parasitic worm that lives in the human digestive system. The emergence of pinworms occur mostly during back-to-school season. Pinworms‚ classified taxonomically as a helminth‚ are one of the most common worm infections in the United States‚ and holds the broadest geographic range of any helminth infection in the United States and Western Europe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ children are the first of targets as they are less prone to washing their hands and touching contaminated
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Doxycycline is part of the tetracycline class of antibiotics that fights bacterial infections‚ like urinary tract infections. This drug is also known as a broad-spectrum antibiotic that treat all types of bacterial infections (Drugs.com‚ 2015). Malaria has a bacteria agent called Plasmodium falciparum that causes an individual to experience fevers and high chills. Doxycycline would be able to treat malaria
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joints‚ such as the shoulders‚ elbows‚ hips‚ and knees. What causes a bursa become inflamed? A bursa can become inflamed from injury‚ infection (rare in the shoulder)‚ or due to an underlying rheumatic condition. Examples of bursitis include injury as subtle as lifting a bag of groceries into the car to inflame the shoulder bursa (shoulder bursitis)‚ infection of the bursa in front of the knee from a knee scraping on asphalt (septic prepatellar bursitis)‚ and inflammation of the elbow bursa from
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Ascariasis is the infection of Ascaris lumbricoides. Ascaris lumbricoides is the human form of the parasite‚ while ascaris suum is the pig form. Ascaris lumbricoides are the most common worm infection found in humans‚ this is because with 200‚000 eggs that are being made and excreted each day‚ that the chances of infection are exponential. Ascariasis is also known as the Giant roundworm. The Giant roundworm can grow up to 35 cm or 13.7795 inches. This worm may not seem very harmful but the cycle
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to the hospital. RSV usually occurs within the first 3 years of life but can occur at any age. Infections are most common between the months of November and April but can happen any time of the year. Children less than 2 years of age‚ especially premature infants‚ children born with heart or lung disease‚ or other chronic medical problems‚ are most at risk for severe breathing problems from RSV infection. b. It Affects the very young and individuals with compromised immune systems. RSV is most commonly
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Measles: is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus‚ Symptoms: include fever‚ cough‚ runny nose‚ red eyes and a rash. Measles: is spread through respiration‚ the contact with any infected person in any way‚ including sex‚ saliva‚ or mucus‚ can cause infection making it highly contagious. It lasts from two to four days prior‚ until two to five days following the onset of the rash. Signs: and symptoms of measles include four-day fevers and the three Cs — cough‚ coryza (head cold)
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weight loss‚ decreased appetite‚ fever‚ hemoptysis‚ and night sweats. In latent tuberculosis infections‚ the patient is not contagious and cannot spread the bacteria. Latent TB infection occurs when there is exposure but an immune response occurs which manages the bacteria by walling it off and causing it to be dormant in the body. If a LTBI is treated at this stage‚ a subsequent active TB infection can be prevented (Murphy & Bernardo‚ 2013‚ para. 5). Mode of Transmission Tuberculosis is transmitted
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takes a terrible toll. There are about a billion cases each year of some of the common infectious diseases- diarrhea‚ respiratory infection‚ malaria‚ schistosomiasis‚ tuberculosis‚ and intestinal parasites. More than a million deaths occur each year from malaria alone in Africa. About 3 million children die in each year from diarrhea‚ 4 million die from respiratory infections and another 3 million from combination of malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases‚ especially measles. About 150000 deaths
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Chronic & Communicable Diseases Objectives Discuss & give examples of chronic diseases. Define communicable diseases & explain their significance. Discuss disease transmission. Explain how communicable disease is transmitted by: a. intestinal discharges. b. nose & throat discharges. c. zoonoses (animals) Discuss the disease spread by vectors and their control measures. Environmental Impacts Paradigm: Exposure-Response (EIA : EHIA) Exposure - def: any condition
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unless treated promptly with very strong antibiotics. Another form of appendicitis‚ which is called an “abscessed appendix” is where a pus filled abscess ( an infection which is isolated from the rest of the body) forms outside the swollen appendix. Then scar tissue forms around the appendix preventing it from spreading any sort of infection to the abdominal cavity. An abscessed appendix is not as serious as a normal case of
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