“The discovery of penicillin changed the course of medicine and has enabled physicians to treat formerly severe and life-threatening illnesses such as bacterial endocarditis‚ meningitis‚ pneumococcal pneumonia‚ gonorrhea‚ and syphilis” (Kalvaitis). Therefore‚ less deaths occurred because of a higher amount of infections being cured. This led to many people in the public starting to realize just how important the drug really is
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cochlea is divided into three different chambers‚ each of which is receptive to different frequencies of sound “(Jarvis 2004). Cochlear damage means complete loss of hearing and it can be caused by various factors like exposure to loud noise‚ meningitis‚ acoustic tumors or even intake of certain strong antibiotics. “A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant
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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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whether the person was positive or negative for the agent and the seriousness of the condition. 1. Why do you think college students living in dorms are often populations who see meningitis outbreaks? Because at colleges‚ especially dormitories‚ students are cramped together and things like meningitis are easily spread. The students share common areas like bathrooms‚ drinking fountains‚ and guard rails of stairs. 5. How did ELISA data allow you to track the path of infection
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases prevalent nowadays and affects all ages. It is an acute or chronic infection of one or both lungs caused by microorganisms‚ such as viruses‚ bacteria or chemical irritants. (Schmitt‚ 2011) It has different types‚ and one of them is Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). CAP is a disease in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs. It occurs because the areas of the lung
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When you were younger did you like being breastfed? Did you ever think it was needed? I remember when I was a baby my mom used to always say she hated to breastfeed me because surprisingly i didn’t like it that’s why what is going on in society today doesn’t surprise me one bit. Many mothers feel fulfillment and joy from the physical and emotional communion they experience with their child while nursing. These feelings are augmented by the release of hormones. Breastfeeding is starting to decline
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flexibility or a lot rigidity depending on how the capsomeres are arranged. Another type of viral shape for transporting viral nucleic acids is called icosahedral. An icosahedral virus is a virus consisting of identical subunits that has 20 equilateral triangular faces which is arranged in a symmetrical fashion. A special type of icosahedral shape‚ called a prolate‚ is a variant of the icosahedral viral shape and is found in bacteriophages. A lot of viruses are either helical or icosahedral in shape
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When we arrived Dr. Haddock picked Cole up out of the car seat and literally ran across the street to the emergency room with him. He knew exactly what it was when he picked him up out of the car. Cole had contracted spinal meningitis from bacteriacalled group b strep. He tried his very best to fight off the infection but 25 days later he passed away. Today I am going to give you some very important information about these deadly bacteria. Although Group B Strep is a very common
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Communicable diseases are illnesses that can be transmitted from one person to another. Some of the examples include; Gonorrhea Tuberculosis Malaria Meningitis Transmission is the passing of communicable diseases from an infected host individual or a con- specific (belonging to the same species) individual or group‚ regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected. MODES OF INFECTION The main modes of infection are categorized into
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smallpox‚ polio and other diseases. As the CDC proclaims‚ “Our children don’t have to get smallpox shots any more because the disease no longer exists. If we keep vaccinating now‚ parents in the future may be able to trust that diseases like polio and meningitis won’t infect‚ cripple‚ or kill children. Vaccinations are one of the best ways to put an end to the serious effects of certain diseases” (Columbian 1). This is essentially saying that if a large percentage (if not all) children today are vaccinated
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