Summer vs. winter Each season has its own characteristics: heat of summer‚ falling leaves of fall‚ blooming flowers of spring‚ and the snow of winter. In the United States summer and winter are the two seasons that are distinguished from each other. Weather‚ food‚ clothing‚ activities change from summer to winter. In addition‚ alternating seasons would affect people’s mood and health. Summer and winter have completely different weather patterns. When people say summer‚ the first thing that comes
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Assign appropriate E/M codes for the following five cases: o Initial consultation for a 78-year-old woman with unexplained weight loss‚ abdominal pain‚ and rectal bleeding. Comprehensive history and examination performed. The E/M code I would use for this case would be 99205. I chose this code also since the patient is older and high complexity of the decisions the doctor may need to make. Her comprehensive examination and history will also help with determining if there are any other factors
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a mutated strain of the coronavirus. Coronavirus belongs to the same family as that which we refer to today as the common cold. SARS can be diagnoses by multiple methods of blood testing or by CT scan (x-ray of the chest). The disease is believed to have sprung up in China in late 2002‚ it was first identified in the Guangdong region of China in February of 2003. At the time it was dismissed as a common cold with flu-like symptoms. The virus quickly spread
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Edward Jenner‚ known as the “Father of Immunology”‚ was a country doctor who significantly impacted the history of medicine and health with a huge medical breakthrough: the development of the smallpox vaccine. Smallpox was an ancient yet deadly disease that spread rapidly and impacted every class in society starting from the times of the Egyptians in 1570 BC. It was considered to be the most feared and likely the greatest killer during his time‚ killing up to 33% of those who contracted it worldwide
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Signs and symptoms of child hood illness Chicken pox – an infectious virus that also causes shingles in adults. Headache and a fever followed by an itchy‚ spotty red rash that first appears on the chest and then spreads over the body. It eventually turns to blisters and then scabs. Call your GP. Keep your child cool‚ use calamine to soothe the itching and discourage scratching! Treat a temperature with a fever-reducing medicine such as calpol Croup – a common viral illness. Symptoms come
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COMMON COLD INCUBATION PERIOD: 1-3 days The signs and symptoms of common cold are: Severe headache‚ Runny nose‚ Sore throat‚ mild temperature‚ Persistent crying & cough‚ Vomiting or abdominal pain. The treatment that a child can undergo to cure this illnesses: Treat the symptoms with antibiotics that were prescribing from the GP‚ Encourage the child to have an enough rest‚ encourage the child to drink
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Infectious Mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis is an infection caused by a virus. This illness is often called "mono." You can get mono from close contact with someone who is infected. If you have mono‚ you may feel tired and have a sore throat‚ a headache‚ or a fever. HOME CARE • Rest as needed. • Do not play contact sports‚ perform hard exercise‚ or lift anything that is heavy until your doctor says you can. You may need to wait a couple months before playing sports. Your liver or spleen
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Chickenpox can cause serious skin infections‚ pneumonia‚ brain damage‚ and in severe cases death can occur. There is also fever‚ loss of appetite‚ headaches‚ tiredness and general feeling of malaise. The rash has three phases; during the first phases there are raised pink or red bumps (papules)‚ which break out over several days. During the second phases fluid-filled blisters (vesicles)‚ forming from the raised bumps over about one day before breaking and leaking. Finally‚ during the third phases
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The 1580 pandemic is the first outbreak that we can be certain was Influenza. During the summer of 1580 the pathogen was recorded around Asia Minor and North Africa. Due to knowledge gained by Italian accounts‚ it is believed that it moved from Malta to Sicily in July 1580 and then had dispersed through the Italian peninsula by August of that same year. Throughout that time Phillip II lorded over Southern Italy‚ and several North African ports. So we can therefore theorise that this outbreak was
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Flu is an acute infectious disease. It is most often observed in the autumn-winter period. A special kind of viruses that transmits through airborne droplets can induce it. Influenza is a dangerous disease. It can lead to serious consequences in the case of improper treatment. That is why medicine has developed many ways to prevent the flu. And the most effective of them is vaccination. In the modern world‚ flu vaccines become available. Still‚ there are concerns about the quality of these vaccines
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