Types of health care providers This article describes health care providers involved in primary care, nursing care, and specialty care. This is just one way of organizing the many types of health care providers.
See the following articles for detailed information on specific types of health care providers:
Nurse practioners
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Types of ileostomy You had an injury or disease in your digestive system and needed an operation called an ileostomy. The operation changed the way your body gets rid of waste (stool, feces, or poop).
Now you have an opening called a stoma in your belly. Waste will pass through the stoma into a pouch that collects it....
Typhoid fever Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection characterized by diarrhea, systemic disease, and a rash -- most commonly caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi (S. typhi).
Causes
The bacteria that causes typhoid fever -- S. typhi -- spreads through contaminated food, drink, or water. If you eat or drink so...
Typhus Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas.
Causes
Typhus is caused by one of two types of bacteria: Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia prowazekii. The form of typus depends on which type of bacteria causes the infection.
Rickettsia typhi causes murine or endemic typhus. Endemic typhus is u...
Types of health care providers