It soon became known as “Psittacosis”. The first sign of illness from these tropical birds were “puffy eyes, a drooping head, and feathers as ruffled as if it had flown through a squall” (Lepore 692). A week after being exposed to this infectious bird, people became dangerously ill. The symptoms of both were pneumonia and typhoid. On January 6, 1930 it
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
In 1999 the virus appeared in North America for the first time and in the next year spread to 12 states killing 8 people and sickening 80 others. (Lee, M.C. 23-34) C. In the U.S., birds appear to be the major carrier of the disease and they pass it on to humans as follows: 1. When mosquitoes feed on the blood of the infected birds, the insects ingest this virus. 2.
The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was a disease that lasted from 1348 to 1351 that impacted the world culturally and emotionally, in addition to wiping out thousands of people. The Plague came from Asia to Europe and was caused by fleas that were transported by rats through trading routes. It is difficult to know the exact number of victims, but estimates range from 25% to 60% of the European population succumbed to it. According to Joseph Byrne, in The Black Death, current estimates are that between 75 and 200 million people died from the plague. At the time, it was referred to as the “The Great Mortality” or “The Pestilence”, but people had no idea what caused it, how to prevent the spread of the disease, or how to effectively
Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 SZT Task 2 August 1, 2014 Measles p. 2 Measles, also known as Rubeola is a highly contagious acute viral illness. It is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family. In 1953, 549,000 measles cases were reported in the United Stated, along with 495 measles deaths, annually. Although 549,000 cases were reported, it is estimated that 3-4 million people or most every American was infected with this virus during their lifetime. After the implementation and licensure of the live measles vaccine in 1963 the number of cases significantly dropped by 1988 in the U.S...
Smallpox is an incredibly deadly virus. It has a 20-60% fatality rate (80% in children). Small Pox has two variants, Variola Major, and Variola Minor. It comes from the Latin name Variola (once again that class helps me) meaning spots or pimple. Being a Virus, Smallpox cannot be cured, only vaccinated against.
In the summer of 1942, medical experiments started to be conducted on Ravenbrück prisoners. They conducted these experiments on eighty-six women without their consent. Two types of experiments were performed on the prisoners. The first tested the efficacy of sulfonamide drugs. Their legs were cut into, and the leg bones and muscles were infected with bacteria, and cutting nerves.
The three major diseases faced were, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and Dysentery. Malaria is a disease which is passed on via the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, chills, shivering, rapid changes in temperature, excessive sweating, Diarrhoea, depression, Anaemia and its associated symptoms. Dengue Fever is transferred via specific mosquitoes that are found in tropical areas. I.e.
The plague bacilli are little toxin factories. The heat of the human body signals the thousands of bacilli injected by the flea to go into a special production. If the immune system manages to kill some, the germs release more poisons from their dying bodies. Meanwhile, they work their way into the fluid drainage system to travel. If the flea bite was on the leg, the lymph drainpipes carry plague to the lymph nodes in the groin.
Joshua Martin Western Civilization Essay #3 11/2/2013 The Black Death The Black Death or the Bubonic Plague or the Black pague are all names given to the worst epidemic of all times. From 1347 – 1351 a disease was spread throughout Europe, it brought with it pain, fever, lesions, coughing, shivers, vomiting and and falling to the illest of ill which includes swollen lymph-nodes. Most of whom succumb to this disease died within 3-4 days, the rest lived up to two weeks. The Black Death was caused by a Yersinia pestis a disease spread by fleas on the backs of mice and through the blood of fleas. There were so many deaths many could not be burried properly and were put in shallow graves which also helped the spread of the disease.