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What is Small Pox?
Variola Virus
What are the types of Small Pox?
Variola Major 20-40% fatality rate Black Pox
Variola Minor Mild form
When was Small Pox irradicated?
1979
small pox vaccine only to health care workers and military
Syberia and CDC have virus
Transmission of Small Pox
Direct
-lesions
-close contact
-linins
Indirect
-inhaled
Signs and Symptoms of Small Pox
Fever 101-104 degrees
Body Ach
Rash spots tounge and mouth first
-3 days till show on outside of body
-week pustules then scabs
What is Hansens Disease?
Leprosy
What is the Tecnical Name of Hansens?
M. leprae
Bacilli Mycobateria
where does leprosy like to live and how is it transmitted?
Hot humid climate
closeness and contact
Two forms of Leprosy?
Lepromtous- most lesions impared immunity
Toberculoid few lesions have immunity
General information on leprosy
Bacilli live on serface for 36hours to 9 days
found in breast milk
incubation for 3-6 years
Risk Factors for leprosy?
close contact
males more effected than females
impared nutrition
hygine
exposure to other microbateria
Signs and Symptoms of Leprosy
small white patch under naval
peripheral nervous system
nasal bridge collapse
in japan-alopecia
Medication for leprosy?
Dapsome DDS
has become resistant
Thalidomide
Phocolemia (seal limb)
order cell to organ system
Cell tissue organs organ systems
Risk Factors for a person probablity of becoming ill
age heredity living conditions
drug alcohol
smoking physical exposure
preexisting illnesses psychological influence
Etiology?
Study of cause of disease illness
Prevalence?
existing cases
idopathic?
cause is unkown
subque
chronic & acute
communicable
person to person
viralence
ability of agent to cause serious illness
Bacteria?
anerobic without oxygen
arobic oxygen
bionary fission rapid growth
some produce toxins
Rods Bacilli
tetnaus diptheria tuberculosis typhoid fever legionars disease
Coca round
strep staph goneria meningitis
curved rods
vibro cholera
sperillium leptospirosis
pirochetes syphilis yaws
(hutchensons triad infants born with syphilis)
Chlmydia
Psittacosis
lymphogranulomia
trachoma
inclusice conjuntivitis
Rickettsia
epidemic typhus lice
endmic typhus lice
Rocky Mountian Spotted Fever
Q fever
Fungi Mycotic infections
ringworm
athletes foot
candida
histoplasmosis
viruses-
swine flu chicken pox herpes 1-2 measles
yellow fever mumps aids west nile
Protozoans
ameboas- amebic dysentery
ciliates GI
Flagellates-Tripononas traposoma african sleeping sickness
Sporozoa Maleria (female anapheles mesquito)
Toxoplasmosis pegnate cat litter
Parasitic Worms
round worms
-hookwork
-trichina
-filarial worm
-pinworms
Flat worms
-tapeworms
-flukes
Prions
erratic protien particle
Bovine Spungyform Encepalothopy
Who is the Father of Medicine?
Hippoctoties Roman
Who lead the way for public health?
Romans aquaducts baths
Hebrews dietary
Prions
Elk Wasteing disease
CJ Cruzfedlt Jacob Disease (spong like brain)
Mode of Transmission
Direct & Indirect Contact
respriatory
Gi
Reproductive
Ingeumentary
Mode of Transmission
Portal of entry
Veralence
Dose # of pathogens
risk factors
nonspecific
chemical or mechanical
vomiting
cough sneeze
mucus
phagocytosis
-white blood cell response
inflamation
-heat pain fever
specific
viral-interferon
inborn immunity
inherited immunity from mother and father
aquired immunity
vaccination
child hood experience
active
host activity making anitboties
passive
antiboties come crom outside source
active artifical
vaccination
DPT
Diptheria Pertusses Tetanus
MMR
Measles Mumps Rubella
Rabies Virus
Can be given before or after exposure
multiple injections
Immune Serums
Short lived
effective imeaditly
given to newborns who cant have vaccinations
dyptheria botulism
antitoxin
tetnaus measles
immune globulin
rabies snake bites
antiserum
Autoimmune diseases
body attacks body tissues
Autoimmune disease name..
rhumatic fever
Rheumotoid arthritus
Lupus -Systemic SLE
-young females
Chronic Fatuge Syndrom viral
Hypersensitivity
hay fever
anaphalaxis
RH inhability
Neoplasia
swelling tumors cancer
metaises
when cancer spreads
cancer development?
latent period
initation small genitic change
promotion altered cell growth
progression malignate stage
Causes of cancer
enviromental -radiation-aspetes
Nutrition
hormones
viruses
infectous cancers
genitic predisposition
Cancer types?
Carcinoma-epithelial tissue
adenocarcinoma glads lymph system
sarcoma-bone cartalage muscles
-spread through blood -faster growth -serus lack form-anaplasia cancer without form
Benign Cancer?
Lipoma Soft fatty tumor
Myomas -muscle tumor
-fibroids
Benigh Tumors
Capsulated
Angioma-port wine stain
Nevus-common mole
papilloma-pollups warts
adenoma -in glandular tissue
teratomas- ovary dermoid cyst
osteomas- connective tissue
condrioma- in cartalige
Malignate Tumors
larger
irregular shape
grow faster
Author
Anonymous
ID
38969
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Illness and Disease
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Plagues, Cancer, Immunity, a&p, classes
Updated
2010-10-01T19:04:30Z
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