Influenza

The Great Pandemic or better known as Influenza originated in 1918 in the united states more specifically Kansas. Influenza is a viral infection in the respiratory system (nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs) that is highly contagious. Tens of millions of people across the world died from influenza in America 500,000 americans lost their life due to influenza. Why do people remember the fatalities of the titanic but not influenza? I believe that people remember the titanic because their is…

antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 2. What antiviral agents are prescribed for influenza A? Neuroaminidase inhibitors (zanamivir, oseltamivir and permivir) as well as the adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) are all affective against influenza A although adamantanes will not be prescribed in the United States unless under very special circumstances (Zachary, 2015). Oseltamivir, Tamiflu is the drug of choice for influenza. 3. What are the dosage ranges, action, use, pharmacokinetics,…

The source of Influenza comes from wild bird’s right around the 1900s and spread very quickly to other birds that died. Some of these wild birds were carriers of the Influenza virus who passed the virus through the air onto other animals such as chickens, and then passed it on to pigs who then passed it on to humans. The symptoms of the Flu are fever, coughing, sneezing, and severe pain of the body starting in the respiratory area which is highly contagious and is spread through the air from…

“Of deaths resulting from influenza, 80 to 90 percent occur in adults 65 years and older. Older adults are prone to severe and potentially fatal complications from this common illness because of co-existing chronic disease and weakened immunity” (Mouton, 2001). Some of the complications the flu could lead to are bronchitis and or pneumonia. The clinical manifestations from having influenza may include a rapid onset of a headache, muscle aches, cough, sore…

three types of the Influenza strain and each strain deals with a different part of the body. This infection is commonly associated today as the common cold. Influenza A and B can lead to a lot of repertory problems and sometimes even death. What makes this disease so deadly that it is easily spread from host to host. Influenza changes over time to make sure that the bacteria attack the immune system. This change causes the antibodies do not recognize the changing bacteria. Influenza viruses…

The influenza virus has become so deadly, due to its ability to mutate seasonally, through a process called reassortment. This involves the recombination of large genetic segments from several viral strains, which causes small genetic changes to be passed on to create a new type of daughter virus (4). Influenza viruses can do this by antigenic drift, which is when” dominant strains from the previous year have changed its surface structure enough to make the effectiveness of the flu vaccine…

Preventing Influenza, Youth Influenza, more commonly known as “the flu,” is a viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory tract. The respiratory tract includes organs that help you breathe, such as the lungs, nose, and throat. The flu causes many common cold symptoms, as well as a high fever and body aches. The flu spreads easily from person to person (is contagious). The flu is most common from December through March. This is called flu season. You can catch the flu virus by: •…

education started playing important roles in people’s lives for the first time in recent history. No one could have predicted what would follow, nor how serious it became or how the society of the decade would send the nation downhill. The Spanish Influenza broke out in the United States, causing the worst epidemic the country has ever known, even to this day. This disease was known to be so deadly for having “...killed more people in 24 hours than AIDS had in 24 years, and more in a year than…

Avian Influenza Avian Influenza (AI) commonly known as "bird flu" is an infectious viral disease of birds, especially wild waterfowl. Wild birds can be asymptomatic carriers spreading the virus, while domestic birds usually sicken and die in just a few days after contracting the virus. AI has been identified in over 100 different species of wild birds worldwide, with the majority of these being waterfowl (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). OVERVIEW I was unable to find a clear date for…

incidence and epidemiology of influenza. Influenza, or flu, is a viral infection that affects the respiratory system. There are three types of influenza virus: A, B, and C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). Types A and B are responsible for the occurrence of seasonal epidemics that affect up to 20% of the population each year. Type C is not usually associated with epidemics, and symptoms are typically mild in comparison to Type A and B flu virus. Influenza causes between…