Common cold

What are some common pathogens that cause HEENT infections? Do you recommend a limited or an involved use of antibiotics in treatment of these diseases and other unconfirmed bacterial illnesses and why? Otitis Externa is most often caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Acute otitis media can be caused by bacterial or viral pathogens. Some of the pathogens associated with acute otitis media (AOM) include, S. pneumoniae, H. influenza, M. catarrhalis, and Streptococcus pyogenes

At some point in our lives we have all felt “empty”, hopeless or general discontent that lasts nearly every day, for weeks on end. Some of us may even currently be in it today. Anxiety Disorders affects much our population. Depression is the common cold of mental disorders, it affects a large population, unfortunately only less than half are receiving help. Mexican parents do not accept that depression is a medical condition. Growing up I encountered many things that made me feel empty and hopeless

I woke up this morning to the usual sounds of the blue birds chirping. The ray of the warm sun shining through the window onto my face. And the same old view of the cloudy,rainy, gray New York City. I walked out of my bedroom and went to say my morning goodbyes to my husband Michael downstairs by the door before he leaves for work. “Kimberly don’t forget to wake up Poppy ’’he said. “I promise I will. Love you’’ I said. He shuts the door furiously as he leaves. We have a 4 year-old daughter named

Using naturopathic medicine to prevent and treat seasonal influenza Part 1: World Health Organization, or the WHO, defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization, 1948). It is interesting that the organization has not updated this definition since 1948, even though medicine and health concepts evolved since then. The health and wellness concepts are often used interchangeably

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 for up to two weeks, and then feel back to normal, but people who have a weak immune system

throat and the one hundred, or so, scopes that had been done had introduced drug resistant viruses into his system. Each year a simple cold would knock him out of commission for weeks, however the year 2010 was different. Common colds became pneumonia and pneumonia meant extended hospital stays. With each stay his body deteriorated more and more. As I sat in the cold stark room of Penn University Hospital I could barley recognize the man in the bed. He was rail thin with pale white skin and virtually

that carry airflow from the trachea into the lungs. The thin mucus lining of these airways can become irritated and swollen; the cells that make up the lining may leak fluids in response to the inflammation. Bronchitis most often occurs during the cold and flu season usually coupled with an upper respiratory infection. Bronchitis can be divided into two categories: acute or chronic each of which has distinct etiologies, pathologies, and therapies. I chose this condition because it seemed like an

For some of us it’s hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t some sort of cure for something. Back then if you had a cold, it was mom’s homemade chicken soup that did the trick. In modern times you just go to the nearest CVS or Walgreens and get cold medicine. There was also a time when soldiers were given alcohol to deal with the pain from wounds. One would think that using alcohol would be irresponsible, but today’s doctors prescribe something just as dangerous: opioids. Today’s problem isn’t

                Influenza, normally called “the flu”, the influenza virus causes an infection in the respiration tract. Even though the influenza virus can sometimes be compared with the common cold. It also can cause a more severe illness or death. During this past century, pandemics took place in 1918, 1957, and 1968, in all of these cases there where unfortunately many deaths. The “Spanish flu” in 1918, killed approximately half a million

illnesses and treatment. Please type into the box and it will expand. Symptoms of a common cold  Cold symptoms usually begin with a sore throat, which usually goes away after a day or two. Nasal symptoms, runny nose, and congestion follow, along with a cough by the fourth and fifth days. Fever is uncommon in adults, but a slight fever is possible. Children are more likely to have a fever with a cold. With cold symptoms, your nose teems with watery nasal secretions for the first few days. Later