Cardiovascular & Lymphatic System

Question 1

Causes of Sepsis

Answer 1

Transmitted by injection, catheters

Question 2

Symptoms of Sepsis

Answer 2

Fever, chills, increased heart rate, lymphangitis

Question 3

What is Septic Shock?

Answer 3

sepsis and also drops in blood pressure that cannot be controlled

Question 4

What Happens in Gram-Positive Sepsis?

Answer 4

Endotoxins (LPS) cause a severe drop in blood pressure

Question 5

Treatments for Gram-Positive sepsis

Answer 5

Antibiotics can worsen the condition if treated later during infection; Treatment involves neutralizing LPS components and cytokines

Question 6

What happens during gram-negative sepsis?

Answer 6

potent exotoxins cause toxic shock syndrome

Question 7

Causes of Gangrene

Answer 7

Clostridium perfringens

Question 8

Symptoms of Gangrene

Answer 8

The death of soft tissue; produces toxins

Question 9

Treatment and prevention of gas gangrene

Answer 9

Removal of necrotic tissue

Question 10

Causes of Anthrax

Answer 10

Bacillus anthracis: gram-positive, endospore-forming, aerobic rod- Found in soil, affects grazing animals

Question 11

how does Anthrax work

Answer 11

Spores taken into the body and germinate, bacteria enters bloodstream and Bacteria release exotoxins

Question 12

Treatment of Anthrax and prevention

Answer 12

Antibiotics

Vaccines for LiveStock

Question 13

Causes of Plague

Answer 13

Yersinia pestis- transmitted by rat flea

Question 14

Treatment and prevention of Plague

Answer 14

Antibiotics

Question 15

Symptoms of plague

Answer 15

Bacteria enters the bloodstream and proliferates in lymph tissue and Causes intense swellings

Question 16

What is bubonic plague

Answer 16

bacterial growth in the blood and lymph

Question 17

what is Septicemic plague

Answer 17

septic shock due to bacteria in the blood

Question 18

WHat is pneumonic plague

Answer 18

bacteria in lungs

Question 19

Causes of lyme disease

Answer 19

Borrelia burgdorferi- Tickborne disease

Question 20

Symptoms of Lyme Disease in 3 Phases?

Answer 20

◦First phase: flulike symptoms, bull’s eye rash
◦ Second phase: irregular heartbeat, encephalitis, facial paralysis, memory loss
◦ Third phase: arthritis

Question 21

Treatment and prevention of lyme disease

Answer 21

Antibiotics

Question 22

Causes of Infectious mononucleosis

Answer 22

Epstein-Barr virus
Transmitted via saliva
◦Incubation 4-7 weeks

Question 23

symptoms of Infectious mononucleosis

Answer 23

fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, enlarged spleen

Question 24

Causes of Ebola Virus Disease

Answer 24

Ebolavirus: Spread by contact with infected body fluid

Question 25

Symptoms of Ebola Virus

Answer 25

Fever, aches and pains, weakness, sore throat, gastrointestinal symptoms

Question 26

causes and transition of toxoplasmosis

Answer 26

protozoan Toxoplasma gondii: Transmitted through Shed in cat feces

Question 27

Causes of Malaria

Answer 27

protozoan Plasmodium

Transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes