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Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a mental health disorder that causes a person to experience recurrent aggressive behavioral outbursts that are unwarranted in the given situation. These episodes can involve aggressive, impulsive, and violent behaviors or angry verbal outbursts. Many people are unfamiliar with IED. However, one study found around 7% of the U.S. population may have the disorder. Read on to learn more about IED and how the disorder affects those who have it.   Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty What Are the Symptoms of IED? IED is similar to a temper tantrum, and when a person has the disorder, they may experience the following symptoms: Rage Irritability Feeling high levels of tension High energy levels Tremors (involuntary rhythmic shaking) Heart palpitations (a pounding, fluttering, or irregular heartbeat that is highly noticeable for a short period of time) Tightness in the chest Arg...

Viral and bacterial infections can both make you sick. Symptoms of viral and bacterial infections can range from mild to severe. Without treatment, some can even threaten your life. A viral infection is an illness caused by a virus. Common viral infections include COVID-19, influenza (the flu), and chicken pox. Bacterial infections are caused by bacteria. These types of germs cause ailments that include strep throat, tetanus, and anthrax. While all illnesses have many things in common, it's important to find out what germ you have to get the treatment you need. When you are sick, antibiotics can kill bacteria, but not viruses. It is one of the key ways these two germ types differ. This article contains details about the ways these infections vary and how they affect your body. It also highlights symptoms, treatments, testing, and ways to prevent them. Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images Difference Between Viruses and Bacteria Viruses and...

I n a new list of fungal "priority pathogens," the World Health Organization identifies 19 of these often-overlooked microbes that pose the greatest threat to human health. The report, released today (October 25), highlights the fact that "fungal infections are growing, and are ever more resistant to treatments, becoming a public health concern worldwide," says Hanan Balkhy, the WHO Assistant Director-General for antimicrobial resistance, in a statement. The organization previously compiled similar lists for viruses and bacteria. More than 150 million severe fungal infections are estimated to occur annually, resulting in approximately 1.7 million deaths. But those numbers are based on incomplete data, which is why the report "aims to focus and drive further research and policy interventions to strengthen the global response to fungal infections and antifungal resistance." For instance, fungal infections currently receive less than 1.5 percent of all infect...

Viral and bacterial infections can both make you sick. Symptoms of viral and bacterial infections can range from mild to severe. Without treatment, some can even threaten your life. A viral infection is an illness caused by a virus. Common viral infections include COVID-19, influenza (the flu), and chicken pox. Bacterial infections are caused by bacteria. These types of germs cause ailments that include strep throat, tetanus, and anthrax. While all illnesses have many things in common, it's important to find out what germ you have to get the treatment you need. When you are sick, antibiotics can kill bacteria, but not viruses. It is one of the key ways these two germ types differ. This article contains details about the ways these infections vary and how they affect your body. It also highlights symptoms, treatments, testing, and ways to prevent them. Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images Difference Between Viruses and Bacteria Viruses and...

Inflammation is a major link between oral and systemic diseases, 1-3 and chronic inflammation often advances silently. In cardiovascular disease, there are strong relationships between the inflammatory marker hsCRP (high sensitivity C-reactive protein) and cardiovascular disease prediction. Low-level chronic inflammation appears to be involved with several types of cancer such as kidney, prostate, ovarian, and colorectal. With Alzheimer's disease, chronic low-level inflammation has been linked to cognitive decline. IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) is a group of chronic inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract. In terms of oral health, if gingivitis is not treated, it may progress to periodontitis. Periodontitis is triggered by an imbalance between resident subgingival microbiota and the host's inflammatory response. For oral-systemic considerations, inflamed tissue and ulcerated subgingival pockets provide a bacterial port of entry to the circulation. Also by Anne Rice: S...

APIC MEDIA STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO : CDC's Updated "Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Pandemic (9/23/22)" Arlington, Va., October 3, 2022 – Despite CDC's recent guidance shift that relaxes recommendations for universal healthcare personnel masking, APIC strongly urges its 15,000 infection preventionist members to maintain mandatory mask requirement policies for healthcare employees in all patient care areas. On September 23, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its "Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic," lifting universal masking recommendations for healthcare personnel. Instead, CDC suggests that healthcare facilities use its Community Transmission levels as a guide for when source control is necessary for healthcare person...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection typically presents with pharyngeal symptoms and subclinical transaminitis. We present a case of a 27-year-old woman with no known past medical history who presented with painless jaundice and dark-colored urine for three days. Her review of systems was negative for fever, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, pruritus, or rash. Her last sexual contact was six months ago with a male partner, and she only drank alcohol socially. Family and surgical history were non-significant. Physical examination revealed 3+ bilateral conjunctival icterus without abdominal tenderness or organomegaly. She had elevated transaminases: alanine transaminase (ALT) of 1287U/L and aspartate aminotransferase of (AST) 1057U/L but her alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was only slightly above normal at 109U/L (normal range 35-104U/L), with a direct hyperbilirubinemia - total bilirubin 9.5mg/dl, direct bilirubin 6.8mg/dl; the abdominal ultrasound revealed non-dilated bile ducts. Hepatitis A, ...