171 affected cases, 1 dead were reported in Mexico. It was inevitable with this instance that Cholera would spread beyond the Caribbean. It is been said that 715,000 people were sickened of Cholera including peacekeeping troops sent from Nepal by the UN due to poor sanitary facilities in Haiti and Dominican Republic. 9000 people were reported dead. Mexico is not considering the WHO approved vaccine for Cholera outbreak.
Meningitis Case Study 1. Why does the physician suspect either meningitis or encephalitis? Heather exhibited symptoms that suggested either illness. Sudden fever, severe headache, vomiting, drowsiness and a stiff neck are symptoms of meningitis, while fever, seizures, change in behavior, disorientation and partial paralysis are symptoms of encephalitis. Heather had a stiff neck, felt tired, had a fever and was disoriented prior to going to the clinic.
The three major diseases faced were, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and Dysentery. Malaria is a disease which is passed on via the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, chills, shivering, rapid changes in temperature, excessive sweating, Diarrhoea, depression, Anaemia and its associated symptoms. Dengue Fever is transferred via specific mosquitoes that are found in tropical areas. I.e.
According to the World Health Organization (2003) the most infectivity was from people experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness and declining health (World Health Organization, 2003). According to Kamps and Hoffman (n.d.), “Areas with cases detected before the recommendations were issued, namely Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore and Toronto, experienced the largest and most severe outbreaks, all characterized by chains of secondary transmission outside the healthcare setting”(Kamps & Hoffman, 2003). A3. According to Chan-Yeung and Xu in an article in Respirology (2003) at the end of the SARS outbreak the total global cases were 8,422 with 916 deaths. The virus affected all
A, 5. C, 6.A,B,C,E 7. D, 8. B Chapter 28 Lower Resp Tract Infections: (3Rd leading cause of death) -Acute Bronchitis: *Inflammation of the bronchi in LRT *Most are viral *Cough is the common symptom and lasts for up to 3 wks *Assoc symptoms incl. headache, fever, malaise, hoarseness, dyspnea and chest pain *Assessment incl.
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).
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
The flu begins abruptly, causing high fevers, generally 102 -106F, headache, tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, muscle aches and stiffness, chills, fatigue, malaise, sweating, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, lack of appetite, and worsening of other illnesses such as heart failure or asthma. The fever will typically last up to five days. General body symptoms such as body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sweating should decrease at about the third day and respiratory symptoms should then begin to set in. The flu virus can emerge anywhere in the respiratory system, producing the indications of a cold, croup, sore throat, bronchitis, ear infections, or pneumonia, these symptoms should start to diminish at around four to seven days. The tiredness and coughing can lasts for weeks after the flu is
Combined with a minority of cases in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 5,843 people have contracted Ebola hemorrhagic fever, resulting in 2,803 deaths (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/ebola-6-months/en/). The Ebola virus is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate, usually around 50 percent, but areas struck by previous outbreaks of the disease have experienced mortality rates as high as 90 percent (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/). Without delving further into the medical or biological data regarding the virus, it is suffice to say that this virus has the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic. It is therefore imperative
Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person invading the brain and spinal cord and causing paralysis. Because polio has no cure, vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and the only way to stop the disease from spreading. The spread of polio has never stopped in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Polio-virus has been reintroduced and continues to spread in Chad and Horn of Africa after the spread of the virus was previously stopped. In the late 1940s to the early 1950s, in the United States alone, polio crippled around 35,000 people each year making it one of the most feared diseases of the twentieth century.