Leptospirosis

and have seizures that sometimes result in death.” Every El Niño year the MMC has multiple cases of this condition. Another disease that the MMC encounters with its patients is leptospirosis, and it’s deadly.The MMC has been working with Dr. Katie Prager from the Lloyd-Smith Laboratory at UCLA. She explained that leptospirosis is a bacterial kidney disease caused by spiral shaped bacteria called Leptospira. In 2017 there was a high spike of patients with this disease. If the disease is caught…

In order to combat the abuse that workers and consumers were suffering at corporate hands, reformers known as progressives revolutionized American society to improve urban life, expand democracy, and even protect environmental rights. During this time in America right after the Industrial Revolution, there were still many issues that the common people faced every day. Workers were mistreated and underpaid, children were forced to work, trusts and monopolies formed to hold power over the people,…

This chapter discusses about the health hazard and hygiene in the workplace. Hazards can be found in every workplace. Hazard is generally anything that makes you in a dangerous situation. Health hazard is means that the hazard brings negative effect and harm to the health which is may cause measurable changes in the body. There are many hazard in the workplaces have the potential to harm workers short-term and long-term health result in diseases, disorders and injuries (Alison et. al., 2008).…

hope to help form similar relationships. Other types of veterinarians focus on research, foreign diseases, and the protection of our food supply. Veterinarians are increasingly dealing with the spread of zoonotic diseases such as the avian flu, leptospirosis, and salmonella. In less privileged countries, these diseases greatly affect food supply, so it is extremely important for vets to be immersed in our environment's health. As a veterinarian, I hope to contribute to society by providing…

Hidden beneath the bustling metropolises of the captivating Latin American country of Brazil are it’s notorious favelas. Favelas are highly populated, urbanized areas located within many of Brazil’s largest cities. Brazil is continuously recognized for its slum regions within its cities because of the increasingly poor and dangerous living conditions in which its inhabitants are exposed to. Although there are many issues present within these communities the importance of access to clean water…

can lead to dehydration, heat stroke, or even death. Climate change also impacts water and food quality. Poor food quality can cause malnutrition and diarrheal disease. Poor water quality can cause cholera, cryptosporidiosis, campylobacter, and leptospirosis (CDC 2015). Warmer temperature from climate change increases ground-level ozone. Ground-level ozone can damage lung tissue and can reduce lung function and inflame airways, leading to asthma and other lung diseases. Along with food…

Norway rats - Their effects Invasive, Non-native, and native species are all organisms that exist on our planet. They each come from different backgrounds, and influence each other directly, whether it be positive or negative. Native species are organisms which normally live and thrive in a particular community, while a non-native species are organisms which live outside their native distributional range. Non-native species are not necessarily invasive. Invasive species differ from regular…

Polynesia Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people to inhabit the earth and spread over different countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and still is increasing today. In 1955, the population was 274,119 then by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022 then to the present we know as 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). The population each year increases from 3.8…

Dengue Fever: a mosquito borne disease resulting in the symptoms of sudden high fever, severe headaches, pain behind the eyes, severe joint and muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, and skin rash which appear three to four days after the onset of fever, mild bleeding (such a nose bleeding, bleeding gums, or easy bruising). The tissue invaded are the heart and skeletal muscles. According to ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, the following experiment was enacted: “A prospective pediatric clinical cohort of 102 dengue…

sanitation is generally much more important and kept today than it was prior, new diseases can be spread person to person or country to country much more easily. According to a study titled published in 2014, “contribution of travel associated leptospirosis to total caseload is as high as 41.7% in some countries” (Bandera et. al, 2014). As commercial airplanes are built with each person sitting in very close proximity, the opportunity for airborne diseases to spread is great. It is not…