Lyme Disease
~BACTERIA
~from tick bite/ vector-borne
~sx: "bull's eye", severe H/A, pain and swelling in joints, dizziness
~tx: antibiotics
Anthrax
~BACTERIA
~3 routes- 1. skin (cutaneous, looks like an insect bite and develops into a sore with a black center) 2.inhalation (most severe form) 3. digestive (GI/ gastrointestinal, sx. are N/V/D, fatigue, fever
~bacterium produce toxins
~tx: antibiotics
Tularemia
~BACTERIA
~found in animals and insects- from bite of infected animal or insect or eating food or water or breathing in contaminated bacteria
~cause is death if not treated with correct antibiotic- high fatality rate due to organ failure
~sx: sudden flu-l
Bubonic Plague
~BACTERIA
~sx: chills, fever, H/A, muscle pains, "buboes"- swollen lymph nodes/ glands
~transmitted by flea bite, if humans handle tissue or body fluids of plague infected animals- if breathed in and spread through cough of someone carrying the plague bac
Meningitis
~ can be all three- VIRAL FUNGAL and BACTERIAL (most commonly viral in US which are least severe)
~bacterial enters the bloodstream and can travel to the brain and the spinal cord or directly to the meninges- membranes that cover and protect the brain and
Polio
~VIRUS
~muscle paralysis (nervous system/ breathing)
~"fecal/ oral"
~there is a vaccine
Chicken Pox
~VIRUS
~varicella
~sx: rash
~there is a vaccine
Shingles
~VIRUS
~varicella (same virus as chicken pox)
~lies dormant after chicken pox
~vaccine is 50+
RMSF (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
~PARASITE
~rickettsia
~vector-borne
~treated with antibiotics although not bacteria
HPV (Human Papillomavirus)
~VIRUS
~STD
~sx: genital warts that if not treated turn cancerous
EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis)
~VIRUS
~effects the brain
~sx: similar to meningitis
~vector-borne
Herpes 1
~VIRUS
~cold sores
~not an STD
~incurable
Herpes 2
~VIRUS
~genital warts
~STD
~incurable
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Marburg and Ebola)
~VIRUS
~filo-virus
~death
~no vaccine
Mumps
~VIRUS
~ vaccine (MMR- measles mumps rubella)
~enlarges your salivary glands in cheeks and effects your hearing
Measles
~VIRUS
~vaccine (MMR)
~rash
~birth defects if happens on a pregnant woman
Smallpox (Variola)
~VIRUS
~sx: rash, fever, blindness, SOB
~was eradicated in the 1970s so no more vaccine
Helminths
~WORMS
-pinworms: on anus, come out at night, mostly children, strong medication
-tapeworm: from contaminated food
parasite
an organism that lives in the body of another; is dependent on host