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VIRAL and FUNGAL Infections of the skin, wounds, and eyes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| German Measles AKA? | Rubeola |
| What does rubeola cause? | Kplik's spots |
| Where are they located? | Tiny red patches w/ white centers in mouth |
| What is a RARE effect YEARS after infection & who gets it? | Children and young adults get encephalitis |
| Prevention? | MMR vaccine |
| German Measles cause? Similar to? | Congenital Rubella syndrome--similar to measles |
| What does congenital rubella syndrom cause? When? | Severe birth dfects if mom is infection in FIRST trimester (only) |
| Prevent? | Test mom before marriage and give MMR vaccine |
| Does the vaccine gurantee immunity? | Heck no! |
| Fifth Disease is due to? Causes? | Butterfly rash on face |
| Treatment? | Self-limiting-->none |
| Roseola due to? Causes? | common adult rash |
| What are the five exanthems? | Varicella, measles, rubella, roseola, and Fifth disease |
| What is varicella? | Chickenpox |
| What is it due to/ | Herpes virus |
| What is Primary varicella? | Pus filled chicken pox |
| What does a relapse cause?????? In whom does it happen? What is it???? | SHINGLES or secondary zoster that happens in adults when the virus is reactivated!!! Very PAINFUL AND BAD |
| What can be caused if this diases is treated with aspirin? | Reye's disease (brain damage) |
| What shouldn't you give a child with chicken pox? | Aspirin!! |
| Whjat is Small pox due to? | Variola virus |
| Why is it a concern if it has been succesfully eradicated??? | Biowarfare |
| What is its spread? | Human->human |
| Prevention and treatment? | Give cow pox treatment (worked for milk-maids) and monkey pox |
| Herpes simplex Virus can be spread how? Who gets it? | DIRECT contact only; Doctors; whitlow |
| What does HSV 1 cause? | Cold sores |
| HSV 2? | Genital herpes |
| Associated with what group of the population/ | Wrestlers |
| How can you have a relapse of it? | STRESS, Sun UV light... |
| Warts are AKA? | Papillomavirus |
| Spread by? | Hand to hand contact |
| Any cancer association/ | NONE |
| FUNGAL INFECTIONS | FUNGAL INFECTIONS |
| What is Tinea capitis? | Ringworm of scalp |
| Tinea pedis? | Athelete's foot |
| Tinea Cruris: | Jock itch |
| Tinea unguium? | Nail fungal infections onychomycosis |
| CNDIDIASIS: | CANDIDIASIS |
| When would you acquire it? | AIDS or Obese people |
| What does it cause? | Skin infections, thrush or yeast infection |