Diseases That Effect The Human Body. A medical documentary Sharita Aggers HCA/220 10/13/2013 Introduction Key points of Discussion Diseases that affect The Human Body: 1. Thyroid Disease 2. Pneumonia 3. Tuberculosis 4. Coronary Artery Disease 5. Colon Cancer. 6. Liver Disease Thyroid Disease Signs and Symptoms include: Fatigue Weight Gain Bloating Muscle Weakness Racing Heartbeat Thyroid Disease (cont.) Female women are at greater risk than men. Recent neck trauma‚ biopsy‚ injection
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Infarction 2. History of tuberculosis 3. Hemoptysis 4. Status post embolectomy Chief Complaint: tightness in the chest‚ shortness of breath‚ fast heart rate. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: Mr. Barua is a 42 year old gentleman from Bangladesh who presents with chest tightness‚ shortness of breath‚ and tachycardia. Dr. J.K. McClain of cardiology is evaluating his heart condition. The patient has had the recent onset of hemoptysis. He was treated for tuberculosis in Bangladesh fifteen years
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Empowerment TB Testing & Awareness Program Table 1: Different Community Engagement Project The Community Engagement Project for our batch is on Tuberculosis testing and creating awareness among the people living in areas of Kembatti colony and Amman Kulam. Tuberculosis is a disease caused by an infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. During the 19th century‚ up to 25 per cent of deaths in Europe were caused by this disease. The death toll began to fall as living standards improved
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Introduction The acid-fast stain was developed in 1882 by Paul Ehrlich. Ehrlich was working with Mycobacterium tuberculosis‚ the bacilli responsible for tuberculosis‚ and found a technique that renders M. tuberculosis distinguishable from nearly all other bacteria. Acid-fast staining is‚ therefore‚ known as a differential stain. Mycobacterium and some Nocardia species are considered acid fast because‚ during the acid-fast procedure‚ they are able to retain the primary dye even when decolorized
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populations. The tools at our disposal today are much more effective than they were ten years ago. The new public health is relevant to all countries‚ developing‚ transitional‚ or industrialized‚ all facing different combinations of epidemiologic‚ demographic‚ economic and health systems challenges. The fundamental policy of the NPH is based not only on responsibility and accountability of national‚ regional‚ and local governments for the health and well-being of society‚ but
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Case Study: Tuberculosis 1) What is Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It mainly affects the respiratory system by mainly damaging and destroying lung tissue but can affect other parts of the body. It also suppresses the immune system making the body less able to fight any disease. 90% of people who are infected develop latent TB‚ which is were the bacteria are present in the body but are not active. This means the people
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Definition/ Description of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. It is transmitted through the air‚ when an infected person coughs or sneezes What part of the respiratory system is affected? Tuberculosis (or TB) affects the lungs. TB can also be found in other parts of the body‚ causing different symptoms‚ like back pain if it is in your spine TB travels up into your lymph nodes‚ and can sit dormant for years. What happens to the body? Latent TB
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offering innovactive solutions and fostering long-term partnership. We are committed to the principles of professionalism and integrity instilled by our founder and we strive to positively impact our nation‚ communities‚ and stakeholders (1) The Tuberculosis case at Sprint PCS • During the last couple of weeks at Sprint PCS there has been an case
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with the crime rate‚ and the poor living conditions he has to deal with on a daily basis‚ it is safe to assume that he lives in a poor waged neighborhood. In an article within The United States Library of Health and Medicine‚ the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies‚ New York Academy of Medicine conducted an experiment that lasted from 1985-2006 on the correlation between neighborhood poverty and alcohol consumption. They found out that over the span of almost two decades‚ higher alcohol consumption
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nearly 3 million people are killed by it each year. In Canada‚ there are about 1‚600 new cases of TB every year. The bacterium that causes TB is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Someone can become infected and yet not have any symptoms of the active disease - this is called inactive TB. Because the bacteria that cause tuberculosis are transmitted through the air‚ the disease can be contagious. Infection is most likely to occur if you are exposed to someone with TB on a day-to-day basis‚ such as
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