Pathogen: Bacteria
Chlamydia vacuole
Chlamydia – Sterility -infected ovaries and fallopian tubes
Normal Abnormal
Chlamydia - Pink Eye
Treatment: Antibiotics
Pathogen: Protist – (aquatic organism)
Treatment: Oral medication (pills) - NOT antibiotics.
Pathogen: Bacteria
Gonorrhea: Blindness in newborns and adults
Treatment: Antibiotics in the early stages.
Pathogen: Bacteria
Syphilis: Chancre on/in mouth
Syphilis: Rash on hands
Syphilis: rash on hands & feet
Syphilis: rash on feet
Blindness in newborns and adults
Syphilis: Arthritis & crippling
Syphilis: Bone damage
Treatment: Antibiotics in the early stages.
Herpes Simplex I: coldsores
Herpes Simplex I: (cold sores)
Herpes Simplex I (cold sores)
Herpes Simplex II: painful blisters
Herpes: health care worker
Treatment: No cure~Special drugs & creams to lesson symptoms and frequency of outbreaks.
Pathogen: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Pathogen: Virus (HIV)
HIV erupting from T-cell
AIDS: infected T- 4 Helper cells (white blood cells)
AIDS: Thrush (fungal
infection)
AIDS: Kaposis’s Sarcoma (rare skin cancer)
Patch Stage
Nodular Stage
AIDS: Kaposis’ Sarcoma (Patch Stage)
AIDS: Kaposis’s Sarcoma
Patch Stage
Kaposis’s SarcomaPlaque Stage
Kaposis’s Sarcoma
K.S.: nodular lesions (lip & tongue)
Pneumocystis Carinii - rare pneumonia
HIV patients (1/3 die of TB)
Thailand
2 million women with HIV in 2001,
worldwide
AIDS: Weight Loss
Alopecia - hair loss
HIV positive mother
AIDS Orphans: Brazil
AIDS Orphans
EthiopiaSouth Africa
AIDS Iceberg
Window Period – (0 – 3 months) A person may have the virus and show no
antibodies.
Treatment: No cureDrugs that slow replication: AZT Ribavirin Protease Inhibitors (Cocktail) ZDB (for newborns)
Pathogen: 6-legged louse
Infestations: Crab louse
Infestations – blood specks from intense itching and scratching
Scabies on a child
Scabies - laying eggs
Scabies Life Cycle - 2 1/2 weeks
Testing for Scabies
Treatment:Special shampoos and lotions (Kwell & Rid)