disease. Typhoid and typhus were as feared as cholera. Both were also quite common in the Industrial Revolution. Typhus/Typhoid is a disease which causes headache‚ backache‚ fever‚ a rash of small red dots‚ joint stiffness‚ abdominal pain‚ a dry cough and vomiting. Typhoid was caused by infected water whereas typhus was carried by lice. Both of these were extremely common in industrial cities‚ as these diseases are more likely spread in places which are less sanitary‚ and as the people living in
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HIV / AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). During the initial infection a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the illness progresses it interferes more and more with the immune system‚ making people much more likely to get infections‚ including opportunistic
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There are some things we can do to help keep the germ monsters away. • Wash your hands with soap and warm water • Have an adult help you wash your toys and games • Give sick friends time to rest‚ play with them after they feel better • Sneeze and cough into your sleeve or a tissue to keep germ monsters from spreading What happens if the germ monsters attack? • The germ monster will cause us to get sick • A trip will be taken to the doctor‚ the doctor knows how to get rid of the monsters • The doctor
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ground for bacteria. B) What is the Cough Reflex? Describe the process that Cari’s respiratory system is using to clear her lungs by coughing? a. The cough reflex is used to get things like irritants and fluid which causes us to have sputum out of the nasal passage and pharynx. The cilia or little hairs that are in our trachea is trying to move that mucus and crap from her lungs because they don’t want it there so when there is too much mucus it triggers the cough reflex try to get it out to make more
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given Fortunato the least cause to doubt that he is his good friend. Not only is irony shown in Montresor being our narrator‚ but in other parts of the story as well. Poe also uses irony frequently in the dialogue. For example‚ when Fortunato coughs in the catacomb from the damp air‚ Montresor seems to worry about his ill-health‚ and asks him to return to the surface. “We will go back; you will be ill‚ and I cannot be responsible. Besides‚ there is Luchresi
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The revenge and mislead in Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" is the story of an elderly man and third person narrator name Montresor who makes a abiguity statement "a thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could." He vowed revenge and gave utterance to a threat. In Poe’s story from Montresor’s point of view provides the reader with insight into Montresor
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Penicillin Changed the World Imagine life without antibiotics‚ people dying of a whooping cough‚ a minor wound or even a simple infection. Until the accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flemming‚ life was like this. The positive effects for the discovery of penicillin were the many medical advancements made both therapeutically and medicinally. Economically‚ people were living longer lives and populations were growing more rapidly. Socially‚ people were able to interact without risking
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[pic] Pelargonium sidoides (Umckaloabo) Introduction: For hundreds of years the Zulu‚ Basuto‚ Xhosa and Mfengi cultures have used Pelargonium sidoides as a curative for coughs‚ upper respiratory tract irritations and gastrointestinal concerns. Today‚ with the advantages of modern science and clinical research‚ we are able to better understand what makes this traditional remedy work so effectively. Pelargonium sidoides has been successfully used for the treatment of: |Respiratory infections
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Is One Smoke Really “Safer” Than The Other? Marijuana isn’t a safe smoke as people assume daily; it’s a very common thought that marijuana isn’t harmful‚ that all it does it make you want to sleep and eat and it calms you down. It is common to believe that medical marijuana and other drugs aren’t harmful because they are used for medical purposes. There are many negative outcomes of using marijuana such as addiction‚ learning disabilities‚ depression‚ and lung infections such as pneumonia. Nora
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Expectorants: These medications help in clearing the mucus accumulated in the airways. These act by loosening the mucus and make it easy to cough-up. For example‚ Normal Saline‚ Mannitol‚ and acetylcysteine keep the airway hydrated and expels the mucus. v. Bronchodilators: Bronchodilators relax the muscles surrounding the airways. These are used to treat bronchospasm and if the patient has very
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