Common Viral Quickie Flashcards
What are some causes for mono?
Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, EBV, HHV4
Treatment for mon
Rest
How long is varicella and herpes contagious?
1-2 days before rash to 5 days after first crop of vesicles
Transmission of cytomegalovirus?
Urine,saliva, breast milk,semen, cervical secretions
Complications of varicella and herpes zoster?
Reye’s syndrome
How to diagnose cytomegalovirus?
Newborn in urine
Permanent deafness
Mumps
Sudden onset low grade fever w/ mild constitutional symptoms and skin eruptions that quickly evolve
Varicella
Should you immunize a pregnant female for rubella?
No
How is mumps spread?
Saliva
When do we immunize the children for rubeola?
15 months
Which is the live polio vaccine?
OPV
Orchtiitis, oophoritis, sterility uncommon, pancreatitis
Mumps
Infant w/ icterus, purpura, chorioretinitis, petechiae, hepatosplenomegaly, convulsions and intracereebral calcifications
Cytomegalovirus
If you get rubeola can you get it again?
No
What is the treatment for varicella?
VZIG w/in 96 hrs of exposure
Fever, swelling/ tenderness of one or more salivary glands; usually the parotid, sometimes the sublingual/submaxillary
Mumps