LESSON 16 part 1 Flashcards
Another name for LEPROSY
Hansen’s Disease, Leontiasis
What is the causative agent of leprosy
Mycobacterium Leprae / Hansens Bacillus
What is the mode of transmission of leprosy
Skin to skin contact
Droplet infection
What is the incubation period of Leprosy/Hansens
5 months to 5 years
What is the laboratory/diagnostic test for Leprosy/Hansens
Skin slit test
What signs of Leprosy: loss of eyebrows, inability to close eyelids, clawing of fingers and toes, sinking of the nose
Late signs
What signs of Leprosy: reddish or white change in skin color, loss of sensation in the skin lesion, redness of the eyes, nasal obstruction/bleeding
Early signs
What vaccination can prevent from having leprosy?
BCG vaccine
Another name for MALARIA
Marsh fever
Periodic fever
King of tropical disease
What is the causative agent of malaria?
Plasmodium:
falciparum
vivax
ovale
malariae
knowlesi
What is the deadliest malarial Plasmodium?
P. Falciparum
What is the vector of Malaria?
Female Anopheles Mosquito
What are the Malaria Endemic areas?
Palawan
Mindoro
Another name for Schistosomiasis
Snail Fever
Bilharziasis
What are the causative agent of Schistosomiasis?
Schistosoma:
japonicum
mansoni
haematobium
What is the mode of transmission of Schistosomiasis?
Water
Skin pores
What is the laboratory/diagnostic test for Schistosomiasis?
COPT / Carcum Ova Precipetin Test
Kato Katz Test
What is the drug for Schistosomiasis?
Praziquantel
The National Deworming Month, a twice a year campaign held during the months of?
January
July
A public health problem that has detrimental impact on children’s growth and development
STH / Soil Transmitted Helminths
A massive and simultaneous school-based effort to deworm SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ages 5-18 y/o every July
National School Deworming Month
Deworming of PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN ages 1-4 y/o and children not enrolled in school
Community Based Deworming Month
What is the causative agent of tuberculosis?
gram (+) acid bacilli or mycobacterium
What species can be a host of Mycobacterium?
humans and cattles
What type of mycobacterium for cattle?
Mycobacterium Bovis
What is the mode of transmission for tuberculosis?
Airborne/droplet
What is the incubation period of tuberculosis?
4-6 weeks
It is ‘useful in diagnosis TB patients who are ASYMPTOMATIC, and those who CANNOT SUBMIT SPUTUM specimen’ but are suspected to have TB
Chest Xray
What are the medicine for treatment of TB to children?
Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Ethambutol
Streptomycin
A vaccination of newborn infants provides 50% protection to any TB disease
BCG / Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine
Law for Reporting Communicable Disease
RA 3573
An Act Liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy
Ra 4073
TB Law of 1954
RA 1136
