caused by rheumatic fever‚ which is caused by streptococcal bacteria. A streptococcal infection is caused by strep throat or scarlet fever.The streptococcal infection may result in scarring of the valves‚ weakness of the heart muscle‚ or damage to the hearts pericardium. Rheumatic fever mostly affects children from the ages of 5 -15‚ and occurs approximately 14-28 days after strep throat or scarlet fever. Rheumatic fever is common in eastern countries rather than western countries. Signs‚ Symptoms
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Scarlet Fever By: Rachael Zabkar In Frankentstein‚ a gothic novel written my Mary Shelley‚ scarlet fever was a huge part in the main plot line. Scarlet fever was a common disease during the time Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Scarlet fever was particularly common in children and was fatal and deadly. It was a disease that affected many children and hat many sympotms‚ causes and stages (Bunch 54). In the modern world we live in with modern medicine it’s not as common‚ however‚ back then if you
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Intro to Microbiology: Gram stain: Gram + Gram - Exotoxin Except Listeria has endotoxin Endotoxin Except Capsules Strep pneumo VERY Dangerous: (Some Strange Killers Have Pretty Nice Capsules) 1. Salmonella 2. Strep 3. Kleibsiella 4. Hemophilus B 5. Pseudomonas 6. Nisseria-(largest capsule- most likely cause of any toxicity) 7. Citroacter Gram (+) Gram (-) N-acetyl muramic acid (Nam) + N-acetyl glucosamine (Nag) = Peptidoglycan wall Contains
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in 1990 from STSS‚ a disease that has claimed up to 80 percent of its victims. (Maclean’s‚ pg.48) Of the diseases caused by group A streptococcus‚ questions have risen such as: ” How can the same organism live fairly harmlessly in the throats and on the skin of up to 15 per cent of children and one percent of adults‚ but cause debilitating‚ life-threatening diseases in others?” Scientists now know that “flesh-eating” enzymes-which enable the organism to spread by dissolving
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type of bacteria called Streptococcus progenies. The disease most commonly presents in children or adults with a ‘strep throat’ infection or tonsillitis‚ followed by the development of a skin rash. Most children will fully recover within a week or so. Deaths from scarlet fever are now extremely rare. How is scarlet fever spread? The bacterium is found in the nose and/or throat of an infected person and can spread by * Coughing or sneezing * Direct contact with an infected person
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getting diseases such as infections of the bone‚ stomach‚ or throat. Back then children died regularly from what is today considered minor diseases and infections. Indeed penicillin is a miracle drug. During World War I‚ death rate from pneumonia in the American Army totalled 18%. In World War II‚ it fell to less than 1%. In addition to pneumonia and blood poisoning‚ the major causes of death‚ in hospitals‚ during the war‚ strep throat‚ scarlet fever‚ diphtheria‚ syphilis‚ gonorrhea‚ meningitis
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So I spent the day with the school nurse at one of the Shen elementary schools. I really enjoyed my day I mostly observed what she was doing other then looking at a few swollen throats and helping with the multiple nose bleeds that came into the office. I think my expectations of what a school nurse did were meet‚ but there were definitely more kids in her office then I imagined there would be‚ although she said it was a slow day. She did things like giving out ice packs and putting Band-Aids on
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medicine she is talking about will be antibiotics‚ and the reason the child is feeling bad is because they have a cold or the flu‚ which is a viral infection not a bacterial infection. Antibiotics are made to treat bacterial infections such as strep throat‚ pneumonia‚ whooping cough‚ and acne. The misuse and over use of antibiotics is causing antibiotic-resistant infections or “super bugs” to surface. In 1967‚ penicillin-resistant pneumonia‚ called pneumococcus‚ surfaced in a small remote village
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entering any further into the body. In tonsillitis‚ the tonsils are enlarged‚ red‚ and often coat almost or all the way by a substance that is yellow‚ gray‚ or white. Tonsillitis usually occurs as part of pharyngitis (throat infection). Tonsillitis usually begins with sudden sore throat and painful swallowing. Sometimes‚ tonsillitis reoccurs‚ and may cause difficulty breathing. When this happens the doctor will recommend an operation called tonsillectomy. This is where the doctor removed your tonsils
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Infectious Mononucleosis and Community Health Nursing Infectious mononucleosis (IM)‚ or "mono‚" is a communicable disease that is most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is one of the most common human viruses found all over the world‚ and most people will become infected with it at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2014a). However‚ not all people infected with EBV will develop IM. By understanding the epidemiologic triangle of IM and
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