treatment firmly rooted in the anatomic design of the anal canal. The potential for disastrous complications is real. Careful, thorough, and meticulous care in the diagnosis and treatment of fistulous abscesses will result in successful outcomes in most cases. Perirectal and perianal abscess are commonly encountered problems in surgical practice. Timely and appropriate treatment is needed to prevent serious morbidity and mortality. Differentiation of the more complex perirectal abscess from the perianal
immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and viral hepatitis.” http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine. These effects come from sharing needles, and unprotected sexual behaviors, and have no vaccine to fight infection. Studies have shown babies are born at low birth weights due to mothers who abuse the drug while pregnant, and in severe cases have been known to have poor cognitive performance. “As
In the 19th century, the Canadian government felt they had the responsibility of educating and guiding all aboriginal individuals into abandoning their traditional beliefs and values (Partridge, 2010). The Canadian government and European settlers viewed the aboriginal culture, beliefs and values as inferior. In Canada, residential schools were established in the 1880s resulting in over 140 schools, funded by the federal government and operated by the churches (CBC News, 2008). At its height around
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Dengue is an arbovirus disease complex which includes dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and its subsequent dengue shock syndrome (DSS). It is caused by four serotypes of dengue virus. A dengue virus infection may be asymptomatic or it may lead to undifferentiated viral fever syndrome, dengue fever, fever hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. (World Health Organization 2003) The disease is often, though not exclusively