Diseases


Diseases

Important terms

Diseases- Dis-ease or absence of easiness or comfort in body is called diseases.

Infection diseases- Which transmit from one persons another person.
Epidemiology- Study of mode of transmission of infectious diseases.
Immunology- mechanism of developing protection against attack of diseases.
Louis pasture- scientist who first introduce-bacteria may cause disease. Treatment of rabies.
Edward Jenner- First scientist who introduce immunology first.
Infection- Entry and production of disease by parasite.
Pathogens- Organism which cause diseases.
Resistance- Developed immunity against disease.
Inoculation- Method of introducing antibodies inside the body. E.g. small pox and vaccine.
Vaccination- Method of introducing antibodies inside the body .
Incubation period- It is the period between the entry of pathogen and first symptoms of  disease.

Classification of diseases

1. Congenital diseases− diseases with birth.
2. Acquired diseases—diseases after birth.
           
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Communicable or          Non communicable or
Infectious diseases                non- infectious diseases

Q. Write different between communicable and non communicable disease.

Communicable diseases
Non- communicable diseases
1. These are caused by pathogens or causative agents- like virus bacteria, fungi, protozoan, helminthes blood transfusion etc.

2. The disease is transmitted from one person to another.

3. Mode of transmission present.

4. Typhoid, cholera tuberculosis, AIDS, STDs are examples of communicable diseases.

5. Factors are lack of sanitation and spreading of vectors (insects) etc. 
1. These are not caused by pathogens or causative agents.


2. These diseases are not transmitted from one person to another.

3. No mode of transmission

4. Cancer, heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes are example of non communicable diseases.

5. Factors are over nutrition, idle-habit, worried and lack of physical exercise.

Communicable diseases
1. introduction-3-6
2. Causative agent-1
3. Mode of transmition-1
4. Incubation period-1
5. Symptoms-4 or5
6. Control
           
Typhoid (Enteric fever)

Introduction- Typhoid is an acute infection of the. It is common diseases of Nepal.
Causative agent-  salmonella typhi.1.0 to 1.5 μm in length. Rod shaped bacterium.
Mode of transmission- contaminated food and water by intestinal discharges. Files also. Healthy carries (has the bacteria but not suffering by the diseases) can also transmitted the diseases.
Incubation period- 2 weeks (approx)
Symptoms-
            1. High fever for 2-3 weeks
            2. Slow pulse, abdominal tenderness. Ulceration in intestine.
            3. Hemorrhage in intestine.
            4. Death due to puncturing of intestine.

Control-
            1. Prophylaxis: purification of drinking water. Cave on personal hygiene.
            2. Prevention:  Well disposal of discharges of patient. Immunization.
            3. Treatment: Chloromycetin (Amoxicillin) chloramphenical

 

Tuberculosis


Introduction- More common in rural areas of Nepal. It is considered as very serious diseases. It is a cause of maternal mortality in world. Lungs are the major favorable sites of infection by the diseases. Bacteria produce tuberculin toxin which cause tuberculosis. Types of TB are pulmonary (lungs) and extra pulmonary TB (except lungs)


Causative agent- Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Identify by Robert Koch in 1882.

Mode of infection- Sputum, droplets contaminated air of patient.

Incubation period-  Few-weeks to years.

Symptoms-
            1. loss of appetite and weight sweat in night and fever
            2. Cough for more than 2 weeks, chest pain
            3. Blood-stained sputum ( Haemoptysis)

Control-
            1. Prophylaxis: personal hygiene and nutrition.
            2. Prevention- Sanitation, boiled milk BCG vaccination
            3. Treatment-  Ethambutal, Rifampicin,  Pyrazinamide etc. Dots of HMG program in Nepal.

Ascariasis

Introduction- It is a common round worm. It is cosmopolitan in distribution. It is intestinal endo parasite.

unfertilized egg
fertilized egg
Juveniles inside the egg

 Causative agent
Ascaris lumbricoides, intestinal parasite.
Morphology- Male and female
Female ascaris is longer straight than male. Which lay about 200000 egg daily. Egg are passed out with faces. Male ascaris has curved tail-end male ascaris has curved tail-end with two copulatory spicules.

Mode of infection
            Feco-oral route. Fertilized egg is infective stage. These may exist in contaminated vegetable water and finger also.
Incubation period: few weeks to month

Symptoms
            The diseases caused by Ascaris are called ascariasis. Symptoms are.
            1. Indigestion and abdominal pain
            2. Appendicitis and gastric ulcers
            3. Diarrhea and vomiting.
            4. Loss of weight and anemia.

Control
            1. Prophylaxis: Proper disposal of faces careful on sanitation and hygiene
2. Prevention: drink boiled purified water.
3. Treatment: Mebendazole, Albendazole or piperazine 200/100 mg for adult/child for four days.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Introduction
Aids fail human defensive system. AIDS impairs T4lymphocytes cell.

Origin of AIDS-
            May spread from central Africa sharing from monkey.  First  appeared in Haiti and USA.
            It Nepal it was recorded in 1988.80,000 are suffering in Nepal.

Causative agent
            LAV( lymphadenopthy) in 1983 by French physician. And introduced-
-         Inter-nationally immunodeficiency virus.

Mode of transmission

1. In 90% cases HIV virus is transmitted by sexual contact.
            In passes from infected partner through vaginal or anal intercourse or kissing.
2. Use of unsterilised needles by intravenous drug unsers (infected druggist)
3. Transfusion or donating blood infected with HIV, infect the recipient.
4. Placenta or through breast milk during sucking.
Infected pregnant women can pass the virus to her body through breast milk during sucking (25-50%)
         

Incubation period
            Few months to 6 years or more

Symptoms
1. First flu-like short illness then no further effect for month of year.
2. Then AIDS related complex ( ARC) symptoms are seen
            i.          Diarrhea for month.
            ii.          Fever and night sweats.
            iii.          10% weight loss
            iv          Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly ( swelling of lymph node and spleen)
            v.         Septicemia (blood poisoning)
                                    Death due to uncontrolled or untreatable infection.
            vi.         In further life Kaposi sarcoma may occur (cancer of skin and mucous membrane.)
            Vii        Cytomegalovirus retinitis (Inflammation of retina causes blindness)
            viii.       Pneumonia, meningitis, skin infection etc.

Test
            Anti-HIV antibodies  are seen in the blood sample ( HIV positive). Sometime it will not be successful test. ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immuno- Sorbent Assay) Test is done to be confirmed about the HIV.

Control
            i. prophylaxis
                        Safe sexual intercourse with partner.
            ii. Prevention
                        Sex education.
Screening before blood transfusion.
Use condom.
            iii. Use of Azidothymidine or zidovudine which slows progression of disease.
                        Sumarin is an antiparasitic drug.       
                        Didonosine and zalcitabine to  prolong life.

Kalazar ( leishmania donovani)

Introduction

Systematic position

Phylum-Protozoa
    Class- flagellate
            Order- kinetoplostidia
                Genus- Leishmania
                        Species- donovani

The pathogenic flagellate parasite found in reticulo- endothelial system (liver, spleen bone-marrow)

History- Biologist leishman reported the parasite from London in 1903.Another biologist Donovan reported the parasite in spleen smears of patient in Madras in same year. So the name of parasite became Leishmania Donovani.
Mode of infection - Sand Fly (Phlebotomus argentipes). There are the two types of parasites of the leishmania donovani.

                                                                                   
                       Amastigote stage
                  Promastigote stage
  1. Found in human
  2. It is round-oval 2 to 4μm covered by thin pellicle.
  3. Nucleus is also oval round.
  4. Kinetoplast (a DNA containing body and mitochondrial structure) lies at right angle to nucleas.
  5. Axoneme (rhizoplast) a filament extends from kinetoplast to margin of the body.
  1. Found in sand fly and by culturing.
  2. It is pear shaped and slender-shaped in maturity.
  3. Nucleus is more oval.
  4. Kinetoplast lies transversely near anterior end.

  1. Axoneme extends outward to forma long flagellum.
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                      Promastigote ( leptomonad form) in sand fly          Amastigote ( leishmanial form ) in man 
                                           Seen in UV rays and normal state by microscope                                                                                                                        

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