50 Diseases Study List for Final

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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