The disease is spread by close person-to-person contact through direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of an infected individual. The incubation period is typically 2 to 7 days, but there are reported cases of up to 14 days. An individual is considered infectious only when they have symptoms, and are considered most contagious during the second week of illness. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in November 2002 a SARS outbreak emerged in South China. An infected medical doctor who had treated infected patients in his hometown in South China traveled to a four-star hotel in Hong Kong, bringing the disease with him.
Just two months after the first detections the swine flu it was now classified as a pandemic. Even though the WHO (World Health Organization) did not classify it as severe, it would later be classified as “moderate” and many countries would have to strengthen quarantine procedures and pre-existing screening for travelers. Infection control measures to prevent transmission of H1N1 influenza in healthcare facilities. The H1N1 pandemic, as necessary as new information becomes available throughout the course of this influenza season. It provides general guidance for all healthcare facilities.
Peaking in January and February, Respiratory syncytial virus is the virus causing most common colds, when it is limited to the upper respiratory tract. Unfortunately when the virus aggravates the lower respiratory tract, complications occur, including respiratory distress, pneumonia, bronchiolitis and possibility the development of asthma. Pruitt also states that each year 125,000 children (mostly under 6 months of age) require hospitalization, and of these, about 2,500 die (Pruitt 63). Beyond this age, by about two years old, children have been exposed to RSV and have developed and immunity. If diagnosis of this infection is made through cultures of respiratory secretions, treatment begins immediately.
Microbiological Profile of Urinary Tract Infection in Pediatric Population from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Kerala Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections seen in children. It is estimated that at least 1% of boys and 3% of girls develop urinary tract infection during first ten years of life. UTI is mainly due to the ascending infection from the urethra. The diagnosis of UTI in young children is important as it may be the marker of urinary tract abnormalities. Early diagnosis is important to preserve renal function of the growing kidney.
In 2010, 303 people passed away due to the cholera outbreak in Haiti, and over 4,700 individuals were treated for this illness (Cholera Prevention Efforts, 2010). Although this disease is treatable, “death can occur in healthy adults within hours” (Kraft, 2010,
Each year only about 150 people in the U.S. are infected with leprosy, a bacterial disease that can lead to nerve damage and disfigurement. In most cases, people are infected after being exposed to saliva from an infected person, usually while traveling to parts of the world, such as Africa and Asia, where the disease is more common. Not all cases occur like this. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine may provide an explanation for some cases, armadillos. There have been several anecdotal reports of leprosy in humans who have handled, killed, or eaten armadillos, or who may have been indirectly exposed by gardening in soil where the animals burrow.
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, with nearly 90% of patients dying within 2 years of diagnosis, in large part because it tends to be diagnosed late (Gulyn and Youssef, 2010). Signs and Symptoms Initial presentation of lung cancer, regardless of gender, tend to be nonspecific, as a chronic or new cough in 65% to 75% of cases, with 25% or more having a productive cough (Yoder, 2006). Since lung cancer often occurs in central airways it can also present as pneumonia and lymph enlargement; hemoptysis will occur in 20% to 30% of patients. Other symptoms include dyspnea , with 60% of patients developing it early and 65% developing it at some time during their illness (Yoder, 2006). About 50% of patients present initially with chest pain (Yoder, 2006).
The incubation period is usually ten (10) days to four (4) weeks after the individual has been bitten by an infected female mosquito. The Texas Department of State Health Services states that individuals commonly experience fever, headaches, vomiting, chills and other flu like symptoms and these symptoms can appear up to a year after being infected with the parasite. The parasite can sit dormant
Sam Matthew Kirby Lund English Comp 101 2 November 2011 Power, Society, and the Panopticon During my teenage years I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that usually affects the intestines and colon. I was diagnosed when I was 13 years old and had surgery to remove a part of my colon when I was 16. After the surgery I was in the hospital for seven days and for the first three days I could not eat or walk. For the next two days I was eating and could walk with help and on the last two days I could finally eat and walk on my own. So during those seven days I spent in a hospital room, I never once thought about how the hospital was structured and how that affected the power hierarchy.
Traditionally, the geriatric population has existing aliments therefore, if they were to contact the flu it could exacerbate their existing health conditions. According to The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) (2013), a particular health condition that the flu could easily exacerbate in someone who is 65 yrs or older and increase their vulnerability to pneumonia. This patient population is labeled as especially high risk, based on burden of disease. The flu vaccine provides the best protection from the flu and its complications. The flu vaccine also assists in preventing the spreading of the flu from person to