again. But the virus stays in your body long after you get over the illness. If the virus becomes active again‚ it can cause a painful viral infection called shingles. *Symptoms: - Early symptoms (often preceding the rash symptoms): Aching - Tiredness - Headache - Fever - Sore throat - Malaise. - Rash symptoms: Itchy skin rash - Blister-like rash Itchy blisters - Scalp & Mouth & Throat & Genital blisters. *Causes: Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. You catch it by
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The Measles virus has long been an endemic disease in the human race‚ first being documented by a Persian doctor in the 9th century. From 1855-2005‚ it is estimated that over 200 million people have been killed worldwide by the virus.1 Before a vaccine was created‚ nearly all children before the age of 15 would be struck with a high fever‚ inflamed eyes‚ small white spots on the inside of the mouth‚ and a red‚ flat rash that covered the body. The development of a vaccine in 1963 was able to lower
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HIV Infection Definition HIV infection is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The condition gradually destroys the immune system‚ which makes it harder for the body to fight infections. Most people infected with HIV eventually develop AIDS. These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system. HIV progresses to AIDS at a variable rate affected by viral‚ host‚ and environmental factors;
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Polio‚ or more properly poliomyelitis Polio is caused by a virus which results in an acute infection. However‚ contrary to what is commonly believed‚ the virus did not typically result in paralysis. Rather‚ the majority of infected individuals experienced only mild respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms‚ often accompanied by fever‚ headache‚ and muscle stiffness. These symptoms lasted only a few days‚ and many had such mild cases that they did not even realize they were ill. Therefore‚ they
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Informative: Herpes and what you should know. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Oral and Genital Herpes. Central Idea: To understand what herpes are‚ the cause‚ diagnosis/symptoms‚ treatment and prevention. Introduction: I am here today to inform you on a very important topic that I have taken classes on and done extensive hours of research on. According to Dr. Lisa Marr‚ who wrote “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” ‘fifty million Americans are infected with genital or oral herpes’
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children do not have to “get”. The purpose of this paper is to discuss chicken pox in detail‚ explain the epidemiologic triangle‚ role of the community health nurse‚ and resources pertaining to chicken pox. CAUSES Chicken pox is extremely contagious virus that can affect anyone who has not had chicken pox before or has
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Hepatitis is a disease caused by a virus and affects the liver‚ which in turn affects the gastrointestinal system. There are many types of hepatitis to include Hepatitis A‚ hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Each different type of hepatitis is it own distinct disease that has specific signs and symptoms as well as different treatments. Laboratory testing of a persons ALT and AST levels determine the specific type of hepatitis. Hepatitis A is the most common type. This virus can be found in the feces of
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How can societies help protect their citizens against serious infectious diseases? (Your choice to focus on Vaccines‚ Alternative Medicine or Antibiotics) To protect ourselves against serious infectious diseases‚ we have several choices‚ for (Perlstein)example vaccines‚ alternative medicine and antibiotics. There are however‚ positives and negatives to all of these choices. Citizens have a responsibility to be informed about medical choices and the consequences of their decisions. TASK –
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This speech will give you a little bit of insight into the virus known as rabies. Rabies is a preventable disease that is caused by a bite by an infected animal. Rabies is a completely preventable with all of the vaccines you can get nowadays. But it is still not completely eradicated to this day. According to the CDC “The disease causes around 59‚000 deaths per year that’s about one death per nine minutes.” Rabies is in every country on every continent inhabited by humans. Rabies is caused by animal
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The Zika virus is a pandemic microorganism and is found throughout the world. The group of virus responsible is called Flaviviruses‚ And currently‚ there are no vaccination or cure for the Zika virus. First of all‚ where does the Zika virus come from? The Zika virus was named after the Zika river in the Uganda rainforest and was first documented in 1947 and scientist found out that it was from Rhesus Monkeys in 1957 the first human case was discovered and since it’s been terrorizing the world with
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