My emailed story involved a man who was bitten by a small spider: a “false black widow” spider. The gentleman did not think much of the bite. He never even felt the insect, but on the following day a small, raised, red, itchy bump appeared on his foot. The next two days brought pain, swelling, and blistering of the skin around his foot. He developed a fever and became tired and weak. His pain intensified until walking became almost unbearable. Six days after the original bite, he headed to the hospital. Tests revealed that he suffered a skin infection called cellulitis, because of the bite. He was treated and discharged the next day. After self-medicating with antibiotics for the next week, he saw progress and healing. However, as he tried
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One is called Coxsackieviruses [kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruh s]. They are known to replicate in the pharynx, the skin, the myocardium of the heart, the pancreas and the meninges . This group is then divided into two parts: Coxsackie [kok-sak-ee] A and Coxsackie B. The Coxsackie B group is known for causing the more severe symptoms such as spastic paralysis and are associated with herpangina, myocarditis, pericarditis, meningoencephalitis, viral meningitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, juvenile diabetes, and heart arrhythmia (2). Another group is called Echoviruses. “Echo” originally acronym for “enteric cytopathic human orphan”. Although the term “orphan virus” means a virus that is not associated with any known disease, it is now true that echoviruses are associated with various diseases but they kept the name. These viruses replicate in the meninges (viral meningitis) (2). The last group, numbered enteroviruses, is not relevant to viral meningitis but worth mentioning because they cause a wide spectrum of diseases (2). Other viruses can cause meningitis: mumps virus, herpes virus, varicella-zoster [var-uh-sel-uh zos-ter] virus (which causes chickenpox and shingles), measles virus, influenza virus, and west nile virus …show more content…
It is not airborne. In general, if you have close contact with someone who has viral meningitis you are likely to get the virus that caused it, but the chances of you developing viral meningitis from the virus received is low (1). This is because your immune system is healthy and able to defend against it. For example, if someone with viral meningitis from the varicella-zoster virus (commonly known as chickenpox) had their immune system shutdown and developed viral meningitis yet managed to go to school, the chickenpox virus would spread but the chances of it also turning into viral meningitis is unlikely. The non-polio enterovirus can be spread from one to another through various ways. In feces, the virus can last for several weeks or longer after you have been infected. It can also spread through eye, nose, and mouth secretions (such as saliva and nasal mucus). The virus can also grow through drinking infected liquids. Another common way of extending the virus is through blister fluid (6). In my e-mail, after after the man was bit, his foot swelled until a skin infection called cellulitis occurred. Blisters soon arose on his foot which, when not properly treated, could have also caused the disease to
One is called Coxsackieviruses [kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruh s]. They are known to replicate in the pharynx, the skin, the myocardium of the heart, the pancreas and the meninges . This group is then divided into two parts: Coxsackie [kok-sak-ee] A and Coxsackie B. The Coxsackie B group is known for causing the more severe symptoms such as spastic paralysis and are associated with herpangina, myocarditis, pericarditis, meningoencephalitis, viral meningitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, juvenile diabetes, and heart arrhythmia (2). Another group is called Echoviruses. “Echo” originally acronym for “enteric cytopathic human orphan”. Although the term “orphan virus” means a virus that is not associated with any known disease, it is now true that echoviruses are associated with various diseases but they kept the name. These viruses replicate in the meninges (viral meningitis) (2). The last group, numbered enteroviruses, is not relevant to viral meningitis but worth mentioning because they cause a wide spectrum of diseases (2). Other viruses can cause meningitis: mumps virus, herpes virus, varicella-zoster [var-uh-sel-uh zos-ter] virus (which causes chickenpox and shingles), measles virus, influenza virus, and west nile virus …show more content…
It is not airborne. In general, if you have close contact with someone who has viral meningitis you are likely to get the virus that caused it, but the chances of you developing viral meningitis from the virus received is low (1). This is because your immune system is healthy and able to defend against it. For example, if someone with viral meningitis from the varicella-zoster virus (commonly known as chickenpox) had their immune system shutdown and developed viral meningitis yet managed to go to school, the chickenpox virus would spread but the chances of it also turning into viral meningitis is unlikely. The non-polio enterovirus can be spread from one to another through various ways. In feces, the virus can last for several weeks or longer after you have been infected. It can also spread through eye, nose, and mouth secretions (such as saliva and nasal mucus). The virus can also grow through drinking infected liquids. Another common way of extending the virus is through blister fluid (6). In my e-mail, after after the man was bit, his foot swelled until a skin infection called cellulitis occurred. Blisters soon arose on his foot which, when not properly treated, could have also caused the disease to