An ethical dilemma that continues to be discussed is vaccinations in babies and children. Many parents continue to refuse to vaccinate their children despite research showing it is in their child’s best interest to vaccinate them. There are multiple reasons that parents choose not to vaccine their children. Most of the reasons are due to lack of education and knowledge. Nurses can help provide parents with knowledge to make informed decisions regarding immunizations. Immunizations
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searching for an answer. Immunity would be the solution. However‚ the first inkling of a thought that immunity was acquired from exposure to disease originated with Thucydides in Athens‚ circa 430 B.C. He stated‚ “the sick and the dying were tended by the pitying care of those who had recovered because they knew the course of the disease and were themselves free from apprehensions. For no one was ever attacked a second time‚ or not with a fatal result” (Orenstein). This acquired immunity theory inspired Doctor
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of Childhood Vaccinations All babies are born with a small natural immunity to disease‚ but vaccination/immunizations offer important complementary defense against serious infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are also the leading cause death and disability in children. For hundreds of years‚ beginning with Edward Jenner’s research‚ scientists have sought to intervene to prevent the spread of infection by inducing immunity through the use of vaccines. Subsequently‚ scientists have been successful
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Introduction Cardiac transplantation‚ also called heart transplantation‚ has evolved into the treatment of choice for many people with severe heart failure (HF) who have severe symptoms despite maximum medical therapy. Survival among cardiac transplant recipients has improved as a result of improvements in treatments that suppress the immune system and prevent infection. Definition A heart transplant‚ or a cardiac transplantation‚ is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients
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because high vaccination rates create herd immunity for the population (Hand 1). Herd immunity protects members of the general population who cannot be immunized because of weakened immune systems or other conditions. This is because herd immunity limits diseases from existing in the general population so people who do not have vaccines‚ are not exposed to them. However‚ vaccination rates must be above 95 percent in order to provide stable herd immunity (Pearson 1). This is why it is necessary for
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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM * Carries fluid in one direction‚ from the tissues to the circulatory system. Functions of the Lymphatic System 1. Fluid Balance * Collecting excess fluid and particulate matter from tissues and depositing them in the bloodstream. 2. Fat Absorption * Absorbs fats and other substance from the digestive tract through lymphatic vessels called lacteals located in the lining of the small intestine. * Fat enters the lacteals and pass through the lymphatic vessels
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comparing inflammation and infection is true? *inflammation occurs in response to tissue injury or to tissue invasion and infection is always a response to tissue invasion 3. How are the actions of inflammation and the actions of cell-mediated immunity different? *inflammation provides immediate but temporary protection against pathogenic microorganisms 4. Which of the following manifestations or processes of inflammation is caused by increased capillary permeability? *Swelling 5. In reviewing
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Mankind has achieved a miraculous number of feats through inventions. They vary from the wheel‚ to paper‚ to roads. Certain inventions throughout the course of human history have been overly significant but none of them are as significant as the progression of medicine throughout civilizations which leads to modern medicine and when mentioning the progression‚ one must mention Ancient Greece. Medicine did not start out to where it is today. It took thousands of years for medicine to develop to
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quality of life. For example‚ during war as the standard of living decreased‚ people often got sick with an illness because at the front they had not time to watch over the health. Soldiers were at war on cold‚ they were hungry‚ and it reduced their immunity and their organism easily caught a cold.
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A process in which the body’s immune system causes illness by mistakenly attacking healthy cells‚ organs‚ or tissues in the body that is essential for good health. Your own immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys your body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Some of the major autoimmune diseases are; Active Chronic Hepatitis‚ Addison’s Disease‚ Anti-phospholipid Syndrome‚ Celiac Disease‚ Crohns Disease‚ Cushings Syndrome‚ Dermatomyositis‚ (Type I) Diabetes‚ Discoid Lupus‚ Multiple Sclerosis
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