Francesca Firmin 256 – Causes and spread of infection 1. – Understand the cause of infection. 1.1 – Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Answer to 1.1 – The difference between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites are: Bacteria – Bacteria is a single celled organism‚ bacteria have evolved to be in any environment and can be found in any substance/surface and also in the human body‚ only 1% of bacteria is actually harmful. It’s bad or infectious bacteria that
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Overview of: When Plague Strikes’ by James Giblin This book is separated into three main parts the Black Death‚ smallpox‚ and aids. This book gives facts of occurring diseases and the diseases from the past. This books content mainly took place in Europe and Asia when it gave facts dates and examples. It explains the nature and symptoms of diseases from long ago. The bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents‚ but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected‚ they infect others
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intraintestinal infection cycle. The parasite is released in large quantities through the feces. The cat will also start shedding oocysts after 3 days of being infected and will continue to shed for 10 to 14 days. The oocysts are very resilient and can survive up to a year. Other oocysts in the cat penetrate deeper into the intestine and develop tachyzoite which is the parasite’s form of rapid growth. The tachyzoite spreads throughout the body and start the extraintestinal infection cycle. When the
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Diseases A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an infection that you can get from having sex with another person who has an infection. There are several types of sexually transmitted diseases that affect men and women every year. In Chapter 9 of our textbook‚ the topic of sexually transmitted diseases was discussed. This is a rising issue amongst young adults in this generation. “One in four new sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) infections occur in teenagers” ( ) Some of the sexually transmitted
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Passive transfer of immunity with immune globulins or gamma-globulins is used in numerous acute situations of infection from the tetanus.In this case‚ gamma-globulins of human origin are preferable‚ although specific antibodies raised in other species are effective and used in some cases (poisoning‚ diphtheria‚ tetanus‚ gas gangrene‚ botulism). While this form of
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Science and Medical News‚ (December 3‚ 2013)‚ Herpes was discovered in Ancient Greece by Hippocrates‚ who documented the symptoms. Herpes is a viral infection known for thousands of years. There are two types of Herpes viruses: Herpes Simplex 1 (HSV 1) and Herpes Simplex 2 (HSV 2). Throughout the world HSV 1 and HSV 2 are common and usually involve infections of the skin and or mucus affecting the face and mouth genitalia and other body parts. HSV 1 is oral herpes‚ and HSV 2 is genital herpes. Life
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A parasitic disease is defined as any disease resulting from the presence of any life cycle stage of parasite. Cheyletiella are mites that live on the skin‚ causing irritation‚ dandruff‚ and itchiness. A distinguishing feature of this mite species are the large‚ claw-like mouth parts. These mites can be found quite commonly on cats‚ dogs‚ rabbits‚ and other species. Though humans are not a natural host for this parasite‚ Cheyletiella mites can happily live on humans for a while‚ causing an itchy
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Scarlet Fever A once common disease that had a possibility of killing children is not very known anymore. If asked what scarlet fever was‚ most would not know the answer. Scarlet fever is a bacterial illness that is developed in some people with strep throat. This illness is now very rare. There are less than 20‚000 cases in the United States. This illness used to be life changing‚ especially for Helen Keller (Mayo Clinic). Helen Keller was an American educator and journalist. She was also deaf
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on the use of tap water versus sterile cleansing solutions such as Normal Saline and sterile water. Many cleansing solutions are safe and have been proven to provide effective results‚ whereas others may damage the tissue‚ destroy cells‚ increase infection rates and delay the healing process. Normal saline is regarded as the most appropriate and preferred cleansing solution by health care providers because it is nontoxic‚ isotonic solution that does not damage healing tissue. However‚ tap water is
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interaction with another organism while the other organism is harmed. Fungi‚ bacteria and viruses as well as higher organisms such as mites and worms can be referred to as parasites as long as they fit this criteria. 1.2 Identify common illness and infections caused by bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. bacteria Bacteria if you become aware of strep throat and ring worm you would need to contact your local GP imediately before it spreads and gets worse than it is and not keep to close so they
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