Diseases Flashcards
Hep B
Spread by
Contact with blood or body fluids
Hep B
Symptoms
Fever
Headache
Weakness
Vomiting
Jaundice
Joint Pain
Hep B
Disease Complications
Chronic liver infection
Liver failure
Liver cancer
Death
Rotavirus
Spread by
Through the mouth
Rotavirus
Disease Symptoms
Diarrha
Fever
vomiting
Rotavirus
Disease Complications
Severe diarrhea
dehydration
death
Diphtheria
Spread by
Air
direct contact
Diphtheria
Disease symptos
sore throat
mild fever
weakness
swollen glands in neck
Diphtheria
Disease complications
swelling of the heart muscle
heart failure
coma
paralysis
death
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Spread by
air
direct contact
Pertussis
Disease symptoms
severe cough
runny nose
apnea (a pause in breathing in infants)
Pertussis
Disease complications
Pneumonia (infection in the lungs)
death
Tetanus
Spread by
exposure through cuts in skin
Tetanus
Symptoms
stiffness in neck and abdominal muscles
difficulty swallowing
muscle spasms
fever
Tetanus
Complications
broken bones
breathing difficulty
death
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
spread by
air
direct contact
Haemophilus influenza type b
symptoms
may be no symptoms unless bacteria enters the blood
Haemophilus influenza type b
Complications
Meningitis
intellectual disability
epiglottisis
pneumonia
Polio
spread by
air
direct contact
through the mouth
Polio- symptoms
sore throat
fever
nausea
headache
Polio - complications
paralysis
death
Measles- spread by
air
direct contact
Measles- symptoms
rash
fever
cough
runny nose
pink eye
Measles- complications
encephalitis
pneumonia
death
Mumps- spread by
air
direct contact
Mumps- symptoms
swollen salivary glands
fever
headache
tiredness
muscle pain
Mumps- complications
meningitis
encephalitis
inflammation of testicles or ovaries
deafness
death
