she took just weeks before. If I was not born early, The doctors could of saved me from being born with meningitis. Around the age two I was put in a big red shiny ambulance. I was on my way to the hospital because, I was having symptoms of high fevers, vomiting, seizures. These were all symptoms and signs of meningitis. My mom being and experience parent never realized these were the symptoms. She had only had my brother at this time and he was a perfectly normal healthy little kid. The whole meningitis
Nursing Theory The Self-Care Deficit Theory comprises of three interrelated theories. They include the theory of self-care, self-care deficit theory, and the nursing systems theory (Smith & Parker, 2015). Self-care theory has its focus on the activities that people initiate and engage in themselves to ensure that they maintain their health. Self-care agency implies the attained ability to practice. Fundamental conditioning factors including gender, family system, health care system and age among
It can be bacterial or viral. The symptoms of tonsillitis are fever, sore throat, foul breath, difficulty swallowing, painful swallowing, trismus (unable to open mouth), and tender cervical lymph nodes (Stelter, 2014). A throat examination will show red, swollen tonsils, and white or yellow exudate on tonsils. A rapid
INTRODUCTION Millipedes and centipedes are found under the class myriapoda. During the ancients they were known as harmful to humans on account of their poison bite. This class is the most widely distributed and are found in most parts of the world. Some writers have supposed that the world which is translated in the bible is really scolopendra which is a genus for centipedes and his made the centipedes to be the earliest mentioned of the myriapods. Centipedes were noticed in the in the classical
loss of appetite. Moreover, Ms. N had normal lab values for SMA-24 and CBC, which suggested no infection and the fact that she was afebrile. Additional atypical symptoms that Ms. N has in this case study is sepsis without the abnormal leukocytosis, fever and a change in functional status (Flaherty & Zwicker,
Urinary tract infections are very common and can be one of the most serious bacterial infections in children, and clinical signs and symptoms of the condition depends on the age of the child. Since most of the time children do not present with the typical symptoms that are seen in the adult population, a careful history will need to be taken by the provider to diagnose the urinary tract infection. This paper will present a case study of an adolescent female who was diagnosed with a urinary traction
happens to the main characters?What do they learn from their experiences?One day, the coffeehouse's serving girl, Polly, doesn't show up for work. Turns out she came down with a case of the fever, and the next thing you know, she's being buried. Scary, right? Matilda sure thinks so. More and more cases of the fever start popping up, and rumors of an epidemic spread through the coffeehouse and across the city. Around this time, we're also introduced to the ever-so-dreamy Nathaniel Benson, a painter's
the sinus cavities. It can also stem from allergic rhinitis. A patient with rhinosinusitis will present with complaints of fever, malaise, HA, sinus pressure, sore throat, purulent nasal discharge, cough, ear pain, and teeth discomfort when grinding them together. Diagnosis is based on patient’s report of symptoms and physical exam findings. This patient has malaise, fever, HA, sinus pressure, sore throat, cough, and tenderness noted when grinding teeth together. Bacterial rhinosinusitis is the
presenting with fever who were subsequently tested for dengue using both the Tourniquet test and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). For this review: Dengue fever was considered: “Fever along with at least 2 of the following: headache, retroorbital pain, muscle pain, joint pain and rash. May be accompanied by bleeding complications such as epistaxis, gingival bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria)”; whilst Dengue hemorrhagic fever was considered as: “Dengue fever with haemorrhagic
The author Laurie Halse Anderson introduced character Matilda Cook in her book Fever 1793. Yellow Fever is a disease that overwhelmed the city of Philadelphia, the home of Matilda Cook. No one really knows how it all started, it could have been the rotten coffee at the port, or the fleeing French. Who ever or what whatever it was, it happened and it affected Mattie in a big way. The biggest thing that affected her was, that her grandfather died in an accident with robbers. The second biggest thing
thus astonishing them since they haven’t ever seen prestigious methods shot down. Dr. Benjamin Rush, a well respected man and founding father of the United States, had rushed to the news of Catherine, and then decided the fatal disease was Yellow Fever. Many of the physicians at the time in Philadelphia dismissed Rush’s claim as crazy and spontaneous. Rush had thought and expressed the rest of those in the same profession as him were
The two stories “Hair” by Malcolm X and “Typhoid Fever” by Frank McCourt are both very similar, yet different stories about human suffering. Furthermore, “Hair” is about young Malcolm X living in a society based on the way white people live. Malcolm earns money and goes to a salon in order to get his hair conked, a hair style during the 1940’s that made hair straighter. On the other hand, “Typhoid Fever” is about a young boy with a deadly disease living in a hospital and the people surrounding him
Literary Essay: Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical fiction novel, Fever 1793, takes place in the capital of the United States during that time, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A fatal illness, called yellow fever, strikes in the summertime of 1793. Until the frosts come, the dreaded yellow fever disease rampages through the city, tearing it apart, home by home, family by family, person by person. Throughout the story, Matilda “Mattie” Cook, the main character, is able to turn over a new
historical fiction novel Fever 1793, a young girl named Mattie has to go through many hardships due to the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Mattie has to experience many deaths, losses, and even the fever herself. Anderson uses repetition and quotes at the beginning of chapters to express the theme, which is that goodbyes are difficult but can give the person saying those goodbyes valuable characteristics and can later on help them. One theme that represents Fever 1793 is that goodbyes are
My interpretation of the main theme for each poem, short story, and piece of nonfiction in both sections is, “You will always encounter obstacles throughout life, but with the support from others you can overcome them”. Each piece of literature chosen from unit two supports my theme because characters from the writings had obstacles to face but not all accepted help from others. The authors of these pieces of works showed the outcomes of their characters and whether they made the right or wrong decision
The Fever Of 1793 Fever 1793, is an award winning book by,Laurie Halse Anderson that takes place in the cook CoffeeHouse in philadelphia,1793. The main character, Mattie is trying to survive the illness of almost everyone in the entire city.Mattie tries to save all of her beloved ones, but sadly it doesn’t work out as she hopped it would have.But she helps people along the way and with that makes a new family. It's 1793 and people are starting to just drop dead on their beds complaining of a
There is a group of students walking back and forth to classes. No one notices the boy lingering in the hallway. He is your average student with books in his hands, a bag slumped over his shoulders, and a smile on his face to lighten up the day. However, behind that smile, there is neglect, loneliness, and the label of being an outsider plastered on his forehead. No one acknowledged his existence, until his face was broadcast on the local TV channel. He committed suicide and the students finally
by Laurie Halse Anderson called Fever 1793, Matilda Cook and her few family members that live in Philadelphia, are faced by an epidemic disease called yellow fever. It centers around how Mattie must make due to survive this fatal virus easily contracted by mosquitoes, which at this time period, was not known. By using inner thoughts and description, Anderson constructs a lesson of good things coming out of bad times. A theme that is able to be pulled out of Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a normal fourteen year old girl named Matilda Cook, who was working at the family’s coffee shop, living life in search of her identity. Matilda went through life always working and being lectured by her mother about right from wrong, what’s lady like and what’s not. She had a normal life, her family wasn’t the riches but she had everything she needed, until the an illness called yellow fever came to Philadelphia. When the fever hit people were leaving
A long time ago things were worse with illnesses such as yellow fever. Today it's picked up better with vaccinations but stuck alone with nothing to hope for back then might of not been the finest option ? Mattie Cook a young girl in the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson had dealt with things at the maximum , stuck alone with no hope. In 1793 a big out burst on yellow fever went around causing many to die and many others were very sick. Mattie had to face many challenges along with characters