Strep throat is a type of bacterial infection that commonly appears in children, but it can occur in adults as well. Symptoms can include a sore throat, inflamed tonsils, swollen lymph nodes and painful swallowing. Health care professionals may use a rapid strep test or throat culture to diagn...
Sleep apnea symptomsdiffer from person to person. But they may include: Loudsnoring. It might come and go through the night, and be loud enough to wake others near you. Waking up with a very sore or dry throat. This happens because apnea often causes you to breathe with your mouth open...
Older children and adolescents:As children grow older, strep throat infections can become more uncomfortable. Throat pain is often severe, and accompanied by a high fever (typical of a bacterial infection). Adults:Symptoms are generally mild, but can be severe in some cases. How to tell the d...
AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV. HIV/AIDS damages the immune system, which can lead to symptoms such as fever, chronic diarrhea, unintentional weight loss, night sweats, opportunistic infections, depression, and certain cancers. Medical treatments such as antiretroviral therapy (ART) can he...
causative factors contributing to blepharitis -- including staphylococcal infection, mite infestation, seborrhea and abnormal meibomian gland function -- often occur in combination and contribute to ongoing inflammation and itchiness of the eyelid margins. This is particularly true among older adults. ...
Older adultsoften don’t realize they’re thirsty. If they can’t get around very well anymore, they may not be able to get a drink easily or may not be able to take in enough fluids due to medical conditions. People who are illwith a cold or sore throat may not want to eat or ...
Aims: To assess the agreement between self-report and documentation in the medical records of signs/symptoms of respiratory illness (fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache, sinus problems, muscle aches, fatigue, earache, and chills). Methods: Respondents were 176 research participants in...
Sore throat Swollen lymph glands Rash Fatigue Severe symptoms of HIV infection may take 5 to 10 years to appear after the initial infection. If HIV is left untreated, it continues to multiply and causes severe chronic infections and cancers. ...
Sore throat Swollen lymph nodes Fatigue Weight loss Headache Joint pain Muscle ache The symptoms usually resolve without treatment within weeks or months.5Studies have shown that 40% to 85% of people with vaginas and 20% to 65% of people with penises who have secondary syphilis do not recall...
these symptoms: fever, cough, general weakness/fatigue, headache, myalgia, sore throat, coryza, dyspnea, anorexia/nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, altered mental status) and epidemiological criteria (meaning you’re in an area with high transmission of the disease, or you work in any healthcare setting...