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Types Of Cancer Genital Warts
1,143 words
Sexual transmitted diseases (STD) are one of the
major causes of death in the United States,
frequently in teenagers. Some of these sexual
transmitted diseases do not have a cure and many
others, if not treated properly, can lead to very
serious complications as cancer. Quantities of the
most common types of STDs are viral, bacterial,
and parasitic animals. A virus in order to survive
needs a living cell within which to replicate.
Some viruses can survive outside the host cell but
they cannot gr...
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Needles And Syringes Scar Tissue
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... deathly and apply pressure on the area for a
few minutes. An ice pack or crushed ice in a tea
towel will also help reduce any bleeding or pain).
To inject into the thigh, divide the thigh from
the knee to the hip in thirds by drawing three
imaginary horizontal lines across it. Inject into
the outer part of the middle section. The thigh
has more exposed nerves and veins than the
backside. Place a cotton ball over the injection
site if the oil based steroid dribbles out a
little bit - this sug...
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Cause Of Death Chest Pain
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Causes of Pneumonia Bacterial Pneumonia Viral
Pneumonia Mycoplasma Pneumonia Other Kinds of
Pneumonia Treating Pneumonia Preventing Pneumonia
is Possible If You Have Symptoms WHAT IS
PNEUMONIA? Pneumonia is a serious infection or
inflammation of your lungs. The air sacs in the
lungs fill with pus and other liquid. Oxygen has
trouble reaching your blood. If there is too
little oxygen in your blood, your body cells can't
work properly. Because of this and spreading
infection through the body pneum...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Inflammation is the bodies normal response to
injured tissues, although it can sometimes lead to
further tissue damage. It was first described
around 30 BC by Celsius, as tumour (swelling),
rumor (redness), calor (heat) and door (pain);
although excess secretion and loss of function are
now commonly added. Inflammation is a response
which has evolved to try and put things right in a
damaged tissue, for example the pain and loss of
function allow the tissue to heal easier whilst
the heat and redn...
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Urinary Tract Prostate Gland
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How do the urinary system work? ? Your body takes
nutrients from food and uses them to maintain all
bodily functions including energy and self-repair.
After your body has taken what it needs from the
food, waste products are left behind in the blood
and in the bowel. The urinary system works with
the lungs, skin, and intestines -- all of which
also excrete wastes -- to keep the chemicals and
water in your body balanced. Adults eliminate
about a quart and a half of urine each day. The
amount depe...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Mucous Membranes
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S. T. D. , what does it mean? It stands for
Sexually Transmitted Disease. STDs used to be
called venereal diseases. Sexually transmitted
diseases have been around for a long time. There
were references to gonorrhea in the Old Testament
and descriptions of syphilis at the time of
Columbus. Sexually transmitted diseases cross all
boundaries. They are not restricted to people of
one sexual orientation, race, cultural group or
socioeconomic class. When most people think about
infectious diseases, th...
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Health Care Workers University Of Toronto
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... or inter- views. Very few people at risk of
AIDS now come to give blood. The "self-
elimination form", filled out in a private booth,
allows any who feel compelled by peer pressure to
donate blood, total privacy to check the box that
says "Do not use my blood for transfusion. " As to
banking one's own blood, or autologous donations,
the Red Cross permits a few "medically suitable"
people, referred by their physician, to store
their blood if they are likely to need blood
transfusion in upcomi...
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Genital Herpes Herpes Simplex
328 words
Herpes Genital is the name of a widespread
sexually transmitted disease. It is also generally
known simply as herpes. Genital herpes is caused
by the herpes simplex virus or the Herpes Simplex
Virus 2. HSV- 2 is one of the herpes viruses, a
group of viruses that cause a wide variety of
diseases (Banikowski, S 1999). HSV- 2 infects only
human beings and is transmitted during intimate
sexual activity. Infection occurs on or around the
sex organs or rectum. The virus then spreads along
the nerves t...
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Adverse Reactions Chicken Pox
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In 1996 a mother took her six-month-old son,
Jonah, to the doctor to get his DPT vaccination.
Two days later, Jonah came down with an ear
infection. Bobbie took him into the doctor and the
child was given a prescription of amoxicillin. The
ear infection soon healed and all went well for
about two months when the infection returned.
Bobbie again took Jonah to the physician where he,
this time, gave the boy a stronger form of
amoxicillin. Again the infection soon diminished.
About four months late...
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Health Care Workers University Of Toronto
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... taking, questionnaires and donor inter- views.
Very few people at risk of AIDS now come to give
blood. The "self- elimination form", filled out in
a private booth, allows any who feel compelled by
peer pressure to donate blood, total privacy to
check the box that says "Do not use my blood for
transfusion. " As to banking one's own blood, or
autologous donations, the Red Cross permits a few
"medically suitable" people, referred by their
physician, to store their blood if they are likely
to ne...
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Std Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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... be able to get it from blood transfusions, but
now the blood supplies are cleaner. You can get it
from other kinds of skin contact too. Kissing, dry
humping, petting, and foreplay involve skin
contact, therefore, can transmit the infection. A
mother can pass it on to her child during birth.
Symptoms Syphilis has three stages, during the
first stage, a painless sore may appear on the
spot where the bacteria first entered the body,
usually nine days after contact with an infected
person. The s...
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Bubonic Plague Infectious Diseases
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The Bubonic Plague Devastating epidemics and
infectious diseases took place in all periods of
the mankind's history. The number of the victims
at times considerably exceeded losses during
military actions. Plague was one of the terrible
general illnesses of the classical Middle Ages
period. 3 enormous plagues are known in the
history. The first is Justinian's plague (sixth
century A. D. ), which, having left Egypt, has
devastated almost all the countries of the
Mediterranean and it was kept abou...
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Life Threatening Past Year
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Some call it horror and some call it the super
germ, but now, our always known regular bacteria,
those one-celled creatures once considered under
control with antibiotics, have invaded our
hospitals and headlines with a vengeance. The
vengeance used against us is caused by an existing
organism called necrotizing fasciitis, the
so-called flesh-eating bacteria, caused by Group A
streptococcus. What this organism does is
progressively destroy the human body tissue all
the way to the bone. This orga...
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Hemorrhagic Fever
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Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study When a new virus
appeared in the Four Corners region, American
scientists were stumped. What was causing such a
quick death to such healthy people? Was there a
potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew,
and when they finally determined that a strain
hantavirus was involved, many were shocked. This
had to be something completely new to the
hantavirus family and that was somewhat
overwhelming. Normally, the hantavirus only
affects the kidneys, but this new vir...
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Loss Of Appetite Nausea Vomiting
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THE PRIORITY OF HEPATITIS B VACCINATIONS IN CANADA
The increase in the number of children attending
schools in Canada and the potential for
transmission of viral infection in that
environment is a problem of great size. A virus is
defined as a morbid principle, or a poisonous
venom, especially one capable of being introduced
into another person or animal in The Shorter
Oxford English Dictionary. Due to their miniscule
size, it was not until 1885 that Adolf Mayer
observed their existence in the m...
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Toxic Shock Syndrome Kidney Failure
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Impetigo is a bacterial infection caused by
Streptococcus and / or Staphylococcus organisms.
Both staphylococcus and streptococcus are part of
the normal flora found on human skin, but given
the opportunity they can become pathogenic.
Streptococcus is a spherical bacterium that is
arranged into chains. It is Gram positive and
catalase negative. Group A Streptococcus (GAS),
such as Streptococcus pyogenes, are responsible
for most cases of streptococcal infections. The
letter A is part of a classi...
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Nucleic Acid Disease Causing
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The smallest livingMononucleus Bacteria The
smallest living things on earth are the
prokaryotic cells. Bacteria fall into the Monera
Kingdom. They have a single DNA molecule in the
cytoplasm. Almost all minerals have a cell wall
that protects the cell and gives it its shape.
Some minerals have a layer outside the cell wall
called the capsule. This helps the cell cling to
surfaces. A typical bacterium is about 2
micrometers long. Inside the cell, there are
nucleic acids, enzymes, and other substa...
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Spinal Cord Muscle Weakness
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Mornings bring pain, not particular to its domain,
when we should be refreshed and strong. If there
is a trick up it s sleeve, it s in mid morning and
we think, for the thousandth time, it went away.
It comes to catch us again, with a mid-afternoon
wave of fatigue, so overwhelming the world isn t
real. The struggle is enormous. This has to be the
worse time. When hope and excitement of genius
ideas reach their peak, to be brought down by a
ghastly thing, no hopes can overcome. We must
sleep, whe...
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World Health Organization Skin Test
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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Prevention Tuberculosis
Prevention Tuberculosis is becoming a world-wide
problem. Three million people die of TB each year,
and over 22, 000 cases are reported each year in
the United States. There are also an estimated 10
to 15 million people in the U. S. who are infected
with the TB germs with potential to develop TB
disease in the future (Hughes, February 1998). The
modern era of tuberculosis began in the mid 1980
s. At that time it was realized that tuberculosis
had...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hiv Aids
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Sex Stds Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sex is a
popular subject; it is on television, in
advertisements, in magazines, and practically
everywhere. One very serious side effect of an
increase of sexual activity is the risk of
contracting sexually transmitted diseases. They
affect more than twelve million Americans each
year. Sexually transmitted diseases are becoming
common and widely spread throughout Americans
because of unprotected sex, promiscuity, and
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