Bacteria: Strep throat is an infection caused by a particular strain of streptococcus bacteria. This infection can also cause damage to the heart valves (rheumatic fever) and kidneys (nephritis). Streptococcal infections can also cause scarlet fever, tonsillitis, pneumonia, sinusitis and ear infections. Sore throats accompany other viral infections such as measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, and croup. Canker sores and fever blisters in the throat also can be very painful.
Her first name and middle name are from Swahili. Taraji means hope and Penda means love. Her family origins have been traced back to the Masa People in Cameroon. She says that Matthew Henson who was a North Pole explorer was a brother to his great-great grandfather. He graduated from the Oxon Hill High School in the city of Oxon Hill, in Maryland. She was in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and it is the place where she did electrical engineering and afterwards, she attended Howard University where she did drama.
Henson Family tree. These 1999 photographs were taken by Aviaq II Henson* . She is a great granddaughter of Matthew Henson and an Inuit living in Qaanaaq, near Thule. This is one of the villages where Peary & Henson traded for Eskimo dogs, and hunted with the local natives. Aviaq took these photos for the website in the summer of 1999. These are Matthew Henson's direct descendants and some of their friends. Notice on the bottom of the page is Uussaqqak Henson, Matt's grandson! * She calls herself Aviaq II because she has a cousin also named Aviaq.