Communicable Diseases Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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What is a communicable disease

A

Illness due to infectious agent that can go from host to host

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T/F

Communicable diseases have been a danger to mankind from beginning of time

A

true

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3
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How many died from smallpox?

A

300 million

- small pox scar

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4
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How many died from the black death

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half of europe

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5
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What movie had cholera in it

A

Secret garden

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6
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How we now control Communicable Diseases

A

Sanitation - wasn’t always obvious

Medicine - vaccine and antibiotics

Improved nutrition - helps w line of defense against
disease. fruits and veggies were not normal back then

Education - on how to stay healthy and treat illness

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7
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Are all communicable diseases under control?

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No - we have perceived control

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8
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Diseases that re-emerge

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Ebola, Zika, Corona

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9
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Can bioterrorism be a threat to mankind

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yes

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10
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How do antibiotics play a role in the re-emerging diseases

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Well with antibiotics helping us, they also allow for resistance
- like gonorrhea

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11
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How we continue to control CD’s

A
Surveillance 
Reporting
Isolation/quarantine
Drugs
Education
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12
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Who isolates and who quarantines

A

Isolate diseased person

Quarantine everyone else

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13
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Do all diseases get reported immediately?

A

No but small pox definitely does

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14
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How do we mainly control diseases

A

immunizations

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15
Q

Live vaccine

A

varicella

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16
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why is hpv vaccine controversial

A

bc some think it will make kids be more sexually active

17
Q

Immunizations sites

18
Q

How often to check fridge for immunizations

How long do they need to be refrigerated

temp of freezer

A

twice a day

35-46 hrs

below 5

19
Q

Norovirus

Transmission

Control

A

Noravirus

Oral-fecal route, person to person contact, and food/water… only 18 particles needed to infect

Hygiene & food safety prep

20
Q

Norovirus symptoms

A

n/v
watery diarrhea
abdominal cramps
low grade fever

21
Q

Norovirus treatment

A

Fluid replacement due to water loss

22
Q

How does Norovirus survive?

Breeding place for Norovirus?

A

On hard surfaces.
Can stay there for 4 weeks.
Can withstand 140 F temp

Cruise ships

23
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Salmonella

transmission

Incubation

A

Salmonella

Uncooked foods like eggs, poultry, and fish

Incubation of 6 hrs to 6 days

24
Q

Salmonella symptoms

A

Diarrhea
stomach cramps
Achy joints

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Salmonella treatment & control
Extra fluids for water loss as well Food safety & no kissing animals lol
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Shigella host
Primates - human or nonhuman
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Shigella transmission incubation
Shigella sex, fecal, oral 1-2 days
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Shigella symptoms
Diarrhea Cramps fever
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Shigella control
Hygiene and hand washing
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E.coli is a __
toxin that is on contaminated food
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E. coli incubation
E. coli 3-8 days
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E. coli symptoms
Blood in stool abdominal cramps fever vomiting
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How to destroy E. coli
Cook food correctly. 44F-122F Wash hands - common in ground beef from cows
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Lice
parasite pediculus human capitis preschoolers and school aged kids get it direct or object contact 9-12 days to mature and then can live for 30 days w blood. without blood, die 1-2 days. intense itching. no sleep from it tx- pediculosides or olive oil - dont use bug spray , chemical burns control - clean everything in hot water and don't lay around someone who has it
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Hep A vs Hep B &C
Hep a more food or fecal oral Hep B & C is more from bodily fluids and blood symptoms: fatigue, poor appetite, stomach pain, jaundice
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std
personal behaviors gonorrhea in women no symptoms even well groomed people can have it
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Chlamydia trachomatis
Higher reporter rates vaginal, oral, anal tx isn't prevention 17-21 days painful urination, vaginal discharge, penile discharge, bleeding in between periods or after sex. testicular pain
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Gonorrhea
Bacterium 15-24 years old age range often if a a child has it, it is sex abuse 2-7 days so you know who gave it to you purulent discharge, dysuria, urethritis and men can tell right away. may think its a uti antibiotic tx