November 15, 2015 Hepatitis B: A Global Health Crisis Approximately one-third of the world’s population have been infected with the hepatitis b virus (HBV) and 240 million people are infected with chronic hepatitis b infection worldwide. This communicable disease is a potentially life threatening liver infection. It has become a global health problem that affects all areas of the world. Many organizations, health care providers, and governments around the world are working together to address the
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A disease is a condition that impairs the proper function of the body or of one of its parts. Every living thing, both plants and animals, can succumb to disease. Hundreds of different diseases exist. Each has its own particular set of symptoms and signs, clues that enable a physician to diagnose the problem. A symptom is something a patient can detect, such as fever, bleeding, or pain. A sign is something a doctor can detect, such as a swollen blood vessel or an enlarged internal body organ.
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Centers of Disease and Control (CDC) is one of the leading national public health institutes in the United States and is located in DeKalb County, Georgia. The CDC works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and within the United States. The main goal of the CDC is to “protect the public health and safety through prevention control, prevention of disease, injury, and disability” (Wikipedia, 2016). History of CDC On July 1, 1946, the Communicable Diseases Center was
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the spread of infectious disease. Over the course of time, that definition has expanded considerably in order to accommodate the complexity of ever-changing populations, their environments, and increasing occurrences of disease. Epidemiology is a branch of public health that studies of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in human populations. It studies the patterns of diseases in human populations and how to control health problems associated with disease. The epidemiologist performs
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THE MOST KILLER DISEASE IN NORTH AMERICA INTRODUCTION DISEASE is a Pathological condition of body parts (or) tissue characterized by an identifiable group of signs and symptoms. INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Diseased caused by an infectious agents such as bacterium, virus, protozoan (or) fungus that can be passed on to others. Also communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness (i. e, characteristic medical signs/symptoms of disease). INFECTION:
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Webster’s dictionary defines a disease as “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms; a harmful development.” Add that with the definition of infectious disease from our AS Level and A Level Biology book - “...transmissible, or communicable diseases; diseases caused by pathogens that can spread from infected people to uninfected people” - and it’s no wonder why scientist and
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such as Epidermophyton floccosum or fungi of the Trichophyton genus such asTrichophyton rubrum[1] or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[2] This condition is also known as ringworm of the foot,[3] tinea pedis,[3] tinea pedum,[4] and moccasin foot[5]). The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses, and requires a warm moist environment, (e.g., the inside of a shoe) to incubate. The condition typically affects the feet, but may infect
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that spreads through sharing the air with an infected person. Being infected with tuberculosis is hard, but it can be treated. Tuberculosis is likely to develop into several stages, but this does not always happen. This essay will describe the main stage of tuberculosis, the potential outcomes of it, and the treatment steps. The main stage of tuberculosis is exposure. First, the person has to inhale the air which contains the TB bacteria, but to be
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Disaster Management and Disease Control Name Institution Disaster Management in Rural Areas Local disaster management organizations face many decisions to be made in a short period. However, the course of action is not always pleasant as the organization considers the greater good for the society rather than individual interests. This may give rise to lawsuits where the organization ignored one’s property to be damaged in a disaster to save lives of the majority. Again, acts of negligence on the
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will help to answer the question of how she contracted the disease. He may have been positive even before they were married and not have known about it. 2. What might you do in a similar situation? I would feel similar to Gayle. The anxiety and nervousness she is feeling is normal. She is dealing with a lot of unknowns and at the same time, dealing with the new knowledge that she has an incurable and life-threatening disease. The very first thing I would do is pray. Then, I would
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