restrictions on certain foods. For example‚ the cholera outbreak in Peru in 1991 cost the country US$ 770 million due to food trade embargoes and adverse effects on tourism. Treatment The most important treatment for cholera is rehydration and antibiotics‚ which consists of prompt replacement of the water and salts lost. Early rehydration can save the lives of nearly all cholera patients. People living in high-risk areas can protect themselves by following a few simple rules of good hygiene and safe
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The chapter comes from a book titled‚ “Big Chicken” by Maryn McKenna. Chapter 1 of the book talks about how the poultry industry transitioned from antibiotic use to industrial chicken and the outcomes. This is a story about a man named Mr. Schiller who is known to be athletic and healthy. Surprisingly one day Mr. Schiller became ill and needed to be hospitalized. After some recall Mr. Schiller concluded that he had been food poisoning after eating fast food. Doctor diagnosed Mr. Schiller with
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resource. It is an appropriate source for nursing practice because; it establishes clinical guidelines to diagnose and manage AOM. It also establishes guidelines when to treat the signs and symptoms of AOM‚ watchful waiting‚ or to treat with an antibiotic. This article is classified as an evidence based guideline because‚ it reviews multiple research literatures in a systemic manner and provides recommendations of practice. Block’s Causative Pathogens article is an unfiltered resource. It is an
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Swimmers ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum‚ usually due to bacteria such as streptococcus‚ staphylococcus‚ or pseudomonas. Swimmer’s Ear Symptoms • The most common symptom of swimmer’s ear is pain. Pain gradually begins over a day or two. The pain almost always involves only one ear. The pain is especially intense when the ear is touched or pulled. • The ear canal may itch. • The outer ear may be red‚ and in severe cases the ear
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bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems within the body. During this paper‚ I will talk about the immune system‚ and how the system fights off the disease
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never been prescribed penicillin; her healthcare provider is concerned that she may be allergic to the antibiotic. Penicillin is an antibiotic that is used to treat many bacterial infections in the body. People with asthma and a history of any type of allergy should be monitored very closely when taking penicillin for the first time and should be given the right dose to safely take the antibiotic. An allergic reaction to penicillin can range from a simple rash to a life threatening condition known
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able to verbalize in layman’s terms what his antibiotic does. I. Action of tetracycline A. Stops bacteria from forming in the lungs B. Has properties which kill out the bad bacteria that cause pneumonia as a whole I. Discuss the action of tetracycline II. Provide written handout about tetracycline III. Allow the patient to process information and ask any questions he may have IV. Ask the patient to directly verbalize in his own words what the antibiotic does and why he needs it The patient will be
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numerous others of their kind. This would not only help fix the first problem I introduced to you‚ but also the second. Because the animals wouldn’t be placed so closely together‚ they would get as many viruses or diseases leading to less use of antibiotics. The farm animals would also have a much lower chance of getting an E. coli infection. A way to fix the third issue would just be to let the chickens grow naturally‚ instead of genetically mutating them. This would also help prevent the creation
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signs of meningitis are nausea‚ vomiting‚ increased sensitivity to light‚ altered mental status‚ and dehydration. Lastly‚ one main thing to help recovery is the treatments. The treatments include antibiotics‚ surgery‚ supportive therapy‚ blood transfusions‚ and subdural taps. Many medications and antibiotics can help reduce the symptoms caused by meningitis. Also‚ it can help make a smooth road to recovery. Some prevention methods that can help not put one at risk are to complete the recommended vaccine
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Richard Dogmagk experimented with a red dye called prontosil and found that it had strange healing effects‚ when he injected the dye into mice with severe streptococcus infections‚ they all survived. Dogmagk had discovered the one of the fist antibiotics‚ specifically the first Sulfa drug. When scientists isolated the active part of the prontosil molecule they discovered how it and all sulfa drugs work. Sulfa drugs contain a sulfur atom that has six total bonds (shared electrons) and six electrons
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