(Wikipedia contributors) The virus also remains alive and contagious on exposed surfaces and in the air for up two hours. Measles is highly contagious, over 95 percent of non-immunized children will develop the disease if exposed to the virus. (CDC) Symptoms of the disease first appear 10 to 12 days after initial exposure to the virus. These symptoms include cough, runny nose,fever, malaise, red watery eyes , koplik’s spots and the hallmark skin rash. (CDC) Initially a fever develops, followed by runny nose, cough and water eyes and koplik’s spots(small white spots that develop within the cheek and mouth).
Inhaled anthrax spores produce nonspecific symptoms after about 1- to 5-day incubation period. Symptoms are mild fever, myalgia, nonproductive cough, headache and malaise, these all lead to high fever, prostration, and severe respiratory distress with cyanosis, stridor, and pleural effusion within 3 to 5 days. It can be fatal if it remains untreated within 24 hours of the acute
There may be an outer ring of brighter redness and a central area of clearing leading to a bull’s eye appearance. This rash is called Erythema migran pertaining to a “bull’s eye”. The symptoms to this stage are general fatigue, muscle and joint stiffness, swollen lymph nodes, and headaches. Stage 2 is called early disseminated infection which is a few days to weeks after the initial bite and the disease starts to spread to through the bloodstream. It will develop at sites across the body that bears no relation to the tick bite.
a prostrating biphasic illness begins. 2 to 3 days after initial infection, symptoms of fever, malaise, body aches, headache, anorexia, nausea and vomiting begin followed by red spots in the mouth and on the tongue. Patients are most infectious during this period. Twenty-four hours later, the skin rash appears, beginning with flat red spots on the face and neck which spread quickly to other parts of the body. The skin rash evolves uniformly in all areas.
Scarlet Fever Symptoms: It’s a disease caused by a bacteria that may lead to death. It is viewed as a sore throat, fever, bright red tongue color and some type of rash. The rash starts building up in 12-17 hours after the fever occurs, which the fever can above 101 F. The rash starts on the chest, armpits and behind the ear. After 3-4 days the rash stops growing and the areas where the rash was the skin will start peeling off. It will also start peeling in areas like under the tips of the finger nails and toes.
MEASLES SZT TASK 3 REBEKAH HIGHTOWER A. Measles Measles, what is it? Measles is one of the most highly contagious viral diseases and sadly it can be a fatal disease. This disease took the life of 164,000 children worldwide in 2008(Measles, 2014). It is caused by an infection called the rubeola virus.
Has anyone in here had backaches, delirium, excessive bleeding, diarrhea, fatigue, high fever, vomiting, severe headache, or even a raised pink rash that turns into sores and becomes crusty on day 8 or 9? Well if so than these are some of the symptoms of smallpox. There are two forms of smallpox. Variola major is a serious illness that can be life threatning in people who have not been vaccinated and another is Variola minor that is a milder infection that rarely causes death. It usually takes 12-14 days after a person has been infected for symptoms to appear.
Influenza is also known as the Flu. The flu is a virus that affects the respiratory system in an individual. The flu is highly contagious and is easily passed from one person to the next. According to “Department of Health” (2012) 5%-20% of the population in the United States gets the flu and on average 200,000 individuals are hospitalized due to complications with the flu. Symptoms that start suddenly with the flu is fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue, and some people have vomiting and diarrhea.
According to the World Health Organization, Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by contaminated food or water. From the time a person is infected, the disease will show up in as little as one day. Cholera causes severe diarrhea and vomiting that leads to dehydration and kill within hours if left untreated. With proper fluids and antibiotics, cholera is an easily treatable disease. In 2010, the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory declared a cholera outbreak in Haiti after being notified of a sudden increase in patients with diarrhea and dehydration.
USA vaccines cover A, C, W-135, and Y but not B (Coffee, 2015). The incubation period of meningococcal disease ranges from 2 to 10 days. The disease is spread through saliva and respiratory droplets. The most common way people transfer the disease is through kissing, sharing drinks, sharing used silverware, sharing lip balm, and close contact with an infected person who may cough or sneeze within three feet of an individual. Meningococcal meningitis is a fast moving, deadly infection that kills 10 to 13% of its victims within a matter of hours or days (CDC, 2015).