Shingles also known as Herpes Zoster‚ is a blistering rash caused by the Varicella virus‚ or more commonly known as the Chicken Pox virus. This rash only affects a limited area of the skin‚ and is usually associated with pain. It can make you feel tired‚ run down‚ and even depressed. (1) Shingles has existed since the middle ages and was mistaken for small pox‚ which at the time was the prevalent disease. The origin wasn’t first discussed till 1831‚ by a scientist named Richard Bright‚ who hypothesized
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7 Types Of Rashes You Should Be Aware Of! Bedbugs‚ bites by mosquito‚ and bites by aphids‚ they all cause rashes that cannot be ignored. Along with the development of Lyme outbreak and a wide range of variants‚ it is very important for us to pay attention to any rash that arises‚ since most of them can cause death! Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that there are no less than 14 different diseases that can be transmitted by infected fleas. This article will explain seven kinds of diseases
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(TDA 2.2; 2.1‚ 2.2‚ 2.3) (MU 2.4; 4.1‚ 4.2‚ 4.3) (PEFAP 001; 7.1‚ 7.2) (MPII 002; 4.1‚ 4.2) Complete the following table. In the Response/treatment column‚ give a general explanation of how you would care for a child who becomes ill or injured at your setting. Highlight circumstances that might require urgent medical attention Condition/illness/allergy/ circumstance Signs and symptoms Response/treatment according to role Asthma MAY REQUIRE URGENT ATTENTION Difficulty breathing
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I will be doing is chickenpox. One thing cool is that this disease can cause life lasting defects such as weaken immune system. History shows that viral chickenpox caused many problems for us with its symptoms difficulty to cure‚ and its way of spreading. There is a lot of history about chickenpox but the biggest part is Port Jackson. This is where chickenpox’s outbreak happened. One person on a boat coming from England came to the America’s. This person had chickenpox. Everyone on the boat
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This piece of academic work will address this domain using a case study analysis in the form of reflective writing. The consultation observation tool; for the systemic and detailed examination in practice will be presented on page ???. A sample prescription will be included in Appendix 1. Finch (2016) suggests that many of us use reflection in our everyday life‚ without often thinking about it. There are many reflective tools available however I have chosen to use Marks-Maran & Rose (1997)‚ as
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If you suspect you have a bed bug infestation‚ it’s in your best interest to address the problem right away before it spreads. It’s important to learn the signs of a bed bug infestation so you can call in the experts to treat the issue before it becomes an even bigger problem. The commercial pest control experts at Inside Out Exterminating‚ Inc.‚ located in New Hyde Park‚ NY‚ explain the signs that you have bed bugs. The most accurate way to determine if you have a bed bug infestation is to look
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Smallpox Smallpox was a disease that was caused by a virus. The virus spread when an uninfected person came in direct contact with a sick person and breathed in the virus. Usually‚ the virus was in tiny drops that were coughed up by the sick person. After about two weeks the infected person would develop a high fever and muscle aches and pains. After about three days of fever the person would break out in a rash all over his or her body. At first it looked like red spots‚ but these spots gradually
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By 2050‚ an extraordinary nine billion people are expected to call Earth home Everyone knows Dolly‚ but less known is that the first cloned animal success was a tadpole in the 1950s This week‚ neuroscientist Russell Foster – a specialist in our body clocks – say that schools should start two hours later at “around 10 o’clock”. Hepatitis A virus is carried by human faeces and can be passed on through contact with food or water. latest tablet computers. it is on the shiny new iPad‚ computer
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Chicken Pox Chicken pox is a common childhood disease that is highly contagious and is seen in children aged between 2 and 6 years old‚ although they can be of any age. Occasionally adults can contract chicken pox renamed as shingles‚ with more server symptoms. Chicken pox infections occur year round‚ but most likely occur during the winter and spring months. Some illnesses are infectious. This means that they are passes from one person to another. Chicken pox is an infectious disease and in some
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Paper Chickenpox is a communicable disease and “one of the classic childhood diseases” (National Institute of Health [NIH]‚ para. 1). In the past‚ when parents heard a child had come down with chickenpox‚ parents would form chickenpox parties so other children would contact chickenpox and acquire lifelong immunity. Today another‚ more controlled method is used for children to benefit from the chickenpox antibodies (Wimer‚ Emm‚ & Bader‚ 2004). This and other information on chickenpox will be
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