German Measles

Question 1

german measle known as Rubella

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rub ella

Answer 1

a contagious disease caused by a virus.

Question 2

Signs and Symptoms

Answer 2

slight fever
mild cold symptoms
enlarged lymph nodes behind:
faint pink rash over

Question 3

characteristic
typically mild which means

Answer 3

(1) difficult to diagnose
(2) up to 50% infected people show no symptoms

Question 4

enlarged lymph nodes behind:

Answer 4

(1) ears
(2) back of neck

Question 5

faint pink rash over :

Answer 5

(1) face
(2) chest
(3) abdomen

Question 6

Causative Agent

Answer 6

rubella virus

Question 7

Epidemiology

Answer 7

a. respiratory route: highly contagious (but less so than measles)
b. human only natural host

Question 8

Prevention

Answer 8

MMR & MMRV

Question 9

people who might be affected :

Answer 9

readily crosses placenta early in pregnancy
significant threat to developing fetus especially if woman is infected in 1st trimester

Question 10

Pathogenesis

Answer 10

multiplies in throat & local lymph nodes
(1) causing sustained viremia
(2) travels to skin & joints

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vir emia

Question 11

congenital rubella syndrome (CRS):

Answer 11

(a) cataracts : اعدام عدسة العين : a cloudy area in the lens of your eye
(b) deafness : occurs when a person cannot understand speech through hearing, even when sound is amplified
(c) heart defects= one or more problems with the heart structure that are present at birth
(d) low birth weight
(e) brain damage=the destruction or degeneration of brain cells
(f) stillborn=مولود ميت baby who dies after 28 weeks of pregnancy, but before or during birth

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