Nursing
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Many of us have been impacted by outbreaks of disease in our lifetimes. Throughout history, humans have battled outbreaks of disease; many have lost their lives to diseases before treatments and cures were discovered. Modern science and medicine have become efficient in developing vaccines and medications to control and treat outbreaks, but whether the diseases will ever truly be eradicated is in question. Considering how many of these infectious diseases exist and how easily they spread, it is important to remember safety issues to reduce and prevent transmission.
For your initial post, reflect over the past decade and recall a news-breaking infectious outbreak of a disease that made an impact on you. Please include a link to a news article or video related to your outbreak in your initial post. Include the following in your post:
-Disease name
-Infectious agent (is the disease bacterial, viral, or fungal? List the specific organism (genus species)
-Mode of transmission
-Signs and symptoms of the disease
-Treatment (or treatments) available
Try not to duplicate another classmate’s topic (make your subject line is your disease so it is easy to check)
-Explain how that story changed the way you interacted with people, family, or friends.
-For your reply post, expand your peer’s ideas by sharing stories from your own personal experience with the outbreak.
Note:
“Expand on your peer’s ideas” needs more than 1 – 2 sentences for an acceptable reply.
If you refer to a website or article, be sure to cite it in APA format. This prevents plagiarism and allows your fellow students to review the cites and increase the class knowledge base. (I want to reply to this peer)
Kattie Allen
an hour ago, at 12:56 PM
Disease name: Cholera
Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 or O139.
Cholera is found in water that has been contaminated by the feces of someone with the infection.
Signs and symptoms of the disease Cholera infection are often mild or without symptoms but can be severe. Approximately 1 in 10 people who get sick with cholera will develop severe symptoms such as watery diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps. Rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock in these people. It is recommended that you seek medical help, or it may be fatal.
Cholera can be successfully treated by immediately replacing the fluid and salts lost through diarrhea. Patients can be treated with oral rehydration solution (ORS), a prepackaged mixture of sugar and salts mixed with 1 liter of water, and drunk in large amounts.
I am from a third-world country, and when the outbreak happened in Haiti, my mother and father went to Haiti to help provide water purification instruments to help combat the issues there.
ANSWER
News-Breaking Infectious Outbreak of a Disease
Disease name: Coronavirus Disease
Coronavirus disease is a respiratory infection that results from new strains of corona virus that leads to sickness in humans. The disease is spread by infected air droplets from person to person and are projected through coughing and sneezing. It can be spread though human contact with surfaces and contaminated hands touching the nose, eyes and mouth. The disease was first discovered in China but has now spread globally.
Infectious Agent: Coronavirus disease is a viral infection that is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. SARS CoV-2 virus is a member of the coronavirus that can infect animals and people. At some point, human beings acquire the virus from animals.
Mode of Transmission: Coronavirus disease transmits when individual breathe air that is contaminated by small airborne particles and droplets that contain the virus. The risk of contracting is high when people are at close proximities and contacts with contaminated surfaces.
Signs and Symptoms of the Disease: Coronavirus affects people in different ways with most infected developing moderate and mild illness and may recover without hospitalization. Some of the common symptoms include cough, fever, tiredness and loss of taste. In more severe cases, the infection leads to severe acute respiratory syndrome, shortness of breath and pneumonia.
Treatment: Currently, antibody medications have been used on the treatment of the disease. These medications are given soon after symptoms begin and before hospitalization. Mild illnesses have been treated with supportive care which relieves the symptoms.
After the news breaking about the coronavirus disease we underestimated the weight of Coronavirus but when Coronavirus disease was announced a pandemic there was so much panic. The massive deaths led to heartbreaking situations due to loss of loved ones. Movements were restricted with people sticking to their homes to prevent the spread of the disease. We would wash hands regularly, keep sanitizing surfaces, wear face masks and keep safe distances as directed to maintain public health safety.
Kattie Allen Reply
I agree with Kattie that Cholera was a news breaking infectious outbreak. Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by vibrio cholera usually found in contaminated food and water. Cholera infection begins with a mild infection that gets severe with symptoms such as vomiting, watery diarrhea and leg cramps. Cholera has been treated through oral rehydration solution (ORS).
