These flashcards cover a variety of diseases and other health problems.
There are 49 flash cards in this set (9 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Diphtheria | |
| Common Cold | The common cold usually causes a runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing. You may also have a sore throat, cough, headache, or other symptoms. Caused by the cold virus by sneezing and coughing little droplets in the air. |
| Pnemonia | |
| Pertussis | Whooping cough. is an upper respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis bacteria.When an infected person sneezes or coughs, tiny droplets containing the bacteria move through the air, and the disease is easily spread from person to person. Initial symptoms, similar to the common cold, usually develop about a week after exposure to the bacteria. |
| Inhalational anthrax | |
| Tuberuclosis | caused by the bacterium mycobacterium tuberculosis. you can get tb by breathing in air droplets from a cough or sneeze. |
| Influenza | Infectious disease caused by 2 species of orthomyxovirus. |
| RSV | a very common virus. Spreads through tiny droplets in the air. same symptoms as a cold |
| SARS | |
| Dental caries | tooth decay caused by viraddins streptoccoci and other bacteria. |
| Peptic ulcers | |
| Gastroenteritis (cholera) | Disease contracted through the ingestion of food and water contaminated through vibrio chlorea and charachterized by vomiting and watery diahreaha. |
| Salmonellosis | |
| Mumps | |
| Viral gastroenteritis | |
| Hepatitis A | |
| Giardiasis | |
| Cryptosporidiosis | |
| Amoebiasis | |
| food poisoning | |
| Shingellosis | |
| Hepatitis B | |
| Hepatitis C | |
| Hepatitis D | Hepatitis delta virus, is a disease caused by a small circular enveloped RNA virus. injecting drug users and persons receiving clotting factor concentrates |
| UTI | |
| Vaginosis | Bacterial vaginosis is a mild infection of the vagina caused by bacteria. Normally, there are a lot of "good" bacteria and some "bad" bacteria in the vagina. The good types help control the growth of the bad types. In women with bacterial vaginosis, the balance is upset. There are not enough good bacteria and too many bad bacteria. |
| Candidiasis | fungal infection (mycosis) of any of the Candida species (all yeasts), of which Candida albicans is the most common. severe itching, burning, soreness, irritation, and a whitish or whitish-gray cottage cheese-like discharge, often with a curd-like appearance. |
| Gonorreha | |
| Syphilis | sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidsmall sore, called a chancre (SHANG-kur). The sore appears at the spot where the bacteria entered your body.Within a few weeks of the original chancre healing, you may experience a rash that begins on your trunk but eventually covers your entire body - even the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. This rash is usually not itchy and may be accompanied by wart-like sores in the mouth or genital area. Within a few weeks of the original chancre healing, you may experience a rash that begins on your trunk but eventually covers your entire body - even the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. This rash is usually not itchy and may be accompanied by wart-like sores in the mouth or genital area. Some people also experience muscle aches, fever, sore throat and swollen lymph nodesmay damage your brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones and joints. These problems may occur many years after the original, untreated infection. |
| Genital herpes | |
| Dyspepsia | pain/discomfort in digestion |
| Emesis | reflex ejection of stomach contents outward thru mouth |
| Eructation | act of belching/ raising gas orally from stomach |
| hematemesis | vomiting of blood |
| hyperemesis | extreme, persistent vomiting that causes dehydration |
| nausea | urge to vomit |
| Celiac disease | inherited autoimmune disorder; severe reaction to foods containing gluten |
| colorectal carcinoma | colon cancer; manifests itself in polyps in colon |
| polyp | mushroom-like growth from surface of mucous membrane |
| diverticulosis | chronic presence of abnormal # of diverticula of colon |
| diverticulum | small pouch/sac found in lining of tubular organ |
| diverticulitis | inflammation/inf. of one or more diverticulum in colon |
| enteritis | inflammation of small intestine |
| ishemic colitis | large ins testing is partially/completely blood deprived |
| Ileus | partial/complete blockage of small/large intestine |
| irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | common condition of unknown cause w/symptoms that can include intermittent cramping/bloating/constipation |
| inflammatory bowl disease (IBD) | disease that cause inflammation/swelling in intestines |
| Ulcerative colitis | chronic condition of unknown cause; repeated epi. of inflammation in rectum/l.i. caused by ulcers |
| Crohn's Disease (CD) | chronic autoimmune disorder that can occur anywhere in digestive tract |
