Rheumatic Fever! Rheumatic Heart Disease By Kaya Michaelis Causes: Rheumatic heart disease is damage of the heart’s valves caused by rheumatic fever‚ which is caused by streptococcal bacteria. A streptococcal infection is caused by strep throat or scarlet fever.The streptococcal infection may result in scarring of the valves‚ weakness of the heart muscle‚ or damage to the hearts pericardium. Rheumatic fever mostly affects children from the ages of 5 -15‚ and occurs approximately 14-28 days after
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PART I 1. What were Semmelweis’ initial observations? Answer: Semmelweis’ initial observation was the death rate of women after childbirth. 2. What was the problem at hand? Answer: The problem at hand was more women were dying after childbirth in the ward with male physicians and fewer were dying in the female physician ward. 3. What possible explanatory story might Semmelweis come up with? Answer: An explanatory story that Semmelweis might come up with could be that the women physicians
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Lassa Fever: An Old World Arenavirus ABSTRACT A brief summary of lassa fever‚ its history‚ pathology and effects on the indigenous populations. Also‚ lassa fever in the context of newly emerging diseases. LASSA FEVER On January 12‚ 1969‚ a missionary nun‚ working in the small town of Lassa‚ Nigeria‚ began complaining of a backache. Thinking she had merely pulled a muscle‚ she ignored the pain and went on about her business. After a week‚ however‚ the nurse had a throat so sore and so filled
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fiction book Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia‚ PA‚ a place taken over by the Yellow Fever. Matilda “Mattie” Cook goes through horrid experiences throughout the story‚ such as death‚sickness‚ and learning how to mature on her own. By using analogies and descriptive words‚ Laurie Halse Anderson creates the lesson that although Mattie faced many tough times in Fever 1793‚ she learned how to adapt and this made her an overall more independent and mature person. In the book Fever 1793 Mattie goes
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In the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the characters face many conflicts. Conflict is the struggle for a desired outcome or achievement. It is the adversity a person faces while going through with an action for or against something. Mattie‚ the main character‚ faces three challenges in the novel that help her mature from an unruly child to a mature young adult. Mattie’s perseverance while facing the challenges of the yellow fever in 1793‚ grows her maturity and understanding of life.
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Fever‚ 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson displays a strong yet subtle theme of Disease. The novel itself revolves around the Yellow Fever epidemic of the late 18th century in revolutionary America‚ which affected many‚ many people. So many people lost their lives‚ but this subject is just so poorly covered. Thankfully L.H.A had the idea to take this subject and let readers dig deeper into one’s life during the conflict. But how is the theme supported and thrown at the reader at a steady pace throughout
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happy but other people that are spread that to them. Some of this happens in the historical fiction book Fever 1793 written by Laurie Halse Anderson. There could be many options about this like it couldn’t affect another person. But I believe that my reason is the one that makes the most sense. In life when you are hopeful it spreads to other people near by. For instance in the book Fever 1793 Mattie wants to go to the market. So another character named Eliza tells Mattie " You can make your own
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Although Ebola is thought of as a very ancient virus‚ humans have only recently felt its presence on the Earth‚ and so its know history is brief‚ but significant. The Ebola virus was first recognized in September of 1976. (CDC "Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever" para. 1) The only thing we knew then was that it was dangerous‚ very dangerous‚ and although much remains to be known about this virus‚ we have also learned a lot about it since its initial discovery. Ebola originated in the African rainforest regions
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name is Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever. This disease is caused by several Ebola viruses (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). It was discovered in 1976 and named after the Ebola River in Northern Congo‚ where it was first found (Rupp 48). There are 4 species of Ebola which are Ivory Coast ebolavirus‚ Reston ebolavirus‚ Sudan ebolavirus‚ and Zaire ebolavirus (WHO). Ebola is part of the group of diseases called viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF). All viral hemorrhagic fevers begin with fever and muscle aches. Ebola
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Crimea-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever There are over a dozen viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ and they are all divided into several different families of viruses. Some have no treatments and carry high death tolls‚ whereas others are easily treated and death easily avoided. Marburg and Crimea-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever are similar deadly viral diseases; however‚ they also have many differences as well. A hemorrhagic fever is a group of viral infections by insects‚ arachnids or rodents. (“Hemorrhagic Fever”‚ 2009) Both
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