Influenza

Infectious diseases and Infections Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Many microorganisms live in our body and in our environment, in which most of them are advantageous such as bacteria found in our intestine is useful for food digestion and fungi used for foods such as mushrooms and yeast. However, in certain conditions these organisms can also cause illnesses. Infectious diseases can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person…

The length of regurgitating fluctuates from the "12 hour influenza" to the feared "72 hour influenza." There is no blood or stool test to diagnose this. Sustenance harming: This is brought on by terrible microbes that is exhibit in ruined nourishment. The onset typically comes 2 to 12 hours in the wake of consuming the nourishment…

Michael Bergin The sirens are ringing in my ears. My eyes are fuzzy and blurry. Hands are shacking uncontrollable. My life flashed before my eyes. Where am I? What happened to me? Did I get shot? It’s 12th October 1917 and I’m saying goodbye to an amazing life experience. I will forever remember the chaps I met in World War 1. *** Hi, I’m Michael Bergin and I was born on Monday, 18th August 1879, in Roscrea, Tipperary Ireland. I grew up with my family that consist of my mother, Mary Hill and…

A major global issue that has arisen amongst nursing practice and health care is the risk of exposure to communicable contagions for health care professionals. This issue is of concern because contracting a communicable contagion can cause serious health complications consequences for health care professionals resulting in illness or death. Also, potential transmission of contagions to health care professionals may decrease the quality of care provided to patients. The aspects of the issue being…

several diseases into the population, dramatic losses were made both culturally and in terms of death rates, impacting almost every sphere of the Native American societies. This essay will discuss the importance of the introduction of smallpox, influenza, measles and syphilis into the Native American populations and examine the consequences and impact these diseases had. The disease that impacted Native American society the most was Smallpox. This disease dominated during the encounters with…

Document #3 Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty of the end of World War 1. The main provisions were for peace to settle, problems to be solved, and for germany to take responsibility for the damage.This treaty consisted of many terms especially that germany owed france debt. In addition it was a cycle of owning debt to other countries, for example germany had to pay off france and france had to pay off United States and so on. However , this treaty was not effective, instead it created more…

virus/diseases. First of all, vaccines protect us from dangerous diseases. Such as the famous Influenza disease. The ‘flu” vaccine can prevent heart attacks, especially those at high risk, experts proclaim. Also, it can lower one's risk of the flu and other infectious diseases that can be traced from it. "Not just to prevent the flu but as a means of preventing a heart problem." (Nedelman 7). This means that the Influenza vaccine not only prevents the flu but it can preclude heart-related…

Is it safe, or a good decision to vaccinate your children? Many parents are asking this questions throughout North America. It is very important to consider the potential consequences of vaccinating or not vaccinating in pediatric care. This issue is very controversial, and both sides are viewed differently by different groups of people. (Downey 2009). If parents choose to vaccinate, they are protecting their children from potentially life-threatening diseases, they are protecting people who did…

Wary parent’s want to protect their children from any kind of risks. Immunizations are available and mandatory upon starting school. There are many different types of immunizations. “Vaccines are a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.” (Mifflin, 2015) Vaccines are a form of…

in the work environment and make employees feel like they do not wish to be a part of that. Here in the United States we must at least offer the influenza vaccinations, educate health care workers, and keep track of the number of vaccinations given (FitzSimmons,…