Influenza (also known as flu) is a highly contagious virus disease that can lead to hard complications or death. The flu is more dangerous than any other acute respiratory viral infections (A.R.V.I.), but it has similar symptoms with them.
Is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Usually, the virus is spread through the air from coughs or sneezes, through talks, and while shaking hands, kissing, through objects used by the patient ( handkerchief, towel, dishes, etc.).
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is caused by mycobacteria of tuberculosis. It is accepted to consider that this is illness of lungs, but in fact, practically all organs of man can be struck by tuberculosis.
Ukraine belongs the first place on rates of distribution HIV infection in Central and Eastern Europe.
HIV - is the human immunodeficiency virus. Entering in the body and multiplying in it, the virus destroys the immune system, which is responsible for fighting infections.
With onset of the cold season the amount of ARVI, which takes the first place in structure of contagious diseases, is dramatically increase. Herewith the cases of flu happen in only 12-15%. In the epidemic season in short time period (4-6 weeks) 70-85% of population catches these diseases.
In America, according to the statistic center, sinusitis became the most widespread chronical illnesses. Almost every 8th person either is ill or recovered from sinusitis. Among them every 3th person comes to doctor’s with already neglected, chronical form of the illness.
Every year since 1977 on the initiative of the International Union Struggle Against Cancer for the third Thursday of November a day of not smoking is carried out. This year's Day of not smoking fell on November 19th.
In literature, the term "toxicomania" appeared quite recently. Previously there was used a generalized term "narcomania", that means a habit and painful addiction to drugs.