Diseases of skin Part 2

Question 1

Completely erratically virus

Answer 1

Small pox

Question 2

2 samples of small pox are located where

Answer 2

A lab in USA and a lab in Russia

Question 3

Smallpox damages the skin so much it can result in

Answer 3

Permanent scarring

Question 4

chickenpox and shingles are of what virus family

Answer 4

herpesviridae

Question 5

Zoster

Answer 5

Shingles

Question 6

varicella

Answer 6

Chickenpox

Question 7

will we ever be able to eradicate herpes virus

Answer 7

No, because it is a latent virus

Question 8

Is herpes RNA or DNA

Answer 8

DS DNA

Question 9

Treatment for herpes

Answer 9

acyclovir (An antiviral)

Question 10

If you are a teenager and get chicken pox, will you have a more severe reaction of shingles?

Answer 10

No, less severe genrally

Question 11

Does shingles occur all over the body?

Answer 11

No, one-sided

Question 12

What line does shingles follow?

Answer 12

The nerve

Question 13

If you have severe shingles what can be damaged

Answer 13

Peripheral neuropathy
THE NERVES (where the virus lies dormant)

Question 14

Can someone with shingles become contagious?

Answer 14

YES

Question 15

Can you get shingles from someone?

Answer 15

NO, only chickenpox

Question 16

If you touch someone with shingles, do you get shingles or chicken pox?

Answer 16

Chicken pox

Question 17

Best way to prevent chicken pox

Answer 17

Vaccines!

Question 18

A subunit vaccine for shingles

Answer 18

Shingrex (not live)
For people over 50

Question 19

Vaccine for VZV

Answer 19

Varivax
Recommended for young children (12-24 months)
Attenuated live

Question 20

Which is the safest vaccine?

Answer 20

Subunit vaccine

Question 21

Is Varivax live?

Answer 21

Yes!

Question 22

Would you give a live attenuated vaccine to a pregnant woman?

Answer 22

NOOOOO

Question 23

Rubeola

Answer 23

Measles

Question 24

Rubeola virus reservoir

Answer 24

ONLY in humans

Question 25

Family of rubeola

Answer 25

Paramyxoviridae

Question 26

Transmission of rubeola

Answer 26

Respiratory route

Question 27

Symptoms of measles

Answer 27

Runny nose, fever, sore throat

Question 28

Are measles rashes contagious?

Answer 28

No

Question 29

Measles result in a ____ rash

Answer 29

Macular rash
Flat, red

Question 30

Primary identification of measles

Answer 30

Presence of Koplik’s spots

Question 31

Koplik’s spots

Answer 31

Small raised red spots with white center on oral mucosa

Question 32

Do you need tests to ID hereps?

Answer 32

YES

Question 33

Death by measles would be by

Answer 33

Pneumonia or encephalitis
(Traveling of the virus to the lungs or brain)

Question 34

MMR vaccine is killed or live?

Answer 34

LIVE!

Question 35

If a mother has been vaccinated with MMR is the baby protected?

Answer 35

Yes
But only for 2 to 3 months

Question 36

Is MMR linked to autism?

Answer 36

NO

Question 37

Why was the MMR vaccine linked to autism?

Answer 37

Because Andrew Lakefield tried to promote his own MMR vaccine so he faked a study.

Question 38

Is German measles the same as measles?

Answer 38

NOOOOo

Question 39

Rubella is under what family?

Answer 39

Togaviridae

Question 40

Is rubella RNA or DNA?

Answer 40

RNA

Question 41

Is rubella milder than measles?

Answer 41

yes

Question 42

Transmission of rubella

Answer 42

Respiratory route —>skin

Question 43

Congenital means

Answer 43

Mother to child (across the placenta)

Question 44

Rare complication of rubella to a mother

Answer 44

Congenital rubella
Encephalitis (severe mental handicap, paralysis, and more)

Question 45

Is rubella macular?

Answer 45

Yes
Flat and red

Question 46

Chicken pox is macular?

Answer 46

NOOO
Vacicular! With vessicles