diseases in developing countries like Pakistan. As many as 72 million Pakistanis out of a population of 180 million are deprived of having access to safe drinking water. The effect of unsafe and polluted water is diseases like diarrhea‚ typhoid and hepatitis A. Contaminated water can cause diarrhea. There are certain types of bacteria and parasites that cause diarrhea which enters the body through contaminated water for instance‚ Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Salmonella. The major symptoms of diarrhea
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What is Hepatitis A? Hepatitis A is when the liver is inflamed. It can be spread through hand and mouth contact through food‚ drinks or any object that has been in contact with the faeces. Fortunately‚ once you have had the disease you can be sure that you will not get it again‚ as your body will be fully immune to it! Where and when did it happen? Recently in Australia there has been an ongoing spread of the hepatitis A virus found in the Nanna’s Frozen Berries that have been imported from China
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that comes from the Hepatitis A virus (HAV). There isn’t a treatment for the disease once you get it. How is this infectious agent transmitted through food or water? Hepatitis A is contracted from eating food and drinking water contaminated with human feces. Eating raw and undercooked fish that was in contaminated
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noted by school officials to have a prevalence of hepatitis infection amongst both students and staff. In order to subdue this widespread virus‚ “a research group led by Saul Krugman and Joan P. Giles of the New York University School of Medicine initiated a long-range study of viral hepatitis at Willowbrook” (Munson‚38). This study‚ which will soon be discussed in further detail‚ consisted of intentionally infecting Willowbrook students with hepatitis‚ and was thus a very ethically controversial issue
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GI and Diabetes Exam Study Guide Tube Feeding – (enteral nutrition) refers to the administration of a nutritional balanced liquefied food or formula through a tube inserted into the stomach‚ duodenum‚ jejunum. It is used to provide nutrients via the GI tract either alone or as a supplement to oral or parenteral nutrition. - Nasogastric (NG) Tube – is most commonly used for short-term feeding problems. Other means of feeding are; esophagostomy‚ gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Transpyloric tube placement
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Health determinants of Hepatitis B unsafe or unprotected sex with more than one person have unsafe sex with an infected person having and sexually transmitted infection sharing needles living with someone who has HBV have a job that exposes you to human blood travel in regions high at risk for HBV Many people around the world don’t have the knowledge or ability to have safe and protected sex and if we can educate some of these people about how important it is to have safe and protected
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appearance of the severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease such as jaundice and indications that the liver has severe damage. There are many causes for this‚ the most common are overdoses‚ allergic reaction to medications‚ hepatitis and more which I will list in my paper. Renal failure is also present in more than fifty percent of acute liver failure patients
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Introduction : The health of seafarer The personal health of a seafarer is the most important things of all when you are boarding a vessel. A lot of questions will come specially when we talk about the issues of health when you are at sea. Otherwise‚ some of people are frightened what will happen to them when they were in the vessel they probably think they will be in danger or not in a good condition such as always vomiting ‚feeling drowsy‚ and‚ no appetite in eating their foods. In spite
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Disease Liver disease related to alcohol consumption is involved with one of three categories: fatty liver‚ alcoholic hepatitis‚ or cirrhosis. Fatty liver‚ which occurs after acute alcohol ingestion‚ is generally reversible with abstinence and is not believed to be inclined to any chronic form of liver disease if abstinence or moderation is maintained. Alcoholic hepatitis is an acute form of alcohol-induced liver injury that occurs with the consumption of a large amount of alcohol over a
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The nurse is taking the health history of a 70-year-old patient being treated for a Duodenal Ulcer. After being told the patient is complaining of epigastric pain‚ the nurse expects to note which assessment finding? Melena Nausea Hernia Hyperthermia A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a patient with severe Gastroesophogeal Reflux Disease. Which of these statements by the patient indicates a need for more teaching? Top of Form “I’m going to limit my meals to 2-3 per day to reduce acid secretion
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