Infectious diseases - DONE

Question 1

Measles - etiology:

Answer 1

Morbillivirus

Question 2

Measles - Period of incubation:

Answer 2

9-11 days

Question 3

Measles - infectiousness:

Answer 3

3-5 days before exanthema and up to 4 days after

Question 4

Measles - infectiousness:

Answer 4

Catharus period

• Fever
• Dry, ,,barking’’ cough
• Running nose
• Conjunctivitis and photophobia
• Koplik’s macule

Question 5

Measles - eruptive period:

Answer 5

• Fever > 40oC (…F), sudden, simultaneously with exanthema
• Catharus symptoms are over
• Exanthema - small spots behind ears, on neck, along line’s of hair then spotty, lumpy, cast or haemorrhagic
  
  • 1st day: face, neck, decolletage
  • 2nd day: chest , backs, abdomen, upper limb, thighs
  • 3rd day: feet, hands, it goes pale on face
• Lymphadenopathy
• Splenomegaly

Question 6

Measles - recovery period:

Answer 6

• exanthema is over
• Brown skin
• Peeling
• Return to normal activity during 10-14 days

Question 7

Measles - treatment:

Answer 7

only symptomatical, protection from light

Question 8

Measles - prognosis:

Answer 8

• good

- worse in immunocompromised patients

Question 9

Measles - possible complications:

Answer 9

• middle ear inflammation
• pneumonia
• laryngitis
• death

Question 10

Measles - prevention:

Answer 10

vaccination

Question 11

Rubella - Etiology:

Answer 11

Viral infection: Morbillivirus

Question 12

Rubella - Period of incubation:

Answer 12

14 – 21 days

Question 13

Rubella - Infectiousness:

Answer 13

7 days before exanthema and up to 4-5 days after

Question 14

Rubella - Clinical symptoms:

Answer 14

• Fever
• Lymphadenopathy (suboccipital nodus: painless, hard, like a pea)
• Exanthema - little, spoty or lumpy, rosecoloured face
• Splenomegaly

Question 15

Rubella - Treatment:

Answer 15

only symptomatical

Question 16

Rubella - Prognosis:

Answer 16

good, worse in immunocompromised patients

Question 17

Rubella - Possible complications:

Answer 17

• trombocytopenia

- jointivitis

Question 18

Rubella - Prevention:

Answer 18

vaccination

Question 19

Chickenpox - Viral infection:

Answer 19

Varicella Zoster Virus

Question 20

Chickenpox - Period of incubation:

Answer 20

14-16 days

Question 21

Chickenpox - Infectiousness:

Answer 21

2 days before exanthema and up to 5 days after

Question 22

Chickenpox - Clinical symptoms:

Answer 22

• Fever

- Exanthema - scattered (hairy skin of head too!), polymorphic: macule, lump, scab

Question 23

Chickenpox - Treatment:

Answer 23

• Only symptomatical

- sometimes Acyclovir

Question 24

Chickenpox - Prognosis:

Answer 24

• good

- worse in immunocompromised patients

Question 25

Chickenpox - Possible complications:

Answer 25

- purulent inflammation of the skin - neurological symptoms (metencephalic) - pneumonia

Question 26

Chickenpox - Prevention:

Answer 26

- vaccination | - isolation