Poliomyelitis

Others are close to being eradicated. For example, poliomyelitis, caused by the polio virus, is an incurable, deadly infectious disease that spreads through fecal matter (GPEI 2010). It was once considered the most horrible disease in the United States, causing death and paralysis across the country. However…

different levels of government. 2. These developments and actions have helped toward the progression of eradicating other diseases. The smallpox health initiative action plan helped improve other disease control programs globally for diseases such as poliomyelitis and dracunculiasis. 3. Without the progression of the eradication of smallpox we would have never been able to navigate, and make such a large impact on the eradicating process…

During exercise, more oxygen is being consumed by the body. As such, more ATP is required by the muscles that are involved in the contracts from the exercise. This results in a greater amount of oxygen being needed in order to make the ATP to be supplied to the body for it to be used as energy. The increased consumption of ATP requires the body to release more thyroid hormone. In order for this to happen, the body must also undergo more cellular respiration in order to consumer more oxygen. The…

All along the history of the humanity, humans have had to deal with many diseases, some of them were very brutal that killed thousands of hundreds of people. People tried a lot of remedies to cure those diseases, but sometimes it wasn’t enough, they tried inoculation which referred to the subcutaneous instillation of the virus into no immune individuals. It was until the 18th century in 1796 when Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine to fight smallpox. From then to now many vaccines have been…

Animals have been utilized for testing and growing new ways for inventing and discovering new treatments and medicines. Without experiments on animals, ailments like organ transplants, heart bypass surgery, cervical tumor, and immunizations for polio would not have been discovered. Utilizing animals as experiments create proper medications furthermore finds more secure ways for medicines. Creature testing is the exact primary method for taking in the human body without hurting the person. Albeit…

remedy found with the use of animal testing. That is an enormous accomplishment in the medical field that has influenced many people. Other accomplishments that made an impression is “the development and treatment of diseases such as anthrax, poliomyelitis, influenza, asthma and tuberculosis” (Hubrecht 2). Similarly, it helps the people that are in need of those medical treatments. Without the use of animals they wouldn’t have that opportunity of another chance at life. On the other hand, animal…

Mr. President had a busy and turbulent life. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited his family summer home at Campobello Island where he had contracted poliomyelitis. His mother was much younger compared to his father. The age difference between his parents would probably lend to his promiscuous lifestyle because he seem to have a fetish with many women. Franklin D. Roosevelt had an affair with Lucy Mercer which his wife, Eleanor, knew about. Being that, he promised to stop seeing her but continued to…

2minutes). There were no fits, no history of weakness in her face or limbs, no fever, no wheezing, no difficulty swallowing, no abdominal pain. Her past medical history was significant as she had series of health conditions. Firstly, she suffered poliomyelitis from childhood and developed arthritis. She is not hypertensive, diabetic or asthmatic. She is a known valvular heart disease patient diagnosed 10 years ago, has glaucoma, peptic ulcer disease and a breast cancer survival. She has had…

Rabies (from the Latin word “madness”) has been recognized for over four thousand years. The first record of rabies dates back to 2300 B.C. in the Babylonian city of Eshnunna when dog owners were forced to pay a fine for causing the deaths of other people. Since then, many notable writers and philosophers such as Homer, Democritus, and Aristotle have also recorded rabies, mostly through cases of canine rabies (or rabies received through a rabid dog). During the 16th century, Girolamo Fracastoro,…

The problem with this however is that every state except Mississippi and West Virginia allows children to be exempted from vaccination for religious reasons. Vaccine-preventable diseases, such as whooping cough, diphtheria, hepatitis, measles, poliomyelitis, human papillomavirus, and mumps are still a threat that results in the hospitalization of many children in the U.S. This, therefore, calls for the need for the federal governments to ensure that all children born receive…