Lesson 20 Flashcards
Caused by a population explosion of toxic naturally occuring microscopic phytoplankton, dinoflagellates
Red tide
Four syndromes of shellfish poisoning
Paralytic shellfish poisoning
Diarrheal shellfish poisoning
Amnestic shellfish poisoning
Neurologic shellfish poisoning
A non-protein neurotoxin
Saxitoxin
Saxitoxin is produced by
Alexandrium Catenella
A process done by pumping the arterial blood through an activated charcoal filter to remove the toxin
Charcoal hemoperfusion
An alkaline fluid that can neutralize toxin
Sodium bicarbonate
Adult itch mite burrow into the superficial layer of skin and lay two to three eggs daily for up to 2 months
Scabies
How many eggs does the mites of scabies lay ??
2-3 egg daily for up to 2 months
Causative agent of scabies
Sarcoptes Scabiei
Incubation period of scabies
24 hours
Prescription for scabies
Lindane
Crotamiton
5% Permethrin
The prescription for scabies is left on the skin for how many hours?
12-24 hours
Use this shampoo to treat pediculosis
Lindane (Kwell)
Another name for schistosomiasis
Bilharziasis
Snail fever
A chronic wasting disease commonly affecting farmers and their families
Schistosomiasis / Bilharziasis / Snail Fever