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Disease Of The Cardiovascular & Lymphatic System Flashcards

1
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What are main things to look out for that effect the cardio and lympathtic system?

A

Vessels
&
Major organs

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What does septicemia mean?

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Acute illness due to the presence of pathogens or their toxins in the blood

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What does sepsis mean?
( SIRS )

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Systemic inflammatory responses syndrome
( SIRS )

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What does lymphangitis mean?

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Inflamed lymph vessels

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What does severe sepsis mean?

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Decreased blood pressure and dysfunction of at least one organ

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What does septic shock mean?

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Sepsis and uncontrollable decreased blood pressure

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What are the 3 bacterial disease we will be looking at in cardio & lymphatic system?

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Plague
Lyme disease
Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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8
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What are the 1 viral cardio vascular & lympathic disease ?

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Ebola hemorrhagic fever

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9
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What is the one protozoal disease of the cardiovascular & lymphatic system?

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Malaria

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10
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What is another name for the plague?(2)

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Black Death and or bubonic plague

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11
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What is the bacteria that causes the plague?

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Yersinia Pestis

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12
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What is Yersinia Pestis?
( stain and shape?)

A

Gran negative
Rod

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What is the transmission of Yersinia Pestis ( black plague ?)

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Fleas and rats

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What did the plague infect?

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Rats, dogs, chipmunks
Later into humans

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15
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Humans are what type of host for the plague ?

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Incidental host

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16
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What are the virulence factors for the plague?(3)
( c, e, AG )

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Capsule
Endotoxin
2 sirfsce antigens that resists phagocytosis

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17
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The plague is what type of disease? (2)

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Zoonotic and vector

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18
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What is a good indicator that one has the plague?

A

Buboes

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19
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What is buboes?

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Swollen lymph nodes of groin and armpit

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20
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How does the body get this swollen lymph nodes (4)? Steps ?

A

Flea gets infected blood from rat
Flea goes crazy & bites humans
Goes into human blood
Swollen lymph nodes

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21
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What was the mortality rate of the plague?

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50-75%

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22
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What does septicemic plague mean?

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Bacteria leaves lymphatics and enter blood, causes death

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23
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What does pneumonic plague mean?

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Bacteria is inhaled and enter lung -> death

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24
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What is the prevention of plague?

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Killing fleas

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25
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Is there a vaccine for the plague? Name and what is it?

A

Killed vaccine
Y. Pestis

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26
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What is Lyme disease? Bacteria?

A

Borrelia burgforferi

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27
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What is borrelia burgforferi?
( shape )

A

Spirochetes
( helical & axial filaments )

28
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Is Lyme disease a vector and zoonotic disease?

29
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What causes Lyme disease vs what Carried it?

A

Causes - borrelia burgdorferi
Carries - ticks

30
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What are the reservoirs for Lyme disease?

A

Mouse & deer

31
Q

What are the symptoms of Lyme disease? It also has erythema migrants, what is that?

A

Bulls eye rash
Flu like symptoms
Irregular heartbeat & encephalitis
Arthritis

Erythema migrants
- middle to out of the skin

32
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What is the primary symptoms of Lyme disease?

A

Bull eye rash

33
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What is the second phase of Lyme disease?

A

Irregular heart beat & encephalitis

34
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What is the third phase of Lyme disease?

35
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When is the best time to treat Lyme disease?

A

When we see the bull eye rash

36
Q

What do we give to someone who is having Lyme disease?

A

Antibiotics

37
Q

Is there a vaccine for Lyme disease?

38
Q

What bacteria causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever ?

A

Rickettsia rickettsia

39
Q

What is rickettsia rickettsia?

A

Obligate intracellular parasite

40
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How is rickettsia transmitted by?

41
Q

Where do we mainly find rocket mountain spotted fever?

A

In the apla. mountains

42
Q

What are the symptoms (rashes name ) of rickettsia rickettsia? And when do they occur?

A

2 week
Hemmorrahagic rashes

43
Q

What does it mean hemmorrhagic rashes?

A

Pins or needles poked the skin

44
Q

Where does these hemmorrhagic rashes appear on the body?

A

Palms and soles of the feet

45
Q

What is the treatment of Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

A

Antibiotics

46
Q

Is there a vaccine for Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

47
Q

What is Ebola hemorrhagic fever
( family, negative or positive, enveloped or non, single or double, rna or dna )

A

Filoviridae
Negative
Enveloped
Single
Rna

48
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What is the transmission of Ebola?

A

Contact with blood or bodily fluids of infected

49
Q

Is Ebola transmitted by air, water or food?

50
Q

What is the symptoms of Ebola?

A

Fever, vommitting
Macular rash
Hemorrhaging

51
Q

Is there a vaccine for Ebola?

52
Q

Is there treatment for Ebola? What is it?

A

Yes
Supportive therapy or blood transfusion

53
Q

What is the prevention of Ebola?

54
Q

What is malaria caused by?

A

A PROTOZOAN

55
Q

What is a protozoan?

A

Eukaryotic

56
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What is the protozoan that causes malaria?

A

Plasmodium Sp

57
Q

What are the 4 types of plasmodium?

A

Vivax
Malariae
Ovale
Falciparium

58
Q

What is the most common plasmodium that causes malaria?

A

Plasmodium falciparum

59
Q

What is the transmission of malaria?

A

Mosquitoes
( anopheles)

60
Q

How does malaria get into the body? 3 steps?

A

Blood -> liver -> infects RBC ( lyses )

61
Q

What are the symptoms of malaria? When do they mainly occur?

A

Mainly occur at night
Fever, chills, sweats, Nausea

62
Q

What is the main symptom distinction of malaria?

A

Cyclic episodes
( recover and recur 2-3 days interval )

63
Q

Is there a vaccine? What is it

A

Yes but not fully “ready”
Subunit vaccine

64
Q

What are the 3 deadliest diseases?

A

Malaria
HIV
TB

65
Q

The most common cause of bacterial throat infection ( pharyngitis)
- staphylococcus
- streptococcus
- mycobacterium
- diptheria

A

Streptococcus
( strep throat )

66
Q

What causes Malaria vs carried it?

A

Causes - plasmodium ( protozoan )
Carries - mosquitos

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