It was very specific on telling how the Black Plague spread and why the fleas became cannibal. It told each little detail of how the fleas contaminated the body with the plague. The book then explained how the plague was slacking up on contamination. It told that sanitation became more popular to the communities which helped keep the rats away. It also told when and how the first infected rats traveled with the bacteria and fleas.
Perspectives on Slavery In modern society, many people question the purpose of Historical Diary Entries. Many of us wonder why these entries are important, but in all honesty, these diary entries are very beneficial. They are enormously important in connecting to the past, in order to make us aware of the way of life of the people in those days. By reading these entries, we are informed as to how this way of life has affected our ancestors. It also teaches us about the events which have occurred that have made society the way it is today.
Yellow fever is considered a highly infectious disease, yet its death rate of 1/20 is nothing compared to Marburg’s ¼. The truly scary part about that is that Marburg is considered the gentlest and least infectious of the four filovirus sisters. At least three times in the past 40 years, Ebola/Marburg has nearly embarked on a journey that, if it had been completed, would have completely destroyed the human race. Only tiny nuances have saved man from utter destruction, these being so small that most people have no appreciation for them. The causes and effects of the Ebola trio and Marburg are both horrifying and dangerous; the perfect scenario for the end of life as we know it.
Bone loss is the most irreversible attribute of Anorexia. Virtually no part of the body is protected from Anorexia. About half of Anorexics have low white- blood counts, while a third have Anemia. Both conditions lower the immune system’s defense to disease, leaving them prone for infection (Shaw, 2005). The most life- threating damage that is done, is the destruction it causes on the heart.
The book that I chose to read was The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe by Robert S. Gottfried. This book explained the cause and consequences ok the plague that spread across medieval Europe from the years 1347-1351. When I was younger, I remember learning about the “Black Plague”, but I didn’t realize how devastating it really was until I read this book. To really understand how bad the plague actually was and still is today, we need to look at how the plague spreads so easily and what the causative agent is. The Black Death was a combination of bubonic, pneumonic, and septicaemic plague strains.
Thus making the virus very difficult to detect or observe through surveillance measures. This was the case with Charles Monet. The only observation which took place was after he began experiencing headaches, severe backaches, later running a high fever and his eyes began to look like they were popping out of their their sockets, and the connective tissue on his face began to dissolve. He later, began vomiting violently, while traveling to the hospital, something called the vomito negro (the black vomit). By this time the virus was considered by military experts as fully amplified.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease also called COPD is a progressive life threatening lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. It is caused by chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Damage to your airways eventually interferes with the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your lungs. It is considered a progressive disease because it worsens over time. More than 12 million people are infected in the U.S., while another 12 million people are believed to have the disease but remain undiagnosed.
They are still with us, and circulation in many parts of the world.” Measles is a highly contagious and is spread through the air. Before the vaccine almost every child was infected with measles by the time they were 15 years old. Unfortunately, measles have yet to be eradicated. Many of the cases are due to vaccination noncompliance (Cuneta). Mumps virus attacks the salivary glands causing edema and life threatening complications.
Depression is often misinterpreted in residual schizophrenic, one who no longer suffers from hallucinations, but has no will to live (Mental Health America, 2011). More risk factors and controversy of the disease also include the tendency and concept of suicide to schizophrenics. Ten percent of schizophrenics that attempt to commit suicide every year are successful, while forty percent will try to harm themselves (National Mental Health Institute, 2007). Most people will assume schizophrenia is a violently paranoid disease causing the implication that all schizophrenics are violent, this is not true. The majority of schizophrenics prefer to be left alone and not
It’s common in adults, adolescents, and even infants; but can be potentially fatal for infants (March). Leukocytosis, particularly WBC counts of more than 100,000, has been associated with fatalities from Pertussis. According to Arthur Allen, “Toxins released by the bacteria cripple white blood cells and cilia, the tiny hairs in the upper respiratory passages, and the cilia, through genetic programming, actually promote the growth and production of toxins by the bacteria (267). Whooping cough is the second most deadly respiratory tract pathogen. It ranges from being moderately to highly durable in the external environment (Edward, 75).