...Shingles A Communicable Disease By Samantha Ruiz HCS/457 May 24, 2012 Shingles overview Overview that will cover : Define the disease Symptoms and signs What Causes shingles What are the Risk Complications with the disease Drugs and treatments Preventions Symptoms when to see the doctor Causes Are you Contagious? When a person suffers with Shingles the virus can pass be on to another and to anyone who not immune to the chickenpox with direct contact with open sores of the shingle rash.. This disease can be a danger to most groups of people and once the red blisters crust over the shingles they are extremely contagious: Weakened immune system Newborns infants Pregnant women What are the Risks? Risk factors that can increase the risk of development of shingles include: Age- The risk increases in people 50 and Older . Disease- who suffers from weaken immune system, which and can be caused by and HIV/AIDS, Cancer - undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatments (lowering the your resistance) Medications- drugs that prevent organ transplants and can prolong the use of steroids, such as prednisone. Complications Treatments and Drugs There are no cure for shingles but medications and treatments are given to reduce the infection and complications and/or the virus and accelerate up the recovery. These medications are Valacyclovir (Valtrex) Famciclovir( Famvir) Acyclovir( Zovirax) For pain physicians prescribe Anticonvulsants...
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...day celebration,The Golden Girls for Glory (Faith Based Social Club). A group of ladies that, by virtue of age, are considered older adults. They belong to varying church congregations of various faiths but come together regularly for community based activities and sponsor many events. Secondly, one of the Golden Girl’s husbands runs a printing shop and donated his time and much of the printed material, not the least of which were the banners for the canopy on the booth at the venue for the festival. The organizers of the event provided the tote bags, canopy and chairs. A local restaurant supplier married to another Golden Girl donated disposable shot glasses upon which stickers were applied. The Golden Girls Event Coordinator is the best friend of my roommate and was struggling to find a theme for their booth this year, and I just happened to be present during her conversation about her dilemma. When I asked if she would consider allowing me to do my presentation as their theme we were all ecstatic. My chosen topic was entitled “HAVE A SHOT>>>ITS GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU” An educational presentation for the promotion of health and prevention of disease in older adults through immunizations. I took a light hearted approach with numerous plays on the party atmosphere. As I alluded to before, the Golden Girls and their spouses are technically “Older Adults” but only by virtue of their ages. They live vital, active, energetic lives, which seems to be the predominate life style of...
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...pregnant women (preferably between 27 and 36 weeks' gestation) and people who have contact with young babies. The same is true for the flu vaccine. There’s no flu vaccine licensed for infants younger than 6 months old. “We call that creating a cocoon of protection around the baby.”. 3. Some vaccines are just for adults. The shingles vaccine is a good example. Shingles (also known as herpes zoster or zoster) is caused by a reactivation of the chickenpox virus. It can cause a severe and painful skin rash. The risk for shingles increases as a person ages. The vaccine is recommended for adults 60 and older. 4. You may need them when you travel. Headed to the developing world? You may run into illnesses you’d never find at home. The yellow fever vaccination is required for travel to parts of sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America. The Saudi Arabian government also requires the meningococcal vaccination -- but only for travel during the hajj, or annual pilgrimage to Mecca. You can check the CDC's web site for details about what you may need for your destination. 5. Everyone needs a flu vaccine, every year. The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older get a flu vaccine annually if they do not have a medical reason not to receive the vaccine. Each...
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...Shingles Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is a rash found on the skin that originates from the same virus as chickenpox. “This virus is called the Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and is in the herpes family of viruses. After an individual has chickenpox, this virus lives dormant in the nervous system and is never fully cleared from the body”, (Stoppler, 2010). The virus reactivates when the carrier becomes extremely stressed, develops an immune deficiency, develops cancer, or other similar circumstances. Shingles usually occurs in people over the age of 60 but anyone can be at risk of getting the virus. Symptoms of the virus usually start with a very painful, sensitive area on the skin for several days. Next, a rash will appear with blisters that continue to form for about three to five days. “The blisters follow the path of individual nerves that come out of the spinal cord in a specific "ray-like" distribution (called a dermatomal pattern) and appear in a band-like pattern on an area of skin. The entire path of the affected nerve may be involved, or there may be areas in the distribution of the nerve with blisters and areas without blisters”, (Stoppler, 2010). In most cases, only one nerve will be affected by the virus. After the blisters pop, they will begin to heal. The duration of the viral outbreak will usually last between three and four weeks. Treatment Shingles is contagious and can be spread from the infected person to people who have not yet had the chickenpox. If infected...
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...Chicken Pox Grand Canyon University NRS 427 Concepts in Community and Public Health 4/4/15 Abstract Chicken pox, also called varicella, is a contagious illness that causes red spots that itch and some blister all over the body. We are going to take a closer look into how this is passed, the signs and symptoms, and who it effects the most. Most children receive the vaccination for Chicken pox at an early age. Adults can receive the vaccination as well, and the chicken pox vaccination requires to separate doses of the vaccine. Chicken pox is highly contagious to people who have yet to be exposed to the virus. Chicken Pox Determinates of health are referring to “The range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status”, according to healthypeople.gov. These factors include things like policy making, social factors, health services, individual behaviors, biology and genetics. If people live in a society where their community doesn’t care about making their neighborhood/community a safer environment it can affect determinates of health. People who don’t take action to bring light the issues their community faces will suffer far more in terms of health and economy. Someone getting sick all the time, and unable to afford the proper medications to get back to work brings our economy down, because in the end the taxpayers end up picking up the cost. Chicken pox was at one time a big issue in communities all over the USA. We finally...
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...University: NRS-427V June 7, 2014 Chickenpox is disease caused by the virus varicella-zoster. It is most common in children under the age of fifteen but still possible for older children and adults to obtain. Chickenpox appears as an itchy red rash all over the body, the rash can turn into fluid filled blisters other symptoms include, fevers, headaches, tiredness, and loss of appetite. Chickenpox is very contagious and can be spread even when there are no symptoms. Varicella incubation period is fourteen to sixteen days from time of exposure but potentially could be ten to twenty-one days (CDC, 2013). The mode of transmission for varicella is direct contact of the blisters, or through the respiratory system. The earliest signs and symptoms is are first fever and then a red rash. In children the rash may be noticed first before the fever. The rash begins as macules, to papules, vesicles, pustules, and then crusts over. Once the rash becomes crusted over the chickenpox is no longer contagious. Chickenpox can be in different stages of the disease process while some may be crust over and be non contagious there may be other blisters that are still active and contagious. Chickenpox can also be spread from an individual who has shingles. Complications of chickenpox are bacterial skin infections in children and adults pneumonia (these are the most common they may occur vice versa) (CDC, 2013). According to the Center for Disease and Control Preventions more serious complications can...
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...progression of the disease. The epidemiologic triangle, as it relates to Varicella, will be examined, including host factors, absence or presence of agent factors, along with environmental influences. The role of the community health nurse will be discussed as related to case finding, data collecting, reporting, data analysis, and follow-up. Lastly, a national agency or organization will be revealed that addresses chicken pox, and how it contributes to resolving or reducing the impact of the disease on the public. The infectious disease of varicella, or chicken pox, is very contagious. A virus named varicella-zoster causes it. Furthermore, chickenpox can also be spread from those who have shingles. Since the same virus causes shingles, caution should be taken since an individual with shingles can infect those who have never had chickenpox, or those who have not been vaccinated against the disease. People most at risk to contract the disease are those who have not had the disease before, or received chicken pox vaccine. People who contract the virus can expect it to last anywhere from five to ten days. The most common indication of the infectious disease is a rash the turns in to an outbreak of fluid-filled blisters that frequently itch profusely, and ultimately scab over. The timeframe of being contagious to others ranges from one to two days...
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...Communicable Disease Chickenpox Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V May 01, 2016 Communicable Disease Chickenpox Here is some background on varicella-zoster virus. Chickenpox and Shingles used to be considered two different diseases, but they are both caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ("CDC chickenpox," 2016). Varicella is the primary infection that causes the chickenpox and the herpes zoster is the virus that lays dormant in the host until reactivation and causes shingles. About 70-90% of all chickenpox cases that are reported occur in children under the age of 10 years old ("CDC chickenpox," 2016). Before the vaccine was introduced in March of 1995, there were 4 million cases of the chickenpox reported every year and since the introduction of the vaccine this number has decreased by 90% ("CDC chickenpox," 2016). If a person has the chickenpox and they cough or sneeze they can spread the disease. They release tiny droplets that will carry the virus. If they do this around someone that has never had the virus and didn’t get their immunizations as a child there is a possibility for that person to inhale the virus and contract the virus. When the virus is inhaled it enters the lungs and then will pass into the blood stream. It then is carried to the skin and causes the typical chickenpox rash. The chickenpox are very contagious. It can be spread by airborne, droplet, and direct contact with an infected person...
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...Shingles Keonna White December 19, 2013 Anatomy & Physiology Introduction of Shingles If you have had chickenpox during your childhood, it is sure that the virus has stayed in your system for numerous of years. But the virus has then been reactivated in later life, and that’s what causes the skin disease called “Shingles,” to develop. As well as chickenpox, there are other diseases which weakens our immune system. For example, HIV and/or AIDS can also cause Shingles to develop. Shingles is not considered a life threatening virus, but can become quite painful. Shingles is an extraordinarily painful condition that involves inflammation of sensory nerves. Symptoms The symptoms of Shingles include a tingling and irritated burning feeling to the skin, but it usually appears down one side of your body. And it also includes a nasty, painful red rash in the form of a band, and develops after a few days. Shingles may consist of nerve pain in the face, feverish system, headache, arm and leg pains, and also swelling. You may have a general feeling of being unwell and serious aches and pains. While the shingles rash may appear anywhere on the body, it most often appears around the waistline or side of the butt. Even when there is no rash, the pain of shingles may be apparent. Before a rash is visible, the patient may notice several days to a week of burning pain and sensitive skin. Shingles rash starts as small blisters on a red base, with new blisters continuing to...
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...Needed:Food and drinks, computer, pamphlets, training syringes, training arms, evaluation sheet, | Estimated Cost:$100.00 | Community and Target Aggregate:Grace Church Life Group – about 14 members | Topic:“Why Should Adults Be Vaccinated” | Epidemiological Rationale for Topic (statistics related to topic): Influenza and streptococcal pneumonias is the 8th leading cause of death in America contributing to 55,227 deaths as of 2014. Even with this information the percentage of people receiving vaccinations is at a low alarming rate. Age yrs/old Influenza % Pneumonia % 18 – 49 31.2 8.7 50 -64 45.5 20.0 65 & older 70.0 55.8 Shingles is only recommended for adults 60 yrs/old and older at 6.7 % of Americans receiving the vaccination (CDC, 2016). Nursing Diagnosis: Infection related to the presence of virus in mucus secretions (NCP, 2016) Readiness for Learning: Identify the factors that would indicate the readiness to learn for the target aggregate. Include emotional and experiential readiness to learn. * Older adults tend to learn new material more slowly than younger adults do. * Age related changes are not the only...
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...[pic] TERM PAPER ON Give the detailed mechanism of chicken pox Course Name: INTRODUCTION of health & disease Course Code: Phr883 Submitted To: Submitted By: MISS ANANIA ARJUNA Nagesh MR.RAHUL BHASKAR Reg. No: 3050071035 Seat no-46 B.Tech-M.Tech Sem-7th(cse) TABLE OF CONTENT |S.NO |C0NTENT |PAGE NO. | |1 |chickenpox: AN INTRODUCTION |3 | |2 |causes of Chicken Pox |3 | |3 |How chickenpox spread |3-4 | |4 |Chickenpox Transmission |4 | |5 |Who gets chickenpox |5 | |6 |The symptoms of chickenpox ...
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...human nervous system resulting in severe skin lesions, fever, headache itching, and malaise. The incubation period is usually 14 to 21 days following exposure. The host is usually contagious for up to five days prior to the appearance of the rash and remains contagious up until the rash has scabbed over. Varicella is transmitted via contact and droplets. The virus is usually passed on to individuals when they come into contact with the contagions droplets or from the contact of the contagions blisters. The virus usually last one two weeks then becomes latent in the spinal cord nervous system of the person infected. Although, the host becomes immune to the virus it can resurface as shingles in the adult population. Varicella is usually benign in the children population but is extremely serious in the adult...
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...person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector) (Merriam-Webster, 2015).” Chickenpox is considered a common childhood illness and is usually seen in children that are younger than 10 years of age. “Varicella is an acute infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV). The recurrent infection (herpes zoster, also known as shingles) has been recognized since ancient times (CDC, 2015).” Chickenpox, varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a DNA type of the herpes virus that is a highly contagious disease. The VZV is spread through direct contact of the virus by coughing or sneezing causing it to be airborne and by direct contact with saliva, mucus and blisters from someone who is currently infected. The blisters that have dried or crusted over do not transmit the disease. Once VZV enters the body by way of the respiratory tract and conjunctiva it replicates and is then transmitted by way of the lymph node. Shingles are a latent form of chickenpox and is generally seen is older adults, and have a similar appearance as VZV that are highly infectious to a person that has not been immunized or previously infected by VZV. Symptoms of VZV appear between 10 to 21 days after exposure. These symptoms are sudden onset of a fever, tiredness; they have no desire to eat that is loss of appetite and a headache. The appearance of the rash is within 1-2 days after the initial symptoms that are red...
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...relationships among an agent, a host and the environment. The paper also addresses the role of the community health nurse in Chickenpox management and discusses the role of one national organization in the fight against the spread of Chickenpox. Description of Chickenpox Chickenpox is an infection caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus. It is considered contagious and is characterized by a itchy rash and appears like blisters all over the body . It occurs most frequently in children between the ages of five and eight years old and is transmitted so easily that the majority of the population will catch the disease at some point in their childhood. Chickenpox can be transmitted by coming into contact with an effected persons blisters, exposure to shingles, or through inhalation of airborne droplets exhumed by a person infected with the condition. The incubation period is 10 to 21 days, and it is contagious for about 6 to 8 days after the rash appears or until all of the blisters have dried out (Arvin, 1996) On first coming in contact with the virus there are usually no symptoms until...
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...human nervous system resulting in severe skin lesions, fever, headache itching, and malaise. The incubation period is usually 14 to 21 days following exposure. The host is usually contagious for up to five days prior to the appearance of the rash and remains contagious up until the rash has scabbed over. Varicella is transmitted via contact and droplets. The virus is usually passed on to individuals when they come into contact with the contagions droplets or from the contact of the contagions blisters. The virus usually last one two weeks then becomes latent in the spinal cord nervous system of the person infected. Although, the host becomes immune to the virus it can resurface as shingles in the adult population. Varicella is usually benign in the children population but is extremely serious in the adult...
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