The Columbian Exchange considerably changed nearly every society in the world from flowing an abundance of new livestock and crops that increased the world human population‚ but also carried deadly diseases that demolished many civilizations. So‚ how did disease impact the New World? There are many reasons as to how disease impacted the New World and brought many people into serious danger; for example: lack of sanitization‚ weak immunity‚ and lack of vaccination. Diseases that expanded throughout
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mention before‚ this disease is very common in tropical country and there is possibility that people can die because of this disease. Chickenpox Chicken pox is a disease that causes an itchy rash and red spots or blisters in the body. Usually this disease is attack children. All people will get this disease at some point of their life. The symptoms of chickenpox are headache and sore throat. This disease is attack everyone‚ but once you get this disease‚ there’s only small possibility that people
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fluid form. The patches can radiate in itchiness‚ pain‚ or a burning sensation that stays constant for long periods of time. Shingles is caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus which is the same virus that creates Chickenpox in young children. Shingles can only happen if a person has had Chickenpox in the past‚ in which the Varicella-Zoster virus stays dormant in the nerve roots and reawakens later in life‚ in many cases the virus stays dormant forever. A person is most at risk of getting Shingles if they
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The Chicken Pox Virus: Knowledge and Manners of Control 1 Chicken Pox Virus and the Essential Logistics Tamika Murray Grand Canyon University The Chicken Pox Virus: Knowledge and Manners of Control 2 Chickenpox is a communicable disease which mainly affects children‚ but the virus can also affect adults in more rare cases in today’s society. That is‚ the varicella-zoster virus which brings on chicken pox usually comes to children under the age of 12‚ and the
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Running Head: INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS Epidemiology Paper Infectious Mononucleosis By: Nuala Nowicki‚ RN NRS427V Concepts in Community and Public Health Grand Canyon University Due: November 9‚ 2014 1 Running Head: INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS 2 DESCRIPTION “Infectious mononucleosis is named for the large numbers of white blood cells (mononuclear cells) in the bloodstream.” (Merck). Infectious Mononucleosis is more
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can be expected a number of health benefits are attributed to vegetarian diet. Population studies have shown an inverse relation between vegetarian diet practices and incidence of cancer‚ cardiovascular disease and total mortality1. A number of epidemiological studies have demonstrated the low incidence of obesity‚ hypertension (high blood pressure) heart diseases‚ diabetes‚ cancer etc in vegetarians as compared to meat eaters. People who consume fish and other sea food also demonstrate some advantages
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Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a very safe vaccine. Most people do not have any problems with it. The vaccine contains non-infectious material‚ and cannot cause hepatitis B infection. Some mild problems have been reported * Soreness where the shot was given (up to about 1 person 4) * Temperature of 99.9°F or higher (up to about 1 person in 15). Severe problems are extremely rare. Severe allergic reactions are believed to occur about once in 1.1 million doses. A vaccine‚ like any medicine
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the immunisation shot taken during infancy is effective for the entire lifetime. The same is true for diphtheria‚ whooping cough‚ polio and measles also. Timely immunisation of the child against diphtheria‚ whooping cough‚ tuberculosis‚ measles‚ chickenpox and polio‚ gives protection from these diseases forever. Immunisation‚ however‚ is effective only if it is given at the right age. The following table gives you the immunisation schedule and the correct age at which immunisation against the various
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Tiredness and a general feeling of being unwell (malaise)‚ Once the chickenpox rash appears‚ it goes through three phases‚ Raised pink or red bumps (papules)‚ which break out over several days‚ Fluid-filled blisters (vesicles)‚ forming from the raised bumps over about one day before breaking and leaking‚ Crusts and scabs‚ which cover the broken blisters and take several more days to heal. “Treatment” In otherwise healthy children‚ chickenpox typically requires no medical treatment. Your doctor may prescribe
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but it is just one of the million other viruses out there. WORKS CITED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chickenpox-varicella-topic-overview
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