sore throat | Normal energy level or may feel sluggish | Extreme exhaustion | Figure [ 1 ]: Different between cold and flu symptoms The cause and effect of Influenza An influenza virus is generally passed from person to person by airborne transmission. This means child can contract the flu by coming in contact with airborne viruses from an affected person by way of sneezing and coughing. The virus can also live for a short time on objects‚ such as doorknobs‚ pens or pencils‚ keyboards‚ telephone
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(Incubation period: time b/w infection & clinical disease) Nonclinical stage: no signs/symptoms present – pathologic changes occur Preclinical – sings/symptoms not yet present Subclinical – signs/symptoms will never become apparent After signs/symptoms have improved during convalescent phases Clinical stage: when signs/symptoms appear (usual time of diagnosis) Recovery‚ Morbidity (illness)‚ or Mortality (death) Carrier – doesn’t appear ill but has the infection Epidemiologic triangle
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Lessons learned from global communication developments for the improvement of veterinary public health issues related to "One World One Health" D. Tabbaa Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of veterinary medicine‚ Al Baath University‚ Hama‚ Syria Abstract Humanity faces many challenges that require global solutions. One of these challenges is the spread of infectious diseases that emerge (or re-emerge) from the interfaces between animals and humans and the ecosystems in which they live. This is
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Introduction Influenza‚ commonly known as the "flu"‚ is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract caused by influenza viruses. Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses‚ especially the common cold‚ influenza is a more severe disease caused by a different type of virus. A virus is a cluster of genes wrapped in a protein membrane‚ which is coated with a fatty substance that contains molecules called glycoproteins. Strains of the flu are identified according to the
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Infectious and Non-infectious Disease Disease Causative Organism Common Cold rhinoviruse s Influenza (Flu) type A‚ B ‚ C‚&D Strep Throat Chickenpox Mumps streptoocu s herpesciru s or zoster virus parotits Symptoms Treatment Mode of Transmission runny or stuffy nose‚ itchy or sore throat‚ ough‚ congestion ‚ slight body aches or mild a 10 headaches degree ‚ferenheit sneezing‚ watery fever or eyes‚ feeling low-grade feverish‚ fever‚ aouh‚ mild a fatigue‚ sore throat‚ high fever‚ a runny
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1.0 Purpose The purpose of establishment of this report is to obtain an approval from The President of Asian Youth Ambassadors Network Bhd for the company to participate in giving speech to students at a secondary school on their Co-Curriculum Day. 2.0 Topic It had been reported lately that swine flu cases has occurred in Malaysia. Thus‚ I feel it is essential for me to give a speech on topic ‘Steps to Prevent the Widespread of Swine Flu in Malaysia’. 3.0 Objective The objectives of delivering
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The Spanish Influenza The Spanish Influenza was a disaster in the year 1918 because many people began to get the cold or as the Spanish call it “La Grippe”. The Spanish influenza was caused by people having the H5N1 virus. The virus in the year 1918 killed about five-hundred million people and only about fifty-million were victims of the Spanish influenza. The Spanish Influenza came spreading from China and it came a huge disaster because nobody knew how it all began. The Spanish Influenza began
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284 I The Johns Hopkins and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Control of communicable diseases 7 This measles ’jab’ will help prevent this child from the consequences of measles such as pneumonia‚ malnutrition‚ blindness and brain disease. Photo:Marko Kokic‚Canadian Red Cross Control of communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural
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The contagious viral infection that emerged in 2009 was unexpected and sent shockwaves across the globe as it came many years after the worldwide flu pandemics occurring in 1918‚ 1957‚ and 1986. This new pandemic spiraled out of control unexpectedly causing the World Health Organization (WHO) to call it the first pandemic of the 21st century‚ due to many outbreaks across the globe (Bartolotti‚ R. 2012). The objective of this paper is to focus on the information and to clearly establish all measures
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inhumanely for our ability to have quicker access to them as a meal. Needless to say‚ jamming deformed‚ drugged‚ overstressed birds together in a filthy‚ waste-coated rooms is not very healthy. Beyond deformities‚ eye damaged‚ blindness‚ bacterial infections of bones‚ slipped vertebrae‚ paralysis‚ internal bleeding‚ anemia‚ slipped tendons‚ twisted lower legs and necks‚ respiratory diseases‚ and weakened immune systems are frequent and long-standing problems on factory farms. The chickens being raised
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