Introduction Clinical Features Sign and symptoms : Complications Spread of infection Management diagnosis Prevention Secular Trends in the United States Treatment Introduction Diphtheria is derived from the Greek diphthera‚ meaning leather hide. Diphtheria is an acute‚ toxin-mediated disease caused by the gram positive rod shaped bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The most common sites of diphtheria infection are in the respiratory system. Infection primarily involving the tonsil(s)
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Trachoma is a bacterial infection that affects one eyes. This infection is very contagious‚ which can be passed along by contact with infected eyelids‚ throat‚ and nose of infected people. If this infection is left untreated‚ it may lead to eye blindness. This disease is the leading cause of preventable cause of blindness around the world. The majority of blindness comes from areas of lower class‚ such as Africa. Earlt treatment can help prevent trachoma complications. The first signs of trachoma
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Implications of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of HIPAA confidentiality AXIA College of University of Phoenix The most serious diseases in history are HIV and AIDS. Approximately 20 years ago doctors found the first case of AIDS in the United States. Today‚ people living with HIV and AIDS have been estimated to be around 42 million people (Teens Health‚ 2009). There has been a report of people living with HIV or AIDS to be around 300‚000 who are not even aware that they have this disease
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HIV/AIDS BSHS302 May 21‚ 2012 Faye Flanagan HIV/AIDS Social issues facing HIV/AIDS today are as diverse as the people that are affected by the disease. Advocating for a large group of people takes action at the macro human service practice. The goals and intervention strategies will be similar to micro human service and will involve the same strategies to bring justice to human rights for all members of society. One strategy is including a broader range of other diversity in research in
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Annotated Bibliography NUR 440 April 15‚ 2013 Annotated Bibliography AIDS.gov. (2012). How do you get HIV or AIDS? Retrieved from http://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/how-you-get-hiv-aids/index.html. This website is an excellent resource for information about HIV and AIDS. It gives basic information about HIV and AIDS‚ treatment options‚ community resources‚ and other valuable information that people can access. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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RENT Analysis Rent is a rock musical that focuses on the lives of several different young artists and the relationships that bond between them. The title Rent is very fitting for this musical because the majority of the characters are impoverished and are trying to survive in the world‚ while making a life for themselves. The story mostly revolves around the characters Mark and Roger‚ as they battle loss‚ love and life. While Roger tries to run away from all that he is faced with‚ Mark tries to capture
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Study Guide for the Final Exam Here are the rules: please do not call me or email me questions about the study guide. I will answer questions about the study guide during the brief review before the exam itself. You cannot memorize the answers to the questions and do well on the exam- the questions are meant to stimulate thinking‚ not to be answers. Please remember to review the chapters on shock and MODS as there are questions on this content. 1. There are several ABG questions; remember
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Choice “D” is the best answer. This patient’s regimen includes tenofovir. Tenofovir disoproxil is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to treat chronic hepatitis B. Tenofovir can cause acute renal failure‚ Fanconi syndrome‚ proteinuria‚ or tubular necrosis. These side effects are due to accumulation of the drug in proximal tubules. Tenofovir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTIs). NRTIs interrupt the HIV replication cycle via competitive inhibition
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Introduction Public health surveillance is a ceaseless uninterrupted process involving the collection‚ analysis and interpretation of health related data for the purpose of planning‚ implementation and evaluation of public health programs (world health organisation‚ 2015). This data can be used for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Surveillance is important because it gives the required information which is necessary to take public health action and for the planning of interventions
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23 May 2014 HIV AIDS Essay “People who are HIV positive should not have children”. I am in agreement with this statement and while some may view this as a violation of human rights‚ I think a strong argument can be made in favour of this statement. HIV is described as a pandemic. The Dictionary of Epidemiology defines a pandemic as “an epidemic occurring on a scale which crosses international boundaries
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