Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The Chimp and the River is a narration of journalist David Quammen’s search for answers and scientific proof of HIV first occurrence in 1908. He traveled to many places, collecting information on the first existence of HIV, information on scientific data that found patient zero, the first patient that had this pandemic virus. His journey explains how a couple of doctors in laboratory in a war-ridden city, Kinshasa sustained routine biopsy procedures. The procedures where done by collecting…

Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth. Due to bacterial infection, periodontal tissues become inflamed, and are slowly destroyed by the action of the inflammatory process. If the disease is left untreated, teeth lose their ligamentous support to the alveolar bone, alveolar bone itself is resorbed, and the teeth become mobile and are finally lost.1 Traditionally, periodontitis was thought to be strictly environmental in origin. Despite this belief,…

podcast I chose to write about addressed the problem of tuberculosis in Russia. Tuberculosis is an extremely contatious disease for it is an airborne disease. This disease can spread rapidly in populated areas where people come in contact with each other easily. It can spread by simply breathing air around infected people. The containment of this disease is extremely important for it make it difficult for people to breath. Tuberculosis has spread rapidly in Russian prisons, which are…

Blood tests show that one or all of the different blood cell types are decreased. One cell type, the lymphocyte may increase and be abnormal in appearance. This can sometimes be confused with certain types of leukemia. If a dog becomes chronically infected, the disease can keep coming back, especially during periods of stress. In some cases, arthritis or a kidney disease called 'glomerluonephritis' may develop. A decrease in the number of platelets in the blood is the most common laboratory…

coughing up blood, fatigue, weight loss, fever, and etc. If left untreated, it can be fatal (CDC, 2015b). There are two stages of tuberculosis: Latent TB infection and TB disease. Latent TB infection is when the bacteria lives inside the body, and the host is asymptomatic. This is due to the immune system suppressing the bacteria from growing. In the event that the immune system fails to suppress the bacteria, the bacteria becomes active and multiplies, leading to TB disease. When a person has…

There are approximately 37 million people living with HIV in the world today. More than two-thirds of these people reside in sub-Saharan Africa (amfar, 2015). The country with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS is Swaziland, which will be the main area of focus. However, we plan to implement the program among surrounding regions as well. Although this disease now affects young women and children the most, the problem begins with older males who have contracted the disease. As the rate of disease…

Marijuana Bright Side OR Positive Side of the Green Marijuana has become a subject of huge controversy it today’s society. The consumption of marijuana has highly increased upon the time. According to statistic, marijuana has become the more used drug in the United States. Therefore, this shows that keeping it illegal does not reduce its use. Likewise, the fact of smoking marijuana does not mean that the person consuming it is a bad person; in fact, he or she may be a role model citizen.…

it became quite apparent that the existence of a contagion being the cause was a "threat to social stability" (Hays140). Some diseases actually became associated with specific classes, specifically there became an "associat[ion of] pulmonary tuberculosis with the upper and middle reaches of society" (Hays 157), due to the lethargic lifestyle that consumption provided. Meanwhile people suffering from Hansen 's disease became labeled as lower citizens and were even forcible removed from society…

Assignment 1 Introduction Global health is essential since it is the aim to formulate effective responses to the state of health in developing and developed countries (Khan, Derman, & Testa, 2014). Therefore, global health should consist of foreign aid that is directed to building structures and systems, which is more effective than providing money (Khan et al., 2014). Overall, there are four main reasons global health should be a main focus, which are the world requires it, majority of…

As the world divides people into low, middle, and high class, it really defines us on how we live in the world. Low socioeconomic people affects the world today. In reality, low socioeconomic can affect anyone around us. Socioeconomic status (SES) is often measured as a combination of education, income, and occupation. Low SES among African Americans is linked to HIV/AIDS. Low socioeconomic is a serious health disparity that keeps increasing in the United States. It correlates with lower…