CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) also referred to as Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) and Venereal Diseases (VD) are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behaviour including vaginal intercourse‚ oral sex‚ and anal sex. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infections passed on from one person to another through unprotected sex (sex without a condom) or sometimes through
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• Ureterocele • Ureterocele • A ureterocele is a cystic out-pouching of the distal ureter into the urinary bladder. • Affects the kidney‚ ureter‚ and bladder • An abnormality that develops during embryo development • It is present at birth but may not be discovered until later in life. • There is no known prevention for this condition • Ureterocele Background • The clinical rate of ureteroceles has been found to be approximately 1 in 4000 pediatric admissions • Occurring almost entirely
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beliefs. Benefits of circumcision include: The head of the penis is easier to wash when the foreskin is removed. This makes odor‚ swelling‚ and infection less likely. Some studies show that circumcised men are less likely to: Carry the virus that causes genital warts. Contract HIV. Develop cancer of the penis. Get urinary infections. Develop inflammation of the penis.
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life threatening problems. "Most people who get a C. diff infection are getting medical care. The biggest risk factor is taking antibiotics. While antibiotics may cure the bacteria that are making you sick‚ the drugs can also knock out the healthy bacteria in your digestive tract. Then C. diff takes over." says webmd.com. As of 2011 C. diff was the cause of half a million infections in the United States.There are other bacterial infections that have a serious threat such as Multidrug-Resistant
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Adenovirus infection Adenovirus infections most commonly cause illness of the respiratory system; however‚ depending on the infecting serotype‚ they may also cause various other illnesses‚ such as gastroenteritis‚ conjunctivitis‚ cystitis‚ and rash illness. Symptoms of respiratory illness caused by adenovirus infection range from the common cold syndrome to pneumonia‚ croup‚ and bronchitis. Patients with compromised immune systems are especially susceptible to severe complications of adenovirus
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TITLE: Pneumonia Most Common Infection After Heart Surgery DATE: Nov. 30 ‚ 2011 SOURCE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/ The study also revealed that most infections occur about two weeks after surgery‚ not one week as physicians previously thought. "It’s not what we expected to find‚" said Michael A. Acker‚ M.D.‚ the study’s lead researcher and professor and chief of cardiovascular surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia
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Research Report 1: What are the differences between bacterial‚ viral fungal and parasitic infections? How is each treated? A bacteria is a living cell organism that can survive inside our body and other non living objects as well. There are both good and bad bacterias and the good bacteria is known to helps fight against the bad bacteria that makes it’s way into our bodies. According to a www.righthealth.com‚ less then 1% of bacteria is actually harmful to us. In fact‚ we couldn’t survive
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Nursing Research Utilization Project: Section C Jamie C. Lynch‚ NUR/598 May 5‚ 2014 Pamela Springer‚ PhD‚ RN Nursing Research Utilization Project: Section C Section C Research Support Several articles have been reviewed as a research base for this project. Identification of appropriate research is critical to the successful implementation of nurse-led evidence-based practice protocols. Each article was carefully selected for what it could contribute to the quality
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small opening or hair entanglement is present‚ tests may need to be run to determine if the condition was caused by cancer or a bacterial infection. These tests may include blood tests‚ X-rays and/or ultrasounds. If the paraphimosis or phimosis has caused a block in the flow of urine‚ a urinalysis may be performed in order to determine if a urinary tract infection is
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