Pertussis

In Australia, parental refusal of vaccines is a spreading a concern for the increased incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases in children. Vaccines play a significant role in protecting vaccine-preventable diseases in children, so it is crucial that healthcare practitioners understand the reasons that parents are hesitant to vaccinate their children (McKee & Bohannon, 2016). Contextual influences, individual and group influences, and vaccine-specific influences are groups of concerns that…

tightening of the muscles, usually all over the body. Pertussis (Whooping Cough) causes coughing sessions so bad that it is hard for infants to eat, drink, or breathe. These sessions can last for weeks. Many children can die from these diseases every year and that 's why the CDC requires children to take these vaccinations before children enter school and throughout their entire their earlier parts of school (Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP) VIS). In the next year we will see a…

1. A 39 year old US postal worker notices an area of redness and swelling on his left lateral forearm. Six days later he notices that the rash, which is painless, now appears black and swollen. He becomes concerned and goes to the emergency department, where he is subsequently diagnosed with cutaneous anthrax. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely associated with the swelling that surrounds the black rash? A. SNARE protein cleavage B. Overactivation of adenylate cyclase by disabling…

In today’s society there is a raging debate going on over childhood immunizations, Should I vaccinate or not, that is a question that many parents are struggling with. There is fierce debate on both sides. In this time of abundant social media, it only takes a few high profile people to start making parents doubt their decisions and cause destruction that could take years to repair. Let’s look at what an immunization is, why it was created, and what is purpose of getting one and why some parents…

Vaccines In the year 2016, according to the World Health Organization, there were about 89,780 people that died from the measles which is a disease that can be prevented by vaccines. Vaccines are a preparation of killed microorganisms that is administered to produced or increase the immunity of a particular disease(Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Vaccines have been proven to help keep people from getting certain diseases, but some people don’t want to get the vaccine because of personal beliefs.…

disease that attacks the respiratory system and is also highly contagious. Almost 90 percent of the population who had contact with an individual that had Measles, contracted it themselves. “Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough, started off in pigs and dogs, and eventually transferring to humans” (Glassberg). Pertussis, like Measles, is a respiratory infection that is highly contagious. Influenza, like Measles and Smallpox, is a respiratory disease/infection. All of these diseases were highly…

vaccinations since I was a kid and I believe they should be mandatory because they are the main reason you don’t get hepatitis B, chickenpox, pertussis and many other diseases. There may be some side effects from the getting the vaccines but with the statistics from “ The Benefits of Vaccinations Outweigh the Risk” they talk about how with the pertussis vaccine only 400 cases and 10 deaths but when they discontinued the vaccine the cases shot…

pneumonia, and sinusitis. 2. There are eight species of Bordetella that cause different diseases including Bordetella parapertussis, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Bordetella avium, Bordetella hinzii, Bordetella holmessi, Bordetella trematum, Bordetella pertussis, and Bordetella petri. a. Bordetella parapertussis causes whooping cough and chronic pneumonia in humans as well as sheep. b. Bordetella bronchiseptica causes many respiratory diseases in mammals. Some of these diseases include atrophic…

Block wants to reveal the concerns behind parents who refuse to have their infants vaccinated and whether or not it is fair to refuse them as patients in Pediatric practices. According to studies in the U.S. 48,277 and 24,231 incident cases of pertussis were reported to the CDC for the years 2012 and 2013, the highest since 1955. Nine deaths occurred in infants younger than 3 months old. Over 40% of 5351 cases younger than 7 years old had received…

The main one to be prevented would be Pertussis, pertussis mainly affects small children as they are more susceptible to the disease and become dangerously ill. What the disease does is affect the respiratory system and make it extremely hard to breathe. This can be especially lethal to babies and…