Influenza

GENERAL INTRODUCTION One of the most controversial medical issues the United States is currently facing is the argument over whether to get vaccinated or not. This is mainly because most people do not understand how vaccines work, and how they can be safe but still effective. Vaccines allow the vaccinated to build immunity to the particular disease by introducing the body to the antigen, so it can be attacked, and through the immune response system gain antibodies that can recognize the antigen…

Several diseases impacted the New World, specifically the Native American populations as they were the primary inhabitants of the New World. Some of the diseases included influenza, smallpox, typhus, and measles just to name a few. These diseases were introduced to the New World through Europeans as they began their exploration of the New World. The continuous movement of humans and animals infected the current occupants that is the Native Americans. The Native Americans suffered greatly as…

Another additive to vaccinations is bovine (cow) serum that is frequently used as a growth medium for vaccinations. It is also the most often animal serum that gets contaminated with bacteriophage. Another troubling factor from the CDC and FDA is, vaccinations are not recommended for pregnant women. However, the package inserts for the vaccinations clearly state that the effects of the vaccine on the fetus remains unknown since they have not been tested the vaccines on pregnant women before. The…

The Colombian Exchange impacted both the Americas and Europe in various ways that are still apparent hundreds of years later. “America Before Columbus” provides a closer look at the events and people who shaped the American landscape. The Columbian Exchange refers to the trade of plants, animals, people, resources, and bacteria from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (the Americas). Plants that were abundant in Europe, for example wheat, rice, peaches, and apples did not exist in the New…

In the 15th century, North America was taken over by England, Spain, and France. These three countries were motivated by the goods of Native Americans had, which shaped their interactions. The colonization was both good and bad. The main motivation for France, Spain and England is to use the native American land to become richer and more powerful in their country, but Spain wanted to expand the Christianity, France was going to convert Christianity and have freedom in the land that they took…

which are mainly for fever or pain (57 percent vs. 32 percent); cardiovascular problems (53 percent vs. 32 percent); and antibiotics (58 percent vs. 38 percent) (Araújo, 2011). The top causes of death in Argentina are coronary heart disease, stroke, influenza and pneumonia, and breast cancer (Araújo,…

Poverty is a major issue, affecting millions in the United States alone. When an issue is at such a large scale as poverty, Our country must take a stand and figure out what the is causing such a tremendous problem. Before we tackle the problem of what is causing poverty we must understand what poverty is defined as. According to the Dictionary, poverty is defined as, the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. (Halsey, 1)This doesn…

Bubonic Plague can wipe out a portion of a society. People during this grotesque disease tried to eat nutritional food and to stay hygienic to prevent getting the plague. Other diseases were also a threat like dysentery, Gangrenous, gonorrhea, and influenza (labelle.org). These diseases were not as widely spread or as deadly as the plague. For all of them, nutrition was encouraged as well as hygiene. Nutrition and hygiene during this epidemic was highly important to prevent getting infected.…

Question 6: List the principles of chemotherapeutic resistance. Write short note on the one you consider most important. Answer: Resistance describes reduction in effectiveness of drug to perform its normal function. It is the ability of microbes; bacterial, fungi, virus to resist the toxic effects of drugs and grow in the presence of the same concentration of drug that will normally kill or limit its growth. The following are the principles of chemotherapeutic resistance: • Pharmaceutic factors…

us thrive for new medicine. Medicine could go from Anise,Licorice to stomping on a plucked dead, burning owl to treat someone in this time and nobody knows if any of it really helped. Diseases such as the “bloody flux”, “ holy fire”,gonorrhea,influenza,plague was going around at this time. Seeing this it opened their eyes and they saw they needed better ways to handle sick people. Lack of sanitation in big cities was a major issue, tight corridors and no way to get rid of bacteria and germs.…