Bacterial meningitis

Salmonella is known as a gram-negative, rod shaped bacillus. It is a facultative anaerobe in the family Enterobacteriaceae (Todar). There are more than 1,000 known types of Salmonella, with ranging levels of toxicity (Jones), accounting for 60% of all bacterial diseases (Curtello). Salmonellosis has affected over 1.4 million people per year in the United States, including more than 500 fatal cases (Jones). This organism has a wide host range with abilities to attack both animals and humans (Tartakow). Salmonella’s

Throughout history, there has been many scientific advances in many fields. Healthcare is of course an important topic otherwise not many people would be here today. Anyways, obviously health and medicine has gone through numerous changes and advances as civilization has evolved during mankind’s time on earth. There is almost an uncountable amount of changes that healthcare went through so listing them would be unfeasible. However, it can be pinpointed to three major eras in history which had groundbreaking

Conflict around the world has called to action many forms of warfare. Everything from weapons involving nuclear activity to the use of child soldiers has been current and deadly. Not too recently, bioterrorism is an especially lethal and life threatening attack. “ A bioterrorism attack is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.” (CDC, 2007) Essentially, bioterrorism was developed to invisibly dispose of

Myopia (nearsightedness) is a common vision condition in which you can see objects near to you clearly, but obects farther away are blurry. Nearsightedness may develop gradually or rapidly, often worsening during childhood and adolscence. Nearsightedness tends to run in famillies. A basic eye exam can confirm if your nearsighted. you can easily correct the condition with eye glasses or contact lenses. Another treatment option for Myopia is surgery. The underlying cause is believed to be a combination

Introduction In 2011, the World Health Organisation reported that there are more than a billion people with disabilities (WHO, 2011) and many of them have barriers towards physical activities (Rimmer & Rowland, 2008). However with a disability, having a healthy lifestyle or participating in exercise regime can be challenging especially with permanent disability. One of the physical disabilities is cerebral palsy (CP) which is a disorder of movement and posture due to a non-progressive abnormality

there is where all neuron cells are located. If an infection takes place in this region, it is called encephalitis. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain, in most cases, due to a viral infection. However, it can also be cause by parasites, bacterial, or a complication from another infection. Encephalitis is disease that anyone can suffer from. There are different types of encephalitis around the world. In the United States can be found at least five types of encephalitis, (St. Louis Encephalitis

Kaylee Davidson English 101 Dr. Smith 14 February 2016 Should You Vaccinate Your Child? The Center for Disease Control describes vaccines as the greatest development in public health since clean drinking water. For several decades, vaccines have saved countless lives and helped eradicate some fatal diseases. The push to do away with vaccines will not only endanger our youth, but our society as a whole. Vaccination is needed to maintain a healthy balance within our country. Vaccines provide the immunity

Expiration Dates An expiration date is a date of a product, such as food or medicine, to let us know when the product is spoiled. The product should not be sold because of an expected decline in quality or effectiveness. It is usually the last date of the product and it is labeled on the package of the product. Expiration dates are found primarily on foods such as meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products. The expiration dates might appear on products such as cans and boxes of food. Any product like

raised in Iowa. He originated from the town of Le Mars. Preston had his first fight for his life at the age of five. His mom being only 22 years old had to go through one of the hardest things a parent can go through. Preston was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and was hospitalized for multiple months. Throughout this brutal battle, Preston was read his death rights, in such bad condition he could not move and even had times where he had given up on the fight. Being such a young boy he stated that

However, 100 children out of the one million were diagnosed with a rare side-effect in which a section of the small intestine would fold into another section called intussusceptions. Tetanus is a very serious bacterial infection that has become extremely rare in the United States. If one develops the infection, he or she is still recommended to take the vaccination. The reason for it is due to the toxin made by the disease that would affect the immune system in