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Disease SynonymsCausative

agent

Incubation

period

Mode of

transmission

Signs and

symptoms

Pathognomonic

sign

Period of

communicability

Diagnostic

test

Medical

Management

Nursing

Management

Hepatitis A

Catarrhal

jaundice

Hepa A

virus

15-60 days

ave: 3-5

weeks 30

days mean

incubation.

Ingestion of

contaminated

food .

-fecal oral

pathway

-jaundice

Icteric Sclera

The infected

person is

capable of

transmitting the

organism a

week before

and after the

appearance of

symptoms

-HAV

-Liver

function

test

-bile, stool

and urine

Examination

-SGPT

-SGOT

-ALT

-IgM level

-no specific

treatment: bed

rest is essential

-high

carbohydrate,

low fat, low

protein

-Vit. B complex

-Isopri nosine

(methisoprenol)

May enhance T-

cells

-patient must

be isolated

-patient

should be

encourage to

rest during

acute or

symptomatic

phase

-nutritional

status must be

improved

-provide

optimum skin

and oral care

-increase in

ability to carry

out activities

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Disease Synonyms

Causative

agent

Incubation

period

Mode of

transmission

Signs and

symptoms

Pathognomonic

sign

Period of

communicability

Diagnostic

test Medical Mgt.

Nur

M

Candidiasis

Monaliasis/candidosis

Candida

albicans

2-5 days

Sexually

transmitted

disease

Scaly skin

nails are

swollen/red

pain,

regurgitation

vagina-

yellowish

discharge

dysuria,

hematuria,

headache,

seizures,

fever, chest

pain,

blurred

vision,

periorbital

pain.

The patient can

transmit the

disease when

the lesion are

still present

-Stool

culture ,

gram

staining of

skin,

vaginal

discharges,

or

scrapings

Mystatin (oral

thrush),

-clitrimasole(for

mucous

membrane/vaginal

infections),

fluconasole(for

systemic infection)

Avoid

shari

utens

metic

mout

care,

prope

dispo

oral

secre

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Disease SynonymsCausative

agent

Incubation

period

Mode of

transmission

Signs and

symptoms

Pathognomonic

sign

Period of

communicability

Diagnostic

test

Medical

Management

Nurs

Manage

Chamydial

infections

Chamydial

trachomatis

Vaginal/rectal

intercourse.

Oral-genital

contact with

an infected

person.

Pelvic pain

Fever

Bleeding

after inter

course

dyspareunia

Swab from

the site

infection

Culture of

aspirated

materials

Elisa

Directfluorescent

antibody

test

Doxycycline oral

for 7 days

Azithromycin in

single in single

dose

Practice

univers

prec.

Suggest

both

partner

should

submit

HIV test

Check

newbor

sign of

Chlamy

infectio

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