attacks the body by spreading through your respiratory system. This means that your nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs are affected. As well as your immune system which is trying to fight the flu off. Symptoms of Influenza, are similar to any cold, but on a much larger scale. Symptoms include having fever/chills, cough, sore throat, runny or blocked nose, muscle aches, watery eyes, fatigue and diarrhea, (which is more common in younger children.) People who have influenza can have these symptoms
Answer 1. Understanding contraindications with post-operative surgery and surgical stress responses in patients with pre-existing diseases or conditions, is the key pathogenic factor to understand. Post-Surgical stress responses include: Pain, Nausea, Hypoxemia, Muscle loss, Immobilisation and Sleep disturbance etc. Increase on the demand of organ functions and activation of other biological responses in the body, is the result of post-operative surgical stress. These changes due to stress on body
people will die. Prior to the introduction of a vaccine chicken pox infected around 4 million people each year with around 150 deaths (CDC 2015).The Symptoms of chicken pox include an itchy red rash that may have open lesions, or crusted over wounds, fevers, sore throats and headaches (Better Health Victoria 2016). However Complications of the common chicken pox are what make it deadly. Complications can include dehydration, excessive bleeding, inflammation within the brain, pneumonia, bone infections
through diarrhoea. | Glandular fever Glandular fever is a type of viral infection that mostly affects young adults. | High temperature Sore throat Swollen glands in the neck Extreme tiredness | Glandular fever is spread through saliva. It can be spread through kissing, exposure to coughs and sneezes. Sharing eating and | Someone with glandular fever is contagious for at least two months after initially being infected. There is no cure for glandular fever. Treatment focuses on helping to relieve
I. Introduction This is a case of a 74 year old woman who was diagnosed with Community Acquired Pneumonia. Pneumonia is an inflammation or infection of the lungs most commonly caused by a bacteria or virus. Pneumonia can also be caused by inhaling vomit or other foreign substances. In all cases, the lungs' air sacs fill with pus , mucous, and other liquids and cannot function properly. This means oxygen cannot reach the blood and the cells of the body. Most pneumonias are caused by bacterial
have a filariasis is to live in poverty. Second, people are infected by filariasis. And therefore, I would conclude that those who are infected by filariasis are most likely to live in poverty. As has been stated by the WHO, “the fight to eliminate filariasis is also a fight against poverty”. Malaria is another example of vector-borne infectious disease that uses mosquitos as vectors and would infects the blood. Malaria remains a big problem in many sub tropical and tropical countries. The
HSC3047 1. The main legislation that governs the use of medication is The Medicines Acts 1968. The following is a list of legislations that have a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. • The Medicines Act 1968 • The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 • The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) The Children Act 1989 • The Data Protection Act 1998 • The Care Standards Act 2000 • The Health and Social Care Act 2001 • Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) • The Control of Substances
which are caused by bacteria. Most of the time the body’s immune system can fight off bacteria but in cases in which the body cannot antibiotics are used to destroy them. Antibiotics are either given orally, applied to the skin in ointment form or injected, this all depends on the type of infection the body is currently trying to fight off, for example skin infections are treated with ointment, oral antibiotics are used to fight of moderate infections and injective antibiotics are most commonly used
Case Presentation on: BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN Submitted by: Aleman, Benjiedith S. Alquizar, Floriza T. Bation, Aldin T. Brioso, Carmi C. Bragas, John Ryan A. Caguan, Romeo M. Dumaog, Eugeniana P. Lodovice, Kristler Saniel, Charmaine K. Submitted to: Mr. Ebenezer L. Bangcong 21 February 2009 I. DESCRIPTION OF BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN Respiratory disorders are among the most common causes of illness and hospitalization in children. Overall, respiratory dysfunction
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases prevalent nowadays and affects all ages. It is an acute or chronic infection of one or both lungs caused by microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria or chemical irritants. (Schmitt, 2011) It has different types, and one of them is Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). CAP is a disease in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs. It occurs because the areas of the lung