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These symptoms include: “a sudden, severe sore throat, pain when you swallow, fever over 101°F, swollen tonsils and lymph nodes, and white or yellow spots on the back of a bright red throat” (WebMD.com). Another important aspect of this illness to look at is the amount of cases per year. According to a 2016 article by Androulla Efstratiou titled “Epidemiology of Streptococcus…

cancer are simple and radical hysterectomies. Women also have the option to have a radical trachelectomy. In a simple hysterectomy, the uterus and the cervix are removed to get rid of the cancer. In a radical hysterectomy, the cervix, uterus, and lymph nodes are removed to get rid of the cancerous cells. In a radical trachelectomy, stage one of cervical cancer, only some of the cervix is removed so that the woman may become pregnant in the future. More than fifty percent of women give birth…

is humans. The disease is communicable five days before the rash forms and the entire time the rash is visual,.[4] Virus is transported in the air via the respiratory tract. This is where the virus initially replicates and then interacts with the lymph nodes. The virus is also transferable if direct contact is made with the lesions of an infected person. Once the person has contracted the disease and fought of the chicken pox then it is very unlikely that they will get chicken pox again because…

In order to understand how the black plague manage to spread as rapidly as it did as well as how it killed as many people as it did one must first understand its origin. Through the Mongol conquest of the Afro-Eurasia, the Mongols established a large network of communication through cultural exchange. The Mongols had a great deal of religious tolerance and do to this they had a variety of different cultures within their region of influence. However, these positive outcomes did not come without…

My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of twenty-seven. She was diagnosed at an early stage giving her the opportunity to survive with the help of the treatments. Seeing her go through this as her daughter has been a tremendous journey to take up, but gladly was there to help her go through every phase. Many people do not acknowledge what it means to have breast cancer or have no idea what the disease is. As a former student I feel that it is our duty to educate ourselves and…

Breast cancer is diagnosed after a clinical breast exam, a mammogram, or a screening is taken and then a doctor will diagnose the degree or possible stage of breast cancer (ww5.komen.org). Factors such as the lymph node status, tumor size and grade, the hormone receptor status, and the types of tumors all affect prognosis…

Based on Sherry’s health history, the examiner decided to perform vital signs and focused physical examination of the eyes and its associated systems. Therefore, the examiner performed a physical exam of head, ears, eyes, nose and throat (HEENT). Like other parts of the physical exam, it begins with inspection, and then proceeds to palpation (Bickley & Szilagyi, 2013). After taking Sherry’s health history, her Vital signs were taken in order to find out if there is any change in her baseline,…

Use of Whipple Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a 54-Year-Old Male with Pancreatic Cancer Alex McColloster UNTHSC TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CASE REPORT SURGERY CORE CLINICAL CLERKSHIP Introduction Pancreatic cancer remains a highly lethal malignancy due to its clinically silent nature. Patients most often present with jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct, pain that develops insidiously and weight loss. Treatment is accomplished surgically;…

How the human body works Cell membrane: A cell membrane is a thin layer that forms a semi- permeable barrier around the outer surface of the cytoplasm of the cell and controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell. Nucleus: It contains DNA for making new cells and organisms and also controls the reaction in the cell. Chromosomes: Thread- like structures found in the nucleus of the cell which carry the genetic information Cytoplasm: The liquid gel which makes up a lot of the body of…

flagella. Activation of TLRs sets off a signalling cascade of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) to initiates the production of cytokines that results in an inflammatory response (20). Dendritic cell also sample bacterium and transfers it to the mesenteric lymph nodes through the lymphatics of the intestine. Once the activated dendritic cell reaches the Peyer’s patches they interact with B-cells to produce Immunoglobulin A (IgA). IgA producing B-cells are brought back to the lamina propria of the…