three hundred million people died from Smallpox in the 20th century (Flight, Collette). Smallpox is a very contagious disease, and has been found very deadly. This disease has been affecting the population for thousands of years. Currently scientists are researching to treat smallpox. Although smallpox is very deadly, scientists and general people can help understand the disease. Scientists and people are trying to piece together on what the virus did in the past, to learn what the virus is, and
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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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of the people in this story exhibit an idiopathic lead poisoning because the cause for every case of lead poisoning is known 5. Yes a syndrome is a collection of signs, symptoms, and degenerative processes that occur together in a particular disease. In this case the children show symptoms of joint pain, excessive salivating, seizures, and personality changes all around the same time. 6. In this case the histopathology became relevant when test were taken of patients blood and urine.
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Legalized for Medicinal Use Sharon Reid English 102 October 4, 2013 Week 6 Raymond Stone I am very passionate about this topic. The reason why is because I have a friend that lost her battle with cancer I was there to see how this disease was tearing her apart and how the use of Marijuana help to ease her pain. Although her doctor did not prescribe medical marijuana as a relief for her pain and discomfort, she was able to self-medicate. It tore me up inside to see my dear friend
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A communicable disease is an illness transmitted through contact with one person, animal, food, surface, and air to another. The exchange of fluids or contact with a contaminated substance or individual may be enough to allow a communicable disease to spread. Communicable diseases are all-around but to avoid getting infected with one, people should follow prevention guidelines. There are many communicable diseases but a familiar one is dermatophytes, better known as ringworm, infect the skin, hair
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Infectious Diseases: The Greatest Crisis of the world ____________ A Thesis Presented to The Division of The Arts and Sciences Voorhees College ____________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science ____________ Acknowledgements I am whole-heartily thankful to my Professors at Voorhees College for their tremendous effort in my maturilication through Voorhees College. Lastly I would like to acknowledge all of the
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conditions such as safe housing and ability to buy sufficient good food. The healthiest populations are those in societies which are prosperous and have an equitable distribution of wealth. Communicable disease chain involves agent host and the environment through which people get infected with diseases. The CDC explain the chain as: “More specifically, transmission occurs when the agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, is conveyed by some mode of transmission, and enters through
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I have always heard about lyme disease and the effects of it but I never thought that I would become a victim of it. Living in central Pennsylvania, I didn’t think that I could get lyme disease because at the time Pennsylvania wasn’t at a high risk for it but the risk grew in a short period of time it seems. About 6 months after hearing that Pennsylvania had increased risks for lyme disease, I was diagnosed with lyme disease but being diagnosed wasn’t easy at all. It took a year of doctor’s appointments
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such as by implementing electronic record keeping. CMS provides health care coding (for diseases and treatment) used throughout the health care industry and determines if treatment is medically necessary and appropriate. CDC - monitors and controls infectious diseases and assists facilities to prevent or control the spread of disease. The CDC requires health care providers to report some infectious diseases, maintains statistics of rates of infection and provides resources, such as infection control
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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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