Sentences with phrase «caught the disease while»

But Western science dropped that theory in the 1870s, when a missionary named Father Damien, who had a well - documented and leprosy - free family background, caught the disease while working with lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

Not exact matches

Not only does spacing out vaccines leave kids vulnerable to infections for longer than necessary — putting them at risk of exposure to diseases like measles and whooping cough while they wait to be vaccinated — but they also require more frequent visits to a doctor's office where they could catch other diseases as well.

While children commonly catch contagious diseases such as colds and flu, it is important to contact your pediatrician when children under the age of 2 develop flu - like symptoms.

Mayor de Blasio and health officials reassured city residents on Friday that Spencer was not contagious while he roamed, and that Ebola can only be caught when the infected person is showing symptoms of the disease, including fever and vomiting.

Badillo, who was diagnosed in 2012 while she was 30 weeks pregnant at age 32, said that she hopes the ads convince women to start getting tested earlier to be able to catch the disease and treat it.

The majority of the Buffalo Board of Education would like to be rid of member Carl Paladino, who, in addition to acting as the New York chair of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, recently told a local newspaper that, among other things, he'd like to see President Obama catch «mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford,» while Michelle Obama «[returns] to being a male and [is] let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.»

While current tests might catch the disease in samples with thousands of the pathogens, the Rice technique detects the presence of very few — even one — parasite in a sample.

There, the young men would be less likely to catch additional diseases or to return to their home village while contagious.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that you can not catch the flu from a vaccine, it does note that minor side effects from the shot can include soreness at the injection site, aches, and a low - grade fever — and that's in perfectly healthy people.

Blood testing can catch a trend toward a disease while there's still time to reverse it.

If periodontal disease is caught early, then many times the problem can be treated with medications and other methods, such as laser therapy and antibiotic gel placement into the deep pockets, while the pet is under isoflurane gas anesthesia.

While catch and kill advocates cling to outdated thinking and hyped - up stories, the people studying, teaching, and defending public health recognize that feral cats do not spread disease to people.

FIP is challenging to diagnose as early symptoms can resemble other diseases and, while there are supportive treatments if caught early, FIP is 100 percent fatal.

In the latter case, while dogs may catch a disease, most shelters provide treatment, provide spay and neuter services, make sure dogs are free of fleas and ticks, and often also give out vouchers for a reduced - cost vet visit.

While the majority of diarrhea cases will resolve without complication, some percentage represents more critical disease processes that can be treated and resolved when caught early!

Link Welborn, DVM, DABVP, co-owner of the Tampa Bay Animal Hospitals and Chairman of the AAHA Canine Vaccination Task Force explains that «While it may seem odd, the dogs at greatest risk for catching the canine influenza virus are those that live in areas of the country, like the Tampa Bay area, where there has not been an outbreak of the disease.

Unfortunately, his curious daughter catches strange disease while playing with some box.