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Corona Virus: Medical Professionals Are Not Breathing Easy

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While the world jointly shelters in place to protect against  corona virus , medical professional’s contribution to the front lines to work long hours tending to a burgeoning number of infected people. If you’re a verdict it is hard to stay home right now, imagine how it would feel to be a doctor or nurse. Health care workers don’t have the luxury of    holding up in their homes to shield themselves from the corona virus. They have to expose themselves to the risk, and separate themselves from their families for weeks to months to avoid spreading the virus to them. They’re not only suffering the anxiety to care for sick patients — while facing a urgency or  emergency , lack of personal protective equipment and rapidly changing hospital protocols — but also forgoing the calming accompaniment of their partners and children. It’s a whole different level of isolation from what most of us are dealing with. Protecting health care workers is an important factor of public health me

How Corona Virus Effects Lungs?

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In most of the cases, COVID-19 starts and ends in lungs, because like the flu, corona-virus is a respiratory disease . The virus spreads typically when an infected person coughs or sneezes, the spraying droplets spreads the virus to anyone in close contact. Corona viruses also lead to flu-like symptoms: Patients might start out with a cough and fever that gain to pneumonia or ill. After the SARS outbreak, the WHO stated that the disease usually attacks the lungs in three phases:   immune hyper-reactivity, viral replication and pulmonary destruction. Not all patients went over all three phases— in fact only 25% of SARS patients suffered respiratory failure, the defining indication of severe cases. In the early days of an infection, the novel coronavirus ( Infectious Disease ) rapidly infects human lung cells. Those lung cells come in two classes: one is mucus and the other is hair-like batons called cilia. SARS like to infect and kill cilia cells, which then afford off an

Tips to prevent Infectious Diseases:

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Infectious diseases are clutters caused by organisms — such as viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. Many organisms live in and on our bodies. They're normally harmless or even helpful. But below certain conditions, some organisms may cause disease. Some infectious diseases can be moved from person to person. Some are transmitted by insects or other animals. And you may get others by consuming polluted food or water or being exposed to organisms in the environment. Now a day the trending infectious disease is Corona Virus. But currently there is no vaccine to prevent corona virus disease. The best way to avert illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus. Follow the tips to prevent infectious diseases: Wash your hands: Wash your hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. If soap and water are not quickly available, use an alcohol-base