Medical

Question 1

What is meningitis

Answer 1

Inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal chord.

Question 2

How is meningitis transferred?

Answer 2

Via dropplets. The bacterial form is communicable, the viral is not.

Question 3

What is pertussis

Answer 3

Whooping cough.

Question 4

How is pertussis transmitted?

Answer 4

Large droplet. Incubation time of 7 to 10 days following exposure

Question 5

Pertussis signs and symptoms

Answer 5

Fever, thick nasal discharge, and a cough that progresses to coughing spasms. The patient is not able to take a breath. Whoops sound when a breath is able to be taken. vomiting

Question 6

Signs and symptoms of mumps

Answer 6

Fever, headache, muscle aches, loss of appetite, swelling salivary glands under the ears.

Question 7

Mumps transmission

Answer 7

Droplet, direct contact with saliva or respiratory secretions. Incubation period of 16 to 18 days following exposure.

Question 8

Rubella transmission

Answer 8

droplet transmitted, spread from cough or sneeze. May spread up to 1 week before the rash appears. Incubation period of 12 to 23 days following an exposure event.

Question 9

Rubella signs and symptoms

Answer 9

rash that usually begins on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body. Headache, mild pink eye, swollen and enlarged lymph nodes, cough, runny nose.

Question 10

Is tuberculosis highly contagious?

Answer 10

NO

Question 11

Tuberculosis signs and symptoms

Answer 11

persistent cough plus one or more of the following: sudden weight loss, night sweats, fever, cough with blood tinged sputum, hoarseness, chest pain.

Question 12

What is latent TB

Answer 12

the person has tested positive for exposure to TB but does not have or may never develop, active disease.

Question 13

TB transmission

Answer 13

Large, airborne particles. Only communicable when an active lesion develops in the lungs and bacteria are expelled into the air by coughing. incubation period of 4 to 12 weeks.

Question 14

Angioedema

Answer 14

Recurrent large areas of subcutaneous edema of sudden onset, usually disappearing within 24 hours, which is seen mainly in young women, frequently as a result of allergy to food or drugs.

Question 15

What is Esophagogastric varices

Answer 15

Pressure increases in the blood vessels that surround the esophagus and the stomach. The blood backs up and can lead to a rupture of the vessels. Caused primarily by alcohol and hepatitis C

Question 16

Signs and symptoms of esophagogastric Varices

Answer 16

Signs of liver damage(fatigue, weight loss, laundice, anorexia, edematous abdomen, pruritus, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting. abrupt onset of discomfort in the throat, vomiting bright red blood, hypotension, signs of shock, bloody vomit, melena.

Question 17

What are mallory weiss syndrome and boerhaave syndrome

Answer 17

Mallory Weiss : Esophageal condition in which severe hemorrhage can occur. The junction between the esophagus and the stomach tears, causing severe bleeding and potentially death. Caused by the act of vomiting

Boerhaave : esophagus tears longitudinally and the tear travels entirely through the wall of the esophagus.

Question 18

What are Peptic ulcer disease and gastritis

Answer 18

Peptic ulcer disease: the protective layer of the stomach erodes causing the wall of the stomach to be eaten by stomach acid.

Gastritis: is the preulcerative state when the stomach is inflamed but erosions have not yet occurred.

Question 19

What is GERD

Answer 19

Gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) is when the lower esophageal sphincter opens and allows stomach acid to move superiorly. (also known as acid reflux disease_

Question 20

What is a hiatal hernia

Answer 20

A protrusion of a portion of the stomach through the diaphragm.

Question 21

Hyperglycemia skin signs

Answer 21

hot dry

Question 22

hypoglycemia skin signs

Answer 22

pale cool clammy

Question 23

sedative drug overdose skin signs

Answer 23

cold dry