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What does colonized mean? |
Being infected but do not show evidence |
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Infected |
When bacteria can cause illness (Ex. Cough) |
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Can bacteria be transmitted even if someone is not infected (Just carrying it) |
Yes! |
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Bacteria: are all harmful |
No |
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How much bacteria per cm2 on skin? |
1 million |
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Normal flora bacteria |
Normal bacteria living in the body that does not cause disease |
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Are bacterial infections less or more common in viral infections? |
Less |
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How easily do bacterial infection spread from one person to another? |
Not as easy from one to another |
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What do bacterial infections affect? |
Usually only One body part |
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Do antibiotics work on viruses? |
No |
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What is a superbug? |
Bacteria that mutate overtime and develop a resistance to most antibiotics |
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What is a helminth and anthropods? |
All parasitic worms, such as a tapeworm. And anthropod is like lice mites or fleas |
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What factors lower a hosts bodies resistance |
Stress, nutrition, fatigue, age, chronic disabilities, immunocompromised. |
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What is the chain of infection and how can you use it to prevent illness |
Pathogenic microorganisms, reservoir, means of escape, mode of transportation, means of entry, host susceptibility. You can use it to prevent illness by breaking anywhere in the chain |
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Modes of transportation of illness |
-Contact (droplet, direct) -respiratory (airborne) -common sources(food) -insect/animals (vector) |
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An example of direct contact |
Herpes |
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Examples of indirect contact |
Can be something like E. coli, spread through hands |
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What is a communicable disease |
A disease Spread from one person to another person by a specific germ |
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Common infectious disease are: |
Nora virus, STI's, influenza, meningitis, limes disease. |
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How is Norovirus is transmitted |
Passed person to person by direct contact |
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What is the influenza virus |
A respiratory infection caused by viruses |
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What is the flu vaccine |
Three or four strains of either dead or weakend flu virus |
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What is meningitis |
And inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord |
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Woodtick: commonness, deadliness? |
Most common in our area. Harmless to humans |
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Deer tick: commonness, deadliness |
Increasing numbers in our area, potential to carry Lyme's disease |
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Lunes disease symptoms |
Affects the central nervous system. And cardiovascular system. Can be treated if diagnosed |
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Tick removal |
Use tweezers, pulling up slowly do not twist or turn. Use rubbing alcohol and bring to help unit |
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Bacterial STI's |
Chlamydia: -Gonorrhea -syphilis |
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Viral STI's |
HIV Herpes HPV Hepatitis B (4 H's) |
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Lymes disease signs: |
Bull's-eye rash |
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Blood-borne infections |
HIV/AIDS Hepatitis B Hepatitis C |
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Difference between HIV and AIDS |
AIDS is developed from HIV - HIV destroys your immune system, causing aids |
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What are blood-borne infections |
Diseases you pick up by : exposure to blood and other body fluids |
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HIV is not transmitted by: |
Coughing sneezing casual body contact food dishes glasses pools saunas bathtubs toilet seats insects or animal bites |
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HIV transmission: |
Sex, Sharing needles, blood transfusions, maternal childbirth, breast-feeding |
