Finals- Viral Diseases Flashcards
Herpes simplex is also known as?
Acute primary gingivostomatitis
Herpes labialis
Fever blisters
Cold sores
What HSV is predominantly found in face, lips, oral cavity, upper body skin
HSV 1
HSV can be transmitted through?
Kissing
Sharing cutlery
Cold sores recurs
True
HSV has 2 types: primary and secondary, which is the most severe and fatal?
Primary
This is the term used to identify the tissues commonly affected by HSV
Herpes virus hominis
Tissues involved in HSV are derived from:
Ectoder, (skin, mucous mem, eyes, cns)
In acute primary gingivistomatitis, erythema of gingiva precedes ulcerarion
T or F
True
What are the ganglia involved in HSV 1?
Trigeminal
What ganglion is commonly involved in HSV2?
Lumbosacral
Primary herpetic eruption is associated with what 3 diseases?
Pneumonia
Meningitis
Common cold
A patient came into your clinic complaining of an extremely painful ulceration and upon checking up it is surrounded by erythematous halo, what will you do next to come up with a final diagnosis?
Ask the patient of the history of illness:
If she answers her gingiva is erythematous last week, then it could possible be HSV
Rubeola is also knowns as?
Measles
Red spots
Morbilli
Causative agent of morbilli
Paramyxovirus
A patient came into your clinic and upon routine dental examination you saw a table salt like lesion in the buccal mucosa, what will be your diagnosis?
Measles
Table salt - Koplik’s spot
Upon histological examination, warthin-finkeldey giant cell is identified what will be you diagnosis?
Measles
What are the complications of rubeola?
Diarrhea
Bronchial pneumonia
Otitis media
Noma
It is also known as german measles
Rubella
How can you differentiate rubeola and rubella?
The latter has no kopliks spot
The complication of this viral infection is congenital defect such as blindess deafness, enamel hypoplasia, and increased caries incidence
Rubella
Smallpox is also known as:
variola
The complication of this viral infection is septicemia
Smallpox / variola
Chickenpox is also known as
Varicella
What is the causative agent for chickenpox?
Varicella zoster virus
A patient came into your clinic and upon extraoral examination you observed papules, vesicles, and crust on the same area. What is your diagnosis?
Chickenpox
Herpes zoster is also known as
Shingles
Zona
This viral infection is characterized by inflammation of dorsal root ganglia and the causative agent is varicella zoster virus
Herpes zoster
A patient came into you clinic with a complaint of pain in her buccal mucosa and upon checking there are vesicles on her left buccal mucosa but the right is normal. What is your diagnosis?
Shingles/ herpes zoster
Characteristic clinical feature is unilaterality of the lesion
Mumps is also known as
Epidemic parotitis
It is characterized by unilateral/bilateral swelling of the salivary glands ( often the parotid gland )
Mumps
