Bacterial Infections

Question 1

can bacterial infections or viruses be more easily killed with drugs?

Answer 1

bacterial infections

Question 2

What is the causative agent of Tuberculosis

Answer 2

mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 3

is TB an easy disease for healthy people to catch?

Answer 3

no, because their immune system fights it off

Question 4

what ethnic groups are more likely to get tb?

Answer 4

american indians and blacks

Question 5

how is TB transmitted?

Answer 5

through aerosol, someone with TB coughs or sneezes and you inhale it

Question 6

where is the most common part of the body to get TB?

Answer 6

lungs

Question 7

what two animals can give TB to humans?

Answer 7

cows and deer

Question 8

what are the two types of TB infections?

Answer 8

1. primary infection at site of innoculation

2. secondary infection

Question 9

what happens during the primary infection of TB?

Answer 9

antibodies respond and bacillus is killed, but in some people not all bacillus are killed and it lies dormant in the tissues and at a later date they get a secondary infection

Question 10

what happens during the secondary infection of TB?

Answer 10

the infection spreads and leads to death and usually happens when the immune system is fighting something else like a sickness

Question 11

signs and symptoms of TB?

Answer 11

weak, rundown, night sweats, fever, chills, weight-loss, persistent cough/cough up blood, pneumonia

Question 12

where are oral lesions of TB most commonly found?

Answer 12

on the tongue

Question 13

what are hepa filters?

Answer 13

TB mask protectors because regular masks won’t protect it

Question 14

what are the outcomes of a positive test result

Answer 14

there will be a red welt where they injected a strand of it, and it means you have been exposed to it before. A chest xray will then be taken to look for dystrophic calcification in lung tissue

Question 15

what is the outcome of a negative test result

Answer 15

there will be nothing on the skin or just a small red dot, which means that you’ve never been exposed to it before

Question 16

what is syphilis caused by? what does it do to the skin?

Answer 16

bacteria treponema pallidum

causes a lesion on the skin

Question 17

what are the 3 stages of syphilis?

Answer 17

1. primary
2. secondary
3. tertiary

Question 18

what is the lesion or painless ulceration of primary syphilis called?

Answer 18

chancre

Question 19

when does primary syphilis occur, and characteristics of it

Answer 19

happens 3 weeks after sexual contact, a painless ulceration will appear at the site of innoculation and will go away by itself without treatment but doesn’t mean disease is gone

Question 20

traits of secondary syphilis

Answer 20

flat raised lesion on skin and mouth, then surface rubs off leaving an open ulceration that contains the bugs

Question 21

what is the ulcerated surface during secondary syphilis called?

Answer 21

mucous patches

Question 22

what is the production of nodules

Answer 22

gumma

Question 23

what happens to the body during tertiary syphilis? what systems are affected?

Answer 23

the bug has spread throughout the entire body invading the cardiovascular system, nervous system, and most organs in the body which can lead to death

Question 24

what is congenital syphilis?

Answer 24

mother with disease who gives birth to a child who now has the disease because it was passed through the placenta

Question 25

3 major oral signs and symptoms of syphilis and characteristics of each

Answer 25

1. Hutchison’s Incisors: malformation of incisors that look like screw-drivers
2. Mulberry Molars: surface of enamel has little specks
3. Bossing of Frontal Bones: bone is thicker and more prominent under the eyebrow