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43 Cards in this Set
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Urinary system
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Name the system.
Kidney Ureters Urinary bladder Urethra |
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Genital system
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Name the system.
Reproductive organs organs that support and nourish the developing fetus. |
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Urinary Tract Infection
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What does UTI stand for?
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Urethritis
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Infection of the urethra
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Cystitis
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Infection of the bladder
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Pylonephritis
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Infection of the kidneys
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Urinary Tract Infection
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Frequency and Uregency to urinate
Dysuria Nocturia Bladder cramps and spasms |
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Dysuria
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Difficulty or pain in urinating (burning feeling)
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Nocturia
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Incontinence
Involuntary voiding of urine at night wetting the bed |
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Leptospirosis
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What disease is caused by the organism, Leptospira?
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Dogs and rats
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What are the resevoirs of Leptospirosis?
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Leptospirosis
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Transmitted by skin/mucosal contact from urine-contaminated water.
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Weil's disease
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What disease is can develop from Leptospirosis that involves kidneys and liver becoming infected. Can lead to Kidney failure: may be fatal.
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Bacteria
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What type of organism causes Leptospirosis?
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Gonorrhea
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Name the disease that is caused by the genus, Neisseria.
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Neisseria
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What is the organism that cuases the disease, Gonorrhea?
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STD
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How is Gonorrhea transmiited?
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Chlamydial Urethritis
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What is another name for Nongonococcal urethritis?
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Chlamydia
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Name the organism that causes the disease, Chlamydial Urethritis?
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STD
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How is Chlamydial Urethritis transmitted?
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Chlamydia
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What type of organism causes Chlamydial Urethritis?
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Salpingitis
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What is the word for blockage of the fallopian tubes?
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Pelvic inflammatory disease
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What does PID stand for?
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PID
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Any extensive bacterial infection of the pelvic organs.
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Chlamydial Urethritis
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Males: Painful urination and watery discharge -> inflammation of the epididmymis may causes sterility.
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Chlamydial Urethritis
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Females:
burning sensation during urination Inflammation of the cervix ( 1' site of infection), slight vaginal discharge -> may spread to fallopian tubes and cause BLOCKAGE/SALPINGITIS |
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Chlamydial Opthalmia
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Inclusion conjunctivitis
Acquired by newborns burning passage through an infected birth canal. |
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Syphilis
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What disease is caused by the genus, Treponema?
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Treponema
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Name the organism that causes Syphilis.
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STD
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How is Syphilis transmitted?
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Primary syphilis
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Name the disease (primary or secondary also)
Chancre (Painless ulcer at site of entry: often a genital organ) Disappears after 2-6 wks |
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Secondary syphilis
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Name disease (primary or secondary)
fever swollen lymph nodes skin rash loss of hair jaundice |
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Tertiary syphilis
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gumma (soft, granular lesion)
gummas of the skin and bone Gummas of the CNS (neurosyphilis) eyes heart -> insanity, blindness, death |
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Congenital Syphilis
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Lesions
Poor bone structure |
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Hutchinson traid
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Deafness
Impaired vision Notched peg-shaped teeth |
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Genital herpes
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What disease is caused by the herpes simplex virus?
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ganglia
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HSV2 remains latent in dorsal root _________.
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Neonatal Herpes
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Females with active genital herpes have ~40% chance of infecting their infant (during passage through the birth canal) Cesearian section recommended.
Skin lesions on newbon -> disseminate to CNS -> encephalitis |
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Hepetic Whitlow
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Health care workers
Extremely painful and itchy lesions Usually on one finger |
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HPV
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Name the virus that causes genital warts.
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HPV
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Regarded as the most common STD.
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Genital warts
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Invades external and internal genital membranes (particularly prone to friction)
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HPV
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Associated with cancer of cervix and penis.
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