Signs And Symptoms

Question 1

Esp seen winter & spring. Resp symptoms, malaise (not feeling well), low-grade fever followed by rash starting on face & trunk spreading to rest of body. Fluid filled vesicles rupture & scab over within 1 week.

Answer 1

Chicken pox

Question 2

200 strains of viruses cause the common cold. Course mild, often without fever and without muscle aching.

Answer 2

Common cold

Question 3

The clinical syndrome begins with tearing, irritation & redness of eye(s) followed by edema of lids, photophobia (light sensitivity) & pus drainage. Course lasts from 2 days up to 2-3 weeks.

Answer 3

Conjunctivitis (pink eye)

Question 4

inflammation of the liver due to multiple causes. S & symp are Headache; fever; weakness; joint pain; anorexia; nausea; vomiting; RUQ pain; jaundice; dark urine; clay-colored stools

Answer 4

Hepatitis

Question 5

Food intake, May have no symptoms. Adults may have abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, light colored stools, dark urine, fatigue, fever & jaundice.

Answer 5

Hepatitis A

Question 6

Sexual intercourse, May have no symptoms. It can take 1-9 months before symptoms develop. Some have mild flu-like symptoms. Dark urine, light colored stools, fatigue, fever & jaundice. Can develop acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer.

Answer 6

Hepatitis B (serum)

Question 7

Common for the girls, Chronic condition in 85% of infected people. Liver fibrosis into cirrhosis in 20% of infected people.

Answer 7

Hepatitis C

Question 8

Mono-like syndrome, fatigue, fever,
sore throat, lymphadenopathy,
splenomegaly, rash, diarrhea. Skin
lesions (Kaposi’s sarcoma);
opportunistic infections (Pneumocystic
carinii pneumonia, Tb)

Answer 8

HIV

Question 9

Winter epidemics bring sudden fever for 3-5 days, chills, fatigue, body aches, nasal discharge, dry cough, and mild sore throat. Children may also experience GI symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, though rare in adults.

Answer 9

Influenza

Question 10

Initially symptoms of severe cold with fever, conjunctivitis, swollen eyelids, photophobia, malaise, cough, nasopharyngeal congestion, red bumpy rash lasting about 6 days

Answer 10

Measles

Question 11

Viral meningitis – most common type
of meningitis; self-limited disease
lasting 7-10 days. Bacterial – very serious infection; fever, chills, headache, nuchal rigidity (stiff neck) with flexion, arthralgia
(achy joints), lethargy, malaise (ill feeling), altered mental status, vomiting, seizures

Answer 11

Meningitis

Question 12

Rare viral disease. 12 days after
exposure get fever, headache, muscle
aches, backache, swollen lymph
nodes, tired.

Answer 12

Monkey pox

Question 13

Usually found in ill patients who are multidrug resistant. Often in open wounds, post-op wounds, around G- tube sites.

Answer 13

MRSA- methicillin resistant staphylococcus
aureus

Question 14

Painful enlargement of salivary
glands. Feverish cold followed by
swelling & stiffening of parotid salivary
gland in front of ear.

Answer 14

Mumps

Question 15

1st phase – common cold symptoms lasts 1-2 weeks. 2nd phase lasts month or longer. No fever. Mild cough that can become severe & violent, productive. 3rd phase – frequency and severity of coughing decreases.

Answer 15

Pertussis- whooping cough

Question 16

Chills, high fever, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain worsened by deep inspiration, cough, crackles & wheezes heard on breath sounds

Answer 16

Pneumonia

Question 17

Generally milder than measles. Sore throat, low grade fever. Fine pink rash on face, trunk & extremities lasting about 3 days.

Answer 17

Rubella German measles

Question 18

Viral disease. Fever >100.4oF, chills,
headache, body achiness, respiratory
complaints (cough, SOB, dyspnea,
pneumonia), pulse ox <94% room air,
travel within 10 days of symptoms to
Ontario, Canada, People’s Republic of
China, Vietnam, Taiwan, &/or
Singapore OR close contact with
symptomatic person within 10 days of
symptoms.

Answer 18

SARS

Question 19

Skin parasitic disease caused by mites, visible as papules, vesicles, or tiny burrows containing mites & eggs. Lesions common around finger webs, wrists, elbows, axillary folds, belt line, thighs, genitalia (men), nipples, abdomen, lower buttocks (women). Intense itching, especially at night. Complications from scratching may lead to infection in lesions.

Answer 19

Scabies

Question 20

Localized manifestation of vesicle with red base on skin areas. They follow a nerve tract most often on the chest
wall & are usually unilateral & linear. Severe pain & paresthesia (tingling, prickling sensation) are common.
Rash or blisters present 1-14 days.

Answer 20

Shingles

Question 21

serious, contagious & sometimes fatal disease.
1st symptoms last 2-4 days
Next 4 days (most contagious)
Next 5 days ( still contagious)
Next 5 days ( still contagious)
Next 6 days ( still contagious)

Answer 21

Small pox

Question 22

Primarily affects resp system.

Answer 22

Tuberculosis

Question 23

Most susceptible are those with weak immune systems, most often found stool

Answer 23

VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococcus.)

Question 24

mild disease with flu-like symptoms that last few days, no long term health effects)

Answer 24

West Niles virus

Question 25

A contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally affect only birds and
occasionally pigs. Fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, eye infections (conjunctivitis),
acute respiratory distress, viral pneumonia.

Answer 25

Avian or bird flu