Hepatitis C Research Paper Laura A. Symicek October 17, 2014 Hepatitis C Research Paper This research paper is going to review today’s silent killer, the Hepatitis C virus. This paper will talk about the description of the disease, the signs and symptoms, the etiology and risk factors, diagnostic studies, treatments and prognosis of this disease. I had lived with this disease for over ten years before diagnosed so it is important to understand the signs and symptoms so the disease can be identified
transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs) have been present in the human populous for centuries. Before modern medicine there was widespread transmission of infections/diseases with very little or no available treatment. Today we have antibiotics and a network of tracking STIs/STDs to help deter their spread. How these STIs/STDs were introduced into the United States, the domain for this work, is a point of debate but they are clearly present. The 2016 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance report
Hepatitis A Virus Over time, many people have conducted extensive research and spent strenuous hours analyzing the infamous disease known as Hepatitis A. This had to lead to presume many different conclusions and theories about the facts that were deduced from their arduous research. The various researchers who conducted the experiments are old, however, they bore fruitful results and were not in vain. This can be witnessed through the numerous treatments for hepatitis. Hepatitis continues
Hepatitis C is an infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV. The virus is transmitted through bodily fluids and it has been estimated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that between 170 and 200 million people are infected worldwide, and 3 to 5 million people are infected in the U.S., the epidemic is far more widespread in Africa and central Asia. The disease kills approximately 350,000 people a year worldwide and 15,000 people a year in the U.S. The disease can be asymptomatic
Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Hepatitis B is a disease that affects many people worldwide and can cause serious and potentially fatal complications. This paper will provide an overview of this disease, including demographic information, while discussing contributing determinants of health, the implications of the epidemiological triangle as it relates to the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), the role of the community health nurse, as well as identify a national organization that addresses the disease and how it
Hepatitis C is an infection of the blood caused by the Hepatitis C virus. While the Hepatitis virus is widely known for damage caused to the liver, it can also cause damage to the kidneys and other body organs as well since it is an infection in the blood. Hepatitis C is both acute and chronic meaning it can last 6 months and resolve on it 's own or it can last a lifetime. The family name Hepatitis includes Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B in name while each is a completely separate disease. Each separate
Hepatitis C, is an infection of the blood caused by the Hepatitis C virus. While the Hepatitis virus is widely known to damage caused to the liver, it can also cause damage to the kidneys and other body organs as well since it is an infection in the blood. Hepatitis C is both acute and chronic meaning it can last 6 months and resolve on it 's own or it can last a lifetime. The family name Hepatitis includes Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B in name while each is a completely separate disease. Each separate
Infectious Disease Control In today’s global world infectious disease has become a major concern for the world. They can spread from one end of the globe to the other in a matter of days. A person can get on a plane in Europe and get off in Canada and may have infected a good portion of the world when everyone on the plane gets back home. Infectious disease may also be spread by international trade in food and medicinal biological products. In most developed countries mortality rates caused by infectious
Hepatitis is an inflammation that occurs in the liver due to an unknown viral infection. The situation can progress to fibrosis, liver cancer, or even cirrhosis. It can be traced back to ancient Greece fifth century BC based on records of epidemic jaundice (Krugman, 1989). One potentially crucial source of infection that links to this disease is countries with high endemicity to areas that have low rates of infection. The virus duplicates in the liver and is defecated into the bile after ingestion
Hepatitis B: An Epidemic The World Health Organization defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determinants of health- related states or events, and the application of the study to the control of diseases and other health problems” (CDC, 2014). Determinates of health are “the circumstances in which people are born, live, work and age as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness”. The communicable disease chain is a model beneficial to integrating the many concepts