Influenza vaccine

Preventing Influenza, Youth Influenza, more commonly known as “the flu,” is a viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory tract. The respiratory tract includes organs that help you breathe, such as the lungs, nose, and throat. The flu causes many common cold symptoms, as well as a high fever and body aches. The flu spreads easily from person to person (is contagious). The flu is most common from December through March. This is called flu season. You can catch the flu virus by: •…

This report investigates the disease Swine flu, also known as human swine influenza or H1N1 Influenza. An outbreak of this disease has already occurred in the recent past as it made headlines back in 2009 when it was declared a pandemic because of the factors that is was a contagious disease quickly affecting many people throughout the world or on multiple continents at once. The virus had not previously been identified meaning the flu had extreme research put into so that information on it…

This year, the flu has really hit Americans hard, and the vaccine has not been as effective as the other years. Since germs can be passed around so easily, college campuses become a breeding ground for sickness. An illness can be easily passed from person to person through daily contact.There is an ongoing study for tracking respiratory illness among students, especially at college.They are performing this experiment by using nasal swabs and breath sample from the students. This study is mainly…

1 Mr I is suffering from seasonal influenza as he shows symptoms including sneezing, headache, muscle ache, malaise, dry, chesty cough, fever, fatigue and weakness because he can hardly sit up. These are all the symptoms of seasonal influenza (NICE, 2015). Although symptoms of colds and influenza are very similar, but his symptoms developed within two days which is relatively fast, proving that he suffers from influenza instead of cold. As symptoms of influenza develop a lot faster than cold.…

scientists are warning of a possible worldwide epidemic involving a killer virus that they believe does not even exist yet. Avian influenza also known as bird flu, is an emerging infectious disease that is extremely contagious, spreads quickly and easily between domestic and wild birds, and it often infects humans, though it is not passed on between humans. Avian influenza A (H5N1) was first reported to infect a human in 1997 in Hong Kong; 6 additional confirmed and 2 possible cases were…

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…

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,…

incidence and epidemiology of influenza. Influenza, or flu, is a viral infection that affects the respiratory system. There are three types of influenza virus: A, B, and C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). Types A and B are responsible for the occurrence of seasonal epidemics that affect up to 20% of the population each year. Type C is not usually associated with epidemics, and symptoms are typically mild in comparison to Type A and B flu virus. Influenza causes between…

likely suffering from influenza and this can occur even after being vaccinated against the flu because of several reasons. One possible reason is that Mr I may have got exposed to the influenza viruses either shortly before getting vaccinated or during the two-week period after vaccination (2) which is when the body is still developing immune protection. This means that there is a chance that people such as Mr I may become ill even before they have the beneficial effects of the vaccine taking…

hospitalization. I would not consider getting this vaccine as it only benefits babies. Pneumococcal Vaccination (PCV) - The vaccine helps to prevent pneumococcal disease which is an infection caused by streptococcus pneumonia bacteria. This can cause sepsis and then result in organ failure, tissue damage or even death. Currently, I do not plan on getting vaccinated for this disease, for my age ranged it is only recommended to receive this vaccines if you are a smoker, so there is no need…