Why Do We Fall ill Flashcards
Causing agent of tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Causing agent of typhoid
Salmonella typhi
other name of typhoid
enteric fever
portal of entry of typhoid
gastrointestinal tract
incubation period of typhoid
1-3W
symptoms of typhoid
high fever 2nd week, decreases in 3rd,4th week
constipation, diarrhoea
rashes on upper abdomen
treatment typhoid
med - chloromyecetin
TAB vaccine (immunity for 3 years)
tb other name
koch’s disease
tb portal of entry
respiratory tract
tb incubation period
2-10W
tb symptoms
lung tb:
loss of weight,weakness
chest pain,breathlessness
cough
blood sputum
lymph tb:
swelling of lymph glands
rabies causing agent
rabies virus spreads through dogs,cats containing
rabies portal of entry
skin break
rabies incubation period
2-3M OR 1W-!Y
rabies symptoms
hydrophobia
headache and high fever
swelling in muscles of chest and throat
inability to swallow
paralysis and death
rabies treatment
wash wound with carbolic soap
anti rabies vaccine at day:
0, 3, 7, 14, 30
polio causal agent
entro virus
polio portal of entry
gastrointestinal tratc
polio incubation period
7-14D
polio symptoms
> stiffening of neck and convulsions
brain gets damaged
inflammation of nervous system
legs become paralysed
polio treatment
:(
aids full form
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
aids causal agent
human immunodeficiency virus HIV
aids modes of transmission
from infected mother child
by donating contaminated blood
use of contaminate needles.
aids incubation period
6M - 10Y
aids treatment
azt - azidothymidine
art - anti retroviral therapy
malaria per year deaths
2 million
malaria causal agent
plasmodium
malaria modes of transmission
bite of female anopheles mosquito
malaria incubation period
varies
malaria symptoms
stage 1 - cold stage - patient gets cold
stage 2 - hot stage - patient feels high fever
stage 3 - sweat - patient sweats and fever gets low
malaria treatment
quinie(from bark of cinchona tree)
