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M1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Flashcards

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Transmitted from one host to another.

Contagious disease – easily transmitted.

transferred from one infected person to a susceptible and uninfected person and maybe cause by microorganisms

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

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DISEASES:

occur abruptly

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Acute Disease

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DISEASES:

prone in causing permanent disability to a person

Ex. COVID-19, Elephantiasis

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Chronic Disease

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DISEASES:

remains inactive in the body.

Inactive disease. But when the person became immunocompromise it will be activated.

Ex. Chicken fox, TB, HIV/AIDS

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Latent Disease

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DISEASES:

infections developed after prior infections

Ex. Amebiasis

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Secondary Infections

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DISEASES:

presence of bacteria in the blood

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Bacteremia

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DISEASES:

presence and multiplication of bacteria in the blood.

blood poisoning by bacteria.

causes inflammation.

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Septicemia

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DISEASES:

produce and release toxins.

presence of toxins in the blood.

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Toxemia

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DISEASES:

presence of virus in the blood

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Viremia

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DISEASES:

occasional cases of disease. Not all people are affected. Only some.

occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

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Sporadic

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DISEASES:

constantly present (in a given location).

Example: Malaria

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Endemic

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DISEASES:

outbreaks (in a given location).

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Epidemic

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DISEASES:

worldwide outbreaks

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Pandemic

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number of infected people during a particular time period (i.e., year)

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Incidence

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number of diseased people at any given time.

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Prevalence

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measurable changes.

Objective.

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Signs

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patient complaint.

Subjective.

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Symptoms

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study of disease

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Pathology

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disease process

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Pathogenesis

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colonization by microbe

pathogen is growing in or on host

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Infection

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illness

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Disease

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organism with potential to cause disease

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Pathogen

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degree or intensity of pathogenicity

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Virulence

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ability of pathogen to spread to other tissues in the body

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Invasiveness

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ability of pathogen to establish infection

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Infectivity

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ability of pathogen to secrete toxins

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Toxigenicity

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infection in which pathogen grows massively in the body (causing inflammation that causes increase in permeability and blood flow), being found in blood and throughout organs. Usually leads to death.

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Septicemia

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Provide basic logical proof that disease is caused by a microbe.

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KOCH’S POSTULATES (1800s)

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Compete for living space and nutrients with pathogens.

good bacteria

microorganism that inhabit the skin and mucous membranes of a health normal person

Ex. Lactobacillus Acidophilus ~ acidic pH in the Vagina.

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NORMAL MICROBIOTA/FLORA

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Fluids within an Organ or Tissue:

surrounds the embryo & fetus

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Amniotic Fluid

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Organisms that cause disease when they enter different environment.

Organism that can become pathogenic following a perturbation to their host.

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

enters break in skin

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Staphyloccocus Aureus

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

enters peritoneal cavity from burst appendix

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Escherichia coli

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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

colonizes intestines when normal flora has been killed by antibiotics

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Clostridium difficile

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Types of Microorganisms causing Infections:

most common infection-causing microorganisms.

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BACTERIA

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Types of Microorganisms causing Infections:

consist primarily of nucleic acid and therefore must enter living cells in order to produce infection.

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VIRUSES

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Types of Microorganisms causing Infections:

includes yeast and mold

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FUNGI

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Types of Microorganisms causing Infections:

live on other living organisms.

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PARASITES

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Reservoir (source)

most common source of infection

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People

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Reservoir (source)

zoonoses

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Animals

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Mode of Transmission (Direct Transmission)

can only occur with three (3) feet of each other

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Droplet Spread

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Mode of Transmission

transmission may either be vehicle-borne/vector-borne

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Indirect Transmission

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Portal of Entry

Barrierto infectious agents.

breakage in this are can readily serve as portal of entry.

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Skin

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Portal of Entry

injection bite

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Parenteral

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Susceptible Host

person “at increased risk”.

They are more likely than others to acquire an infection.

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Compromised Host

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Controlling of Infectious Agents

prophylaxis such as antibiotics, antiviral drugs

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Treatment

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Controlling of Infectious Agents

hygiene, disinfectants, sterilizations, antiseptics, and vaccination

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Prevention

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Chemical substances that destroy microorganisms

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Antiseptics and Disinfectants

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can be applied safely to the body

E.g., on skin, ethanol, and isopropanol

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Antiseptics

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cannot be used on the body directly but are used to clear work surfaces, crockery, cutlery, instruments.

E.g., hypochlorite, disinfectants, phenol, aldehydes, chloroxylenol (Dettol) and iodine

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Disinfectants

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Removal of any living organisms from a non-living object or material.

E.g., water, operating theatre gowns.

Includes: Heat, Steam, Radiation

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Sterilization

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pasteurizing milk, tinned food

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Heat

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Autoclave where steam under pressure is fed into a sealed chamber.

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Steam

54
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longer wavelengths have no effect shorter wavelength such as UV light results in death.

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Radiation

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Specific Protection against Disease:

Process of introducing vaccine into the body to produce antibodies that will protect our body against a specific infectious agent.

Giving antigens from disease causing organism, either by injection or orally

Enables the body to respond fast enough

Artificial active immunity

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Immunization/Vaccination

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

DPT

causes of D, P, and T

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Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus

Corynebacterium Diphtheria
Bordetella Pertussis
Clostridium Tetani

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

OPV

cause of Poliomyelitis

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Oral Polio Vaccine

Polio Virus

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

MMR Vaccine

causes of M, M, and R

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Measles, Mumps, Rubella

measles virus
mumps virus
rubella virus

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

Hib Polysaccharide Vaccine

cause of Meningitis

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H. influenze type B

Hemophilus Influenza

60
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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

reduces the chane of being and becoming cancer.

(ang gulo ng nakalagay sa PPT ni Sir T^T)

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Hepatitis B Vaccine

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

BCG

protection against the possibility of infection from other family members

cause of Tubercolosis

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Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin

Mycobacterium tubercolosis

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Vaccine available for routine immunizations:

CDT

causes of C, D, and T

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Cholera, Dysentery, and Typhoid

Vibrio Cholera
Shigella Dysenteriae
Salmonella typhi

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Specific Protection against Disease:

Administration of drugs to prevent occurrence of infection.

E.g., Penicillin for gonorrhea, chloroquine for malaria, INH for tuberculosis.

INH

prevents acquisition of infection

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Chemoprophylaxis

Isoniazid and Rifapentine

Prophylatic Drug

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Specific Protection against Disease:

Placing mechanical barriers between the sources of agent and host such as use of mosquito nets, masks, or gloves

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Mechanical Prophylaxis

CPHM 121 (9 decks)

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