Diseases: food/water borne, fecal-oral route, blood borne

Question 1

food and water borne disease acronym

Answer 1

SCHNuT

Question 2

what are the 5 food and water borne diseases

Answer 2

salmonella
cholera
hepatitis A
norovirus
typhoid

Question 3

are water borne diseases

• acute or chronic
• vaccine preventable

Answer 3

acute, yes vaccine preventable

Question 4

what is the fecal-oral route disease

Answer 4

poliomyelitis

Question 5

how is poliomyelitis spread

Answer 5

person to person contact

Question 6

what does the polio virus do INITIALLY

Answer 6

destroys neurons of spinal cord

Question 7

what are two CONSEQUENCES of thsi

Answer 7

irreversible paralysis

death - due to immobilisation of breathing muscles

Question 8

polio cure?

Answer 8

none

Question 9

polio vaccine?

Answer 9

exists

Question 10

what population group is most affected by polio?

Answer 10

those under 5

Question 11

what are the 3 blood borne diseases

Answer 11

HIV
Hep B
Hep C

Question 12

how is HIV spread? 3 ways

Answer 12

mother –> child
sex
blood

Question 13

what does the HIV virus do INITIALLY

Answer 13

it inhibits helper T cells, which prevents immune function

Question 14

what are two CONSEQUENCES of this

Answer 14

flu like symptoms

opportunistic infections

Question 15

is there a vaccine for HIV?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

4 ways HIV can be prevented? think back to sex and blood

Answer 16

safe sex
safe injecting rooms
disposing of sharps
checking blood to be transfused

Question 17

what drugs are used to manage HIV

Answer 17

antiretrovirals

Question 18

where is HIV most common

Answer 18

africa and surprisingly america

Question 19

hepatitis in general

• definition
• what type of infectious agent is it caused by
• two risk factors

Answer 19

inflammation of the liver
virus
drug and alcohol use

Question 20

hepatitis b: vaccine preventable?

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

hepatitis B: how is it transmitted? 5 ways; 3 shared with HIV

Answer 21

mother --> child
blood/body fluid exposure
unsafe sex
unclean needles
unclean medical equipment

Question 22

is hep b chronic or acute

Answer 22

chronic

Question 23

2 consequences of hep B

Answer 23

liver cancer

death

Question 24

there’s a drug used to treat hep B and HIV, what is it

Answer 24

tenofovir

Question 25

hep C: chronic or acute?

Answer 25

chronic

Question 26

hep C: vaccine preventable?

Answer 26

no

Question 27

hep C: discuss treatment

Answer 27

high cure rates