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03/01/2004

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Conjunctivitis
Definition
Infection of eye or eyelid
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Dacryocystitis
Definition
Infection of tearducts
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Otitis Media
Definition
Most common. Mid. ear inf.
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Sinusitis
Definition
Inf. of sinuses
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Rhinitis
Definition
Inf. of nose
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Pharyngitis
Definition
Inf of throat
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BRONCHITIS
Definition
INF. OF BRACHES OF TRACHEA
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BRONCHIOLITIS
Definition
INF. OF SMALLER BRANCHES OF LUNG
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PNEUMONIA
Definition
INF. OF AVEOLI(SMALLEST DIV. OF LUNG) FILL WITH FLUID & PUS
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PLEURISY
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF MEMBRANE AROUND LUNG
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STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus
Definition
Round org. in clusters. Gram +. Found in nostrils
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Corynebacterium
Definition
Pleomorphic, Gram + rods
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Haemophilus
Definition
Very small Gram - rods
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Bacteroides
Definition
Most imp.Small pleomorphic Gram- rods
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Immunolegy
Definition
Study of immune system
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Antigens
Definition
Substance that's foreign to our body. Revoke immune response
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Antibodies
Definition
Protein in blood that are produced in response to an antigen
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Natural Immunity
Definition
Your body has natural bout with illness
--- Have primary antibody response 1st time you encounter antigen
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Memory Cells(Memory Bloymohocytes)
Definition
Rem. antigen so it attacks
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IgM
Definition
1st produced in response 2 an antigen
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IgG
Definition
Makes up 80% total antibody. Gives long term resistance(can cross placent).
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IgA
Definition
Find in secretions(saliva, GI tract, breast milk
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IgE
Definition
Causes allergic reactions
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IgD
Definition
Membrane antibody
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Vaccine
Definition
An intentional exposure 2 an antigen so upon exposure a secondary resp. can be mounted.
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Diphtheria
Definition
Toxin-mediated disease.Org. that causes this= Corynebacterium diphthriae(Gram+ club shape bacillus:Metachromatic granules,div. by binary fission(Y,X chin.letters). Transmitted by resp. droplets
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Exotoxin
Definition
Inteferes with making of prot. in epithelial cells.Dead cells+bl. cells+mucus form in back of throat(pseudomembrane)block breathing
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Symp. of diphtheria
Definition
Mild sore throat, fever malaise(bad feeling), neck swelling,heart & kidney failure,paralysis, suffication.
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Treatment of diphtheria
Definition
Antibiotics,antitoxin administered 2 toxin,vaccine(DPT) before start school,
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Pertussis(whooping cough)100 day cough
Definition
World wide-300-500,000 deaths. Org tha causes=Bordetella petussis(Gram-, encapsulated rod,fastidious=exact nut. req.
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Pertussis transmitted by
Definition
Resp. droplets.Have fibriae attached 2 cells of resp. tract. This will impair mucus movement.
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Symptoms of pertussis
Definition
low grade fever,malaise,m inc. severe cough. Next stage-cells & mucus blocks airways. Can cause brain Hem. & seiqures.
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Treatment for pertussis
Definition
Antibiotics;DPT
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Meningococcal miningitis
Definition
Have 3 membrane over brain & spinal cord(mininges). Caused by virus,bact., protozoa, fungus.
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Neiseria miningitidis
Definition
Gram-, encapsulated diplococcus.
TRANS.=droplets @ close contact(exp. Military bases, dorms, prisons
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Meningococcemia
Definition
Invasion of bl. stream & over-whelms body. When occurs about 50% fatal in 2 hrs.
SYMPTOMS= headache & rash w blue-black spots
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Treatment of Meningococcemia
Definition
Ab, bacc. w polysacc. capsule. Children under 2 not as effected.
WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME=lesions form in adrenal gland
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Haemophilus meningitis
Definition
caused by Gram- encapsulated rod called
Haemophilus influenza
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Haemophilus influenza
Definition
Cause headaches, stiff neck, ear inf., bact. conjuctivitis, sinusitis,men.
# 1 cause of menin. in 6mo-2yro 5% fatal
TREAT=Ab,vaccine(HIB)
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TB
Definition
org. that causes= Mircrobacterium tb(tubercle bacillus, small G+, acid-fast(mycolic acid) rod
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TB sym.
Definition
cough, chest pain, fever, rust colored sputum, malaisse,wt.loss.
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Pott's disease
Definition
TB of spine
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