Week 8 PCL: Nobody is Immune
Anybody have any good ideas on why we shouldn't immunise our kids?
I'm intrigued and ready to listen.
As for DFA: can anybody tell me how the process actually works. (direct immunofluorescent assay)?
Token Theme 2 mention, let me think... nope, i'm over it.
Cheers,
Tim
(oh, and apologies for the lack of 'Sharon's dilemma'. it can be added if required)
no text currently available online for Part A.
if it happens to come online, i shall put it here.
ciao!
I'm intrigued and ready to listen.
As for DFA: can anybody tell me how the process actually works. (direct immunofluorescent assay)?
Token Theme 2 mention, let me think... nope, i'm over it.
Cheers,
Tim
(oh, and apologies for the lack of 'Sharon's dilemma'. it can be added if required)
no text currently available online for Part A.
if it happens to come online, i shall put it here.
ciao!
posted by timfazio at
1:12 am
2 Comments:
Pertussis – ‘whooping cough’
What is it?
• a contagious disease
• typical symptoms include general cold symptoms: bad cough, runny nose, sneezing; followed by a ‘whoop’ as the sufferer gasps for air
• coughing fits last for up to 2 months, and gradually decrease
• depending on severity of fits, it can lead to mild hypoxia or vomiting
• disease can cause secondary, associated problems, such as pneumonia, encephalitis or pulmonary hypotension
Causes
• Pertussis is caused by species of the bacterium Bordetlla: B. pertussis, or B. parapertussis
• It is transferred from one sufferer to the next through airborne discharges of the mucus membranes: coughing, sneezing, runny nose
Incidence
• it is estimated that there are 30-50 million cases of pertussis each year
• 300,000-500,000 deaths result from pertussis each year
• it is the leading vaccine-preventable death
Diagnosis
• initially based on aforementioned symptoms
• culture of nasal secretions (10-14 days)
• DFA (direct immunofluorescent assay) is much quicker but less effective
• Increased lymphocytes on a full blood count
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pertussis
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/commoninfections/a/pertussis_3.htm
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timfazio, at 1:21 am
or http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/
commoninfections/a/
pertussis_3.htm
as it was so rudely cut off
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timfazio, at 1:21 am
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