Diseases and Illnesses by https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577 Diseases and Illnesses en-us 2019-05-07 17:39:10 UTC 2023-10-03 15:39:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Superbugs quismi20 https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357752617 In the article, Superbugs, a silent health emergency, the author teaches us about how superbugs are already an epidemic, but there isn’t much being done about it. Superbugs are bacteria that have become immune to the normal antibiotics and they can’t be killed. It's estimated that in the United States alone, antibiotic-resistant infections now sicken some two million people each year. At least 23,000 of them die. This has increased since the 1970s when scientists began working on things like cancer and heart problems. Bacteria are becoming immune faster than we can make new vaccines. In some places, antibiotics no longer work for half of all people being treated against common diseases. Another difficulty is the cost. It takes $233 million to treat just one superbug. Scientists are struggling to find a solution and we need one fast. 
 
Bacterial: Relating to or caused by bacteria 

Treatment: Medical care given to someone for an illness or injury

Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community

Tumor: Abnormal growth of cells 

Outbreak: The sudden start and expansion of a disease

Link: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/superbugs-silent-health-emergency

 
]]> 2019-05-07 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357752617 Ebola niccip20 https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357752687
The Ebola virus has mutated and changed in unknown ways that seem to have made it more deadly. For example, Ebola outbreaks never had infected more than 600 people previous to the 2013-16 outbreak, but the recent outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea infected more than 28,000. One speculated reason for the virus’ increased lethality is that easier entry into human cells may have given the virus more potential to replicate and jump to other humans. One study showed that the mutated Ebola virus preferably infected human cells rather than those of its original host, the fruit bat. In addition, one of the two major studies on the Ebola mutation shows that people infected with the virus after the alteration appeared twice as likely to die from it compared to those before the alteration. The virus’ mutation still remains a big mystery, and it is difficult to know the actual reason why it has become more deadly, but evidence points to the idea that mutations of the virus has had unforeseen effects that have yet to be discovered. 

Symptoms:
  • fever 
  • body aches
  • severe internal and external bleeding (hemorrhage)  
 
Vocabulary: 
  • Hemorrhage - An escape of blood from a ruptured vessel, especially when profuse
  • Outbreak - The sudden start and expansion of a disease
  • Mutation - A genetic alteration of  the DNA of a organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/has-new-mutation-ebola-virus-made-it-deadlier 

]]> 2019-05-07 17:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357752687 Medieval plague marurb20 https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357754676  
This article is about the plague turning up around the states. For example, in 2016 four cases were reported in New Mexico. Fleas that jump from rats to pets spread the plague meaning that our pets spread the plague to us. It has risen in California beginning in 2015. This Medieval Disease is coming back to haunt us. 
 
Vocab: 
Disease- a disorder of a structure in humans, animals, and plants. 
Bacterial- Relating to or caused by bacteria 
Symptoms-  a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient. 
Cure- to relieve the symptoms of an illness 
Ravaging- cause severe damage to 
https://newsela.com/read/human-plague-US/id/25404/
]]> 2019-05-07 17:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357754676 The Mayo Clinic There are several different ways diseases and infections can be transmitted. It is also very important that people take care of themselves to prevent diseases with proper hygiene and care and to also get all necessary vaccines. The article also has some information on symptoms of diseases and cures. It says that diseases are a disorder caused by organisms such as bacteria, virus, fungi or parasites. The signs and symptoms vary depending on the type of disease. Some common symptoms are fever, and fatigue. alecli20 https://padlet.com/niccip20/s6my49vnc577/wish/357757133                    
Outbreak: the sudden start and expansion of a disease 
Disease: a disorder of a structure in a human, animal or plant 
Chronic: a disease or illness that is persisting for a long time, constantly recurring. 
Tumor: abnormal growth of cells that serves no purpose 
Treatment: medical care given to someone for an illness or injury

https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/infectious-diseases/sections/overview/ovc-20456906



 


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