Toxocariasis

Toxoplasma gondii is a single celled protozoan that lives and breeds in the intestines of felines. These intestinal parasites are passed to other organisms through the cats’ feces. Typically, humans are infected when cleaning out their cats’ liter box but the parasite can also be introduced through undercooked meat.

Animal or zoophilic infections are usually periodic and restricted to the areas where the host animal is found. Microsporum canis, the cat and dog ringworm, is the commonest of the zoophilic infections worldwide and spread occurs directly from an infected animal and, probably, from contaminated furniture, floors and carpets in the home environment. I contrast, Anthropophilic dermatophytes are more common in the community. In some cases there is evidence to support the existence of localized epidemics of

The article seemed to imply that the parasite naturally occurs within the feline population. The article does not mention

Furthermore, the ways people can get infected with the parasite are not surprising. Kathleen McAuliffe’s article " How Your Cat is Making You Crazy,” mentions many ways for people to be exposed to toxo. One can get infected by simply “coming into contact with litter boxes, but also, he found, by drinking water contaminated with cat feces, eating unwashed vegetables, or, especially in Europe, by

In analyzing the results of the study, Eyer et al. (2009) found that younger patients had a higher rate of

Age - Trends of two age ranges have been noticed to be risk factors, children between 4 and 7 years old, and the second is in children between ages 10 and 14 years old.

The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is mainly found in small rodents like rats and it can be spread to human through flea bites or via close contact with infected rodents or human.

     Transmission of the parasite can occur in several different ways. Direct transmission can occur by handling infected animal or human feces. One quarter of reported direct transmission infections occurred by direct contact with feces, while the rest were reported to have happened by person to person contact (Donnelly & Stentiford, 1997).

Mexican culture is encompassed very closely as a family. When a family member is ill the whole family comes together to care for the individual. The mother of the family traditionally makes healthcare decisions. Health risks commonly associated within the Mexican heritage are alcohol consumption, smoking, disinclined to practice seat belts or helmets and common safe sex condom practices (Purnell, p.295. 2009). Genetic health conditions connected to the Mexican culture pertain to lactase deficiency, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and hypertension (Purnell, p.294. 2009). Four accompanied Mexican cultural illnesses involve, “Empacho (blocked intestines), Mal de ojo (evil eye), Caida de mollera (fallen fontanel), and Susto (magical

Q1) 1.1) 1. AGE - Young people aged 5 – 14 years are at highest risk and up to 122 times more likely to contract the disease than non-Indigenous youngsters. Also Rheumatic heart disease is up to twice as common in women. 2.

For example, in Fallsburg Elementary School the thirty-five children are the population at high risk. According to research, children whose parents deliberately did not vaccinate are easily infected by the disease. They also contribute to the fast spread of the infection, to other uninfected children as well as to young babies and immune depressed people like people suffering from cancer who cannot be immunized at the time (Sifferlin, 2013).

It is a developmental disorder that was once rare but now very common. Although several schools of thought have indicated that the rise in this number is based of improved diagnostics, but there is still no evidence to support that. Others indicate that an environmental component may play a role and the only huge environ mental change is the rise in the number of vaccination that children received and the year that children were receiving 2-3 or more vaccination at once. Vaccines by themselves are partially killed or attenuated viruses. Have we wondered what cumulative effect may occur in the lives of these babies with cumulative effects of partially killed viruses in the body of very young babies that have not developed any immunity to fight off disease. At this time, there is no cure and even after diagnosis the prognosis of the child resuming normal function is poor. Why don’t we do something that has the potential to pre-emptively prevent it from occurring at least in some select individuals? Only then can we begin to reverse this silent epidermin that has affected the most vulnerable in our society, our

A very controversial issue these days is whether or not to receive immunizations. I am a young mother and I tend to follow my mothers and doctors’ advice when it comes to mine and my children’s health, I feel as though my doctor has the best advice on how I can keep us all happy and healthy, however this is not the case for everyone. Many questions have arisen about immunizations and there are quite a few people who are either hesitant to or will not have themselves and their children immunized.

A recent publication in the Journal of Pediatrics (Sara L. Toomey, Alon Peltz, and colleagues,

Hispanics may have some biological variations resulting from genetic and environmental backgrounds. For example sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease which can cause bouts of pain, damage to vital organs, and for some death in childhood or early adulthood. According to Osborne (2012), “To inherit the disease, a child must receive two sickle cell genes- one from each parent who carries the sickle cell gene. In the United States, most cases of sickle cell disease occur among blacks and Hispanics. About one in every 400 to 600 blacks inherits the sickle cell disease” (p.1). A blood test can identify people who have either sickle cell trait or the disease.