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Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
- Acute sensory neruon inflammation by chicken pox virus
- virus lives dormat in the vervous sytem san dis never fully cleared from the body (latency period)
- viral reactivataon occurs due to emotional stress, weakended immune system, idiopathic
- anyone who has every had chicken pox is at risk for developing shingles
- common occurence in people over the age of 60
- possible caused by chickenpox (varicella) vaccine
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Symptoms of Shningles
- rash characterized by small water blisters
- blisters fade, lesions dry, and become encrusted
- sever itching and pain
- possible scarring
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Treatment for Shingles
- Palliative - to releave pain and itching
- Preventative - chickenpx varicella vaccine
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Reye's Syndrome
- Serious condition that causes swelling in the brina an dliver
- tends to effect childern and teenagers recovering from viral infections
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Reye's Syndromec causes unknown
- assoicated with use of aspriing during viral infection
- children and teenagers recovering from chickenpx or flu-like symptoms should never take aspring
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Signs and symptoms of Reye's Syndrome
Rash, vomiting , confusion, seizures, loss of consciousness, encephlopathy
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Treatment of Reye's Syndrome
- early diagnose and treatment can save a child's life
- IV fluids (glucose and electrolytes)
- Diuretics (reduce intercranial pressure)
- anit-seizure meds
- meds to prevent bleeding ( VIt K, plasma, and platelets)
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Tetanus
acute infection of the nervous system caused by potentially deadly bacillus bacerita Clostridium teani
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Teanus toxin causes
- Spasm or rigid, contracted muscles of the jaw, lockjaw (trimus) affecting
- breathing, swallowing, chest, neck, back, and abdominal muscles
- tentany = prolonged rapid powerful and painful muscle contractions wich may lead to fractures and muscle tears
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C. teani
enters deep tissues adn flourishes due to reduce oxygen levels
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incubation of Tetanus
1 to 3 weeks
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Preventtion of Tetnus
- active immunization with tetnaus toxid
- provides protection for 10 years
- booster admin every 10 years
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Treatment for Tetanus
- antibotics
- sedative-hypnotics
- hyper bearic oxygen
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Brain abscesses
- occur when bacteria or fungi infect part of the brain
- swelling and inflamation enveloped by membrance creating a mass of infected brain cells white blood cells live and dead bacteria and fungi
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Sources of infection
- are ofton not found; however the most common source is lung infection
- other source include: middle ear infectiosn, sinus infections, endocarditis
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Symptoms of Brain abscesses
headace fever, vomiting, letharfy, seizures and personality changes
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Diagnois of Brain abscesses
- MRI and CT scan
- lumbar puncture spinal tap to examine for increased cranial pressure and increased neuphils and lymphocytes
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Treatment for Brain abscesses
- anitibotics
- sugical drainage
- support therapy
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Alzheimers
- a progresive degeneration diseaase
- incidence increase with age, while prevalence or risk doubles every 5 years
- familial or genetic componet
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Coursed of Alzheimers
- loss of mental capacity
- loss of abiltiy to perform daily activities
- becomes disabled and immoblilzed
- usually succumns to pneumonia
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Diagnonis Alzheimers
- no single test
- other cause of symptoms need to be excluded
- confirmed at autopsy
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Alzheimers treatment
- Meds only slow do not cure but may improve daily life
- Cholineserase inhibitors
- NMDA
- anxiolytics
- sedative hypnotics
- neurolyeptics
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