Measles is an acute viral disease, which is one of the most contagious and common infections. Pathogen of measles is an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus, which is transmitted by airborne droplets.This virus has very low resistance to various effects (boiling, disinfection) and quickly dies outside the human body. Although we are accustomed to consider measles as a common childhood disease, it is very dangerous. Every hour in the world, 15 people die from it, this makes 16, 00 people a ye...
Serous meningitis is a very dangerous and serious disease, equally for children and adults. When this disease occurs, inflammation occurs in the membranes of the brain. The following varieties of serous meningitis are distinguished by etiology: fungal, viral and bacterial (syphilitic, tuberculosis, etc.) meningitis. In addition, the primary and secondary forms are distinguished. Primary meningitis occurs due to primary damage to the meninges, which are not preceded by any infectious agents. ...
Tuberculosis of the skin - this is a very extensive and diverse in its manifestations of a group of dermatoses, the emergence and the development of which is due to the penetration of tuberculous mycobacteria into the skin and subcutaneous tissue. There are focal (vulgar lupus, scrofuloderma, warty and ulcerative tuberculosis) and disseminated (papulonecrotic tuberculosis and erythema inducible) forms of skin tuberculosis. Causes In almost all cases, tuberculous skin lesions are secondary an...
Rubella refers to the so-called "childhood" diseases, which are mainly caused by a small population of the planet. Having had a pain in childhood, a person acquires lifelong resistance to this disease. But those who grew up without such a life experience and were not on time vaccinated, risk getting rubella already grown up. And as with other "childhood" diseases, this infection will be much more severe than that of a child. Today we will talk about rubella in adults, see detailed photos, as...
Brucellosis (Maltese fever) is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by various brucella species. The disease is prone to chronic course and is characterized by a nonspecific clinical picture with multiple lesions of various organs and systems of the human body. It is very important to detect symptoms of brucellosis in a timely manner, an experienced doctor can easily recognize them at the first examination. The causative agent of brucellosis is nothing but small microorganisms, well adapted ...
Tick-borne encephalitis is an acute viral disease that affects mainly nerve cells in the human body. These can be structures of the brain, peripheral innervation or radicular nerve endings in the spinal cord. The main source of infection is the ticks mite ticks. For the reproduction of these insects, the blood of an animal or a person is needed. Spring-summer seasonality is associated with the biology of tick-carriers. The virus, getting into the stomach of a mite with the blood of infected ...
Enterobiosis is the most common type of helminthiosis, implying the defeat of the human body with pinworms.The disease has a pronounced clinical picture and is capable of being transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person, regardless of gender and age. Infection with pinworms are affected by people living in countries with absolutely different climatic conditions. The life cycle of this type of parasite is not affected by weather conditions or air temperature. Also from enterobios...
Sepsis is a serious infectious disease that develops as the infection progresses and spreads through the body through the blood. Hippocrates, 2000 years ago, called sepsis a disease with tissue decay and putrefaction, without treatment inevitably leading to death. Most often the causative agents of sepsis are staphylococci, E. coli, streptococci, pneumococci. Sepsis often develops due to the unfavorable course of purulent inflammation of soft tissues (abscess, peritonitis), against the backg...
Since childhood, we know how tasty and useful fish, boiled, fried, baked in the oven. We are told about phosphorus, iodine and omega-3, but often forget to say that it is the fish that can become a serious cause of not the most pleasant disease that is called opisthorchiasis. This disease has become quite widespread, in the world there are 21 million. people who are infected with these helminths. This "uncontrolled" parasitic disease is very difficult to diagnose, its symptoms are diverse an...
Lyme disease is called a transmissible pathology, caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Borrelia. It is very difficult to talk about the prevalence of pathology, which in many sources is called a "great imitator." This name is due to the polymorphism of clinical manifestations of Lyme disease, in connection with which patients arise symptoms that cause them to contact neuropathologists, dermatologists or rheumatologists, and not infectious disease specialists. Lyme disease is very commo...
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