Lassa fever

Ms. T is an eight year old African American female that presents to Dr. Bill’s Kids today with complaints of her tonsils bothering her again. She has been to this office three times in the past three months with complaints of swollen tonsils and painful swallowing. Each time, she has tested positive for Group A Streptococcus also known as GAS. Her mother is with her today and reports that she had strep throat in the past multiple times about two or three times a year, but it is becoming much more

It is dangerous to be right in matters about which the established authorities are wrong. - Voltaire The struggles against authority, repeatedly and continuously, take place in the history. As for those fighters, Voltaire, a famous French writer and thinker, once put forward an idea, “It is dangerous to be right in matters about which the established authorities are wrong.”() The word “right” contrasting to “wrong” means the truth. An “established authorities” could be regarded to the dominant powers

In the book fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, the 2 main characters Mattie (Matilda) cook and Eliza. Which are both in the world of Philadelphia of yellow fever. When grandfather dies and mother gets the sickness. And both of them try to survive this deadly virus/disease. It might not be a likely thing that Mattie would do but she has hope that things will get better. Hope creates possibilities. Because when your positive around you it spreads hope. For instance, In the book Fever 1793, the character

Mosquitoes are significant groups of arthropods that inhabit aquatic habitats. They are probably adverse arthropods, which transmits wide range of pathogens that cause drastic deadly diseases such as human malaria, dengue, filariasis, viral encephalitis (Leopoldo 2008). Zika virus, another mosquitoe borne infection was first reported in Brazil by Pan American Health Organization in 2015. After the identification, the Zika virus has

There were many engineering problems that had to be overcome in order for the canal to be functional, including: varying land elevations, marshy ground, a difference in sea levels on different sides of the canal, designing a lock system to raise the ships, and many more. The original plan for the canal was to build it at sea level like the Suez Canal but that idea was scrapped after the original chief engineer John Wallace resigned and a railroad specialist by the name of John Stevens took the reins

from their brain. Why, just today I heard that there had been almost 2500 cases of West Nile fever in Colorado, and that at least 50 of them had ended in death.[1] That might not seem like a lot, but then they listed another statistic that out of all the people infected, only 20% show symptoms. So the infection is more widespread than we know. Luckily, out of that 20%, only 1% will develop acute fever, with the possibility of death.[2] And they say that it only has the possibility to be dangerous

Scarlet Fever is an illness that can develop from strep throat and usually affects children between the ages of five to fifteen (Mayo Clinic, 2011). This disease is able to be controlled with the use of antibiotics, but only if it is recognized and interpreted correctly. When recognized by the combination of symptoms, medical help should be reached. If left untreated, scarlet fever could lead to many other complications throughout the body. Scarlet Fever was once a dangerous illness, but knowing

For most of time Yellow Fever was an endemic specific to Africa, however, when world started to become more globalize the disease spread to America through infected mosquitos a broad ships. Because the mosquitos like the warm weather and lay their eggs in standing water, the souther climate of America was an ideal environment for them to thrive, during the summer months. One outbreak of Yellow Fever, in Memphis, had a great impact on the city. Although the Yellow Fever was prominent in the port cities

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, depicts the life of Mattie Cook, a young girl growing up in Philadelphia. After yellow fever strikes, Mattie flees Philadelphia only to learn that the fever epidemic is everywhere and she must learn to survive in a city turned frantic with disease. She finds herself caring for others all while keeping herself alive. Anderson creates the lesson that while becoming independent can be difficult, it is an important part of every person's life

blood to flow back through the valve. (Rongrong et al, 2016). Heart valve diseases occur when one or more of the heart valves is damaged. The causes include degenerative valve disease, calcification due to aging, coronary artery disease, rheumatic fever, congenital