A protozoan is the smallest single-celled member of the animal kingdom. A Ping-Pong disease that infects two to three million Americans’ yearly worldwide and researchers have found that it can cause inflammation of the prostate in men but when women come in contact with Trichomoniasis, their symptoms can consist of foul smells, heavily yellowish discharge that comes from the vagina area but then genitals in contact with the infection come across itching, and pain when urinating or having sexual intercourse. Most infected don’t know about the infection due to not having visible symptoms why it’s so important to go for regular checkups. 80 percent of women and 40 percent of men infected may not experience any type of symptoms. And STI’s (sexual transmitted infection) need to be diagnosed correctly, and fully treated and everything as soon as possible to avoid complications that could be serious and or permanent to the body. And in the high occurrence of the T vaginitis worldwide and its compatibility with being the starting point if untreated of other serious diseases makes Trichomoniasis a compelling public health concern. (Wang CC, McClelland RS, Reilly M, 2001)
In addition, Trichomoniasis has also been linked to other serious infections and diseases when gone untreated as in increased risk of getting and transmitting HIV infection which can then lead to AIDS and also can cause cancer of the cervix or if gone down there by oral can lead to cancer of the mouth. But most of the time people are just carriers of the infection and since there are really not any type of regularly guidelines to screening the infection, Trichomoniasis vaginitis often goes undiagnosed. Although it is easily treated with single dose of prescription antib...
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Introduction: Chlamydia Trachomatis is the organism responsible for diseases such as trachoma and the STD Chlamydia. Chlamydia is the most common STD in the United States, with about 4 million new cases diagnosed every year.
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Treponema pallidum is a Gram-negative bacterium that has a spiral shape (1). They are about 6 to 20um in length and 18-20um in diameter (1). Treponema pallidum can only survive within a host which makes them obligate internal parasites, meaning that outside a host this organism will die due to the absence of nutrients, exposure to oxygen and heat. Also since this organism can’t be grown on a culture medium, animal models are used to study T. pallidum (1). Treponema pallidum bacteria consist of an inner and outer membrane with a thin peptidoglycan cell wall lacking liposaccharides (1). They have a distinctive corkscrew motility with the aid of 6 endoflagellas (2). The specific classifications of Treponema pallidum are the following: Scientific name- Treponema pallidum, Common name- Syphilis. Treponema causes syphilis, yaws, and spinta. Borrelia causes Lyme disease and relapsing fever and Leptospira causing leptospirosis (5). What makes this microorganism special to the human population is that it causes infection to its host by entering the body through microscopic skin or mucous abrasions via direct personal contact with the lesions (sexual or kissing), blood transfusions, accidental bacterial inoculation, and transplacental passage (2). According to the CDC website there are 55,400 people diagnosed with Syphilis every year and 322 reported cases of congenital Syphilis in 2012 (6).
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Bacterial vaginosis is known to be the most common cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in women of childbearing age (Hay, 2010). Bacterial vaginosis is the result of the substitution of normal vaginal lactobacilli with anaerobic bacteria Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella, Peptostreptococcus and Bacteroides spp., which will result loss of the normal vaginal acidity (Turovskiy, Sutyak Noll, & Chikindas, 2010). Bacterial vaginosis is the main trigger of vaginal discharge or malodor in women (Hainer & Gibson, 2011). Studies specify that most women diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis are unaware of the infection; however, the fishy odor smell that accompanies this infection is usually a hallmark for its diagnosis (Hainer & Gibson, 2011).
Pelvic Inflammatory disease is the most common and serious infection that women can acquire. This disease has caused many problems to more than 1 million women per year, and billions of dollars are spent for diagnose and treatment. In addition, it is responsible for about 250,000 hospitalizations every year. Females that are 25 years or younger, and are sexually active are at risk for developing PID. Other risk factors include past history of pelvic inflammatory disease, multiple sexual partners, unprotected sex, sexual encounters at a young a...
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When we view substance use disorders, alcohol is the most widely used drug within the United States and 11 percent of workers have drinking problems (Frone, 2006). Over 20 million people used illegal substances in 2006 and 7 million people abused prescribed medications. Of the 18 million drug abusers, 18 years or older in 2006, 13.4 million (74.9 %) were employed full or part time (SAMHSA, OSA). These addiction problems have an expenditure of $276 billion dollars per year with most of this cost from loss of productivity and health care (H. Harwood, D. Fountain, and G. Livermore, 1992).
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This paper includes an understanding about the parasitic roundworm called trichinella. It gives detail of the disease, its transmission and source. Emphasizing how it effects the body, further explaining the epidemiology and how the parasite poses a threat. Also providing an overview of the various types of transmission, how it obscures the human body, and informs one about the symptoms that occurs with the ingestion of trichinella. This paper also addresses the various diagnostic procedures and the treatment required in order to treat Trichinellosis. This, emerging the complex world of the most common type of trichinella species called Trichinella spiralis. In addition, it raises awareness of the health risks and possible outcomes that can come along when the parasites begins migrating throughout the body.
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