Communicable Diseases: Task 3 Measles is an infectious illness that can lead to pneumonia, encephalitis, croup, blindness, diarrhea, or death if left untreated. According to Queensland Health (2013), measles symptoms usually start to show after about 10 days. The early symptoms are similar to that of the common cold; they include fever, fatigue, runny nose, conjunctivitis, and coughing. A trademark of measles is small white spots on the inside of the cheek. Once these small white spots appear,
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Hepatitis B Candace Tiley GCU RN-BSN Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V Colleen Darrow September 12, 2013 Hepatitis B TRANSMISSION: Hepatitis B is a communicable disease that affects the liver via the hepatitis virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is the most common liver infection in the world. The virus is transmitted via blood and infected bodily fluids. This can occur through activities that involve percutaneous punctures through the skin, or mucosal contact with infectious blood
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Case Study BSHS/325 December 8, 2014 Maria Perrotta Case Study Human services provide help to many in need. Human service professionals need to be able to be provided with general information, the case information, about an individual, and understand the needs of the client. This case study involves Michael and his relationships, his roles, and the effects of his unhealthy habits. Michael’s Basic Information and Relationships Michael is a single 45 year old male with no children
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Hepatitis B Candace Tiley GCU RN-BSN Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V Colleen Darrow September 12, 2013 Hepatitis B TRANSMISSION: Hepatitis B is a communicable disease that affects the liver via the hepatitis virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is the most common liver infection in the world. The virus is transmitted via blood and infected bodily fluids. This can occur through activities that involve percutaneous punctures through the skin, or mucosal contact with infectious blood
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SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT ON “CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF WATER PURIFIER” (AQUAGUARD) EUREKA FORBES PVT. LTD. SUBMITTED FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTFOR THE AWARD OF Masters Of Business Administration SUBMITTED BY: UJJAVAL K. JAIN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: Ms. Anjali Kedawat AMITY UNIVERSITY, RAJASTHAN Acknowledgement I would like to take the opportunity to express my deep gratitude to all those who have been the part of this report in some way or the
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in his hands and feet for the last 2 days and flare up of "Chilblain" symptoms. No signs of swelling or change in color, no rash, no erythema, No lesion, no fever, and no change in his walking. He was admitted to the floor for IV steroid and pain management. When we received the sign-out from the ED doctor on this case; I was wondering what “chilblains” means and how I can manage it. The term chilblains is a descriptive word usually referring to an idiopathic medical condition, often cold-induced
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org/wiki/Genetics). Genetic counseling is the process by which patients or relatives, at risk of an inherited disorder, are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it, and the options open to them in management and family planning. This complex process can be separated into diagnostic (the actual estimation of risk) and supportive aspects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_counseling). The field of genetic counseling has developed rapidly with new
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• Diseases of affluence Less strenuous physical exercise, often through increased use of a car Easy accessibility in society to large amounts of low-cost food (relative to the much-lower caloric food availability in a subsistence economy) More food generally, with much less physical exertion expended to obtain a moderate amount of food More high fat and high sugar foods in the diet are common in the affluent developed economies of the late-twentieth century More foods which are processed, cooked
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease, is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death. It was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him.[1] Most often, AD is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age,[2] although the less-prevalentearly-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 million sufferers
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Lisa Dauenhauer Pharmacology II- NSGD 326 Heather Paulson, MN, RN May 21st, 2013 There is no other organ in the body as magnificent as the heart. It seems interesting that it is also placed at the center of our bodies. Without this amazing muscle made of involuntary striated muscle cells, we would not be able to live. It is a mean machine
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