Human Bites Flashcards
Signs and Symptoms
1- wound may appear minor at first
2- rapid onset
3- pain
4- massive swelling
5-leakage of foul-smelling pus common
Causative Agent
members of normal mouth microbiota
human bite
could arise when you cut your knuckles on another person’s teeth, as might happen in a fight. Or it could be due to a cut on your knuckles from your teeth, such as from a fall. Human bites that break the skin can become infected
يمكن أن تنشأ عندما تقطع مفاصل أصابعك على أسنان شخص آخر، كما قد يحدث في القتال. أو قد يكون ذلك بسبب جرح في مفاصل أصابعك من أسنانك، مثل السقوط. لدغات الإنسان التي تكسر الجلد يمكن أن تصاب بالعدوى
Pathogenesis
1-usually infected by aerobic & anaerobic species
2-synergistic infection: sum effect of all organisms greater than individual effects
3- tissue destruction
aa ro bik/an o ro bik/sin ir gis tik
ae ro bic /an ae ro bic/syner gis tic
risk greatly increased when person who bites has:
1- poor mouth care
2- extensive dental disease
happen when :
1-fighting
2-forcible restraint:
استخدام القوة والاجبار
(1) law enforcement
(2) mental institutions
force ible rist raint
force ible rest raint
prevention
a. prompt cleaning of bite wound
b. antiseptic application
antiseptic :chemicals that people apply to the skin. They can reduce the number of microorganisms living on the skin
ant is sap tik
anti septic
Treatment
1-need immediate treatment
such as : antibiotics
opening infected area
2- wash wound with sterile fluid
remove:
(a) dirt
(b) foreign matter
(c) dead tissue
saty rill=معقم
ster ile