Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case Study

Other symptoms of the scarlet fever are a red rash, red lines, flushed face and strawberry tongue. The rash looks similar to sunburn and feels like sandpaper. The rash starts on the face, then moves down to the chest, arms, and legs. Red lines form around the folds of skin around the groin, armpits, elbows, knees and the neck. They are usually more red than the rest of the rash. Scarlet fever also affects the tongue, early on in the fever the tongue may be white. As the illness progresses the person may develop strawberry tongue. This symptom is when the tongue becomes red and bumpy, which also makes it hard for the victim to swallow at times. (Mayo

The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed a rare case of disease caused by the Jamestown Canyon virus. In addition, there are two cases has been reported to the Iowa’s Health Department about West Nile Virus, which is also an illness spread by mosquitoes, along with Jamestown Canyon virus. According to the author, people who are infected by these two viruses will experience: “fever, headache, and flulike illness.” Luckily, however, “the patients who had Jamestown Canyon virus and West Nile virus are slowly recovering.”

Rickettsia rickettsii is the small, aerobic gram-negative bacterium that is the cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans (and other vertebrates). They are obligate, intracellular bacteria that range in size form 0.2x0.5 µm to 0.3x2.0µm. Rickettsia belong to the phylum alpha-protobacteria, which are capable of growing in low levels of nutrients, and have a long generation time relative to other gram negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli. In humans rickettsiae preferentially reside in the nucleus or cytoplasm of cells lining small to medium size blood vessels.

Introduction. There are more insects than people in this world. Every person in this world will be bitten, stung, or attacked by an insect, at some point or time. The different bugs on this planet all have different reactions for each person or animal. Insects will always survive and continue to plague living creatures with their bites and stings. First you have to be able to identify the different bites, stings, and punctures. To avoid the dangers of each bite, people must be able to notice the differences and effects of each insect attack, so they can receive medical help if needed by a General Practitioner.

In recent news, there have been a large number of cases associated to Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) which have impacted a number of American Indian communities in Arizona. (CDC/IHS, Newsweek).

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an illness that is spread to people by infected ticks. The illness causes flulike symptoms and a reddish-purple rash. This illness can quickly become very serious. Treatment needs to be started right away. When the illness is not treated right away, it can sometimes lead to long-term health problems or even death.

The state health agency reported a resident of Marquette County, Michigan, has contracted the bubonic plague. In one year there have been 14 plague cases in the U.S. one of which came from Michigan; there are normally seven cases a year. Most of these cases are coming from the West of the U.S., The infected Michigan resident had recently returned from a trip to Colorado. There are now 14 plague cases reported nationwide in 2015.

Kawasaki disease is a disease that predominately affects children. It is a condition that causes an inflammation of walls of arteries. The disease is very rare, so rare that there are fewer than 20,000 cases per year in the United States. Due to its rarity, the etiology of the disease is unknown, causing the medical diagnosis of the disease very difficult. In order to diagnose a child with Kawasaki disease, all other diseases and conditions must be ruled out. This is hard to do because some of the symptoms that a diagnosed child may present are common amongst other conditions. Although rare, the disease is usually not life threatening and is easily treatable. When diagnosed, the child undergoes an initial treatment that includes an intravenous immunoglobulin along with high doses of aspirin. This usually cures the child of the disease but in the cases where the disease is not cured, further medical interventions are necessary.

A 32-year old nurse who has rheumatic fever as a child noticed a persistent tachycardia and light-headedness. Upon examination, chest x rays showed an enlarged left atrium and left ventricle. ECG analysis showed atrial fibrillation. There was also mild pulmonary congestion. Cardiac evaluation resulted in the following information:

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), also called blue disease [1], was first identified in the rocky mountain region of the United States but has since spread across Northern and Southern America. The disease is transmitted by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsia and is spread to humans by the Dermacentor tick species. It is a fatal illness in humans but is curable with effective antibiotic treatment of Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol which, since the 1940s has drastically decreased the number of deaths associated with RMSF. Diagnosis of the disease in the early stages is often difficult due to the diverse clinical features, therefore the disease is often referred to as “the great imitator”. Symptoms usually appear with 2-14 days of infection

Infection assumed a basic part in the death toll on the Eastern Front. In the East, malady represented roughly four circumstances the measure of passings brought on by direct battle, rather than the three to one proportion in the West. Jungle fever, cholera, and looseness of the bowels added to the epidemiological emergency on the Eastern Front; be that as it may, typhoid spotted fever, transmitted by pathogenic lice and already obscure to German medicinal officers before the flare-up of the war, was the most dangerous. There was an immediate relationship between's the ecological states of the East and the pervasiveness of ailment. With urban areas too much swarmed by exiles escaping their local nations, unsanitary therapeutic conditions made

The diagnosis of roseola is based on your child's medical history and a physical exam. Your child's health care provider may suspect roseola during the fever stage of the illness, but he or she will not know for sure if roseola is causing your child's symptoms until a rash appears. Sometimes, your child may have blood and urine tests during the fever phase to rule out other causes.

What is Kawasaki? Perhaps, your first thought was this is a vehicle. No, I will be discussing about Kawasaki Disease. This is a rare vasculitis, which is inflammation of a blood vessel. This disease may be rare, but is serious. This disease strikes children under the age of five. There is no known cause of Kawasaki, but it is not contagious. “Over 4,000 children develop it each year. 80% of patients are under the age of five.”

Florida’s main concern for a biosecurity threat from the Zika virus is that there is still mystery in the virus overall and its effect on pregnant women. There is still no vaccine to prevent Zika or to stop it from spreading, leaving Florida and the rest of the world vulnerable to further outbreaks.

It primarily affects elderly individuals in the fifth to seventh decade of life, with average age of onset being 65 years. BP in childhood has been reported from various countries including India. There is no known ethnic, racial, or sexual predilection. BP may present with several distinct clinical presentations and the onset may be either subacute or acute. The characteristic skin lesion is a large tense blister arising on erythematous base or on normal skin. These lesions are most common in the lower abdomen, inner or anterior thighs and flexor forearms, although they may occur anywhere. The bullae are usually filled with clear fluid but may be hemorrhagic. Significant pruritus is frequently present. Oral and ocular