Bloodborne pathogens are present in the human body in the form of microorganisms. These pathogens are carriers of different kinds of disease-causing bacteria and viruses. More than 60% Americans are prone to getting affected by diseases due to bloodborne pathogens.

In the past few years some of the major diseases have spread across the globe which do not have any treatment and have caused death in people at large. The four major diseases that are caused due to bloodborne pathogens are Malaria, Syphilis, Hepatitis B(HBV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV). The symptoms and conditions of these diseases are discussed in detail below:

– Malaria – Malarial parasites multiply in the liver and are known to be significantly get transmitted to people through blood either by mosquito bite or human contact of blood. The various symptoms of malaria include fever, shaking chills, headache, headaches, tiredness, nausea, vomiting apart from diarrhea.

– Syphilis – This is a sexually transmitted bacteria occurring in both man and woman that has symptoms such as redness, itching and growth of warts around the genital region. This bacterium is difficult to identify as the symptoms take over three months to surface and vary from in each patient.

– Hepatitis B(HBV) – This virus causes inflammation and infection of the liver and is mainly transmitted from blood. This virus is so dangerous that it can survive up to seven days in dried up blood as well. The symptoms include flu like conditions, fatigue, stomach pain, lack of appetite, nausea, painful urination etc.

– Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) – This is a virus that attacks the immune system of the body and thus lowers its natural resistance power to fight anti bodies. It takes some years until the virus develops in to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or commonly known as AIDS. The symptoms of HIV include weakness, repeated bouts of cold, cough and fever, severe weight loss etc.

While medical science has made lot of improvements it is yet to come up with a definite treatment and cure for the diseases mentioned above. Thus it is essential that every person takes all the primary safety precautions to avoid blood to blood transmission of these bloodborne pathogen diseases that can prove to be fatal to anyone.

Maintaining good health is the primary concern of any state and this is a collective effort of all the people living in it. As someone rightly said that “Prevention is better than cure”, the bloodborne pathogens should be controlled from spreading to every citizen. There has to be educational workshops to inform everyone about the basic preventive measure such as washing hands thoroughly when exposed to blood, flushing of mouth, nose and eyes when in contact with infected patients, not to touch person having wounds or injured with bare hands, undertake blood testing when blood contamination has taken place etc. This will certainly help brining down the diseases that spread due to bloodborne pathogens. On receiving confirmation of acquiring the virus take appropriate vaccinations to prevent the disease from spreading further.

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