Posts Tagged ‘Infection’

What is dysentery?

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.

Dysentery

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Hemorrhagic fever

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Hemorrhagic fever

Hemorrhagic fever – acute infectious diseases of viral nature, characterized by toxicosis, fever and hemorrhagic syndrome – the expiration of the blood vessels (hemorrhage, hemorrhage). Pathogens are a group of arboviruses, which are predominantly reservoir rodents and Ixodes ticks. Infection occurs when tick bites, people in contact with rodents or objects contaminated by their droppings, through the air (hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome) buy Revatio online. Hemorrhagic fever – natural focal disease.

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Viral hepatitis

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Viral hepatitis

What is viral hepatitis?

Viral hepatitis is a contagious disease, occurring with the general intoxication and primary lesion of the liver. The term “viral hepatitis” combines two main nosological forms – viral hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) and viral hepatitis B (serum hepatitis). In addition, currently allocated to a group of viral hepatitis “neither A nor B”. Pathogens are quite stable in the environment. When the source of viral hepatitis A infection are patients at the end of the incubation period and predzheltuinyugo, because at this time, the agent is excreted in faeces and transmitted through food, water, household items with non-compliance with the rules of hygiene, contact with the patient buy Vantin online.

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Symptoms, signs and course of typhoid fever

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Typhoid

What is typhoid fever?

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever – an acute infectious disease caused by bacteria of the genus Salmonella. The causative agent can persist in soil and water up to 1-5 months. Die when heated, and the action of conventional disinfectants buy Noroxin online.

The only source of infection – a sick man and bacillicarriers. Sticks typhoid transferred directly by dirty hands, flies, sewage. Dangerous outbreaks associated with consumption of infected food products (milk, cold meat dishes, etc.).

Symptoms, signs and course of typhoid fever.

The incubation period lasts from 1 to 3 weeks. In typical cases, the disease begins gradually. Patients malaise, weakness, fatigue, mild headache. In subsequent days, these phenomena increase, body temperature begins to rise to 39-40 degrees Celsius, decreases or disappears appetite, disturbed sleep (sleepiness during the day and insomnia at night). There is a delay in the chair, the phenomenon of bloating. By day 7.9 of disease on the skin of upper abdomen and lower parts of the chest, usually on the anterolateral surface, there is a characteristic rash, which is a small red spots with sharp edges, diameter of 2-3 mm above the level of the skin (roseola). Instead of disappearing roseola may appear new. Peculiar characteristic retardation patients, pale face, decrease in heart rate and blood pressure reduction. Above the light scattered dry auscultated wheezing – a manifestation of a specific bronchitis. Tongue dry, cracked, covered with a dirty-brown or brown film, edge and tip of the tongue are free from attack, with imprints of teeth. There is a rough rumbling of the cecum and tenderness in the right iliac region, liver and spleen were enlarged on palpation. It reduces the number of leukocytes in peripheral blood, especially neytrofillov and eozinofillov.

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Chronic bronchitis

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Chronic bronchitis

Bronchitis – inflammation in the bronchial mucosa. Often combined with inflammation of the nose, throat, larynx, trachea. And the process begins with the nasopharynx and down the airway. The development of the disease contributes to exhaustion, fatigue, neuro-physical overexertion, hypothermia, exposure to dust, gas content. Alcoholism, smoking, contact with patients in the family and at work, the street, in the subway.

Chronic bronchitis

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Treatment of lung abscess

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Treatment of lung abscess

With the development of acute lung abscess shows a complex therapy, consisting of general and local events. General activities are similar to those used in acute bacterial degradation of light and of suppurative-septic processes, which were the source of metastatic abscesses (acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, abscess of soft tissue, etc.).

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Lung abscess

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Lung abscess

Lung abscess – a limited purulent destructive process in the lung tissue with the presence of one or more cavities filled with pus and pronounced perifocal inflammatory infiltration.

Etiology.

The causative pathogen is often golden hemolytic staphylococcus, which in recent years, often combined with other pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms (Escherichia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella, viruses).

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