The advantages of earlier and increased case finding on the spread of TB should be amplified in significantly high-transmission areas. Lessening the TB infection rates is elementary in attaining the long-term goal of TB control of a stable regression of the disease in succeeding generations (Cobelens et al
There is also a necessity to implement age-specific interventions to interrupt the transmission of TB to infants, young children, school going children and adolescents, and adults. A decrease in TB infection rates among children, and a stable decrease in the number of the children who are latently infected would indicate a decrease in the number of TB transmissions to children (Statement, 2006)
Although there have been topical studies to assess TB infection among young children (Shanaube et al. 2009), there are hardly any data evaluating TB infection in adolescents and older children in communities that have high TB and human immunodeficiency virus problems (Wood et al
First, there is a need to target reducing the high force of TB infection, particularly in high-density townships. It is paramount to understand that the benefits of enhanced case finding will depend on the existing epidemiology of TB transmission (Zhang, Jiang, and Wang, 2009)
While scientists are divided as to the cause of early puberty, research has demonstrated that in general, girls developed much later, "probably because of poor diets and infectious diseases left them relatively thin." (Szabo 2011) Doctors suspect that the lack of body fat may have been an indicator to the body's physiology that the girl was not ready for pregnancy
If a health care worker has a chronic medical condition or is taking certain, specific medications, that worker is also at higher risk for acquiring the TB bacteria and should try to avoid environments where transmission could take place - but of course this is not always possible (Joint, 2000). Transmission Modes People transmit TB through coughing, sneezing, and spitting, or other saliva contact (Dormandy, 2000)
For the health care worker, that is a very serious and very real concern (Lawlor, 2007). Agent of Disease The disease is spread through coughing, sneezing, or through saliva - similar to the flu or a cold (Kidder, 2004)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious health concern for many people, mostly in developing countries, but some populations have a higher chance of catching the disease than others (Lawlor, 2007)
It can spread through the bloodstream and the lymph nodes to any other part of the human body. TB spreads through the air when affected individuals who have the infection in an active stage sneeze, coughs, or transmits any other respiratory fluid through the air to a non-infected person (Al Jahdali, Menzies & Al Otaibi, 2011)
Occasionally, the infected individuals may cough out blood-stained sputum and in rare occasions, TB infection may erode into the pulmonary artery, causing an immense bleeding, a condition termed Rasmussen's aneurysm. TB may develop into a chronic illness and result into a wide-ranging scarring within the upper lobes of the human lungs (Gerald, Wang & Elwood, 2008)
Here one begins to develop and maintain close, supportive, personal friendships with others of the same age. This skill is essential to master as it helps you develop into a well-adjusted, competent adult (Dautaj, n
The reason is that early puberty can have an effect on a boy's final height if it is not treated. He may stop growing before reaching his expected height (Maniatis, 2009)
It is located in the brain, is about the size of a pea, and produces hormones that cause the testicles to produce male sex hormones. These hormones cause many of the physical changes that turn a boy's body into a young man's body (Puberty in boys, 2008)
The scrotum changes as well. It hangs lower and gets looser (Sigel, 2009)
The habit of many adolescents today diminishes of supremely fundamental physical activity or exercise while engaging unhealthy diet habits. Such occurrences have highlighted nutritional issues as a precise, valuable discussion topic when it comes to adolescents (Bares, 2011, pg 227)
e. The body of the female becomes voluptuous causative of attracting unwanted attention from the males (Bazargan, 2010, pg 288)
Substance Abuse Adolescents and substance abuse is increasingly becoming a discussion issue all over the world. There are obvious and avoidable health issues that are a result of substance abuse with many people neglecting the long-term effects posed by the abuse of drugs and alcohol (Danielson, 2012, pg 628)
Many adolescents engage in premarital sex before reaching the age of 18. This creates a leeway for the HIV / AIDS virus among the many sexual transmitted diseases in most states (Juarez et al
Counseling against irresponsible sexual behavior involves disseminating outcome information to the client and the target group at large (such information includes pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, etc.), skill development, personalization of skills, and enhancement of social support (Nickerson et al
Adolescent Egocentrism During the adolescent stage, there is a revamp of the egocentric stage. This stage mainly emphasizes on cognitive and social factors adding in are personal fable and imaginative audience creation by the subject persons (Sullivan, 2012, pg 692)