Month: January 2019

Filth Diseases That Are Making A Comeback

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Filth Diseases are Diseases and illnesses caused by filth, unsanitary and downright gross things.

Filth Diseases are not “Sexy” and News gathering. The image of some one puking and crapping (at the same time) their life away isn’t something  that is pleasant to see. Best current example of this is the present Cholera epidemic that is occurring in Yemen sickening and killing thousands.  The “News” talked about it for a while, but you hear little or nothing about it now.

Some of the worse epidemics throughout history have been caused by Filth Diseases and you would think that modern sanitary and medical advancements would bring them under control – unfortunately that is not the case. 

Here are the ones’s I believe you will hear quite a bit about in 2019 and some History.

Cholera – bacteria – vaccine available

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Broad Street Cholera Pump – London, England – Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/broad-street-cholera-pump

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Coxsackle Virus) No Vaccine

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Hand, foot and mouth disease tends to be harder on kids than adults. (Getty Images)

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Is Spreading Again | Patient Advice | US News 

https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2018-09-19/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-is-spreading-again?src=usn_fb

Hepatitis A – Virus – Vaccine

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Actually, the ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak makes it difficult to list just 1 or 2 articles – there are just so many. How often are you hearing about this outbreak?

Scarlet Fever – bacteria – No vaccine

Scarlet fever cases have hit worrying new record levels in Kent – Kent Live

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/scarlet-fever-cases-hit-worrying-2424309

Typhiod – bacteria – vaccine

The Terrible Tale of Typhoid Mary – Past Medical History

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Typhoid Mary’ in a 1909 illustration that appeared in The New York American
https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/the-terrible-tale-of-typhoid-mary/

Typhus – bacteria – no vaccine

Number of typhus cases growing in Galveston County

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Pediculus humanus corporis, the human body louse (Courtesy: CDC)
https://www.ksat.com/news/number-of-typhus-cases-growing-in-galveston-county?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=ksat12

WORMS

Just to many to talk specifics

A Work That Can Really Get Under Your Skin – From NPR News

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The New England Journal of Medicine uses selfies in a paper describing a parasitic worm called Dirofilaria repens. The paper says a Moscow woman visited a rural area and was bitten by mosquitoes. She soon noticed a nodule moving around her face, which she documented with the above photos. The paper says a physician used a forceps to remove the worm (also shown above).
New England Journal of Medicine
A Worm That Can Really, Really Get Under Your Skin https://n.pr/2JZQcSt

Diseases That You Will Hear About in 2019 – Viruses

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Ebola will be the one most talked about, but there are a number of other Viruses that will causes issues.

Chagus Disease

Chikungunya Virus

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Dengue Fever

Ebola

Hantavirus

Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Kyasanur Forest Disease (a.k.a. Monkey Fever)

Lassa Fever

Nipah Fever

West Nile Virus

Zika Vius

This is not to say that these viruses will be everywhere at any given time – No one can make that prediction – but these are the virused to keep an eye on.