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50 Diseases Study List for Final

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