Influenza

In order to create a safe environment for young children in the early education and care services, educators and staff need to be vaccinated. Pertussis, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), varicella and hepatitis A are four popular vaccine-preventable diseases and all educators and other staff are suggested to immunize against these diseases by The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (2012). Pertussis is also called whooping cough. It is a respiratory infection that can lead to long…

similar animals are to the humans. Sickness for example is just one thing that humans and animals have in common. A most occurring sickness has risen in the bird kingdom that can be passed on to humans. The “Bird Flu” or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a disease that can easily be spread and has resulted in the death of billions of chickens and hundreds of humans.(Winterbottom, 2017) It has several different strands do to its power to easily mutate and it has at least 3 known…

more females were affected than males. In 2007, a study conducted by Anthony T Newall, Professor Paul A Scuffham and Brent Hodgkinson regarding the cost of Influenza to the Australian Health System, found that over the past 5 years there was an annual average of 310,000 GP reported consultations and 18,000 admissions to hospital caused by influenza and pneumonia. [3] With an average GP consultation of $33.32 and admission to hospital of $5,245, annually the costs for these events range from $52…

test. An ELISA test can be falsely positive for several reasons, including a patient's autoimmune disease, multiple pregnancies, blood transfusions, liver diseases, parental substance abuse, hemodialysis, or vaccinations for Hepatitis B, rabies, or influenza. Any of these conditions can stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies that cross-react with HIV antigens and produce a false positive. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ELISA and the Western Blot test…

Scenario: 70 year old Male, No fixed abode, currently living in a hostel. Complaint: Feeling hot, Productive Cough (Green) for a duration of 5 days. When a patient first presents to any point of care within the healthcare system, a number of key steps must be undertaken. As the patient enters into the GP’s room, one would introduce oneself by name and their role. This brief introduction would allow the patient, to begin to build rapport within the patient doctor relationship, this is vital as…

by the flu, but rather other viruses. " I personally, wasn't aware of that fact. Now I wonder how many time I haven't actually had the flu. The source also mentions ways to avoid contracting influenza even without the shot. My personal favorite, however, is where it states "Unknown whether mass use of influenza vaccine from birth to death by all Americans will influence more virulent strains, which has happened with other…

In a world where disease and infection outbreaks scare the world, why shouldn’t people look for a way to completely eliminate those diseases. People have been trying to attain immunity for hundreds of years. One popular and deadly virus smallpox had its first vaccine developed in 1798 (“A Brief History of Vaccination”). Vaccines have only grown and expanded since 1798, and they have done wonders for the world. Unfortunately, for all of the good things that vaccines have done, there are people…

a lot of times it causes serious complications such as brain damage or hearing loss. There are several types of germs that can give bacterial meningitis. Some of the most prevalent strains of bacterial meningitis in the U.S. include Haemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae, group B Streptococcus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Neisseria meningitidis. Most of these pathogens are more or less dangerous to certain age people. Meningitis often shows up accompanied by a fever, headache, or stiff…

Dystopian fiction is a genre of fictional writing that magnifies the flaws that exist in our world and what could happen if society continues to take the path it is taking today. Authors of this genre, such as the author of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, create the question of not being able to control our fate or being able to control our fate. The answer is simple. We can and can’t control our fate. We have the opportunity, but no one takes it because we aren’t taking these warning signs…

vaccinated is hepatitis A and hepatitis B; which in some cases are both deadly or can result in acute liver failure. Another sickness you can contract from not getting vaccinated is the flu (also known as influenza) although this can be one of the easier sicknesses to go through, but in some cases the influenza virus can lead to…