Rheumatic Fever Signs and symptoms Diagnosis of Rheumatic fever Causes with treatment — Rheumatic fever is acute or first presentation of infection by Streptococcus leading to sore throat, fever, arthritis and/or carditis. A multisystem, febrile inflammatory disease that is a delayed complication of untreated group A streptococcal pharyngitis. Pharyngitis usually...
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ATRIAL FLUTTER TACHYARRHYTHMIAS ARRHYTHMIAS marked by rapid (about 300 beats per minute) regular atrial beating SINUS TACHYCARDIA — ·Heart rate exceeds 100 beats/min ·Gradual onset and offset ·Normal PQRST. ATRIAL FLUTTER — Cardiovascular examination cardiac disorders ATRIAL FLUTTER Definition cardiac dysrhythmia — marked by rapid...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias — Ventricular Tachycardia VT – Three or more consecutive ventricular ectopic complexes (duration greater than 120 ms) occurring at a rate of 100 to 250 beats per minute. Diagnosis of VT (ventricular tachycardia) At least 3 consecutive wide QRS complexes Rate at least...
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Cardiac Arrhythmias – Supraventricular tachycardia and Ventricular fibrillation — SVT. A rapid, regular tachycardia in which the pacemaker is found in the sinus node, the atria, or the atrioventricular junction, i.e., above the ventricles Distinguishing features of SVT with wide QRS from VT — Triphasic QRS – rsR...
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BRADYARRHYTHMIAS Sinus BRADYCARDIA When the sinus rate is less tha – 60 beats per minute it is called sinus bradycardia,Trained athletes and people doing hard labour, elderly individuals may have resting rate less than 50 beats per mmute. The pacemaker of the heart is the sinoatrial node (SA node)....
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Arrhythmia Sick Sinus Syndrome The sick sinus syndrome is a presentation with dizziness, confusion, fatigue, syncope, and heart failure caused by SA node dysfunction. Several electrocardiographical abnormalities caused by a malfunction of the sinoatrial node of the heart, in which there are episodes of tachycardia alternating with episodes of heart...
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Trypanosomiasis Chagas‘ disease Causes Diagnosis TREATMENT with Signs and Symptoms African trypanosomiasis — African sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma gambiense, and American trypanosomiasis —A disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by the biting reduviid bug. The protozoan Trypanosoma is the cause of Chagas’ disease and sleeping sickness. American...
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Definition of Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection)- Toxoplasmosis is caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Description of Toxoplasmosis. The parasite Toxoplasma gondii multiplies in the intestine of the cat and is shed in cat feces, mainly into litter boxes and garden soil. Infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Approx. 25% of...
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Schistosomiasis Flat Worms Signs and Symptoms Clinical features with Diagnosis Treatment These are flat worms which can cause morbidity and mortality. They are also called adult flukes and invade blood, intestine, lungs and biliary tree. Schistosomiasis Flat Worms Man is the definitive host and snails are intermediate hosts. One...
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Malaria and Babesiosis (protozoan )Signs and Symptoms Clinical findings with Diagnosis Treatment Malaria is a protozoan disease. Transmission is by bite of infected Anopheles mosquito Transmission is by bite of infected Anopheles mosquito. There are 4 species of the genus Plasmodium causing malaria. · P. falciparum · P. vivax ·...
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