leptospirosis

Question 1

what kind of disease is it

Answer 1

zoonoses

Question 2

MB

Answer 2

spirochete, very active (motile) , and has characteristic hooked ends

Question 3

how to get infected

Answer 3

via the urine of animals either in lakes, foods etc such as rats through skin and mucous membranes

Question 4

who’s at risk for the disease

Answer 4

people who spend a lot of time in water like rice field workers, sportsmen

Question 5

sympoms

Answer 5

fever also called as swamp fever or mud fever

Question 6

weils disease also called hepatic renal hemorrhagic syndrome

Answer 6

is a severe form of the disease that affects the liver , characterised by jaundice, albuminuria conjunctivitis and haemorrhage in many ordains

Question 7

diagnosis

Answer 7

blood +csf samples are used in the 1st wee

urine of patient see bacteria

Question 8

epidemiology

Answer 8

globally sitribtued disease but found most commonly in India and Brazil and Thailand

Question 9

phases

Answer 9

phase 1: invade blood and CSF ( bacteria phase diagnosis) Classically, the conjunctiva are red and the patient experiences photophobia

ohase 1 is called septic phase

in phases 1 patient may recover for a while but then get ill again

if second phase appears its more sevres such as kidney failure, aseptic meningitis etc. phase 2 immune phase

Question 10

treatment

Answer 10

mild : doxycline
severe: penicillin