CD NURSING Flashcards
Causative agent of Tetanus/Lock Jaw
Clostrodium Tetani
Signs and symptoms of Tetanus
Trismus
Opisthotonus
Risus Sardonicus
Management of Tetanus
Antibiotics
1. Penicillin
2. Metronidazole
Causative Agent of Poliomyelitis/ Infantile Paralysis
Legio Debilitans
Mode of Transmission of Poliomyelitis
FECAL AND ORAL
Localized Poliomyelitis
Signs and symptoms are sore throat, tonsillitis, and enlarged cervical lymph nodes
Abortive Polio
Systemic Poliomyelitis
Flu like signs and symptoms
Nonparalytic Polio
It is a type of Polio that affects the spinal cord/ destruction of motor neurons
Signs and symptoms are painful muscle spasm and asymmetrical paralysis/weakness
Paralytic Polio
It is a type of polio that affects the brain stem which can cause respiratory paralysis
Bulbar Paralysis
How to prevent Polio?
Sabin/ OPV Vaccine
Salk/IPV Vaccine
Causative agent of Rabies
Rabdovirus
Rabies
Invasive Stage Signs and Symptoms
Fever
Headache
Photophobia
Numbness
Rabies
Excitement Stage Signs and Symptoms
Hydrophobia> pathognomonic sign
Aerophobia
Maniacal Behavior
Rabies
Paralytic Stage Signs and Symptoms
Generalized and Respiratory Paralysis
Confirmatory Test of Rabies
Fluorescent Rabies Antibody Test
RA 9482
RABIES ACT
Causative Agent of Dengue
Dengue Virus
Onyong onyo Virus
Chikungunya Virus
Mode of Transmission of Dengue
Mosquito bite> Aedes Aegypti
Signs and Symptoms of Grade 3 Dengue Fever
Shock
Narrowed pulse pressure
Abdominal pain
Signs and Symptoms of Grade 4 Dengue Fever
Profound Shock> Undetected BP and Pulse