Influenza pandemic

The Great Pandemic or better known as Influenza originated in 1918 in the united states more specifically Kansas. Influenza is a viral infection in the respiratory system (nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs) that is highly contagious. Tens of millions of people across the world died from influenza in America 500,000 americans lost their life due to influenza. Why do people remember the fatalities of the titanic but not influenza? I believe that people remember the titanic because their is…

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…

work together in difficult times to conquer obstacles because in the end, the outcome will be stronger, united nation. Although diseases have the potential to keep an entire nation from functioning, the illnesses such as Measles, Polio, the Great Influenza, and Diphtheria, can also unite the…

crossed from birds to swine to humans . Conservative estimates from United States Department of Health and Human services estimated the worldwide death toll to be 30-50 million with the death toll in Unites States being 675,000 as a consequence of the pandemic. In comparison the World War I (1914-1918) death toll was 8.5 million worldwide with 116.5 thousand being…

America has been through many different tragedies in its lifetime. Three of the biggest disaster that occurred in early American history were the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and the flu epidemic. Many citizens have lost their lives for things like doing a job to make ends meet, being on a vacation, or even just living an everyday lifestyle, which is why these disasters had such a high impact on the American Population. It may seem like people don’t care about…

important highly pathogenic infection diseases namely Legionellosis and Influenza remains even today a threat to global health. They can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure but they can also generate hospital-acquired infections.1 Moreover Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection. The cause of influenza was definitively resolved back in 1930s with the isolation of swine influenza; a virus which when administered intranasally to susceptible…

Influenza Tuskegee University Karina M. Caines NURS 320 March 27, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Type chapter title (level 1) 1 Type chapter title (level 2) 2 Type chapter title (level 3) 3 Type chapter title (level 1) 4 Type chapter title (level 2) 5 Type chapter title (level 3) 6 ABSTRACT This is an in-depth clinical paper that will discuss the highly contagious respiratory tract illness, influenza, most commonly referred to as the flu. The purpose of this paper…

Introduction A pandemic disease is a pathogen which is an illness, in excess of normal levels which occurs all over the world. There are 2 types of common pathogens a bacteria or a virus. A bacterium is a living organism that can release poisonous toxins which can damage the hosts body it is on average 0.2 um (micrometers which are 1X10-6 m) (1. See bibliography). They can be killed by antibiotics and the 2 types of Wight blood cells (phagocytes and lymphocytes). A virus is not a living organism…

were killed silently, in the most brutal way possible; the influenza virus. This virus gave victims the symptoms of a normal head cold, except because of an overreaction of the immune system, fluid gathered in the lungs which resulted in the development of pneumonia. The H1N1 virus was known best as the Spanish Flu and even though it most likely originated in China, the first reports of the virus came from Spanish Newspapers, while…

Influenza Influenza represents a major source of illness in the United States. This highly contagious medical condition typically presents as an acute onset of multiple systemic symptoms and fever. Influenza accounts for an estimated 20,000 deaths annually in the nation (Nichol, 2008). There are several challenges in the evaluation and treatment of this medical condition. The main issues regarding the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of influenza include, questionable vaccine efficacy,…