Keeping active can help prevent more than 3,000 cases of cancer a year in the UK. I think this strategy is good as it’s helping prevent cancer as well as helping to keep a healthy body at the same time. The only disadvantage to this strategy is people not being able to afford a gym membership or any gym equipment for their home but they could still do exercise in their home without any equipment. Another strategy to prevent breast cancer is to drink less alcohol, just by sticking to the government guidelines. In the UK, alcohol causes 12,500 cases of cancer, around 4%.I also think this strategy is easy to follow as there’s no need to stop drinking alcohol completely, just less of it.
1.1 & 1.2 Bacteria~ These are single cells that can divide and multiply rapidly and come in different shapes and divide anywhere such as M.R.S.A, septicaemia and gastro-enteritis. Viruses~ Are ready made stable D.N.A with a protective shell, they cannot invade without the assistance of another cell to do so, examples of these are the common cold, flu and hepatitis. Fungi~ Are simple plants such as yeasts and moulds or even rusts that thrive in moist, dark, unventilated areas like thrush, ringworm or athlete's foot. Parasites~ Are animals or plants living in or on the host, usually small creatures that are living on or within us such as lice, scabies, tapeworm or threadworm. 1.3 What is meant by….
When a virus enters the body, it enters some certain cells and takes over making the now host cell make the parts the virus needs to reproduce, the cells are eventually destroyed through this process. The most common viruses is the common cold, which has no cure. Fungi Mould, yeast and mushrooms are all types of Fungi. Fungi live in the air, water, soil and on plants and they can live in the body, usually without causing illness. Some fungi have beneficial uses.
Jenner found that the boy fell ill to cowpox but after recovering, he was immune to smallpox thus the method of vaccination was born. This discovery was important as it was an improvement on the previous method of inoculation. Inoculation involved deliberately infecting someone with the desired disease but death rates were extremely high as a result of this practise. However Jenner’s discovery of the smallpox vaccination meant that more lives were saved because there were fewer deaths associated with the vaccination technique and it became more popular than inoculation - eventually becoming a widespread method of disease prevention as it is still in use today. The factors of enquiry and science & technology played an important part in the build up to the development of the smallpox vaccination.
The major symptoms include; red, itchy skin, stinging pain plus a burning sensation and crusty blisters. Simple self -care procedures can help one manage and prevent athlete’s foot. Medically, antifungal treatment containing miconazole, clotrimazole, or tolnaftate up to two weeks after the infection has ceased to prevent re-occurrence (PubMed Health, 2011). Due to frequent scratching, sometimes one might suffer from a bacterial infection and antibiotics are prescribed at this stage. Athlete’s foot may also lead to further complications such as cellulitis due to bacterial skin infections and lymphangitis (PubMed Health, 2011).
Classic maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is the most common form, with symptoms developing in neonates aged 4-7 days, depending on feeding regimen. Breastfeeding may delay onset of symptoms to the second week of life. The initial symptoms typically include poor feeding, vomiting, poor weight gain, and increasing lethargy. In cases of non-classic MSUD, onset may be later and symptoms may vary. The clinical presentation of a child with MSUD widely varies between patients.
Doctors can recognize Cystic Fibrosis by testing the salt content of the sweat; it is much higher in people with the disease. A chest X-ray and tests of the lung function will usually be undertaken. If chest infections occur frequently, a sample of sputum (phlegm) will be analyzed for the presence of bacteria. When Cystic Fibrosis is detected the patient has many treatment options. The overall aims of treatments are to treat infections, keep the lungs clean and free of sputum, maintain adequate nutrition, and to improve
Complications of the disease include encephalitis, blindness and pneumonia. Pregnant women are at high risk for miscarriage or preterm birth. (CDC) Those highest at risk for the infection are unvaccinated young children, unvaccinated pregnant woman and individuals who are non-immune to the disease. In the year 2011, 158,000 deaths around the world were caused by the measles, mostly children under the age of five. (WHO) Every year it is
The initial symptoms, of headache, weakness, and coughing with hemoptysis, are indistinguishable from other respiratory illnesses. Without diagnosis and treatment, the infection can be fatal in one to six days; mortality in untreated cases may be as high as 95 percent (Center for Disease Control). The earliest account describing a possible plague epidemic is found in I Samuel 5:6 of the Hebrew Bible. In this account, the Philistines of Ashdod were stricken with a plague for the crime of stealing the Ark of the Covenant from the Children of Israel. These events have been dated to approximately the second half
Abortion is the termination of the entire pregnancy yet selective reduction is performed to improve the survival rate of the remaining fetuses and also the mother. Selective reduction is performed early in the pregnancy, normally between weeks 9 and 12, it is most often performed when there are four or more fetuses present, can be used to reduce triplets to twins, and with a fetus with severe defects (www.webmd.com). Infants born part of a multiple pregnancy are at increased risk of prematurity, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, slow language development, behavioral difficulties, chronic lung disease, and death (Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction, 2013). These risks play an important role in a mother’s decision to utilize selective reduction. Maternal risks of a multi-fetal pregnancy include hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and postpartum hemorrhage (Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction, 2013).