, typhoid fever, plague, and others (The history of vaccination). The doctors began to think about how to prevent epidemics kill millions of people in the middle Ages. A wound discharge was used already in the XII century for the prevention of smallpox in China from cows that were ill with smallpox (cowpox non-communicable…

Viruses; Who is the Beholder? The greatest threat to humanity can’t be seen by the untrained eye. It could lay dormant for millions of years and evolve into the most terrifying form of itself. These infectious viruses create worldwide terror. The 2011 film Contagion by Steven Soderbergh does an incredible but also frightening job of revealing how a lethal virus would impact the Earth. The deadly virus started in nature, transported around the world through fomites and living creatures, and then…

susceptible to the many diseases of this world, and their immune systems are hard at work. Some parents provide the extra support through the use of vaccines, while some choose to not vaccinate their children. But unvaccinated children are walking disease-spreaders, and they pose harms to those that cannot be vaccinated due to other conditions and restrictions. Vaccinations should be mandatory by federal law because they are proven countermeasures against deadly diseases. The government should…

proven to be an effect from the vaccinations. They also do not realize how rarely these harmful situations occur. It has been said that when you contract a disease naturally it gives that person a lifelong immunity, unlike vaccinations (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). This may be true, but sometimes when a person contracts the disease naturally it could be deadly, and they could spread…

Preventing the Spread of Infectious Disease: The spread of infectious diseases in hospitals and health care organizations has been one of the major factors contributing to the loss of lives in the health care industry. As a result, there have been numerous efforts by the health care facilities and workers towards the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases within the facilities. Most of these health care organizations have developed and implemented comprehensive policies and…

around for thousands years and has progressed to help people protect and fight against infectious diseases all of history. However, people still refuse to get vaccinated knowing that it can be harmful along with making others suffer the consequences. Throughout history there has been diseases that impacted people and helped dramatically decrease the number of infections after being vaccinated for that specific disease. In the April 2015 issue of Reason, Ronald Bailey’s article of “Refusing…

a healthy and happy life. It is a way of protecting oneself from the hands of infectious diseases like influenza, polio, chicken pox and many more. The main reason behind getting a vaccination is that it disables the contagious viruses and boosts one’s life. It can be taken in the form of injections or as a shot. Previously, there have been cases where people have lost their lives because vaccines for various diseases were not discovered back then. But now, with the latest medical advancements…

An infectious disease is pathogenic microorganisms, like bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi that cause diseases by spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. One infectious disease is Clostridium difficile, a nasty bacterium that affects the digestive system, specifically the colon. A disease that can start of pretty mild and lead to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. Clostridium difficile is a bacterial infection in the digestive system which has the same symptoms…

Mono is caused by the Epstein-Barr viru. It can be spread from contact with saliva from an infected person (Infectious Mononucleosis). At this time there is no known treatment to help mononucleosis. People most commonly affected are those between 15-30 (Infectious Mononucleosis). In the 19th century the virus was first described as glandular fever. Mono was given its name by Sprunt in 1920 (Mono Through The Ages). Today we known many more things about the Epstein-Barr virus due to all the…

celebrity or a physician. This anti-vaccination movement is a dangerous one based on discredited research and promoted by entertainers who do not have their medical degree. The worst part of this anti-vaccination movement is the reintroduction of fatal diseases. Heuvel confirms that in 2012 the United States saw a huge spike in cases of pertussis (whooping cough), its worst epidemic in over seventy years (2015). Bailey further supports this by adding, Unfortunately, whooping cough incidence…