INFECTIOUS OR

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
BY
KERWIN RICO REYES
 INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
ANTHRAX
CHICKENPOX (VARICELLA)
DIPHTHERIA
ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM (FIFTH
DISEASE)
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
INFLUENZA
LYME DISEASE
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)
MUMPS (PAROTITIS)
PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)
POLIOMYELITIS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER
ROSEOLA (EXANTHEM SUBITUM)
RUBEOLA (MEASLES)
RUBELLA (GERMAN MEASLES)
SCARLET FEVER
SMALLPOX
ZIKA VIRUS
 PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TICK
BITES
• PREVENTING TICK BITES
• ➤➤AVOID AREAS THAT ARE LIKELY TO CONTAIN TICKS, SUCH AS WOODED AREAS AND AREAS WITH SHRUBS OR
TALL GRASS, ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER MONTHS; USE WALKING PATHS INSTEAD
• ➤➤MAINTAIN YARD AROUND HOME BY KEEPING GRASS SHORT AND CLEARING LEAVES OR BRUSH SO THEY DO NOT
ACCUMULATE
• ➤➤ PROTECT BODY SURFACES BY WEARING LONG-SLEEVED SHIRTS, LONG PANTS, LONG SOCKS (TO PULL UP OVER
PANTS LEGS), SHOES WITH CLOSED HEEL AND TOES, AND HAT WHEN WALKING IN SUCH AREAS
• ➤➤WEAR LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO IDENTIFY PRESENCE OF TICKS
• ➤➤USE SPRAY REPELLENT EFFECTIVE AGAINST TICKS (USUALLY CONTAIN DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE [DEET] OR
PERMETHRIN) BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE OR ENTERING AREAS LIKELY TO BE TICK-INFESTED; NOTE CAUTIONS ON
PRODUCT FOR INFANTS AND SMALL CHILDREN
• ➤➤ EXAMINE SKIN AND SCALP FOR PRESENCE OF TICK(S) WHEN COMING IN FROM OUTDOORS
• ➤➤ PROTECT PETS WITH COMMERCIAL TICK REPELLANT FOR ANIMAL USE; CHECK PETS FOR TICKS THAT COULD
TRANSFER TO CHILDREN OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
 PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TICK
BITES
• MANAGING A TICK BITE
• ➤➤ REMOVE TICK FROM SKIN BY ATTACHING TWEEZERS TO TICK WHERE
MOUTHPARTS ARE ATTACHED AND PULLING GENTLY UPWARD UNTIL TICK
RELEASES (AVOID SQUEEZING TICK, WHICH COULD BREAK OFF BODY AND LEAVE
MOUTHPARTS ATTACHED TO SKIN)
• ➤➤DISPOSE OF TICK BY PLACING IN SEALED JAR FOR LATER INSPECTION BY
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR FLUSH TICK DOWN TOILET
• ➤➤ CLEAN AREA WITH SOAP AND WATER