COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Laura Meier. West Chester University. Fall 2011

Lyme

Chicken Pox

Polio

AIDS

Influenza

Mumps

Malaria

Rabbies

MRSA  Symptoms:  Chills, chest pain  Cough  Fatigue  Fever  General ill feeling (malaise)malaise  Headache  Diagnosis:  Blood, urine, drainage culture  Cause: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus  staph bacteria enter a person's body through a cut, sore, catheter, or breathing tube  Prognosis: MRSA-related pneumonia and blood infections are associated with high death rates.

Tuberculosis  Symptoms:  Cough (usually cough up mucus)  Coughing up blood  Excessive sweating, especially at night  Fatigue  Fever  Unintentional weight loss  Diagnosis:  Bronchoscopy Bronchoscopy  Chest CT scan Chest CT scan  Chest x-ray Chest x-ray  Tuberculin skin test Tuberculin skin test  Cause: Mycobacterium tuberculosis  Prognosis:  Symptoms often improve in weeks.

Meningitis  Symptoms:  Fever and chills  Mental status changes Mental status changes  Nausea and vomiting  Sensitivity to light (photophobia)photophobia  Severe headache  Stiff neck (meningismus)  Diagnosis: blood culture, chest x-ray, CT scan of head  Cause:  Bacterial infection  Chemical irritation  Drug allergies  Fungi  Tumors  Prognosis: viral is treatable, bacterial is a medical emergency