OPTION 2: Name and discuss 3 folk illnesses and what their biomedical explanations may be. Also discuss how you might tap social medicine perspectives to help patients and their families to respond more effectively to these perceived folk illnesses. Society and culture are factors that help shape people’s perceptions of illnesses‚ as well as the respective modes of diagnosis and treatment for these illnesses.1 What may seem irrational to a medical practitioner or medical specialist may be rational
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Diseases caused by Metazoan Parasites Metazoan parasites are multicellular‚ macro in size with complex organs‚ direct or indirect life cycle‚ and evolved to have specialized morpho-adaptation for parasitism. Metazoans include a diverse group of parasites‚ viz.‚ myxozoans‚ helminths (monogeneans‚ digeneans‚ cestodes‚ nematodes and acanthocephalans)‚ crustaceans (copepods and branchiurans) and hirudineans. Myxozoans Myxozoans are coelozoic and histozoic metazoan parasites with microscopic body
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Causes and spread of infection Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ parasites? -Viruses aren’t living. They’re only made of complex proteins and nucleic acids. Bacteria‚ Fungi and Parasites are living organisms. - Bacteria are unicellular microorganisms. Fungi and Parasites are multicellular. - Fungi have cell walls made of chitin and they aren’t animals. Parasites and bacteria are animals. Bacteria come in 3 main shapes; spherical which are known as cocci‚ rod shaped
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Unit 008; Causes and spread of infections. Outcome 1. Understand the cause of infection: 1) Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – bacteria are extremely small singular organisms which are found almost everywhere. Viruses – it is a coated genetic material that invades cells and uses the cells apparatus for reproduction. Fungi – it is a multi-celled living organism. Parasites – they are types of living plants and animals that derive benefit
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Unit 20 – Causes and Spread of Infection 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria‚ fungi and parasites are all considered as ‘living’ things‚. Bacteria are single celled microorganisms that can only been seen through a microscope‚ they collect their nutrition from their surrounding and unlike viruses‚ they do not need a living host to reproduce. Viruses are difficult to destroy because they are enclosed in a protein coating. Viruses are disease-producing
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Causes and spread of infection Micro-organisms that cause infections are known as pathogens. They may be classified as follows: Bacteria: minute organisms about one-thousandth to five-thousandths of a millimetre in diameter. They are susceptible to a greater or lesser extent to antibiotics. Viruses: much smaller than bacteria and although they may survive outside the body for a time they can only grow inside cells of the body. Viruses are not susceptible to antibiotics‚ but there are a few
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Cross Infection Definition Cross infection is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person‚ object‚ or place to another‚ or from one part of the body to another (such as touching a staph-infected hand to the eye). When this cross infection occurs in a hospital or long-term care facility it is called a nosocomial infection. Community acquired infections are those contracted anywhere except a hospital or long-term care facility. Description Cross infection accounts for
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schizophrenia‚ eating disorders and addictive behaviors ("Mental Illness" 5). Mental illnesses consist of the following emotional symptoms: depression‚ confusion‚ exessive fears and worries‚ withdrawl from friends and activities‚ sleeping problems‚ delusions and hallucinations‚ alcohol and drug abuse‚ changes in eating habits‚ excessive anger‚ and suicidal thinking ("Mental Illness" 6). Physical symptoms of mental illnesses include: fatigue‚ back and chest pain‚ digestive problems‚ dry mouth‚ headache
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Causes and Spread of Infection This unit is to enable the learner to understand the causes of infection and common illnesses that may result as a consequence. To understand the difference between both infection and colonisation and pathogenic and non pathogenic organisms‚ the areas of infection and the types caused by different organisms. In addition‚ the learner will understand the methods of transmission‚ the conditions needed for organisms to grow‚ the ways infection enter the body and key
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War against and for water and its infections Did you know that according to the http://www.wateraidamerica.org website around 783 million people in the world do not have access to safe water? This is around 11% of the world’s population. Also around 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to proper sanitation this is about 35% of the world’s population. Did you know that around 700‚000 children die every year from illnesses caused by unsafe water that’s almost 2‚000 children in one day
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