Allergy Course Works Samples For Students

Food Allergy in Children

According to Scientists, food allergy, a common condition in kids, is constantly on the rise with doctors often giving wrong diagnosis of this characteristic condition. Allegedly, 4 in every 100 children up to the age of 18 have at least suffered from food allergy. Studies depict that, between the years 1997 and 2000, the percentage prevalence food allergy has since increased hitting a record above 15%. The situation is even worsened by the fact that only a percentage few of the affected reveal that they are suffering from food allergy (Adams, 2010).

With concerns raised about misdiagnosis of food allergy, researchers have ...

Introduction

Syphilis is a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) that is usually associated with high-risk behaviors such as drug addiction, HIV-infected people and men who have sex with other men. Syphilis is transferred from one person to another by direct contact of externally occurring syphilis sores or from pregnant women to their unborn children (CDC Fact Sheet, 2012).

Stages

The stages of the disease syphilis are early, late and latent stages. The early stage consists of primary and secondary symptoms which are characterized by the occurrence of sores, rashes, swollen lymph glands, fever and fatigue (CDC Fact Sheet, 2012). The sore typically last ...

Vaccination

Abstract
In today’s era of development, the education, information about common health issues and knowledge is very accessible. People are aware and ready to understand the value of vaccination. In developed countries, the government has amplified and publicity of health issues, prevention of diseases and vaccination. In developed countries, the awareness has reached its pinnacle and people research about each vaccination and the diseases it prevents. They are pro-active in these regards.

In spite of so much publicity, there are a set of people who are ignorant or careless to vaccinate their child. The children of such people ...

Introduction

The twentieth century disease is meant to have only occurred in 20th century as a result of the many environmental changes. Some say that it is an acute allergic reaction as the environment has been polluted by many things. There needs to be sufficient evidence which can prove that this disease really exists.
This paper seeks to investigate if the 20th disease exists and if so, is it as a result of changes in the environment or is it a psychiatric disorder.

Analysis of the 20th century disease

There have been some explanations concerning this disease. There are those who believe the environment is responsible for it ...

Pharmacology refers to the study of the functions of drugs and the effects on living systems. The main basic principles of pharmacology include pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacognosy. All these principles are related to nursing because it provides clinicians with the essential pharmacology information they require in order to administer drugs effectively and safely. It also promotes clinical reasoning related to nursing pharmacology.

Pharmaceutics is the study of how various drugs influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics activities. The second is pharmacokinetic, which is the study of what the body react to the drug that is absorption, distribution, metabolism and ...