Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease that causes uncontrollable‚ violent coughing. The coughing can make it hard to breathe. A deep "whooping" sound is often heard when the patient tries to take a breath Cause. Pertussis‚ or whooping cough‚ is an upper respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis bacteria. It is a serious disease that can cause permanent disability in infants‚ and even death. When an infected person sneezes or coughs‚ tiny
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and yesterday he had blisters all over his face‚ turns out he has chickenpox. But this isn’t the chickenpox we grew up with‚ this is a new‚ stronger strain known as breakthrough varicella. It is just as contagious as the chickenpox we experienced when we were children and it has the strength to overcome our children’s vaccinations. Over the past years many parents have decided that diseases such as shingles‚ mumps and chickenpox have been eradicated. In an effort to save money these parents did
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onset of symptoms. During this time‚ the infectious agent invades the tissue and multiplies to produce an infection. The client is typically infectious to others during the latter part of this stage. For example‚ the incubation period for varicella (chickenpox) is 2 to 3 weeks. the infected person is contagious from 5 days before any skin eruptions to no more than 6 days after the skin eruptions appear. Safety Always verify the incubation period of a suspected infection. Remember that a client may be
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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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and also from many other problems which can be prevented‚ if you care a little. Chickenpox is a contagious illness that causes an itchy rash and red spots or blisters all over the body. Chickenpox usually isn’t a serious health problem in healthy children. But a child with chickenpox needs to stay home from school. And you may need to miss work in order to care for your child. After your children have had chickenpox‚ they aren’t likely to get it again. But the virus stays in their bodies long after
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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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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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