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Public Health
Public Health Unit Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a DISEASE? | An alteration in the state of the body or some of its organs. Disturbing the performance of the vital functions. Causing Pain and weakness. |
| What does Systemic mean? | General, affects the whole body |
| Infection | An invasion and multiplication of micro organisms in body tissues. |
| Local | Affecting one area, usually smaller, contained. |
| Etiology | Concerned with the causes of particulat phenomena. Concerned with viruses and origins of disease. |
| Prognosis | A forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack or disease. |
| Sign | Physical finding found by examiner |
| Symptom | subjective evidence of disease. perceived by the patient. |
| Portal | way of entrance or exit. |
| Vehicle | Inanimate object - not alive. Way of infection to spread. Pen / pencil |
| Vector | Physical means of transmittal of disease. ( animate) mosquito, dog, person |
| Fomite | Means of transmitting disease that is immovable and inanimate. door knob, railings, counters |
| virulence | degree or ability of a pathogenic organism to cause disease. |
| benign | Something that does not metastisize ( spread) and treatment or removal is curative |
| malignant | having the properties of anaplasia ( multiplying), invasion and metastisize. |
| Host | an organism that is infected with or fed upon by a parasitic or pathogenic organism. disease is feeding off of you. |
| Epidemiology | Study of the distribution and determinants of helath realted states and events in populations and the control of health problems. |
| Incidence | statistics, rate, amount of occurance. |
| nosocomial Infection | hospital acquired infection |
| Incubations Period | The length of time it takes a disease to manifest itself. The time from the moment of innoculation ( exposure) to the development of clinical manifestations of a particular infectious disease. |
| contagious Skin Disorders | boils, erysipelas, fungal infections, herpes, impetigo, lice and mites and warts. |
| Non-contagious inflammatroy skin disorders | acne, dermatitis, eczema, hives |
| Neoplastic skin disorders | Moles, psoriasis, skin cancer |
| skin injuries | burns, decubitus ulcer ( bed sore), open wounds, sores, scar tissue. |
| Boils (Furuncle) | Localized staph infection of the skin. |
| Subaceous gland | oil gland |
| sudoriferous gland | sweat gland |
| Ceruminous gland | ear wax gland |
| Etiology of Boils | staph infection of the sebaceous (oil) gland that are clogged |
| What do boils do? | Boils actively attack living tissue, making them more aggresive than acne. |
| Boils S & S | Large, painful, red, hot, pustules which occur singly (furuncle) or in interconnected groups (carbuncles) |
| Boils treatment | application of a hot compress to endourage bursting and drainage. Or may be lanced by a Dr. Antibiotics may be prescribed. |
| Massage for Boils? | Local contraindication, ensure infection hasn't become systemic ( fever, inflammation, swelling.) |
| erysipelas "st. Anthony's Fire" | Strep infection of skin cells |
| Staph infection | Local (ie. boil) |
| strep infection | general, systemic. require portal of entry such as puncture, bug bite, fissure, sliver, etc. |
| etiology of St. Anthony's Fire | Once strep gets under the skin, the initial local infection may become systemic involving the circulatory and lymphatic systems. Redness that is condition causes is the result of the e.nzymes breaking down and killing healthy skin cells. |
| S & S St. Anthony's Fire | Redness of the skin with red streaks running towards the nearest set of lymph nodes, fever, chills, heat, systemic discomfort. Complications may lead to septicemia |
| Treatment St.Anthony's Fire | Antibiotics |
| Massage? erysipelas | absolutely contraindicated. Could spread infection. general CI |
| Fungal Infections - Mycosis or Mycoses (mult. infect.) | several parts of the body may be affected by fungal infection - feet, hands, genitals, scalp, torso, etc. |
| Fungus is called? | Tinea |
| Etiology of Fungus. | Fungi live on keratin ( thick protein that protects the skin) dermatophytes thrive in warm, moist places, like between toes or in groin. Infect ppl with already weakened immune system. |
| transmission of fungus? | Linens, socks, skin on skin, animals to humans, family hairbrush, locker rooms. |
| incubation period of fungus? | 4 - 14 days and is contagious |
| S&S of fungus | depends on area of body affected. |
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