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Prognosis for full recovery from rickettsialpox is excellent. No deaths have ever been reported from this illness, and even the skin rash heals without scarring.
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What is Rickettsialpox?
Rickettsialpox is a relatively mild disease caused by a member of the bacterial family called Rickettsia.
What causes Rickettsialpox?
The specific bacteria responsible for rickettsialpox is called Rickettsia akari. A person contracts this bacteria through the bite of an infected mite.
What does Rickettsialpox cause?
Rickettsialpox causes rash, fever, chills, heavy sweating, headache, eye pain (especially when exposed to light), weakness, and achy muscles.
How is rickettsialpox treated?
rickettsialpox is such a mild illness, some practitioners choose to simply treat the symptoms (giving acetaminophen for fever and achiness, pushing fluids to avoid dehydration ). Others will give their patients a course of the antibiotic tetracycline
How is Rickettsialpox transmitted?
Like other members of the family of Rickettsia, the bacteria causing rickettsialpox live in mice. Tiny mites feed on these infected mice, thus acquiring the organism. When these mites feed on humans, the bacteria can be transmitted.
Where does Rickettsialpox occur?
Rickettsialpox occurs mostly within cities. In the United States, the disease has cropped up in such places as New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. It has also been identified in Russia, Korea, and Africa.
What is the prediction of a disease's outcome?
Prognosis Pro = prior or before Gnosis = knowledge
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The prognosis of abulia depends on the prognosis of the underlying condition.
What is the prognosis?
a prognosis is the result after treating the disease
What is the noun form of prognosis?
Prognosis is the noun.
What is the prognosis for the patient?
The prognosis for TGA patients is excellent
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