See GP if symptoms last longer a week or worsen. | Tonsillitis | Inflammation of the tonsils by infection, very sore throat, fever, earache, enlarged red tonsils with white spots on them. | See GP and treat with antibiotics. | Diarrhoea and vomiting | Being sick and diarrhoea often, generally feeling unwell. | Until diarrhoea and vomiting has settled and for 24 hours after.
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
C. difficile illness usually develops during or shortly after a course of antibiotics. But signs and symptoms may not appear for weeks or even months afterward. The most common symptoms of mild to moderate C. difficile disease are, watery diarrhea 10 - 15 times a day and mild abdominal cramoing and tenderness. In more severe cases, C. difficile causes the colon to become inflamed (colitis) or to form patches of raw tissue that can bleed or produce pus ( pseudomembranous colitis). Signs and symptoms of severe infection include, watery diarrhea 10 - 15 times a day, abdominal cramping and pain which may be severe, fever, blood or pus in stool, nausea, dehydration, loss of appetite, and weight loss.
(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). After several days the rash develops ,initially to the head and upper neck, then spreads to the lower body. The rash may last up to 14 days. (WHO) Measles related deaths are most likely to occur to those individuals who are malnourished or have weakened immune systems due to conditions such as HIV and AIDS. Complications of the disease include encephalitis, blindness and pneumonia.
What are the signs and symptoms? • Diarrhoea with bloody stools • Headaches, nausea and vomiting • Symptoms normally persist for about a week • For the very young, old or those already unwell, E-coli O157 may be more severe and complications such as renal failure can occur. How do people stop it spreading? • Wash hands thoroughly after going to the toilet and before preparing meals or eating. • Young children with the infection should have their hands washed for them or be supervised.
The link between the baby’s present condition and the three-year-old sisters is that, the three year old might have transferred the virus to the six month old through touch, coughing or sneezing. As it is with shingles the virus was dormant for four month till the time that their mother noted the blister like lesions on the babies back (page17). 4.The baby did not have symptomatic illness when his sister was experiencing it because at the time, the baby was being breast fed by the mother. This means the baby was getting natural antibiotics from his mother through the breast milk. Two moths after the cessation of breast-feeding, the baby did not have that protection anymore.
Causes and spread of infection Understand the causes of infection Outcome 1 Identify the differences between bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites All 4 are different types of pathogens Bacteria is a single celled organism that multiply by themselves. They live within and on most living and non-living things. The majority of bacteria are harmless and beneficial to the human body but some can cause infectious diseases. A bacterium usually affects one part of the body and doesn’t spread across or through the body. Bacterial infections are normally treated with a course of antibiotics.
Viruses The virus that most commonly causes gastrointestinal illness is the norovirus. It is easily transmitted from person to person, from contaminated food or water. Raw shellfish, particularly oysters, can also be a source of viral contamination. Infected people can also contaminate food if they do not wash their hands properly after going to the toilet and they then handle food. Parasites In the UK, food poisoning from parasites is rare.
value: 6 points Which of the following causes serious congenital disease from transplacental transmission? | Toxoplasmosis | | Trichomoniasis | | Giardiasis | | Malaria | | Balantidiasis | 10. value: 6 points The symptoms that occur in cyclic 48 to 72 hour episodes in a malaria patient are | bloody, mucus-filled stools, fever, diarrhea, and weight loss. | | fever, swollen lymph nodes, and joint pain. | | urinary frequency and pain, and vaginal discharge. | | chills, fever, and sweating.
It is usually in the form of vomiting and abdominal pain that can mimic necrotizing enterocolitis and may lead to delay in diagnosis. This happens because in intussusception peristalsis is disturbed and lymphatic and venous obstruction occurs causing ischaemia or perforation. In term neonates, symptoms are very similar to those of other causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction while in preterm neonates they are very similar to those of necrotizing