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Vaccination is the administration of the vaccine to prevent infectious disease. A vaccine or antigenic material is a biological preparation when injected into the body stimulates the body’s immunity system to help defeat the contagious disease. It prepares the body to fight the future occurrence of any illness for which the vaccine has been created. […]

Surgery performed to treat the diseases of the vascular system, or veins, lymphatic circulation, and arteries is termed as vascular surgery. A vascular surgeon is a specialist trained in this surgical subspecialty. The primary role of a vascular surgeon is to diagnose, manage, and treat diseases affecting the vascular system, excluding the brain and the

Veterinarians take care of all the healthcare needs of animals, which includes zoo animals, pets, avian, livestock, and laboratory animals as well. They mostly work in private clinics. Besides diagnosis and treatment of animals, veterinarians also perform a variety of other responsibilities such as euthanizing animals, administering immunizations, offering emergency care, physical examination of the

A machine designed to help those patients who are unable to breathe on their own sufficiently. Also known as breathing machines or respirators, a ventilator is mainly used in-home care, intensive care unit, emergency units, and anesthesiology. A modern ventilator consists of a turbine or compressible air reservoir, set of tubes and valves, oxygen and

The elimination of all or parts of the vagus nerve through a surgical procedure is called vagotomy. Vagus nerve runs from the bottom of the brain and runs through the neck and all the way through the esophagus, stomach, and intestine. All these body parts are the part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that helps