Patrick Krahenbuhl October 10‚ 2014 Pros and Cons to Vaccinations in Children Almost everyone has heard of the issue between the benefits and dangers of childhood vaccines. As a parent you want to do what is best for your child and protect them. Some people have different opinions on what that specifically entails when it comes to childhood vaccines. Vaccinations are a controversial topic that many people talk about‚ whether it should be mandatory or optional is mainly questioned by parents who feel
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ext ent to antibiotics. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria and although they may survive outside the body for a time they can only grow inside cells of the body. Viruses are not susceptible to antibiotics‚ but there are a few anti-viral drugs available which are active against a limited number of viruses. Pathogenic Fungi can be either moulds or yeasts . For example‚ a mould which causes infections in humans is Trichophtyon rubrum which is one cause of ringworm and it
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1.CANCER Cancer /ˈkænsər/‚ known medically as a malignant neoplasm‚ is a broad group of diseases involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer‚ cellsdivide and grow uncontrollably‚ forming malignant tumors‚ and invading nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system or bloodstream. Not all tumors are cancerous; benign tumors do not invade neighboring tissues and do not spread throughout
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movement and posture” (www.ucp.org). It can also be caused by damage to the brain (usually because of head injury during the birthing process) or diseases/infections the mother has during pregnancy such as German measles‚ rubella‚ bacterial meningitis‚ or viral encephalitis. Other risk factors may be the loss of too much oxygen during birth and low birth weight. CP is usually present at birth‚ but it might not be detected or visually apparent until the child is a few months old. “Ten percent
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Microorganisms are classified according to their structure. By means of flow charts‚ diagrams and tables explain the differences between Viruses‚ Bacteria‚ Cyanobacteria‚ Achaea and Fungi. Bacteria or bacterium are unicellular microorganisms. They are essentially only a few micrometres long and form of various shapes including the spheres‚ rods and spirals. A BACTERIAL CELL Illustration courtesy of Wikipedia. A Virus (from the Latin noun virus‚ meaning toxic or poison) is a sub-microscopic
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Course: Drug DevelopmentModule code: MT 5004Assignment: Essay 1 | Penicillin and Macrolides – The ANTIBIOTICS Penicillin and Macrolides‚ each having different properties belong to the same group of medicine called ANTIBIOTICs. Antibiotics refer to the chemical substance secreted or produced by various species of micro-organisms which are capable of inhibiting or killing the bacteria. Antibiotics have enabled the effective treatment of infections including life threatening diseases ranging from
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Today we often take for granted just going to the doctor and getting medicine to fix any illness we may have or pain that we are feeling. There hasn’t always been the privileges that we have today‚ back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s it wasn’t uncommon for people and children to die from just a minor scratch‚ pinpricks‚ scarlet fever‚ or any minor diseases. Hospitals were full of people with infections spiraling out of control‚ but there wasn’t anything available for them. Our soldiers fighting
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit 9 Assignment 1 A&PII ITT Tech - Breckinridge School of Nursing Ashley Wigglesworth Genital herpes is a viral infection that causes lesions or sores in the genital area and is spread through sexual intercourse or by touching a sore and then touching another part of your body; it is a highly contagious virus. Often it does not present with symptoms‚ or produces very mild symptoms such that the infected individual is unaware they have it. When symptoms are present
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common chickenpox complication is an inflammation of the liver. Usually ther ar no symptoms and it resolves on its own/ Reye’s syndrome however is life threatening‚ which causes the liver to fail‚ it’s associated with tking aspirin while one has the viral infection‚ usually children under the age of 12yrs. (Welby). TREATMENT OF CHICKENPOX HOME REMEDIES: OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS COLLOIDAL OATMEAL
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nurse explains to Chad that Hepatitis is liver disease with inflammation of the cells of the liver. Chad states "I can’t have Hepatitis. I had all three of the vaccinations before I started working as a paramedic." There are five major types of viral Hepatitis: A‚ B‚ C‚ D‚ and E. 1. What information about the vaccination series for Hepatitis received by healthcare workers will the nurse use in response to Chad’s statement? A) All three injections are given to protect against Hepatitis
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