Saturday Night Fever

Epidemic Typhus Typhus is a group of infectious disease caused by the bacteria rickettsiae. It is mostly characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and has historically been the cause of high death rates during wars and famines due to the issue of cleanliness that occurs. There are several forms, and they are all transmitted by things such as lice, ticks, mites, and rats. Specifically for epidemic typhus, humans are the most common hosts. Disease Background The first…

disease and weakened immunity” (Mouton, 2001). Some of the complications the flu could lead to are bronchitis and or pneumonia. The clinical manifestations from having influenza may include a rapid onset of a headache, muscle aches, cough, sore throat, fever, chills, and malaise (general feeling of discomfort). Theses signs and symptoms occurring in younger patients also occur in older adults although, like mention previously, may be absent. Unlike pneumonia, influenza has rapid diagnostic tests…

Recommended Testing Lactate Level Blood Cultures X 2 (Different Sites) - Prior to initiating antibiotics Culture Surgical Site and Gram Stain Complete Blood Count with Differential (CBC) Complete Metabolic Profile (CMP) Blood Glucose Monitoring Prothrombin Time (PT) and International Nectrotizing Ratio (INR) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) Urinalysis (UA) and Culture CT Abdomen/Pelvis Radiograph of Right Lower Extremity The given scenario leads this writer to pursue aggressive…

Introduction Fever in children is a typical side effect of various restorative conditions, most strikingly irresistible maladies. In spite of not being characteristically risky, it can cause uneasiness in parents and caregivers alike, and it is one of the main reasons why parents look to medical care. Evidence-based guidelines reliably express that the side effect of fever does not require treating and, therefore, the point ought to be to distinguish those children with a serious ailment and…

lead to opportunistic infections or infections that are more extensive than normal. The patient was sent to the emergency room were the physical examination revealed skin redness, papule lesions, and central ulcerations present on his left leg. A fever of 38.5 and general feeling of malaise. Systemic symptoms were not present at this time but blood cultures were collected anyway. Based on Mr. Pedero’s medical history a series of tests will be ordered…

Cambodia: Epidemiology and Public Health Description and Health Profile Cambodia is a Southeast Asian country home to 14.5 million people, bordered by Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.1 After the communist Pol Pot regime and era of the Khmer Rouge came to an end in the 1970’s, the country has been slowly recovering from the Cambodian genocide and its ramifications.1 The last twenty years have seen relative stability in Cambodia, which has translated into significant improvements in population…

minor cut or sore for the typhus infected feces to enter the victim’s bloodstream, and soon high fever, delirium, and gangrenous sores would develop.” (Mabillard pg 1) Each different type is spread by bad hygiene, rats and fleas, or mites. Typhus happened to be a major problem among prisoners. Most of the people in jail would die before they served their full sentences. Symptoms include headache, fever, rash, chills, hacking, vomiting, confusion, cough, abdominal pain and more. Treatment for it…

Oftentimes, a wisdom tooth can erupt without any signs and symptoms. However, the process may cause some pain and tenderness too, especially if there is no enough room for it to grow or it is angled incorrectly that it hits other teeth. Once you feel that your wisdom tooth is starting to erupt, it is best that you consult your doctor to see that it will not pose any problems to your oral cavity in the future. Symptoms of wisdom teeth coming in The signs of wisdom teeth coming in usually depends…

For the chapter 7 Nagami readings we covered a case of a slow virus attacking the brain of a patient. The virus involved was measles which the patient acquired while she was in an orphanage in India. The measles developed into a slow viral infection. In this the symptoms are masked as the patient does not appear to be suffering from the disease. The disease is replicating but it does not overwhelm the body. In this case the disease did not begin to manifest until the patient had finished her…

Mammals and birds develop “an elevated body temperature,” or fever, in response to certain viral and bacterial infections (Reece, 2014). Fever also increases the standard range for the biological thermostat because the hypothalamus shifts the normal body temperature set point upward (Mayo Clinic, 2014). Natural fluctuations occur in human body temperatures…