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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) – A Life-Threatening Complication of COVID-19

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Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) often strikes when many families least expect it –after a child has recovered from COVID-19 infection. Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, answers some common questions about this life-threatening complication of COVID-19.

Learn more about MIS-C: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/why-mis-c-is-a-life-threatening-covid-19-complication-that-parents-dont-want-to-miss-video/2022/02
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The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, 2/2/22. For information purposes only. Consult your local medical authority for advice.

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Long-haul COVID-19 & MIS-C in Children: An Infectious Disease Specialist Explains

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Dr. Hamid B discusses long-hauler syndrome and MIS-C following COVID-19 infection in children. Talking about his experience studying COVID-19 disease in young children, he says, “This is one of the other primary reasons to consider vaccination in children … not just because they got a disease for three, four, five days, but it can affect them for months, and potentially even years down the line due to … the post-acute effects of this viral syndrome.” For information about COVID-19, visit http://COVIDVaccineAnswers.org.

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The Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC at CHOP) is composed of scientists, physicians, mothers, and fathers devoted to the study and prevention of infectious diseases. The Center was launched in October 2000 to provide accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.

For information about vaccines and vaccine safety, visit http://vaccine.chop.edu.

“If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s health, please contact your child’s healthcare provider. This video is intended only to provide general educational information. You should not rely on this information as medical advice or treatment. Do not attempt anything you may see in this video without first consulting with your healthcare provider. If a CHOP provider did not instruct you to view this video, please do not use this video without first discussing with your own healthcare provider. This video is not intended to create a doctor-patient relationship between you and CHOP. CHOP is not responsible for any outcomes you or your child might experience from your use of this video. This video is provided “AS IS” with no warranties or representations. The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy on CHOP.edu apply to all uses of and access to this video. This video is copyright of CHOP. All rights reserved.”
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CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL ANALYSIS UNDER MICRSCOPE

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CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL
Crystals are the precipitated three dimensional solid structure obtained from saturated solution. The characteristics of a compound may be determined by the shape of the crystal. Therefore, a crystalline structure is a marker to identify a chemical substance.
REAGENTS & GLASSWARES:
1. Alcohol
2. Cholesterol
3. Microscope
4. Test tubes, test tube stands, test tube holder, distilled water, pipette with sucker, beakers and graduated cylinder.
PROCEDURE:
1. Take a neat test tube and add 2 mL of pure alcohol.
2. Add a pinch of cholesterol, mix and heat it gently with addition of cholesterol to make a saturated solution. (Supersaturated)
3. Now take the content of this test tube into another clean and dry test tube and add few drops of distilled water and allow it to cool for some time.
4. A precipitate appears at the bottom of the test tube.
5. Carefully, transfer the precipitate on a glass slide and observe under microscope.
INTERPRETATION:
• When rhombic shaped cholesterol crystals are examined under the microscope and its shows a notch appearance.

OSPE QUESTIONS:
1. Perform cholesterol crystal test and gives inferences and principle of this test?
2. Draw the diagram of cholesterol and gives its clinical importance
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Microbiology – Hepatitis C Virus

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Hep C is a killer. 95% of cases lead to chronic liver problems. We are beginning to understand its mode of replication..

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Disease and the Civil War – National Museum of Civil War Medicine

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More than two-thirds of those who perished during the Civil War succumbed to disease. Director of Interpretation Jake Wynn discusses the impact of three infamous diseases – dysentery, typhoid fever, and smallpox.

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STOP Program: Frontline defense against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases

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The GPEI STOP Program’s public health workforce has been engaged in the global fight to eradicate polio for over 20 years. STOP team members are also on the frontlines supporting national responses to other vaccine-preventable and emerging infectious diseases like measles, yellow fever, hepatitis B, cholera, Ebola and now COVID-19. CDC’s investments in training and deploying public health professionals, where and when they are needed most, help countries build stronger immunization systems to increase vaccine coverage and improve outbreak detection and response time.

Video Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/immunization/videos/transcripts/STOP-Frontline-defense-against-polio-transcript.html

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Infectious Diseases Experts Cautions U.S. Could See Death Rate Rise | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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Infectious Diseases Experts Cautions U.S. Could See Death Rate Rise | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Dr. Paul Sax, Clinical Director of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses virus infections, why he says the U.S. death rate could rise and he also discusses improvements in treatment. Aired on 07/08/2020.
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Infectious Diseases Experts Cautions U.S. Could See Death Rate Rise | Morning Joe | MSNBC
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These are how long an average person would expect to survive for if the illness was the cause for ending the persons life. Disclaimer: Not all these illnesses are terminal.

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Hepatitis C | A Silent But Curable Disease

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Hepatitis C kills more people each year than HIV and 59 other diseases. Many remain unaware of hepatitis C and the majority living with this chronic liver disease do not have symptoms. The Johns Hopkins Viral Hepatitis Center’s clinical team located in the John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice in Baltimore welcomes you to walk-in to clinic for a free, rapid hepatitis C screening test and efficient linkage to hepatitis C care. We have case managers, nurses, viral hepatitis clinical experts and pharmacists to help more people get tested, treated and cured of this life-threatening disease.
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Hepatitis C & Cirrhosis // symptoms, diagnosis & treatment

Hepatitis C Virus is a common cause of Liver SCARRING ~ Cirrhosis. It is the the most common reason for Liver Transplant is the US. This dangerous disease that can be PREVENTED & TREATED. Learn how Hepatitis C affects our body? How Hep C virus enters our body and how does it spread to others? How can Hep C be prevented? What is Cirrhosis? and how is Hep C treated? Ask Dr. SMART!
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CDC & You: Protecting against vaccine preventable and respiratory diseases

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CDC & You: Protecting against vaccine preventable and respiratory diseases

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The Rapid Spread of Illness During the Civil War

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Jim Downs, author of Sick From Freedom, explains how a mobile population, unsanitary conditions, inadequate medicine, and war combined to spread illness and sickness among soldiers and refugee slaves.

Jim Downs is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Connecticut College and the author of Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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