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Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases or communicable diseases arise from illnesses caused by fungi, viruses, protozoa, bacteria or parasites. These infections can be transmitted through body fluids, airborne inhalation and contaminated foods or objects.
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What is a example of a general infection?
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It is usually used to reference a localized infection as opposed to a systemic infection. Systemic infections are those that affect the whole body or an entire system of the body and can also be called sepsis, septicemia, blood infection, blood poisoning, and bacteremia, etc.
The term local or localized infection is used to reference smaller infections in a single location in your body, like cellulitis of the skin or a bladder infection. Local infections can become whole body infections if left untreated or treated with the wrong medications. Common localized infections that can become systemic infections are pneumonia, urinary tract or bladder infections, appendicitis, and infections of cuts/skin infections.
Can you do sport when you have flu?
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You can, because you have the ability to, but it doesn't mean you will or you should. Most people don't feel like swimming with the flu. If you have the flu you should be resting in bed to allow your body to have all the energy it needs to fight the flu and heal yourself.
If you have a fever from the flu, swimming in a lake or cool pool can mask the symptoms and make you feel temporarily better, but that will only be temporary and the exercise will make you feel worse once you get out. If you get in a heated pool, it could make your fever worse. Don't use a hot tub when you have a fever.
If you are in a lake or pool without chemicals to kill germs, you could be shedding viruses that might live long enough to infect someone else in the same water. Don't swim with others when you are sick with any infectious disease.
Being out in public if you are still sick risks giving it to other people whether they are in the water with you or not. Stay home.
So, the bottom line is you can but you should not.
Are cricket bites dangerous?
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Cricket bites are more annoying than dangerous. These little insects bite out of self defense, so unless they're trapped in your hands or between you and your clothes, there isn't much to worry about. When a cricket does bite you'll know for sure - it will be a small sharp pain and burn. The best remedy is a dab of polysporin - this will help prevent infection but also relieve the pain and burning pretty quick. In my experiences, the polysproin did the job within about 1-2 min (stopped pain and burn, reduced redness and mild swelling). Of course if you are allergic to insect bites, you need to seek health care immediately. As far as the insect community is aware, there are no poisonous crickets. In fact, if a cricket is in your house, I would be more concerned about finding holes in my wardrobe and clothes than being bit!
Why does g6pd deficiency prevent malaria?
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G6PD or galactosemia.The baby is not able to metabolized galactose in the body causing mental retardation.Soy milk is recommended for this babies.
How exactly does Artemisinin kill the malaria parasite?
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I know it is because of artemisinins unusual peroxide bridge... but how exactly i don't know
What cures ring worms?
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Ringworm can be treated topically (with external applications) or systemically (for example, with oral medications):
Diseases caused by worms?
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Many diseases can be caused by parasitic worms. Trichinosis and intestinal diseases can be caused by the roundworm. Hookworm and whip worm disease are caused by the Hookworm.
How does the hookworm breathe?
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it uses the little oxygen from you're blood stream, since these kinds of parasites don't move alot, they don't need a high amount of oxygen
What happens if you touch a tick?
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Except for a case of the heebie-jeebies, nothing. Ticks take hours to dig in to the skin where they drink blood and regurgitate harmful bacteria back into the skin. See the link below.
Use parasitism in a sentence?
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Someone who depends on the goodwill of total strangers to do their homework without offering anything in return may be accused of parasitism.
[And yes, if I am wrong then I beg your pardon, but it was too good to miss.]
Parasitism is the action of a parasite.
A parasite gains from another organism, while not benefiting that organism.
How can you leprosy?
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As against popular belief leprosy is not contagious. It takes long physical contact or use of cloths and bedsheets with the patient of leprosy to get the disease.
What is white red with tick coondog?
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it is a redtick but there is all kinds they have bluetick English coonhounds and they have tri-colored English coonhounds which are black and white and sometimes have a little red or brown
How do hookworms reproduce?
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Hookworms, like other roundworms, reproduce by sexual reproduction. A male hookworm shoots sperm into the reproductive tract of the female, thus creating new hookworms.
What diseases are caused by mites worms and ricketsias?
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus fever.
