Infectious mononucleosis

Is this the worst flu season we ever had in the nation? Do people even still want a flu shot? What precautions are being taken to make sure that the flu shot is effective and safe to use? Lately, this year’s flu season is gaining a lot of attention because of how deadly it is. The season starts in December and can last up until late May. The months that the flu has is peaks are in December and March. The flu has been reported to be widespread through forty nine states. Just in January alone,…

4-Occupational Exposure management including Sharps: - Occupational exposure management, including needle stick (or “sharps”) injury, is one of the elements of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs), which should be applied in all healthcare settings. - Needle stick (or sharp) includes items such as needles, sharp-edged instruments, any other item that may be contaminated with blood or body fluids and may cause laceration or puncture wounds, such as razors and spicules of bone and teeth.…

If someone were to make a statement that there is an increasing number of patients developing infections as a result of having direct contact in health care settings, would it be believable? According to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), “Outbreaks of infection often caused by the failure of providers to follow well-established principles of hygiene and asepsis, have proliferated in the preceding two decade (Griffis, 2013).” Basic health care principles include the role of…

A vaccine is a suspension of attenuated/weakened or killed microorganisms of a virus or bacteria administered for prevention, improvement of severity or treatment of infectious disease. The devastation of mankind by small pox many centuries ago lead to the origins of immunization. Smallpox is believed to have appeared around 10’000 BC. Mankind had long been trying to find a cure for this epidemic. The fatality of the disease caused deaths of hundreds of thousands of people annually while leaving…

There’s always an argument on the news and on newspapers about children catching diseases and dying from them really often. Why is this happening? When All of these diseases are preventable by simply being easily immunized, why parents are not getting immunized their children, is it for religious beliefs or just carelessness. Whatever may be their reason is it really good enough? Because why would anyone let their child be able to catch and spread a deadly disease, so immunization should be made…

Since vaccines have been in effect, the decrease of our population has decreased greatly. Although the pros about vaccines were great, the cons also made a big impact on the patients who were receiving it. Many incidents happened and it has caused many controversial issues throughout centuries. Even though the cons are outrageously dangerous, vaccines should be mandatory to our society today. Therefore in the past, there were many cases of diseases spreading. Diseases are contagious though…

The Industrial Revolution was a time of innovations in technology, production, and population. Those being the positive side of the revolution, but the one downside to this was disease. This was one of the biggest problems at the time since it was so easily spread and there were many different types of diseases with no medication to get rid of them. These diseases could be waterborne or airborne. Waterborne was spread when waste contaminated the drinking, and bathing water which was often the…

The “invisible bug” infestations are clinically known as the Ekbom Syndrome. Ekbom’s Syndrome is a mental disorder that a person believes that there is bugs in their skin, clothes and surroundings, which is why they call it the “invisible bug.” People with Ekbom Syndrome often develop purplish-blue, rounded and raw cuts from scratching because of the thought of bugs in their body. There is no actual founder of this disease, but it was named after Karl A. Ekbom, the Swedish neurologist who…

The Cause and Effects of Tuberculosis What are the cause and effects of tuberculosis? Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacterium. These bacteria mostly infect the lungs, but also they can infect the other parts of the body like the brain, spine, and kidney. (1,4) If the tuberculosis bacteria are active, they will cause the death of the tissue of organs that have been infected. Tuberculosis is one of a few diseases that "have caused so much distressing illness for centuries and claimed so…

Emphysema is an incurable airway disease of the lungs. Emphysema is characterized by the destruction of the alveoli, its walls and elasticity. It is part of a group of disease that makes up COPD. Constant inflammation that occurs to our lungs will cause infection and existence of bacteria. Phagocyte that works in white blood cells to remove bacteria from our body will go to our lungs when they’re infected. Phagocytes release protein digesting enzyme elastase on their way to reach lungs from…