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Filariasis: Wuchereria Bancrofti
Filariasis: Wuchereria Bancrofti
FILARIASIS Wuchereria bancrofti Mosquito bite fem Microfilariae NBE taken after 8pm CLEAN
aedes poecilus 10-
12pm H-ydrocoele Diethylcarbamazepine
E-lephantiasis Citrate
L-ymphedema (DEC)/Hetrazan
Dengue Dengue virus Mosquito Bite S-hock Torniquet Test Environmental Sanitation
Hemorrhagic Chikungunya Virus (Aedes Aegypti) H-igh fever & headache (Rumpel Leads Test)
Fever Morning bite A-bd pain
M-elena
E-pixtasis
SCHISTOSOMIASIS Schistosoma japonicum Oncomelania S-pleenomegaly Praziquantel Health Education
quadrasi (SNAIL) A-nemia (Biltricide) Proper waste disposal
Cercarea-inside the I-nflamed liver Treat snail-breeding sites
body D-iarrhea with molluscicides
Use of rubber boots
Food-borne, Direct
Contact
LEPTOSPIROSIS -most common zoonosis dse -leptospira interrogans Tx: PET – Penicillin, Erythromycin, Tetracycline
DISEASE CAUSATIVE AGENT MOT PATHOGNOMONIC MGNT/ TX PREVENTION
CHOLERA Vibrio El Tor Oral-fecal Rice Watery Stool ORT Health edu
(EL TOR) Vibrio cholerae (contaminated food and LR Proper sanitation
water) Tetracycline
TYPHOID FEVER Salmonella typhosa SAME Rose spot chlorampenicol SAME
Affecting the peyer’s
patch
SHIGALLOSIS Shigella SAME Fever Cotrimoxazole SAME
BACILLARY Small intestine Tenesmus
DYSENTERY Melena
POSE
INTEGUMENTARY
MEASLES MEASLE V DROPLET High grade fever 4 days before and 5 days after the appearance
RUBEOLA DIRECT Koplik’s spot - buccal of rash
7 DAYS MEASLES INDERECT
POSE
GERMAN MEASLES RUBELLA V SAME Low grade fever 4 days or 1 weekbefore and 5 days after the
RUBELLA, RUSEOLA Forchemer’s spot – soft spot appearance of rash
3 DAYS MEASLES
CHICKEN POX VZV SAME Vesicular Rash, granular scabs 1 day before and 6 days after the appearance
of first crop of vesicles
Centrifugal distribution
RESPIRATORY
MUMPS Paramyxovirus SAME Painful swelling in front of ear, angle of jaws and POC: As long as glandular
(EPIDEMIC PAROTITIS) down the neck swelling remains
Orchitis – painful swelling of one or both testicles
TRICHOMONIASIS Trichomonas vaginalis -same Greenish frothy and foul smelling vaginal Metronidazole
discharge
Painful urination
TUBERCULOSIS
M. TB
Airborne-Droplet
Most hazardous period 6-12 mos
s/sx: Night sweats
Weight loss
Afternoon fever
Hemoptysis – C.I in DSSM
Common manifestation: easy fatigability, cough that progress and become worse.
Remember:
1. Immunocompromised clients may not have a positive reaction despite of being infected with tubercle bacilli
2. Clients who have received bacilli Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine will have a positive result
LEPROSY
Hansen’s dse
Cause by an aerobic acid fast rod-shaped mycobacterium – M. Leprae
MOT: AIRBORNE and PROLONG SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT