Archive for November, 2009
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Q fever
What is Q fever?
Q fever. – Acute rickettsial disease characterized by general toxic phenomena, often with fever and atypical pneumonia. Pathogen – a small organism. Very resistant to drying, heat, ultraviolet irradiation. Reservoir and source of infection are various wild and domestic animals, and ticks. Infection of people are in contact with them, consumption of dairy products and airborne dust by. The disease is detected during the whole year, but more often in spring and summer. KU-fever is widespread across the globe, natural foci are found in 5 continents.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Leishmaniasis
What is leishmaniasis?
Leishmaniasis – diseases caused by a protozoan parasite – Leishmania. Specific carrieres of Leishmania – small blood sucking insects – mosquitoes. The source of infection in the city – sick people and dogs. In rural areas – various rodents (gerbils, hamsters). The disease occurs in some parts of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Caucasus, widespread in Africa and Asia. Outbreaks of disease are common from May to November – this seasonality is related to the biology of its carrieres – mosquitoes. Particularly high incidence among the newcomers in the sick area. There are two main clinical forms of leishmaniasis: an internal, or visceral, and cutaneous.
Internal leishmaniasis. Symptoms and treatment.
A typical feature is the sharp increase in the spleen, along with the enlargement of the liver and lymph nodes. Temperature remittent with two or three rises during the day. The incubation period lasts from 10-20 days to several months. The disease begins gradually – increasing weakness, intestinal disorders (diarrhea). The spleen gradually increased and the height of the disease is enormous (drop in a small basin) and high density. Increasing and liver. On the skin there are various types of rashes, mostly papular. The skin is dry, pale, sallow color buy Revatio online. Characteristic tendency to bleeding, gradually develops cachexia (weight loss), anemia, edema. (more…)
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Rubella
Before the introduction of rubella immunization was epidemic disease. Epidemics occur every 6-9 years. In most cases, children were ill. Today in the widespread use of vaccination frequency of the disease decreased by almost 99 percent. But it turned out that it is now increasingly ill adolescents and young adults are not vaccinated Revatio. Outbreaks of infection occur in colleges and other educational institutions where there are a large number of young people. Recent studies have shown that 10-20 percent of young people susceptible to rubella, which is equivalent to that of the susceptibility, which was in the days before widespread use of vaccination.
Of particular concern are young women, because the disease can harm an unborn child.
Symptoms of rubella
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
What is pertussis?
Whooping cough – contagious disease with acute respiratory and bouts of spasmodic coughing. Pathogen – bacillus Bordet-Zhang. The source of infection is a sick man, bacillicarriers. Especially dangerous patients at the initial stage (catarrhal period of illness). Transmission is carried by airborne droplets, get sick more often children of preschool age, especially in autumn and winter.
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Infectious mononucleosis (Filatov’s disease)
What is infectious mononucleosis or Filatov’s disease?
It is believed that the agent – filterable virus Epstein-Barr virus. Infectious mononucleosis is possible only with very close contact with the patient’s healthy, is by airborne droplets. Most sick children. The incidence observed throughout the year, but higher in autumn months.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Yersiniosis (Pseudotuberculosis, Far Scarlatiniform fever)
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Diphtheria
What is diphtheria?
Diphtheria (Greek – skin, film) – an acute infectious disease primarily of children with lesions of the throat, less often – the nose, eyes, etc., the formation of fibrinous plaque and general intoxication of the organism. Pathogen – Leffler coli produce toxins, which causes the main symptoms of the disease. Infection from patients and bacillicarriers through the air (by coughing, sneezing) and subjects. Ill not all positive Revatio online purchase. Most formed healthy bacteriocarrier. In recent years there has been a tendency to increase the incidence, seasonal rises occur in the fall.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
What is dysentery?
Dysentery is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Shigella. The source of infection – a sick man and bacillicarriers. Infection occurs when contamination of food, water, objects directly with the hands or flies. Dysentery microbes are localized mainly in the colon, causing its inflammation, surface erosion and ulcers buy Revatio online.
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