travel related infection Flashcards
what are unfamiliar features of imported diseases
presenting features e.g. rashes, hepatosplenomegaly
isolation requirements e.g. ebola
diagnostic methods e.g. blood film
unexpected complications e.g. bleeding, coma, shock
why are travellers vulnerable to infection
temptation to take risks away from home: food, water, sex
different epidemiology of some diseases: HIV, polio, TB
incomplete understanding of health hazards
stress of travel
refugees: deprivation, malnutrition, disease, injury
climate or environment related health problems
sunburn heat exhaustion heatstroke fungal infections bacterial skin infection cold injury altitude sickness
infections controllable by public health measures: sanitation
traveler's diarrhoea typhoid hepatitis A or E giardiasis helminth infections viral gastroenteritis cholera shigella dysentery
infections controllable by public health measures: immunisation
poliomyelitis
diphtheria
infections controllable by public health measures: education
HIV
STD’s
water related infectoins
schistomiasis leptospirosis liver flukes hookworms guinea worms
anthropod borne infections
malaria - mosquitos
dengue fever - mosquitos
malaria vector
female anopheles mosquito
symptoms of malaria
fever rigors aches abdo pain headache dysuria frequency sore throat cough
signs of malaria
may be none
splenomegaly
hepatomegaly
mild jaundice
complications of malaria
cerebral malaria (encephalopathy) blackwater fever pulmonary oedema jaundice severe anaemia
malaria diagnosis
thick and thin blood films
quantitative buffy coat
rapid antigen tests
