...Communicable Disease Chain: Mononucleosis/ Epstein Barr Virus LaTasha R. Uszakiewicz Grand Canyon University Author Note [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] Communicable Disease Chain: Mononucleosis/ Epstein Barr Virus Mononucleosis is a contagious disease caused by a virus. The most common virus causing mononucleosis is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), but it can be caused by others. The Epstein-Barr virus or (EBV) is also known as human herpesvirus 4, is categorized as a gamma herpes virus that occurs only in humans. Infectious mononucleosis is also called “Mono” or “the kissing disease” because it is most often seen among teenagers or young adults between the ages of 15 to 17.” EBV infectious mononucleosis has also been linked to the cause of viral pharyngitis. According to the CDC, “at least 25% of teenagers and young adults who get infected with EBV will develop infectious mononucleosis” with approximately 12% of susceptible college-aged young adults converting each year and half of whom will develop acute infectious mononucleosis. Mononucleosis/EBV Pathophysiology There are more than 3 million US cases per year of mononucleosis. The virus is most often spread by saliva or close intimate contact, semen during sexual contact, in some rare cases via blood transfusion and is linked to the Epstein-Barr virus. It is rare that mononucleosis will be caused by any other virus such as the cytomegalovirus (CMV), Hepatitis A, B, or C,...
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...Option One: Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Abstract Lyme disease (LD), caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common tick-borne illness in the United States. Transmission occurs primarily through the bite of an infected deer tick (Ixodes scapularis). Patients with LD may have an array of symptoms affecting various body systems, depending on the stage of the disease and length of time since infection. There is a two-step testing method used to diagnose LD recommended by the Center of Disease Control (CDC) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). According to guidelines from IDSA, antibiotics are recommended for all cases of LD, but length of treatment and route of administration differ, depending on stage of illness. Introduction Over the past several decades, Lyme disease (LD) has become a serious public health concern in some areas of the United States and Europe. LD, first recognized in the 1970s when it was identified as the cause of a cluster of pediatric arthritis cases in Lyme, Connecticut, has quickly emerged as a growing epidemic (Nicholas et al. 2013). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that approximately 30,000 people per year are diagnosed with LD in the US (Moore 2015). LD is the result of an infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by a bite from the tick species Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Nicholas et al. 2013). Transmission ...
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...HCS 120 Week 1 Assignment Job Interview Question For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 5 Times, Rating: A+ Job Interview Question Instructions: Imagine you are interviewing for a position in a health care facility, and the first step in the interview process is to answer the following question in writing: What is the importance of medical terminology? Answer the question in 350-700 words. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCS 120 Week 2 Assignment Health Care Services Worksheet For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 5 Times, Rating: A+ Health Care Services Worksheet Instructions: Choose one health care service or function from your readings or vocabulary exercise this week that most interests you, personally or professionally. Describe the service or function using the Health Care Service Worksheet. Use at least one reference. Supporting Material: Health Care Services Worksheet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCS 120 Week 3 Assignment Newspaper Article (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Tutorial Purchased: 5 Times, Rating: A+ This Tutorial contains 2 Articles Newspaper Article Instructions: Your local newspaper has asked you to write a 700- to 1,050-word, two part article regarding patient health data and technology...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Health Care Terms Worksheet Submitted by: ------------------------- |Term |Definition |Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care | | | |industry. | |Digestive System |Body system responsible for digestion, |Antacids are often used to treat issues with the digestive | | |absorption, and ingestion of foods to |system. | | |supply the body with nutrients. | | |Obesity |Characterized by the excessive amount of |The prevalence of obesity is rising in the united states | | |body fat that has accumulated to the point|causing a rise in health complications. | | |of potential health complications. | | |Circulatory System |The system that moves blood through the |The circulatory system contains cells that aid in fighting | | |body. Consists of the heart, capillaries |infection. ...
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...microscope. Viruses are composed of nucleic acid, proteins and, in some cases, lipids as well. Nucleic acid, which can be either DNA or RNA, encodes the genetic information that is necessary to make copies of the virus. Often viruses can be passed on by touching , Body fluids such as blood, saliva and semen can contain the infecting organisms and transmission of such fluids, for example by injection or sexual contact, is important, particularly for viral infections like hepatitis or AIDS. How do vaccines work? During the small pox epidemic Mr. Edward Jenner noticed that the milk maids who caught the cowpox virus didn’t catch smallpox. Later in 1796 he created a small serum with a weaker form of the small pox virus the (ect. The Cow Pox) so that the body knew to recognize the virus before it did any major damage. Mr. Jenner’s pioneer vaccine had opened the gate-way to many if not all of the vaccines used for both man and animals now days. Somewhat like Mr. Jenner’s vaccine today vaccines houses a dead or weakened part of a germ or virus that is causes the infection. The germ has been killed or weakened before it is used to make the vaccine; it can’t make the person sick. When a someone receives a vaccine, there body makes protective antibodies....
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Health Care Terms Worksheet Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course. Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines: In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words. In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following: o How has it influenced heath care? o What role has the term played as health care developed over the years? Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name. Submit the file to your facilitator. Submitted by: |Term |Definition |Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care | | | |industry. | |Digestive System |It is the system that makes the food we |Since my digestive system is very weak, the doctor has | | |intake absorb into ones body. |recommended honey with my meals. | |Obesity |Is one that...
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...Jan. 2013. . In the article “Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity.” the authors talk about the benefits of exercise, from boosting your mood to improving your sex life. The first topic of seven is how exercise controls weight. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn. Therefore causing weight loss and making you a healthier individual. The second topic exercise combats health conditions and diseases. Regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, certain types of cancer, arthritis and falls. The third is exercise improves mood. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed. The fourth topic is exercise boosts energy. Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. The fifth topic is exercise promotes better sleep. Regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. By exercising you use energy therefore making you drowsier and making it easier for you to fall asleep. The sixth topic is exercise puts the spark back into your sex life. Regular physical activity can lead to enhanced arousal for women. And men who exercise regularly are less likely to have problems with erectile dysfunction than...
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...Wellness: the new health goal • Generations of people have viewed health simply as the absence of disease • Health – typically refers to the overall condition of a person’s body or mind and to the presence or absence of illness or injury • Wellness – beyond the simple presence or absence of disease, wellness refers to optimal health and vitality – to living life to its fullest • There are two differences between health and wellness: o Health – or some aspects of it – can be determined or influenced by factors beyond your control, such as your genes, age and family history (for example, family history of heart disease or cancer) o Wellness is largely determined by the decisions you make about how you live. For example, eating sensibly, exercising and having regular screening tests. Enhanced wellness, therefore, involves making conscious decisions to control risk factors that contribute to disease or injury. (age and family history are risk factors that cannot be controlled. Behaviours such as smoking, exercising and eating healthy are factors you can control) The dimensions of wellness • Experts have defined six dimensions of wellness: o Physical o Emotional o Intellectual o Interpersonal o Spiritual o Environmental • These dimensions are interrelated; each has an effect on the others • The process of achieving wellness is constant and dynamic, involving change and growth • Wellness is not static; ignoring any dimension of wellness can have harmful...
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...medicine was introduced. Alternative Medicine is the natural treatment of disease which came before the tech nologically-based practices of conventional medicine. In this aspect, alternative medicine is traditional while conventional medicine is relatively new. Nevertheless, alternative medicine is termed as such since conventional or traditional Western medicine is the norm that is taught in all the medical schools and applied in most hospitals. There is a wide variety of alternative medicine that has accumulated over the years through different cultures. Whole medical systems such as homeopathic medicine, a treatment that originated in Europe, which stimulates the body’s ability to heal itself; Naturopathic medicine, also from Europe, a system that uses dietary and lifestyle changes as well as herbs, massages, and joint manipulation; traditional Chinese medicine from China which uses herbs, meditation, and acupuncture to correct the imbalance of yin and yang which causes the disease; and Ayurvedic medicine, a medical system from India that integrates the body, mind, and spirit to prevent and treat disease. A practitioner of alternative medicine tends to focus on the whole person when making diagnoses. They take great pains to figure out how one body system affects another. Cancer, for example, is seen as a systemic disorder that can be 2 cured by boosting the body’s natural immune system. The tumor is merely one physical expression of the systemic disorder...
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...of Phoenix Material Week 4 Health Care Terms Worksheet Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course. Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines: In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words. In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following: How has it influenced heath care? What role has the term played as health care developed over the years? Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name. Submit the file to your facilitator. Submitted by: Tayana Billingsley Term | Definition | Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. | Digestive System | A group of organs working together to convert food into energy and basic nutrients to feed the entire body. | The digestive system allows food to pass through a long tube inside the body known as the alimentary canal or the G.I. tract. | Obesity | A complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat that increases your risk of diseases and health problems. | Dietary changes and weight lost can improve or help prevent the health problems associated with obesity. | Circulatory System | A vast network of organs...
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...REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ➢ The major function of the reproductive system is to make sure that the human species survives. ➢ It is not necessary for every human being to produce children, but in order to continue our human species, at least some people have to have children. ➢ The four main functions of the human reproductive system are: • To produce egg and sperm cells, • To transport and sustain these cells, • To nurture the developing offspring, and • To produce hormones. MAJOR ORGANS ➢ In the human reproductive system, the major organs include the external genitalia and many internal organs including gonads producing gametes and hormones. ➢ These hormones are needed in the maturing of the human reproductive system, the development of sexual characteristics, and the importance in regulating the normal physiology of the human reproductive system. ➢ In the males, the major organ of the reproductive system is the penis, and in the females it is the vagina. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Female External Reproductive Organs A female's external part of the reproductive organs is called the vulva, meaning “covering.” The vulva is located between the legs and covers the opening to the vagina and other reproductive organs located inside the body. Female Internal Reproductive Organs The female has four internal reproductive organs: • the vagina, • uterus, • fallopian...
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...Administration (U.S. F.D.A.) has a series of trials that are conducted on human volunteers. These series are used to test vaccine efficiency, to determine appropriate dosage, and to monitor adverse side effects. That’s not the end though, after these series of tests, the FDA still monitors the vaccine reactions for many years. The first vaccine was not discovered until 1798 by Edward Jenner and was used for vaccination against the smallpox virus. Later on, over a 100 years, Louis Pasteur proved that a disease could be prevented by infecting a person with the weakened germs. Dr. Pasteur used a vaccine on a boy in 1885 to prevent rabies as the child had been bitten once before by a rabid dog. By the 1900’s, there were two human virus vaccines, smallpox and rabies, and three bacterial vaccines against cholera, typhoid, and plague. In the mid-20th century, Jonas Salk, MD, and Albert Sabin, MD, discovered the inactivated polio vaccine as well as the live polio vaccine Vaccinations for fatal diseases such as diphtheria, measles and...
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...University of Phoenix Material Week 4 Health Care Terms Worksheet Understanding health care terms is a prerequisite for both academic and professional success. This assignment is intended to ensure you understand some of the basic terms used in this course. Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines: In the space provided, write each term’s definition. You must define the term in your own words. In the space provided after each term’s definition, use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. You may wish to consider the following: How has it influenced health care? What role has the term played as health care developed over the years? Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name. Submit the file to your facilitator. Submitted by: [Jonah Sleweon] Term | Definition | Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. | Digestive System | The system that absorbs food into the body. | Our digestive system not only provide our body with absorbable nutrients it also excrete our body of waste products. | Obesity | Excess of body weight. | Obesity usually is the cause of overeating and laziness. | Circulatory System | Organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body. | The circulatory system is able to deliver nutrients and essential materials to our cells. | Hypertension | When blood pressure remains high. | Our family...
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...1. Match each of the following innate defense mechanisms with its associated structure or body fluid: _Tears and saliva ----- Lysozyme __Stomach ---- Very acidic pH ____skin --- Sebum and fatty acids ___Low pH, flushing action of urine ___________ Mucociliary escalator ____________ Phagocytes (a) Urogenital tract (b) SKIN (c) Tears and saliva (d) Stomach (e) Lower respiratory tract (f) Bronchial tubes 15 Match the following terms of inflammation to their descriptions: ____________ Pyrogen ____________ Chronic inflammation ____________ Leukocytosis ____________ Acute inflammation ____________ Edema ____________ Bradykinin (a) Small peptide released at injured site that is responsible for pain sensation (b) Short-term inflammation that kills invading microbes, clears tissue debris, and repairs tissue injury (c) Fluid accumulation around injured cells causing swelling (d) Fever-causing substance (e) Long-term inflammation that attempts to destroy and/or confine the region of inflammation (f) Damaged cells release cytokines that trigger the production and infiltration of leukocytes to the inflammation site Chapter 17 There are five classes of antibodies or immunoglobulins. Match the following antibody classes to their descriptions: ____________IgG ____________IgA ____________IgM ____________IgI ____________IgD (a) The “allergy” antibody that attaches to basophils and mast cells with their...
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... |College of Natural Sciences | | |SCI/162 Version 6 | | |Principles of Health and Wellness | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course reinforces the concept that learning effectively and living well involves both the mind and body. It presents the fundamentals of wellness and preventive health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which...
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