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    occurred or an accident has taken place. On the other hand‚ in the case of tuberculosis‚ the immunisation shot taken during infancy is effective for the entire lifetime. The same is true for diphtheria‚ whooping cough‚ polio and measles also. Timely immunisation of the child against diphtheria‚ whooping cough‚ tuberculosis‚ measles‚ chickenpox and polio‚ gives protection from these diseases forever. Immunisation‚ however‚ is effective only if it is given at the right age. The following table gives you

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    The cough can be so violent that people with pertussis crack ribs‚ break blood vessels‚ or develop hernias. Pneumonia or seizures can also develop from pertussis. Young infants can also experience bouts of apnea. None of these vaccines have any major side

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    The Columbian Exchange considerably changed nearly every society in the world from flowing an abundance of new livestock and crops that increased the world human population‚ but also carried deadly diseases that demolished many civilizations. So‚ how did disease impact the New World? There are many reasons as to how disease impacted the New World and brought many people into serious danger; for example: lack of sanitization‚ weak immunity‚ and lack of vaccination. Diseases that expanded throughout

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    wound case study 1. What condition did this patient have? She had a Group A Streptococcal infection- to be more specific since the bacteria was a gram positive cocci that grows in chains it was caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. The symptoms she had that matched were discolored skin‚ swelling‚ hot sensation‚ and pain. With group a streptococcal infection amputation may sometimes be needed. It was a flesh eating disease called Necrotizing fasciitis. 2.What features suggest that it is not Clostridium

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    Vaccinations: Are they important? Forty percent of parents in the United States delay or don’t vaccinate their children (Culp-Ressler). Many parents believe vaccinations have serious side effects‚ but the CDC has not found links between vaccinations and the side effects parents are worrying about. Since some parents believe vaccinations can cause serious side effects‚ they have not been vaccinating their children and are using philosophical exemptions keep their children from having to get those

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    disease that physicians had not yet developed a vaccine for immunity. Tina Albertson‚ a pediatric resident‚ recalls a young girl who had come in contact with whooping cough‚ “She was a six-week old girl with a sister and brother‚ four and six. The family had chosen not to immunize‚ and the week she was born‚ her siblings both had whooping cough. When they’re real little‚ the babies don’t whoop‚ they just stop breathing. This little girl was septic by the time they got her here” (Allen 3). Lastly‚ the

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    Imagine a world where people became sick and cannot recover from a disease that was once almost completely eradicated from the United States and many parts of the world‚ all because parents stop vaccinating their children. This has happened in England and can and will happen here in the United States and around the world if the trend of parents choosing to not have their children vaccinated against infectious diseases continues. Children should be vaccinated for the continued safety of the general

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    once the character of Cipolla enters the story. Cipolla is not only mentally ill‚ but he is deformed. Much of his deformity is left a mystery for it is described so vaguely by the narrator. The first episode of illness starts with a whooping cough. After the whooping cough episode‚ another display of illness‚ not only physically but also in regards to the illness of character‚ is a child with "disgusting raw sores on his shoulders" (Mann 534). Shortly after these two episodes‚ the narrator even contemplates

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    dangerous infections before they create sickness. Vaccines can help protect your health at every stage and every age of your life. Every year thousands of adults in the U.S tend to become sick and become hospitalized due to illnesses such as the Flu‚ whooping cough and perhaps even COVID-19. By getting vaccinated‚ the odds are lowered of having these specified diseases. In addition‚ nobody desires to be sick and miss weeks of work and enjoyable activities only because of preventable diseases that could

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    Helen Keller was only an infant when she was struck both blind and deaf. Her blindness was caused measles‚ which is the number one cause of blindness in children worldwide. In America‚ with vaccines available‚ parents are choosing not to give their kids vaccines. This is most likely due to ignorance‚ which can be an easy fix. The main reasons to vaccinate children can be briefly described as the increased and unnecessary risk of developing a nearly eradicated disease‚ having unvaccinated people can

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