Tuberculosis treatment

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…

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 because they are the only ones that could afford it (see fig 1). AIDS.gov asserts that “HIV is a human immunodeficiency virus that attacks the immune system and when left untreated HIV can lead to AIDS (acquired…

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…

major disease in Victorian Britain was Tuberculosis because there was no cure and not easily detected. In Victorian britain there was one major disease, is Tuberculosis, also called TB.One-sixth of all deaths are caused by Tuberculosis during this time period.Another major disease In Victorian britain is chickenpox. some of the symptoms to chickenpox is red spots on the body. These illnesses caused many of the deaths experienced by Victorians. Tuberculosis and chicken pox are a very…

would be most worried about AIDS and how it was affecting America at that time. The cover main title is "losing the battle", in 1992 AIDS became the number one cause of death for U.S. men ages 25 to 44, there was no cure for AIDS. But there were treatments for people living with aids to allow them to live a little longer. The subtitles mention that the search for a cure was stalled and the infection among women grows, These were all off events going on in the early 90's. There was a huge moral…

Cystic Fibrosis About 75% of all children either carry the Cystic Fibrosis gene or are personally affected by the Cystic Fibrosis gene. Since Cystic Fibrosis is becoming more and more common in children, it is important to truly understand how this genetic disease affects the body and the lives of the people who suffer from it on a daily basis. The defective Cystic Fibrosis (CF) gene is inherited and affects a protein that regulates how much salt moves in and out of cells. The buildup of salt…

It is without question that Britain was facing increasing problems 1819, and ‘the urban adult population in general faced grave health risks resulting from poverty, crowded housing and poor ventilation as the so-called “filth diseases”.’ This abundance of disease and suffering would have contributed significantly to Shelley’s interest in the vitality debate, especially having already lost 3 children he shared with Mary Shelley to premature birth, dysentery and malaria. Mary Shelley, when…