provides tips about prevention and what to do if a person becomes exposed to an outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated their website to inform the community about certain outbreaks in multistate of fungal meningitis‚ Salmonella bredeney infections linked to peanut butter manufactured by Sunland and Listeriosis linked to imported frescolina ricotta cheese (CDC‚ 2012). Public Health is a global organization that provides information to the public about
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childhood program where they shared a classroom with other kids who were deaf and played together. Our tour guide signed and spoke English simultaneously for us who are just beginning to learn sign. Our tour guide wasn’t deaf but her daughter had meningitis at the age of two which caused her to become deaf. Immediately she started to take classes and learned sign language. Her daughter attended PSD at a young age; from then on she began working there herself. All the staff must be able to sign even
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immune deficiency that has a defining characteristic of a severe defect in both the T- and B- lymphocyte systems. This deficiency results in the onset of one or more serious infections within the first couple months of life. It may include pneumonia‚ meningitis‚ and bloodstream infections. This disease was first reported in 1950 in Switzerland and is best known from 1980s news stories about a “bubble boy” who was born without an immune system. The brother of the “bubble boy” was killed due to the disease
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Central Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus‚ Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone‚ and Cerebral SaltWasting Syndrome in Traumatic Brain Injury Trauma Topic Description: This article focuses on Central Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus (CNDI)‚ Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH)‚ and Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome in Traumatic Brain injury (CSWS). Comparison of lab results and treatments are reviewed. Topic objectives: At the end of this topic‚ the participant
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other plants or animals at the expense of the host and without providing some benefit to the host in return. Common illness and infection caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites are: Bacteria: Food poisoning‚ Bubonic plague‚ Bacterial meningitis‚ Cholera‚ Diphtheria‚ Rheumatic fever‚ Scarlet fever‚ Tuberculosis Viruses: Chicken pox‚ Hepatitis A‚ B‚ C and HIV‚ Influenza‚ Measles‚ Mumps‚ Shingles‚ Yellow fever Fungi: Athletes foot‚ Thrush‚ Tinea (Ring worm) Parasites: Malaria‚ Tape worm
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Dhaka Curriculum Vitae Of DR. Kamrun Nahar Begum MBBS (DU) ___________________________________________________________________ E-mail: liza0181@yahoolive.com Phone: 0088-01818-803138(M)‚ Address: Vill & P/O: Ghatura‚ P.S: Brahmanbaria‚ Brahmanbaria‚ Bangladesh.
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John. Uncle John is my mother’s youngest brother. He was born on June 12‚ 1970‚ in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. Uncle John was not born deaf and blind. According to my grandmother‚ when Uncle John was 16 months old he came down with meningitis‚ which robbed him of both his sight and hearing. The sad thing about this was that my grandparents were not aware about this and only realized my uncle’s disability when he was only two years old. By then the damage to the nerves in his eyes were
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Ebola virus disease (EVD)‚ formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever‚ is a severe‚ often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa‚ near tropical rainforests‚ but the most recent outbreak in
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ACIDOSIS and ALKALOSIS Acidosis * An increased acidity in the blood and other body tissue (i.e.‚ an increased hydrogen ion concentration). If not further qualified‚ it usually refers to acidity of the blood plasma. * Acidosis may not cause any symptoms or it may be associated with nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue‚ nausea‚ and vomiting. Acute acidosis may also cause an increased rate and depth of breathing‚ confusion‚ and headaches‚ and it can lead to seizures‚ coma‚ and in some cases
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Some bacteria cause more serious illness than others‚ but only a few are responsible for the majority of cases. Below is information regarding nine prominent bacteria. Campylobacter jejuni Found: intestinal tracts of animals and birds‚ raw milk‚ untreated water‚ and sewage sludge. Transmission: contaminated water‚ raw milk‚ and raw or under-cooked meat‚ poultry‚ or shellfish. Symptoms: fever‚ headache‚ and muscle pain followed by diarrhea (sometimes bloody)‚ abdominal pain and nausea that appear
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