Influenza-like illness

Chapter 13 of the text, “ Myers Psychology In Everyday Life 3e ”, identifies a spectrum of psychological disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), classifies the psychological disorders and provides treatment suggestions about the disorders. For example, schizophrenia is a term that identifies an individual who has little or inappropriate emotions, bizarre beliefs, disorganized thought processes and withdrawn from social activity. Particularly,…

hospitalized each year due to influenza virus associated infections (JAMA, 2004). It is so common, that at one point in time, each member of my family has been diagnosed with it; thankfully no complications resulted from the virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Influenza is a virus that comes in three different types: A, B, and C. Most commonly the cause of seasonal flu outbreaks, in humans, is influenza types A and B, while influenza type C causes only a…

antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 2. What antiviral agents are prescribed for influenza A? Neuroaminidase inhibitors (zanamivir, oseltamivir and permivir) as well as the adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) are all affective against influenza A although adamantanes will not be prescribed in the United States unless under very special circumstances (Zachary, 2015). Oseltamivir, Tamiflu is the drug of choice for influenza. 3. What are the dosage ranges, action, use, pharmacokinetics,…

Some parents may even ask, 'What is a vaccine, really? '. Family Doctor describes a vaccine as a "weakened version of a virus or versions that look like the virus so when germs enter the body, the immune system recognizes…

Spanish Flu affected the United States in three waves. Symptoms during the onset of Spanish Flu in March of 1918, were overall not perceived to be alarming to the American Population. Whereas during the second wave of the historic pandemic, typical flu-like symptoms quickly escalated into a severe form of pneumonia, cyanosis of the face, with possible hemorrhaging of the face (nose, ears, and eyes) 2. Although the Spanish Flu is considered the most deadly pandemic, many lessons…

importantly harm can be understood as a violation of rights in the form of intentional wrongful harm (Feinberg, 1987). Citizens have a right to be protected from contagious illnesses (Harris & Holm , 1995) and having a contagious and fatal disease like Ebola can cause serious harm to others if it was transmitted. This would be a violation to the rights of others in society to cause the spread of a contagious disease and highlights the duty for an infected person to give up their freedom in order…

Alexus Saldivar Health Education and Promotion Settings Health education/promotion is done by professionally trained health education specialist. Health education and promotion has become a need in society as people become more knowledgeable about health and as we see an incline in health care. Health education and promotion can be found in various settings. Health education and promotion are found in settings such as; schools, public or community, and worksite settings. In the school setting…

If I could go back in time, I would go back to 1944. Just thirty minutes away from my home in Taylorsville, NC, seventy-two years ago, Hickory, NC marked the largest polio outbreak in the United States. This tragic uprising brought the town of Hickory closer than it has ever been. Hickory responded by turning a local camp into an extensive emergency hospital almost overnight. The first patients were admitted within 54 hours, the triumph that became known as “The Miracle of Hickory.” Patients…

Influenza, or the flu, was brought to America by the colonial people. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, headaches and fatigue (CDC, 2015). Chickenpox is a very contagious disease that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Symptoms consist of flu-like symptoms and an itchy rash (Kids Health, 1995). Now, the disease is less common because of vaccinations that most kids…

The Zika virus is a current global healthcare crisis. From 2007 to 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported documented Zika virus transmission in a total of 62 countries and territories (2016, April 7). Hennessey, Fischer, and Staples (2016) report Brazil had an estimated 440,000–1,300,000 alleged cases of Zika virus disease in 2015. The risk of the Zika virus has recently become a threat in the United States with 1,860 reported cases (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]…