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Description:	50 Diseases Study List for Final
Category:	Biology
Created by:	mgree057 on 2007-04-21

Question	Answer
AIDS	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS	Unprotected sex; Infected blood; Contaminated needle; Mother to child
AIDS	Avoid risky behavior that
AIDS	Combinations of three classes drugs
AIDS	Lack of energy, weight loss fevers, & sweats, skin rash, short term memory
"African Sleeping Sickness	Trypanosoma (Protozoa)
"African Sleeping Sickness	Tsete Fly (Vector)
"African Sleeping Sickness	Avoiding insect bites
"African Sleeping Sickness	2 stages: Pentamidine & Suramin; Melarsoprol & Eflornithine
"African Sleeping Sickness	Personality change, Weight loss, Irritability, Loss of concentration, Progressive confusion, Slurred speech, Seizures, Difficulty walking and talking,Sleeping for long periods of the day, Insomnia
Amoebiasis	Entamoeba histolytica
Amoebiasis	"Vehicle transmission (contaminated food or
Amoebiasis	Personal hygiene, protective, Clothing.
Amoebiasis	"Replace fluids and electrolytes; Metronidazole; Iodoquinol
Amoebiasis	"Appendicitis like pain; Blood in
Anaphylaxis	Histamine, Leukotrienes,
Anaphylaxis	Food, Wasps, & Bee stings
Anaphylaxis	Avoid know allergen, Pretreatment with Corticosteroids & Antihistamines
Anaphylaxis	CPR if needed, Carry
Anaphylaxis	Severe itching of eyes or face
Anthrax	Bacillus anthracis
Anthrax	Air-borne spores; skin contact ;contaminated meat consumption; contact with animal products
Anthrax	Vaccinate livestock; Vaccinate humans with a series of 6 shot over 18 months
Anthrax	Ciprofloxacin;doxyxyxline;
Anthrax	Papule, bloody diarrea
Ascariasis	Ingestion of food contaminated with fecal matter containing Ascaris eggs
Ascariasis	Don't use toilet facilites; Wash hands; Protection of food from dirt and soil
Ascariasis	Mebendazole, Piperazine; Albendazole; Pyrantel; Thiabendazole; Corticosteroids
Ascariasis	Peritoniis; Inflammation enlargement of the liver or spleen; Toxcity; Pneumonia
Ascariasis	Round Worm
Bacterial Meningitis	Niesseria meningiditis
Bacterial Meningitis	Airborne droplets
Bacterial Meningitis	Aggressive therapy with pencicillin; cephalosporins
Bacterial Meningitis	Fever; Headache; Stiff Neck; Nausea; Vomiting; Rash that does not fade away when pressed
Blastomycosis	North American blastomycosis
Blastomycosis	Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blastomycosis	Amphotericin B
Blastomycosis	Cutaneous ulcers; Extensive abscess formation and tissue destruction
Blastomycosis	Soil in Mississippi Valley
Blastomycosis	Stay away from Mississippi Valley
Botulism	Clostridium botulinum
Botulism	Foodborne intoxication
Botulism	Antitoxin
Botulism	Proper can foods; Infants should not have honey
Bacterial Meningitis	Respiratory tract
Bacterial Meningitis	Capsular vaccine against A, C, Y, W-135
Chickenpox	Varicella-zoster (Herpesvirus
Chickenpox	Repiratory droplets; Fomites; Contact
Chickenpox	Vaccinations
Chickenpox	Symptomatic treatment only: Acyclovir for immunocompromised patients; preexposure vaccine
Chickenpox	Vesicles/lesions in most cases confined to face, throat, and lower back; Complication: Reye's Sydrome
Cholera	Vibrio cholerae
Cholera	Fecally-contaminated food and drink
Cholera	High standards in sanitation; Oral vaccines
Cholera	Doxycyclin; Rehydration.
Cholera	"Rice Water Stools" 12 or 20 liters (3 to 5 gal.) of fluids daily; secrete water and electolytes, especially potassium; Violent vomiting; Low blood pressure; shock; Kidney failure; Death
Cryptococcosis	Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcosis	Inhaling soil contaminated with spores; Contamination is done by pigeons or chickens droppings
Cryptococcosis	No Prevention
Cryptococcosis	AmphotericinB; flucytosine
Cryptococcosis	Respiratory distress, with primary lesion; meningitis, with intense frontal headache, seizures
Diphtheria	Corynebacterium diptheriae
Diphtheria	Respiratory droplets; Contact
Diphtheria	Immunization (DTaP vaccine)
Diphtheria	Antitoxin with penicilin and erythromycin
Diphtheria	Sore throat; Fever; Respiratory obstruction leads to suffocation; Swollen "bull" neck; Temporary facial and neck paralysis