Sore throat

Diphtheria Diphtheria is caused by bacteria that live in the mouth and throat of an infected person and cause a sore throat, fever and chills. If diptheria is not properly diagnosed and treated, the bacteria can produce a toxin that causes serious complications such as heart failure and paralysis. About one person in 10 dies. Diphtheria used to be a major cause of childhood illness and death. It is spread from person to person through sneezing, coughing, or even breathing. Through the 1920s…

Using vape and e-cigarettes is widely seen as a terrible thing and for the most part can be. This invention was first used to stop smoking the combustible traditional cigarette. If this object was used for its original intention it would’ve been a very good thing. However, because it looks so much like the traditional form it was given a bad name. It was seen as the same thing as a traditional after all of the studies came back and said that they all have the same chemicals. This is true to an…

Influenza Virus The flu is one of the most common diseases in the world. The cause of it is the influenza “flu” virus. The viruses’ structure plays a big part in how it spreads. It affects systems in the body and causes them to malfunction. When the systems malfunction, it causes flu-related symptoms. The flu is often confused with the common cold, but it’s much more deadly and, in some cases, can even be fatal. The influenza virus affects the respiratory, immune, and digestive systems. The…

focuses on the biological aspects of an illness and is shaped by its cultural settings (Singer and Baer, 118-120). My parents became worried when I had a temperature of over one-hundred degrees Fahrenheit and had trouble swallowing due to the pain in my throat. The doctors, nurses, and healthcare professions who practice biomedicine provided a strong emphasis on the biological and physiological aspects…

Tongue cancer is a very common cancer that plagues people daily. It is a form of oral cancer that forms in the front two-thirds of the mouth. It usually develops in the squamous cells of the mouth. Around forty- three- thousand people in the U.S alone are affected by this type of cancer just this year. It kills roughly one person per hour, which is twenty-four in one day alone. This cancer causes a lot of deaths and a little more than half of the people with this cancer will die in the next five…

respiratory illness that is caused by getting infected with viruses from Influenza family. Due to Influenza being a disease that attacks the respiratory part of the body, main parts of the body that are affected when a person picks up Influenza is the throat, nose, and the lungs. People experience few or all of the symptoms of Influenza when they pick it up. The symptoms people…

Throughout the 18 years of my life I have been through a lot of bad times but I had a lot of good times as well. I feel like my life has been a rollercoaster of emotions. I was bullied in school a lot because I was different. I was overweight during my elementary and jr high years. There were days that I came home crying because I was so heartbroken that people would say such horrible things about me. I am such a nice, smart, and caring person so people took advantage of that, I thought I had…

runny nose, red irritated eyes, sore throat with tiny white spots inside the mouth and last 2-4 days before the signature itchy red rash appears on the body around the fourth or fifth day, beginning on the head and moving down the body. After coming in contact with someone infected with measles, the incubation…

Adaptive Response/Reaction The immune system is the human bodies defense mechanism against any pathogen; the immune system is split into two basic forms namely the innate and adaptive systems and their roles are essential in the immune system (Huether & McCance, 2012). The innate is the rapid, non-specific primary response anti any foreign body pathogen confront, while the adaptive system is the secondary response with added specific line of defense mechanism and both work collectively to…

In Unit 1 we are introduced to Sue and her colleagues who are currently enrolled at the University of North Florida. Various diseases are spreading around the campus. The purpose of Unit 1 in Medical Interventions is to diagnose the students and figure out what type of infection agents are spreading around the college campus. Patient Symptom’s and Risk Factors Chart Patient Name Symptoms Risk Factors Sue -Constant headache -Extreme lethargy - Temperature of 100.6 F - Drinks coffee and…