Pertussis Prevention Kyla Peyton-Buzi Herzing University- Madison‚ WI Pertussis Prevention Bordetella pertussis‚ commonly referred to as whooping cough‚ is a “highly contagious infection with an 80% transmission rate in susceptible close contacts” (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2010). Generally speaking‚ infants and adolescents act as the reservoirs for this disease‚ but it can also be found in adults. Often‚ the symptoms of this disease may be mistaken for an upper
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Expectorants: These medications help in clearing the mucus accumulated in the airways. These act by loosening the mucus and make it easy to cough-up. For example‚ Normal Saline‚ Mannitol‚ and acetylcysteine keep the airway hydrated and expels the mucus. v. Bronchodilators: Bronchodilators relax the muscles surrounding the airways. These are used to treat bronchospasm and if the patient has very
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vaccinations. Vaccinations help with protecting children from serious illnesses. Examples of serious illnesses in children are measles‚ mumps‚ and whooping cough. Measels is caused by a virus and may lead to seizures‚ brain damage‚ or even death. The disease Mumps is caused by a virus and can lead to heaing loss and brain or spinal cord infection. The Whoping cough develops from bacteria and spreads through the air from coughing and consistent seizing. Certain illnesses may cause a child to end up
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ribena and lucozade. they have the largest vaccine business in the world‚ with nearly 900 million doses distributed to 170 countries. Producing adult vaccines to prevent infectious disease including; hepatitis A and B‚ diphtheria‚ tetanus and whooping cough‚ measles‚ mumps and rubella‚ polio and typhoids. Furthermore‚ GSK encourage their employees to contribute to their local communities‚ giving then the support they need. Every employee is given one paid day off a year for volunteering. GSK are
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Criticism Against The Modern Medicalization Today the world in which we live in has faced steady medicalization of daily existence. Critics argue whether this leads to a favorable or a non favorable outcome. The establishment and development in medicine has become a major threat to health. Dependence on efficient health care affects all social relations. In rich countries medical colonization has reached sickening proportions whereas poor countries are quickly following suit. Medicalization‚ that
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surgeons they kept up the pace very well. It was because the surgeons knew very little about diseases that two out of every three soldiers that died in the war died from disease. Most soldiers died from diseases such as measles‚ mumps‚ and whooping cough. There were also many deaths from the lack of cleanliness in the hospitals. In some cases they would reuse wound dressing and put some straw over used bedding and dirty floor. When the top layer got dirty they would put a new layer on. Most
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----------------------- Venkateshwar international school Name : ………………………. Class : ……………. Subject : ……………………….. Date : ……………. VIS–10‚ DWARKA‚ NEW DELHI VIS–10‚ DWARKA‚ NEW DELHI Venkateshwar international school COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1. The insect which causes dengue is - (a) mosquito (b) housefly (c) flea (d) cockroach 2. A water borne disease
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Wyeth (Andrew Wyeth’s wife) who was then in her mid-20s. Although Olson was the inspiration and subject of the painting‚ she was not the primary ideal. Once a sickly child himself‚ Andrew related to Christina on some hidden level. He contracted whooping cough at a young age which left him with bronchial problems that made him prone to colds in the long run. His parents took him out of school because of his health conditions and he later indicated that because of his homeschooling and illnesses‚ he
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Vaccines are one of the greatest developments of the modern world. They have allowed us to all but eradicate small pox and protect our children from other horrible diseases which used to kill hundreds of children every year. There are people who believe that vaccines are in reality harmful and refuse to vaccinate their children. Others refuse to vaccinate due to a religious belief. This is a dangerous trend that is driven by conspiracy theories and false data‚ has lead to out breaks of easily preventable
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substances and‚ in so doing‚ teach his immune system to protect him from potentially deadly diseases.” The truth is that vaccinations keep us safe. And although you may have some uncertainty‚ vaccinations are in many cases the safest option. Whooping cough has had a one hundred percent decrease throughout the
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