Herpes Flashcards
Macule
Smooth area of colour change less than 1.5cm
Patch is a larger area
Papule
Solid RAISED spot on skin <1.5cm
Larger= plaque
Nodule
Circumscribed(within limits) elevated solid lesion <1cm
Larger is tumour
Postule
Circumscribed collection on leukocyte
Herpes labialis
HSV1
Orofacial disease - gingivostomatitis
Common manifestation recurrent
Postules/vesicles around lips
HSV1 common manifestations
Ocular keratoconjunctivitis
Gingivostomatitis
Type 4 herpes - Epstein Barr virus
Mononucleosis or kissing disease
Fever fatigue sore throats swollen lymph glands
Type 5 cytomegalovirus
Mainly in immuncompromised ppl ENCEPHALITIS Retinitis Pneumonia Gastroenteritis
Cytomegalic means enlargement of cell
Type 4 Roseola
Acute disease in infants and kids
High fever
Trunk rash limbs neck face
May play role in MS in adults
Type 7
Febrile illness similar to measles
Concussions due to ENCEPHALITIS
Type 8
Kaposis sarcoma (malignancy of blood vessels)
Primary lymphoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Type 3 varicella roster
Chicken pox n shingles
Type 2
Genital herpes
Transmitted to babies 25-50%
General herpes properties
Able to establish latent infection Induce cell mediated immunity Mode of replication Virus morphology Alpha beta gamma
Double stranded
Spherical virion
Alpha herpes
Cytolytic
Live in neurons
HSV1 hsv2 varcella zoster
Cytolytic means destruction of cell