Typhoid fever

healthcare industry, they experience many different attitudes about how to best treat medical illness. During the time of sick or for curing disease in Angola, the people would rather see their traditional healer than a doctor for such things as; fever, stomachache, bad dreams, pain, or mental disorders. They don’t have access to the same kind of healthcare services as the Americans do. Only a few people can afford good medical care and unfortunately many have a life expectancy that is below fifty

Human Subjects Research: Protection of Human Subjects: The current proposal involves testing of deidentified samples from dengue patients. All collection of dengue samples from patients was carried out in the CDC. A total of 60 acute serum samples were collected from febrile patients in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica (2009–2011) suspected of having dengue 0–5 days after onset of symptoms and whose average age was 14.3 years, in a study approved by the CDC IRB. Related Research or R&D: This section summarizes

There was once a time in my life where everything was perfect. There were smiles, toys, good times, friendships and playgrounds. This period of time was my early childhood when the only time I became sick was when I fell during my joyous playtimes. However, as I grew older, the world and my environment changed. I always tried to keep healthy by maintaining the right diet and taking vitamins. Despite this, something terrible happened to me on December 12th, 2015. December 12th, 2015 was just another

immitis and C posadasii, fungal pathogens that cause valley fever in humans, have usually been located in hot, dry states like California, Arizona, and Utah, but recently it has also moved to Washington State, which is considered a humid state. This situation shows how climate change is having an effect on this state by making it dryer and allowing these pathogens to habituate and spread here. Furthermore, in Arizona, the annual cases of valley fever increased from 33 to 43/100,000 people between 1998 and

ZIKA VIRUS EPIDEMIC – A GLOBAL CONCERN: “The level of concern is high as is the level of uncertainty,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General –Dr Margaret Chan when briefing the executive board on the Zika situation in Geneva on 28th January 2016. She also mentioned four main reasons as to why the WHO is deeply concerned about the Zika situation, which include the virus’ virulence, potential for further international spread, lack of population immunity and lack of vaccines, specific

Clinical Decision Making A. BB called from home at 0600 to the L&D unit that she was having an intense contraction. Upon phone interview, the charged nurse asked her to come in. At 0730, BB came in with her husband and a six years old daughter, and she was admitted to the unit. She was placed on the monitor while the assigned nurse continued the assessment. At 0830, she had dilated to 10cm, and she delivered shortly after that. Delivery was successful without any complication. She was GA 39+1 weeks

BIOTERRORISM INTRODUCTION Bioterrorism is the use of infectious agents that are harmful to humans as weapons of terrorism. Agents of bioterrorism include bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, and biological toxins. Bioterrorism can cause high mortality and morbidity thus lead to social disruption and public panic. This phenomenon already occur in 17 century where American revolution, colonial British military officers gave blankets containing smallpox scabs to native Americans with serious intent

Disease: Scarlet fever B. Scarlet fever is an acute and communicable disease. The symptoms associated with scarlet fever are a red rash that feels like sandpaper, a sore throat, and a high fever. It is a disease that mainly affects children who are 5-15 years old, but “anyone can get scarlet fever.” (CDC, 2017). Scarlet fever is acquired “through a bacterial infection caused by group A strep” (CDC, 2017). This group A strep is the same bacteria that causes strep throat (CDC, 2017). The fever is acquired

Introduction Providers in pediatrics have always tried to puzzle the care in children with fever. It is imperative to investigate the source of fever for appropriate care. It has been noted that febrile children coming into clinics were not assessed for urinary issues and treated as “viral syndrome” and thus having precious time lost and recurrent visits. Thus, increasing appreciation for urinary investigation was needed to further delay treatment by providers care and education to parents. To

of influenza code in the office is J11.1, which reflect an unidentified influenza virus. S.T. symptoms of fatigue, fever, and muscle aches are similar to symptoms seen in patients with the influenza virus. According to Kwok et al (2017), the influenza virus is a pathogen responsible for annual epidemics and global pandemics. The virus is categorized by symptoms such as acute fever, muscle and joint pain, runny nose and sore throat (Kwok et al., 2017).