Fifth Disease Research Paper

Read the scenario and answer the questions in no less than 200 words each. Support your responses with detail from this week’s assigned video and reading. Include APA-formatted citations and references.

The route of transmission of the disease is via infected droplets that spray into the air when people cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can then be inhaled by other people who are in close proximity to the person who is infected. Unfortunately, these droplets can remain active and contagious for several hours on a surface, such that when you touch it with your fingers and then touch your nose or mouth you can become infected. While most cases are easily diagnosed by simply looking at the patient, in the majority of cases it is preferable to have blood tests to confirm 100%. Typically the patient will have a rash that looks like small, bright Koplik’s spots on the inside

weight loss. Her physician noted small patchy areas of vitiligo and a scaly rash across her nose, cheeks, back,

HEENT are basically unrevealing. Temp in the office today is 98.4. The outer area of the mouth extending into the chin reveals macules, vesicles, copious purulent exudate forming honey- colored crust on a erythematous base. Skin on trunk, arms and legs is clear. No other symptomology

As the second part of this reflection paper, I selected a book ‘A Short History of Disease’ by Sean Martin. He is a writer and filmmaker also known for his other famous books like The Knights Templar, Alchemy and alchemists, the Gnostics. His films include Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the secret history of cinema. The most alluring thing which conceives me to cull this book is a history of the disease, as a medical professional, it's always tantalizing to know from where all these begins and this book reaches up to my expectations as it started from the first ever recorded disease in the history of mankind. He isn’t lying when he say this a history of the disease. He starts from the earliest bacteria to evolve on the earth, long before there was anything around to infect. This book is divided into seven chapters, each chapter describes the history of diseases in a particular era. Chapter One: Prehistory, Chapter Two: Antiquity, Chapter Three: The Dark and Middle Ages, Chapter Four: The New World, Chapter

The reddish-purple rash usually appears 3–5 days after the first symptoms begin. The rash often starts on the wrists and ankles. It may then spread to the palms, the soles of the feet, the legs, and the trunk.

One to five days of fever and malaise may precede the appearance of the exanthemas, which begin as macules, followed by papules, then vesicles, and finally pustules. These will form crusts which fall off after two weeks, leaving pink scars that will fade slowly. In affected areas, the lesions are generally found in the same stage of development. Lesions are most abundant on the face and less on the trunk. Variola major is stable in the extracellular environment. It is most commonly transmitted by respiratory spread. Also, the dried virus in crusts from skin lesions can survive on clothes or other materials and can be transmitted to the others. Patients are highly infectious during the first week of rash after the fever began. Respiratory droplets are infectious earlier than skin

Pink or red rash that starts on the face and spreads downward to other parts of the body. Mild fever, swollen and tender lymph nodes, runny nose,

“Doak realizes there are many people with muscle diseases who are far worse off than she. ‘But,’ she says, ‘In my mind, I used to be able to do things that now I can’t. It’s still bothersome,’” –Sandy Doak, victim of Central Core Disease. Central Core Disease, or CCD, affects one the body’s most major systems –muscular, in a way that everyday people cannot imagine from infancy to adults. Patients with Central Core Disease go through more than muscle weakness but also more complications that come along with this disease.

This virus is generally transmitted from infected to non-infected individuals through small water droplets released from the infected individuals through coughing, sneezing, and/or contact with mucus and other infected secretions. This virus can withstand living in the small water droplets, outside the host, on many household surfaces for up to two hours. The incubation period for this host averages from one to two weeks, with the virus replicating inside the host, but no symptoms occurring. It is only until four days before the rash appears, and four days after the rash is gone that this virus is

According to Allmon, Deane, & Martin, (2015) it is important to look at all the symptoms and history of the child and the rash when considering if it is contagious. This includes a child’s demeanor, temperature, how long they have had the rash, if there is itching present, the location, size, color and overall appearance of the rash. Common rashes that occur in childhood include: roseola infantum, pityriasis rosea, scarlet fever, impetigo, molluscum contagiosum, tinea infection, and atopic dermatitis. (Allmon, Deane, & Martin, 2015). They all have distinguishing sets of signs and symptoms, varying in location and

Patients that are contracted by this disease don’t actually become ill until about 7-18 day after they are infected by the virus(Carson-DeWitt). The most contagious time period is the three to five days before symptoms begin through about four days after the characteristic measles rash has begun to appear(Carson-DeWitt). A few days after the first few symptoms, a rash appears in the mouth, mainly on the mucous membrane that lines the cheeks(Carson-DeWitt). The rash is made of tiny white dots on

A 12-year-old girl presents as a transfer from an inpatient unit with a five day history of fever and rash. Initial symptoms included soreness under the left axilla associated with chills and low-grade temperatures of 100.5° F. Repeated visits to multiple physicians yielded a diagnosis of viral syndrome due to non-specific findings on examinations and a negative radiograph of the left shoulder and negative rapid flu test. The soreness progressively worsened with rapid development of a red, sunburn-like rash spreading from the axilla to the torso. Development of this rash coincided with abrupt onset of fever up to 103.5° F, headache, chills, and several episodes of vomiting the day of admission. She was admitted and started on piperacillin/tazobactam

History of Present Illness (HPI): The child’s mother reports that a rash started under the buttocks, the rash was erythematous and vesiculated. The rash had spread to the palms of his hands and soles of his feet. The vesicles and ulcers were also located on the buccal mucosa. Very happy and non-distressed child. He had no other associated symptoms, he was able to eat and drink.

Happy Rare Disease Day!!! Personally battling rare diseases has been a long journey. I have met some amazing people, learned a lot, and have been given opportunities that would never have happened if it werent for my diseases. Being diagnosed after years of doctors saying it was all in my head, having the official diagnosis to explain everything was a game changer. Some days are hell, some days are okay, some days are even great but one thing is for certain….I will not stop raising awareness for my disease. Even though this day occurs once a year I am going to treat it like it’s everyday. We don’t only have to deal with our diseases once a year so why should we only shine the spotlight on these diseases once a yer. Treating everyday like today