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Zoster Flashcards

1
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Disease

A

Chicken pox (children)
Zoster (adult)

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2
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Transmission

A

Respiratory droplets
Zoster is not transmitted

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Pathogenesis

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Respiratory droplets present in air then in lungs
Multiply
Enter in blood
Move to skin
Multiply
Produce rashes
Lesion
Spread from central to peripheral
Immunity gets activated
Virus hides itself
When immunity gets weak
It reactivates
Zoster

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4
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Lab diagnosis

A

PCR
Serological test

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5
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Symptoms

A

Temperature
Rashes —- vesicles

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6
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Treatment

A

Acyclovia (antiviral

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7
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Prevention

A

Vaccine

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