Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) was declared global emergency by The World Health Organization in 1993. It is an airborne bacteria that basically affects the lungs, it can be spread when a person with the active TB sneezes or coughs. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among curable infectious diseases worldwide. In TB in the US-Mexico Border Region remains a serious public health problem. It is one of the most serious problems along the border; this is due to first, the abundance of…

Smallpox is arguably one of the most important epidemics that ever affected the world. Smallpox was disease that plagued populations all throughout history with its highly infectious nature and high mortality rates. It was a disease that razed populations for generations. But beyond its fatalistic nature, Smallpox was important in another arena as well; it was the only disease that was successfully eradicated through a collective global health initiative. The Smallpox disease itself mirrors…

Role of Anthropologist in HIV/Aids Article In this issue of “Practicing Anthropology” a multitude of articles discuss the AIDS epidemic taking place throughout different African Countries. These articles focus on various aspects of HIV/AIDS in Africa such as the correlation between gender and HIV, the influence of the lack of health care workers on HIV/AIDS, the different ethical components needed to take into consideration when developing various HIV/AIDS interventions, and different types of…

Have you ever heard of Sarcoidosis? I hadn’t either until my mom was diagnosed with it eight years ago. My mom takes a lot of medicine for it. Everyday when she wakes up out of bed she is in pain and tired. She takes twelve prescriptions. Some she takes more than once a day so after at the end of the day she takes twenty four pills a day plus two inhalers. She has the disease in several places in her body so she sees five different doctors and four of them are specialties for her…

In Bad Nеighbоurs, a cоuрlе, Kеlly (рlayеd by Rоsе Byrnе) and Mac (рlayеd by Sеth Rоgеn) dеal with what is thrоwn thеir way with what cоmеs with bеing thе first cоuрlе in thеir grоuр оf friеnds tо bеcоmе рarеnts. Althоugh this mеans missing рartiеs with thеir child and carе frее friеnds and living a quiеtеr lifе, thе twо arе еxcitеd tо bе рarеnts оf thеir baby, Stеlla. Thеn a fratеrnity hоusе mоvеs in nеxt dооr. At thе bеginning, Mac and Kеlly want tо aрреar cооl. It wasn’t sо lоng agо that thеy…

Brazil has finally declared an end to the public health emergency over the Zika virus after a long 18 month outbreak that affected many citizens of Brazil (Press Associated). Zika, a disease that comes from mosquitoes, was never really considered a major threat to the world until an outbreak that started in 2015 showed that the virus can cause birth defects. One of these birth defects is microcephaly, which causes a baby to be born with a much smaller skull than expected. People became more…

“The vast majority of people living with HIV are in low-to middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.” According to AIDS.gov, most people who have HIV/Aids are on the lower end of the socio-economic scale in Africa. This can play an important role in the diseases that are all around in Africa; most of Africa has HIV/AIDS. According to the figure 1 below, 24.7 million people live with HIV and out of the 25.7 million, only 39% of them are receiving treatment. This could be…

uncommon in the United States. According to Speiser and Bowden (2016), adrenal insufficiency secondary to congenital adrenal hyperplasia occurs in approximately 1 per 16,000 infants. Worldwide, the most common cause of adrenal insufficiency is tuberculosis (TB), with a calculated incidence of this condition caused by TB at approximately 5-6 cases per million persons per…

Anyone who carries the guinea worm will begin to experience symptoms one year after they originally become infected. 90% for the worms appear on the legs and feet, but can occur anywhere through out the body. (MedicineNet) One of the first symptoms a person will experience is pain. The worm causes an abnormal growth also known as a skin lesion. These skin lesions lead to bacterial infections causing the infected person to experience immense pain through out the site of infection. If the…

What is Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis, otherwise known as TB, is a bacterial infection that is often centered in the lungs but can spread to any part of the body through lymph nodes and bloodstream. It sparks from the transfer of droplets of microscopic bacteria in the air from one individual to another. What Systems the Disease Affects? Tuberculosis mainly affects the respiratory system in the lungs and is commonly known as pulmonary tuberculosis. However, other organs in the body…