The immune system is the primary defense system in keeping out pathogens. A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. Chronic diseases often cannot be cured. “Any man who is intelligent, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these
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What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example, the name of the bacteria, virus, or parasite. The foodborne illness I choose was Salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that causes an infection known as Salmonellosis. A person that is infected with Salmonella gets diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after being infected. Salmonella usually last four to seven days and most people recover without treatment. People with severe diarrhea must be
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Coccioidiodal Mycosis Coccioidiodal Mycosis According to Fauci et al., fungal infections are classified into categories based on anatomic location and epidemiology. The most frequent anatomic categories are mucocutaneous and deep organ infections. The most common epidemiologic categories are endemic and opportunistic. The endemic mycoses, such as coccidioidomycosis, are infections caused by fungal organisms that are not found in
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infections in 2013 E • stimated 1.2 million people with chronic HBV E infection • stimated 29,700 new infections in 2013 E • stimated 3.2 million people with chronic E HCV infection Routes of Transmission Ingestion of fecal matter, even in microscopic amounts, from: • lose person-to-person contact C with an infected person • exual contact with an infected S person • Ingestion of contaminated food or drinks Contact with infectious blood, semen, and other body fluids primarily through:
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Klebsiella is a gram-negative bacteria that can cause severe infections and diseases. The term “Klebsiella” comes from the German pathologist, Edwin Klebs who had done important research about infectious diseases. Klebsiella belongs to the family of Enterobacteriaceae bacteria (Buzzle.) They are immovable and are rod-shaped bacteria (Microbe Wiki.) They are also an encapsulated bacteria, the capsule covering a cell helps to become resistant to many antibiotics (Microbe Wiki.) Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Population Health HCS/535 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, coordinate efforts in conjunction with states and other partnersto offer a system of health surveillance, which would monitor and prevent disease outbreaks, which includes bioterrorism. The goal of the agency is to implement strategies to prevent diseases as well as maintain national health statistics. Another role of the CDC is to safeguard against international disease transmission, this is vital as the agency has
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focus on the prevention of disease through the public health movement. The success of historical health promotion then was measured by the eradication of, or inoculation for, contagious and debilitating disease. Thus polio and small pox are now read about in our history books. The health care promotion was focused on improving the ecological condition of people. History view of health promotion also shows that for the American health system curative system of diseases was mostly in the tertiary
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both acute and chronic. The geographic prevalence between five and ten percent is predominantly in African and East Asian countries and only a one percent occurrence in the United States. The global incidence of HBV is approximately two billion people worldwide and of those, 350 million have chronic liver dysfunctionality resulting in an increased mortality risk related to cirrhosis and hepatic neoplasms ("The World Health Organization," 2015). According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC),
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Sara Gerrie RN, MSN, CPNP Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic illness affecting the metabolic and endocrine function of the body. Type 1 diabetes affects 5% to 10% of people with the disease, whereas type 2 diabetes affects nearly 90% to 95% of people with the disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008). An overview of the incidence of diabetes in the United States, signs and symptoms, and effects of diabetes as a chronic disease will be provided. The case study of Angelo Reyes
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Hepatitis B is the most common liver infection in the world. Worldwide, about 350 million people are chronic carriers of HBV (Hepatitis B Virus), among these carriers, more than 620,000 die from liver-related diseases each year. In the United States, hepatitis B mainly affects adults aged between 20-50 years. About 800,000 to 1.4 million Americans are chronic hepatitis B virus carriers, and the disease causes about 3,000 deaths each year. The good news is that infection with HBV is usually preventable
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