Syphilis

Lisa, Your post on the syphilis outbreak case was very informative. I agree with what you have stated. Interviews along with questionnaires are an essential part of an epidemiological investigation. I also agree that all interviews should be kept confidential this will insure that the teens receive treatment and give information about who could be infected. A good epidemiologist stablishes a pattern, determines the frequency, and investigates who is infected and who has been exposed.…

why the human administrations' providers take advantage of the innocent life's of many people when instead of telling them the truth of their experiment and not use them or treat them if they are nothing to them. In The Light on the Shadow of the Syphilis Study at Tuskegee by Sandra Quinn, PhD of the many of the 600 life's of African American were murdered by Public Health Services. In text 1, paragraph 2, and lines 3-10 state that none…

The Tuskagee Syphilis Study In 1932, the “Tuskagee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” began. This study involved a large number of African American men; some who did not have syphilis, and some that did. The doctors told these men that they were being treated for “bad blood” and in return these men received medical benefits (CDC). The problem that arose with the study, was that these men were not actually ever treated for syphilis. These men were never told the full extent of the…

African Americans with the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment in such ways that you could not even imagine. "The U.S. Public Health Service discontinued a successful program to document and treat syphilis in rural African American populations" (Reverby). According to this citation the purpose of the experiments was to document and treat syphilis among African Americans. However later on in the trials when penicillin became the drug of choice to treat diseases such as syphilis, they were not given…

According to the Journal Of Medicine “From the very beginning, Syphilis has been stigmatized, disgraceful disease” ever since the discovery of Syphilis in the early 1400’s. Syphilis originated in Europe in 1400’s. Ever since the outbreak of the disease once a country like France got it they would blame the neighbor country like Great Britain for having the virus. Syphilis has many symptoms/stages, treatment, cures, and plans for the virus. Syphilis has many ways to be transmitted by oral,…

While reading the assigned article, my curiosity instantly spiked when I read that there was a nurse who was responsible for monitoring the participants throughout the syphilis study. Upon further research, I found that the nurse, Eunice Rivers, was born to a poor, working class family. Although she lost her mother at age 15, she was put through nursing school by her hardworking father who wanted a better life for his daughter. After graduating from the Tuskegee Institute’s School of Nursing in…

results Major conclusions Validity Herbst de Cortina et al. To determine sensitivity and specificity of dual HIV/Syphilis INSTI Multiplex downward flow immunoassay POC test Cohort study 200 convenience high risk serum samples, 14 of which were already diagnosed with primary Syphilis by PCR. Peruvian men who have sex with men and transgender women. HIV: sens. 100% and speci. 95% Syphilis: sens. 87.4% and speci. 97.0%. Excellent performance in comparison to routine methods. Further evaluations…

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is an example of blatant disregard for the American creed which clearly states “Justice for all”, whereas the white population (people of European decent) with syphilis received the penicillin treatment without having to participate in what would be identified as the unethical study, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. There was an obvious difference in treatment between the two groups of people. Therefore, the people of this study were deceived into participating with no…

subjects. Though in our current time there are legal regulations enforced to ensure that trials are being conducted ethically, this was not always the case; the idea of what is ethical and unethical in medical research has also transformed. The Tuskegee Syphilis study is usually noted as the most unethical and inhumane use of unconsented experimentation on Black Americans in the nation’s medical history. However,…

Tuskegee syphilis experiment was a horrific study done on African American men in 1932, with many unethical actions. The men were told that there were being treated for having “Bad blood”, when in fact they had a sexual transmitted disease that can lead to painful, and deadly symptoms such as hallucinations, weak nervous system, or even cardiovascular problems. The are many unethical points in this study that were overlooked. One being is that the men were not informed on the whole purpose of…