Surgical Tech Valley Fever Joseph Ramoz Brookline College Monica Cervi-Instructor November 15‚ 2010 A disease also called coccidioidomycosis or (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop symptoms. Most often they have an influenza-like illness with fever‚ cough‚ headaches‚ rash‚ and myalgias. Usually‚ those people with symptoms‚ 8% have severe lung disease requiring hospitalization and about 7% develop disseminated
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to the human species by a tick bite. It is rare disease but can be a serious disease if not treated properly. The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever occurs when ticks are active in the warmer seasons of spring and summer. It is caused by a variety of ticks‚ depending on where you live. The bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii that causes RMSF is transmitted by the dog tick in the eastern United
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Thesis Statement: Yellow Fever is a potentially dangerous virus but by following the right steps it can be prevented and hopefully eliminated. I. Overview of disease A. Basic Information 1. Causes a) Yellow Fever virus transferred by mosquitoes to humans b) Since 1974 only one genetic type can still be identified c) Transmitted between monkeys and mosquitoes and then from mosquitoes to humans. 2. Symptoms a) Incubates in body for 3-6 days before symptoms occur b) 2 disease phases (1) "acute"
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time. SCARLET FEVER INCUBATION PERIOD: 2- 4 days The signs and symptoms of scarlet fever are:
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Yellow fever is a viral fever that affects regions of Africa and South America. This virus is passed through mosquito transmission. With advances in research and medicine‚ scientists have developed a vaccine to combat this virus. These vaccines have been available since the 1970s. Unfortunately like most other vaccines‚ recent studies have shown some adverse reactions to the vaccine. There is still unknown information about the adverse reactions. These reactions are currently being investigated.
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Rheumatic Fever |Pathology & Etiology: | | | |Rheumatic fever is an acute inflammatory disease of the heart potentially involving all layers of the heart. Resulting from scaring and deformity
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The fine line between the fear of the unknown and what is known can sometimes become blurred. In the short story “Roman Fever”‚ Edith Wharton does just that by telling the story of two ladies who were ‘childhood friends’. Both are recently widowed‚ and encounter each other in Rome by coincidence while traveling abroad with their daughters Jenny and Barbara. One of the ladies‚ Alida Slade‚ has long suspected that her intimate friend‚ Grace Ansley was involved with her fiancé many years ago and has
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PROTECTO (KID HERO) BY D. M. LARSON I’ve always dreamed of being a hero. I’ve tried everything to become super. I let a spider bite me... no spider powers; just lots of itching. I tried standing too close to the microwave oven hoping the radiation would change me. Nothing. And I got in trouble for making so many bags of popcorn. But I took it all to school and had a popcorn party. I was a hero that day. So I guess it kinda worked. I love being a hero. I love helping people. I love
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ABOUT THE PRODUCT Confeti offers a very unique service to corporations‚ franchises and small business in the metro Atlanta area. Confeti’s corporate event benefit is an annual corporate extravaganza that promotes physical activity amongst children‚ family interaction between parents‚ children and siblings‚ and corporations the opportunity to invest in an additional‚ preventative benefit that can help to reduce healthcare costs. Confeti’s corporate event will be held annually for each organization
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the highway man because of her father. This is similar to "Typhoid Fever" because Frank and Patricia were not allowed to talk to each other because the nuns and nurses wouldn’t allow it because of their diseases. Another similarity is that Bess dies in “The Highwayman” and Patricia dies in “Typhoid Fever”. It also seemed as if Frank was falling in love with Patricia‚ like how the thief had fallen in love with Bess. In "Typhoid Fever" Frank stated‚ “I’d love to do that myself‚ come by moonlight for
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