community. However‚ vaccinations still prove to be effective methods of preventing diseases. This occurs by ensuring that an infected person is most likely to come into contact with a person protected from infection by a vaccination. This is referred to as breaking the chain of infection‚ as the infection will end with that one infected person without being able to spread through other hosts. In order to determine what
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Gangrene: Gangrene is when there is dead tissue in an area of the body. This occurs when there is not any blood circulating to a part of the body. A person is at high risk of obtaining gangrene if they are a diabetic‚ had a serious injury‚ or a bad infection. The most common sites of gangrene are the toes‚ fingers‚ hand‚ and/or feet. There are two main types of gangrene: Dry Gangrene and Wet/Moist Gangrene. Dry gangrene is caused by the reduction of blood flowing to the arteries. It appears gradually
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are fluid-filled cavities near joints where tendons or muscles pass over bony projections. They assist movement and reduce friction between moving parts. Bursitis can be caused by chronic overuse‚ trauma‚ rheumatoid arthritis[->2]‚ gout[->3]‚ or infection. Sometimes the cause cannot be determined. Bursitis commonly occurs in the shoulder‚ knee‚ elbow‚ and hip. Other areas that may be affected include the Achilles tendon and the foot. Chronic inflammation can occur with repeated injuries or attacks
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1. Invasion of Privacy The wrongful intrusion into a person’s private activities by other individuals or by the government. Tort law protects one’s private affairs with which the public has no concern against unwarranted exploitation or publicity that causes mental suffering or humiliation to the average person. The right to be left alone is not always superior to the rights of the public and it may or may not exist or may exist to a lesser degree with regard to the life of a public figure‚ such
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(Incubation period: time b/w infection & clinical disease) Nonclinical stage: no signs/symptoms present – pathologic changes occur Preclinical – sings/symptoms not yet present Subclinical – signs/symptoms will never become apparent After signs/symptoms have improved during convalescent phases Clinical stage: when signs/symptoms appear (usual time of diagnosis) Recovery‚ Morbidity (illness)‚ or Mortality (death) Carrier – doesn’t appear ill but has the infection Epidemiologic triangle
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this disease due to either their undeveloped immune system or their degenerating immune system as they age. Following this logic‚ people with compromised immune systems and comorbid diseases that fight the immune system‚ such as Leukemia and HIV infection‚ are highly prone to contracting Measles. Recently‚ data is showing that people who frequently visit countries such as the slum areas of England‚ Germany‚ India‚ and the Philippines are seeing a hike in post-Measles symptoms and exposure. Since these
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period 14-21 days;tear drop on a rose petal; contagious until crusted over. K. Pneumococcus ____Characteristic membraneous lesion covers posterior pharynx and tonsils; resp. distress. L. Poliomyelitis ____Parasitic infection transmitted during nocturnal blood meal; non-specific symptoms. Associated with cyclic fevers Q 48-72 hrs. M. Rabies ____Prodromal phase with fever‚ cough‚ coryza‚ Koplik spots and maculopapular rash. N. Rocky Mtn.
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Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease of secretory glands‚ including the glands that make mucus and sweat. "Inherited" means that the disease is passed through the genes from parents to children1‚ 2. People who have cystic fibrosis inherit two faulty cystic fibrosis genes one from each parent. The parents likely don’t have the disease themselves. Cystic fibrosis mostly affects the lungs‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ intestines‚ sinuses‚ and sex organs. Mucus is a substance made by the lining of some body tissues
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worse case‚ death. Computer viruses parallel many facets of microbial infection. Unlike biological viruses‚ computer viruses can be thought of as a virus‚ worm‚ or Trojan infection. Computer viruses are programs that infect a computer and modify itself which permits it to spread throughout the computer’s software and hardware. Worms are programs that spread between computers through networking while a Trojan horse infection can make a computer available to non-authorized uses without knowledge from
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including hepatitis A‚ B‚ D‚ and E. Among the different viruses‚ hepatitis C is the most serious because it can be chronic and cause severe liver damage. During the initial infection people often have mild or no symptoms. Occasionally a fever‚ dark urine‚ abdominal pain‚ and yellow tinged skin is there. Early on chronic infection typically has no symptoms. Over many years however‚ it leads to liver disease and sometimes cirrhosis. A few cases‚ especially those with cirrhosis will develop complications
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