Communicable diseases have always created a host of serious of problems. These diseases cause physical, emotional, and even financial problems in our societies today. Communicable disease is a sickness that is passed on through the transmission of infectious illnesses. People, food, animals or water can pass many infections from humans to humans or animals to humans. Humans can pass infectious diseases to each other from touching or exchanging body fluids. In 1981, the human immunodeficiency virus
Communicable Disease Paper Tuberculosis Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange, contaminated substance, or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. Many people have never heard of a disease called tuberculosis (TB) or not fully aware how serious this disease really is. I will briefly summarize the research that was conducted on tuberculosis by describing the disease in details and discussing efforts to control it, indentify environmental factors related
Over the years, communicable diseases have created a host of serious problems. These diseases cause physical, emotional, and even financial problems in our societies today. A communicable disease refers to a sickness that passed through the transmission of infectious illnesses. People, food, animals or water can pass many infections from humans to humans or animals to humans. Humans can pass infectious diseases to each other from touching or exchanging body fluids. In 1981, the human immunodeficiency
Communicable Disease Paper Maria G. Sanchez HCS/457 June 29, 2015 Charlotte A. Ferrell Communicable Disease Paper One of the many highly communicable diseases is chickenpox. This communicable disease is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted in two ways, one through direct contact with the fluids from the blisters, mucus, or saliva and second through air where the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. A person who has
Communicable Disease Paper Communicable disease, “is an infectious disease transmissible, (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)” (Merriam-Webster, 2011, p. 1). Understanding how communicable diseases are spread is important in reducing the significant affliction of disease in low income communities across the United States and increase prevention, awareness, and safety. The objective of this
Communicable Disease Tuberculosis Karen Fernandez HCS/457 April 7, 2013 Monica Vargas Communicable Disease Communicable disease is a cold disease that spreads from one person to another. This disease can expose from someone or from something. These diseases are contagious and communicable. Communicable disease is also known as infectious transmittable contaminated diseases that grow from minimal infections to severe infections. Anyone can get contaminated with communicable disease with body
Over the years, communicable diseases have created a host of serious problems. These diseases cause physical, emotional, and even financial problems in our societies today. Communicable diseases refer to a sickness that passed on through the transmission of infectious illnesses. People, food, animals or water can pass many infections from humans to humans or animals to humans. Humans can pass infectious diseases to each other from touching or exchanging body fluids. In 1981, the human immunodeficiency
health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems (WHO, 2015)”. “Various methods can be used to carry out epidemiological investigations: surveillance and descriptive studies can be used to study distribution; analytical studies are used to study determinants (WHO, 2015)”.This paper discusses about epidemiology of HIV infection, including factors that contribute the development of the disease, epidemiologic triangle, role
Prevention Strategies of Communicable diseases Methods of Control Communicable diseases occur only when the causative agent comes into contact with a susceptible host in a suitable environment. Prevention and control efforts for communicable diseases may be directed to any of these three elements. Communicable diseases affect both individuals and communities, so control efforts may be directed at both. Treatment of persons with communicable diseases with antibiotics typically kills the agent and
Epidemiology: Chickenpox (Varicella) Sheree Criner, RN Grand Canyon University NRS 427 V December 21, 2014 Epidemiology: Chickenpox (Varicella) As stated by to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (CDC, 2013); chickenpox is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). VZV causes a primary infection that is characterized by a rash with macules, papules, and then vesicles. Other symptoms include fever, lethargy, and pruritus. VZV then remains in the body on the sensory nerve
Community Health Task 2 A1. Communicable Disease Outbreak: Measles Measles, is a highly contagious viral illness that is characterized by a prodrome of fever, malaise, cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis and then is followed by a maculopapular rash (Kutty et al., 2014). Most persons contracting the virus recover completely, but there are some possible severe complications and these include pneumonia, encephalitis and death (Kutty et al., 2014). Kutty et al. (2014) reported deaths from the measles
Abstract Communicable diseases are a major concern ranging from local issues to global issues. Communicable diseases are diseases that are spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The transmission often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. They are of major concern due to the health issues that are brought and the complications involved if not treated. This paper explores Miami Dade County communicable diseases that are mostly
A non-communicable disease is a medical condition that is non-infectious. These disease progress slowly, and last for long periods of time. They’re not like the flu, or a simple cold. A good example of this is Alzheimer’s. My great grandmother doesn’t really remember much. She hardly even remembers her own children, besides the one she sees every day. If she doesn’t see you every day, she will not know who you are. Alzheimer’s is a disease, usually for older people, where you can’t remember much
Communicable Diseases In this scenario Greg was not following the Practice Standards outlined by CRNBC or College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. He was violating them in multiple ways. Greg put the safety and health of his other patients over the health of Annie. As such he violated the first practice standard of Communicable Diseases: “Nurses have a professional, ethical and legal duty to provide their clients with safe care, including protecting them from the risk of infection.” He did
In today’s society diseases are the main generalization that causes death and to be spread from state to state. Transnational diseases are life threatening and can cause a person to become ill for a very long time. Although, there are several types of diseases that complex the world, none stick out more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Ebola, and animal diseases. All of these take a major toll on the world with them passed from one person to another. With people visiting different countries day in and
A Communicable Disease is defined as any disease that may be caused by a wide variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. In previous centuries, these diseases have proven to be a significant cause of death in people of all ages. Recently, the burden of communicable disease has lessened, as new methods of treatment have been discovered. Two types of communicable disease that continue to pose a threat to many parts of the world include Guinea Worm, and Ebola. Current public health
Infections disease prevention and control and communicable and infectious disease risks are important topics that every student nurse should be exposed to during the nursing program. The impact and threats that these infectious diseases cause an effect on society and global level should be studied. Also, the economic principles to nursing and health care that public health contributes to. Because improvements in nutrition and sanitation have been made, many epidemics have ended. As longevity of
Communicable Disease Svetlana Brooks HCS/457 April 22, 2013 Deborah Ayers Communicable Disease A communicable disease is an infectious disease transmitted from one person to another directly or indirectly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and nearly one in five of those are not aware that they are infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS
The non-communicable disease I have chosen is asthma. I chose this because I have asthma so I know what it feels like to battle it. Asthma is known to affect approximately 34 million people in the United States. While the asthma I have experienced isn’t severe like others I know, I still know the struggle and things that can help ease the asthma. Asthma is when your bronchial tubes are oversensitive. Asthma is experienced when the breathing passage is inflamed and the bronchi start to produce excess
Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases: Human Immunodeficiency Virus With the prevalence and spread of communicable diseases on the rise, epidemiologists are working very diligently to find the agent, host, environment, and how it is spread with every new discovery. According to MedicinePlus (2016), “infectious diseases kill more people worldwide than any other single cause”. The human immunodeficiency virus, also known as HIV has been one of the largest epidemics in history. “HIV continues to be