Other viruses that can cause rashes:These include chickenpox,roseola, rubella, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and parvovirus, also known as the fifth disease. Usually, healthcare providers can easily rule these other viruses out by how your rash looks, as well as your other symptoms. ...
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Most radiation therapy in the developing world is delivered by cobalt-60 machines. How do they work? Manjit A cobalt-60 machine treats patients using a radioactive source. Cobalt has a half-life of just over five years, so patients have to be treated longer and longer to be given the sam...
By trying to effectively decouple cause and effect—claiming that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS, that measles isn’t caused by a virus and is instead a vitamin deficiency or caused by the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine itself—these movements discourage people from treating or trying ...
Most infectious agents can be effectively treated with specific antibiotics, with or without corticosteroid therapy, but visual recovery is highly variable and depends entirely on early diagnosis of the causative agent. This review article will provide an overview of common pathogens involved in ION ...
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(PCR), the identification of these pathogens is still a diagnostic challenge. It is ideal to have an infectious disease (ID) consultant in the management team, as most of these infections are multisystem involving diseases. Most infectious agents can be effectively treated with specific antibiotics...
Check to make sure the mother-to-be is up to date on all of her immunizations, especially rubella, which can causemiscarriageor birth defects Women who are trying to conceive should watch their diet and take dailyprenatal vitamins. Taking at least 400 micrograms offolic acideach day can sign...
The only vaccines required by the U.S. and other countries for travelers at this time are foryellow feverand meningitis; these requirements depend on when and where people travel. Childhood vaccines such as those againstmeasles,mumps,rubella,diphtheria,tetanus, andpolioshould be current prior to ...