Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis Keante Parker HCS/457 May 23‚ 2011 The following will discuss the Pulmonary Tuberculosis disease. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs‚ but may spread to other organs (Pubmed Health‚ 20101. The efforts used to control Pulmonary Tuberculosis will be explained. The influence of lifestyles‚ socioeconomic status‚ and disease management will also be provided in the following. The gaps
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The causative agent of tuberculosis‚ resides primarily in human macrophages. Discuss the mechanisms by which this organism resists the potent antibacterial activities of macrophages to establish and maintain an infection. Tuberculosis is one of the most serious infections in the world‚ killing almost 3 million people worldwide annually. Thus‚ it is important to understand how this mycobacterium is pathogenic and the defence mechanisms it has in order to try and manage this potentially fatal
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Tuberculosis (also known as "TB") is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis which infects white blood cells. It mainly infects the lungs‚ although it can affect other organs as well. TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria are put into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. When a person breathes in TB bacteria‚ the bacteria can
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Durham County is a county located in the U.S state of North Carolina. | According to the U.S Census Bureau‚ the county has a total area of 298 square miles (771.8 km2)‚ of which 290 square miles (751.1 km2) is land and 7 square miles (18.1 km2) (2.51%) is water. As of July 1‚ 2009‚ the county’s population is estimated by the census bureau to be 269‚706. Demographics As of the census of 2000‚ there were 223‚314 people‚ 89‚015 households‚ and 54‚032 families residing in the county. The population
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prevalence). Describe the determinants of health and explain how those factors contribute to the development of this disease. Discuss the epidemiologic triangle as it relates to the communicable disease you have selected. Include the host factors‚ agent factors (presence or absence)‚ and environmental factors. (The textbook describes each element of the epidemiologic triangle). Explain the role of the community health nurse (case finding‚ reporting‚ data collecting‚ data analysis‚ and follow-up). Identify
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What- What is Tuberculosis (TB)? A question that most of us are wondering about. What is tuberculosis? Tuberculosis‚ known as TB‚ is a disease transmitted from person to person that transmits us bacteria through air. It as a really dangerous and deadly disease. there almost no chance for you to live if you get the diseases unless you try to to cure it in the beginning. What- What are the symptoms of the disease ? Pain in the chest No apetite Fever Chills Sweating at night Coughing that lasts
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Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tuberculosis/DS00372/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs Vyas‚ Jatin M. (11‚ 2012). Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001141/ Schiffman‚ George. (07‚ 2011). Tuberculosis. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/tuberculosis/page4.htm Tuberculosis. (01‚ 2013). Retrieved from
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room on the eighth floor of the Asch Building‚ in Washington Place‚ at 4.40 o’clock on the afternoon of Saturday‚ March 25‚ when I heard somebody cry ‘Fire!’” Unlike those on the ninth and tenth floors (the other two floors that our factory‚ the Triangle Waist Company‚ occupied)‚ I did not climb out of exterior windows in desperation; I was kindly shown to a window in a crash door that I could fit through in order to climb downstairs. Instead of passing through the flames as many of my coworkers
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The Bermuda Triangle‚ also known as the Devil ’s Triangle‚ is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels are alleged to have disappeared in mysterious circumstances which fall beyond the boundaries of human error‚ piracy‚ equipment failure‚ or natural disasters. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal‚ a suspension of the laws of physics‚ or activity by extraterrestrial beings.[1] While a substantial
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The Bermuda Triangle‚ also known as the Devil’s triangle is said to be one of the most dangerous and mysterious areas of the ocean known to man. It has been held responsible for the disappearances of over 2000 vessels‚ 75 airplanes and many innocent lives in the past 3 centuries. But the question is how? What really happened in this deadly body of water? There are many theories about what is going on in the Bermuda Triangle. From human error‚ to the lost city of Atlantis all the way to paranormal
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