True of False? Chicken pox, measles and mumps are all viral infections.?
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TRUE\n\nChicken pox = varicella zoster virus (VZV)\nMeasles = rubeola virus (paramyxovirus family)\nMumps = mumps virus (paramyxovirus family)\n\nThere are vaccines for ALL (yes, even for chicken pox now) so they are all preventable viral infections.
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Although all bodily fluids have potential for viral infection, saliva and urine are unlikely routes.  Not impossible, just unlikely.
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yes i have never heard anyone having to get re-vaccinated against diseases like mumps regardless of what timescale it was done
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MMR, measles, mumps, rubella. In Most states now HEP B, Polio
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No.  The flu shot has nothing to do with cold viruses.  You've just been lucky to not have gotten a cold.  But it wasn't because of the flu shot you got 3 years ago.
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Background: Upper respiratory infections are common infections and include pharyngitis, sinusitis, epiglottitis, laryngotracheitis, and the common cold. Viruses play a significant role in the pathogenesis of many of these infections. Bacteria and other organisms also are responsible.\n\nPharyngitis is an inflammatory process of the pharynx, hypopharynx, uvula, and tonsils that can be caused by viral or bacterial infection and, occasionally, both. Distinguishing between these infections is important because rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis may complicate untreated group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections (GAS), but they usually can be prevented by appropriate antibiotic treatment.\n\nSinusitis is an inflammatory process involving the paranasal sinuses (maxillary, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid). It usually is a bacterial complication of a viral upper respiratory infection.\n\nEpiglottitis is a life-threatening disease observed most frequently in children aged 1-6 years, often during the fall and winter. Although less common, it also can affect adults.\n\nLaryngotracheitis usually is the result of viral infection. The subglottic area and trachea are involved, whereas the area above the true vocal cords is spared. When children younger than 5 years have the infection, it is called croup.\n\nThe common cold is a mild, self-limited, catarrhal syndrome caused, for the most part, by members of 5 families of viruses. A small proportion of colds are complicated by bacterial infections of the paranasal sinuses and the middle ear, which require antimicrobial therapy.\n\nPathophysiology: In infectious pharyngitis, bacteria or viruses may invade the pharyngeal mucosa directly, causing a local inflammatory response. Other viruses, such as Rhinovirus, cause irritation of pharyngeal mucosa secondary to nasal secretions.\n\nStreptococcal infections are characterized by local invasion and release of extracellular toxins and proteases. In addition, M protein fragments of certain serotypes of GAS are similar to myocardial sarcolemma antigens and are linked to rheumatic fever and subsequent heart valve damage. Acute glomerulonephritis may result from antibody-antigen complex deposition in glomeruli.\n\nThe most common local predisposing cause of suppurative sinusitis is a viral upper respiratory tract infection. Inflammation and edema in the ostial meatal complex can obstruct the sinus ostium, leading to hypo-oxygenation of the sinus, disturbed ciliary and mucous blanket function, and diminished local resistance.\n\nIn epiglottitis, supraglottic structures become inflamed and edematous, leading to narrowed airway and respiratory compromise. Epiglottitis in children almost always is caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB). In adults, it frequently is nonbacterial.\n\nLaryngitis mainly affects children and begins with a prodrome of a few days of a mild viral upper respiratory infection. As the infection extends to the proximal trachea, diffuse inflammation with exudate and edema of the subglottic area causes narrowing of the airway. The cricoid ring of the trachea, in the immediate subglottic area, is the narrowest portion of the airway in a child. A small amount of edema can cause significant airway obstruction. Inspiratory stridor occurs when air flows through this narrowed subglottic area.\n\nInfection with common cold viruses characteristically is short in duration and self-limited.\n\nFrequency:\n\n    * In the US: Children in day care in the United States are estimated to have an upper respiratory infection approximately every 3 weeks from the age of 6 months to 2 years. The incidence then decreases, and, by the time of school entry, a child has about 3-6 episodes of upper respiratory infection per year. Most of these infections include pharyngitis and/or laryngitis. Viral upper respiratory infections frequently occur in mini-epidemics. They are more common in the winter, except for those caused by enteroviruses, which
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Upper respiratory infections are common infections and include pharyngitis, sinusitis, epiglottitis, laryngotracheitis, and the common cold. Viruses play a significant role in the pathogenesis of many of these infections. Bacteria and other organisms also are responsible.\n\nPharyngitis is an inflammatory process of the pharynx, hypopharynx, uvula, and tonsils that can be caused by viral or bacterial infection and, occasionally, both. Distinguishing between these infections is important because rheumatic fever and acute glomerulonephritis may complicate untreated group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections (GAS), but they usually can be prevented by appropriate antibiotic treatment.\n\nSinusitis is an inflammatory process involving the paranasal sinuses (maxillary, frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid). It usually is a bacterial complication of a viral upper respiratory infection.\n\nEpiglottitis is a life-threatening disease observed most frequently in children aged 1-6 years, often during the fall and winter. Although less common, it also can affect adults.\n\nLaryngotracheitis usually is the result of viral infection. The subglottic area and trachea are involved, whereas the area above the true vocal cords is spared. When children younger than 5 years have the infection, it is called croup.\n\nThe common cold is a mild, self-limited, catarrhal syndrome caused, for the most part, by members of 5 families of viruses. A small proportion of colds are complicated by bacterial infections of the paranasal sinuses and the middle ear, which require antimicrobial therapy.
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I could not disagree more strongly with the first two respondents.  Proponents of immunization will point out the decline in childhood illness since mass immunizations became popular.  They fail to point out the fact that these diseases declined in European countries around the same time, BEFORE these countries initiated mass immunizations for children.  A more likely explanation for the drop in childhood illness in the improvement of sanitation that we saw at this time.  In fact, every known case of polio in the U.S. since the 1970's was caused by the vaccine.\n\nWhat childhood diseases are we afraid of anyway?  Mumps?  Mumps is an innocuous viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  Bed rest for two or three days and a soft food diet with plenty of fluid will offer the child a lifetime of immunity (something no vaccine can offer).  The mumps vaccine is usually administered along with measles and rubella -a vaccine combination that is loaded with mercury and is implicated in the shocking rise in the prevalence of autism.\n\nMeasles?  Another viral disease that requires no medical treatment.  The medical community will attempt to justify the vaccine be quoting the statistic of 1/1000 developing a type of encephalitis.  my own research and experience causes me to question this statistic.  In the middle and upper income brackets in this country, this stat is more like 1/10000.  Rare.\n\nRubella?  Pertussis?  Chicken Pox?  None of these diseases are exceedingly dangerous in this day and age, and contracting them naturally offers lifetime immunity.  This, without the dangerous side effects of the vaccines designed to treat them.\n\nI won't keep writing about all of the dangers of vaccines, but I will suggest that the single most important thing that you can do for your child is to breast feed her... a lot.  Breast milk IS her immune system for the first three months, and the microbes that she comes in contact with on mom's nipple will gently introduce her to new challenges to her immune system.  The child's nervous system is about 80% developed when he is 2 years old.  If one must get immunizations, waiting until the age of 2 will give the child the best chance to avoid injury.  (Japan's current immunization schedule begins at age 2.  Since the change in this schedule SIDS has all but disappeared).\n\nDr.B.H.
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Yes!  There is documented proof on this subject!  Scientists have re-worked the Measles virus so that it will attack cancer cells.  Oh, I wish I could give you a link, but I heard about this months ago.  Try searching the archives at this site:\n\nwww.advanceweb.com\n\nI'm pretty sure that's where I read about it.  Isn't that exciting.  It's one of those things that makes me happy for all of these technological marvels.
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Vaccines give only about 80% protection, not 100%. There is still a 20% chance of getting the disease. Mumps is self- limited, lasting about 8 or 10 days. There is no specific treatment. Give paracetamol for fever and give soft food.
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Yes, I do believe there is something to the MMR link with autism. My son has autism,and I refuse immunizations, he has never received them, so I don't believe it is the sole cause of it. Some of the things you heard here are wrong. The flu shot still has thimerasol in it. While immunizations are no longer MANUFACTURED using thimerasol, it does still exist. Not only did we send thimerasol-tainted immunizations to other countries to spread autism there, we do still have it here. If you don't check with your dr., or request thimerasol-free immunizations, you still run the risk of dumping mercury into your child. The idea that all these studies 'prove' that there's no link? First, these are people who stand to lose a great deal of money by admitting a link to autism, both because of the law suits from families who have been injured by the shots, and to the people like me who will then refuse the shots simply because once you're lied to your not as likely to go back and trust again. Second, the reports that are saying there is a link, are coming from people who are in a position to conduct these kinds of tests because they were affected by autism, and want answers. I trust them more than I do a profession who used to tell patients with asthma and bronchitis to SMOKE. Now, we know better. How do we know in 30 years, after study upon study, they finally admit to the truth. How many kids were needlessly exposed in that amount of time? Also, here's one most people don't know: There was a report written by the CDC in which they admitted that the amount of mercury being put into the shots were many times about what is considered safe. That report was then suppressed, because of the panic it would cause, and because it would show people how untrustworthy they are. People need to do the research before blindly trust a system that has continuously lied to us, and change their minds from one year to the next as to what is safe or not. Oh, and the theory that the reason why there's more cases today is because of better diagnosis? Don't believe that,either. All the cases that they are looking at to say that there is a link are kids. If the 'better dx was the case, then we would have so many adults coming forward, getting tested, and finding out they have autism. Sorry, don't fall for any of that.\n   Do we know what causes it? Not really. At the same time, we can't rule anything out, either. My belief is that they are born with a TENDENCY to develop autism when exposed to certain environmental factors, like mercury exposure. In my child's case, it was brought out when we moved.
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"Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.\n\nSymptoms of mumps tend to be mild, such as painful swelling of the salivary glands and testicles, rash and fever. In teenagers and adults, the symptoms can be more severe and complications (such as infertility or subfertility -- PMID 8692089, PMID 2368216, PMID 2100952) are relatively common, although still rare in absolute terms. The disease is generally self-limiting, and there is no specific treatment apart from controlling the symptoms with painkillers."
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mumps is viral infection affecting glands\n\nit mainly affect paotid gland\n\nit also affect testes  causing  inflamation of testes\nit can destroy testiculsr tissue hence causing \ninfertility\n\nearly detection of mumps\nand rest with analgesic drugs\nonly can prevent this\n\nhope u got ur answer
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NO.  Multiple Sclerosis is not an infectious disease at all.  There is no risk of getting MS from someone.
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Varicella Zoster Virus\nA herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
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your mom is infected with a virus, her immune system is trying to fight it so that is whats causing the fever and body pain. when i had the chicken pox at age 5, i was also ill with a fever and body pains, there is not much difference if your older besides a higher white blood cell count and better immune system.
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German measles is a mild viral illness caused by the rubella virus. It causes a mild feverish illness associated with a rash, and aches in the joints when it affects adults. The major reason for any attention being devoted to the eradication of this condition is the nasty effects that it has on the unborn baby (known as a fetus), when a pregnant woman catches it in early pregnancy\n\n--------------------\nHope this helps, if you need more info just contact me.. goodluck withe the assignment