Lesson 13 + 14
Characteristic of the Foodborne diseases:
- Affecting the nervous system
- Having a short incubation period
- Recovery in a few months
Having a short incubation period
What do the acronyms AIDS stand for?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
For which hepatitis do we have vaccines?
A and B
Which is the most important risk factor for cancer?
Smoking
What kind of Diabetes Mellitus is due to an autoimmune problem?
Type I
You can have TETRODOTOXISM if you eat gonads, liver or skin from which animal?
Hedgehog fish, puffer fish, drummer fish or tambuleros
What is the meaning of vertical transmission?
From mother to child
Which organs does Tuberculosis affect the most?
Lungs
Which is the most prevalent cancer in men? and women?
Lung cancer in men, breast cancer in women
Who are more prone to have cardiovascular disease?
Men over 40-50 years of age
Which is the main reservoir of the SALMONELLA GASTROENTERITIS?
Meat producing animals and Poultry, especially chicken
What kind of virus is the HIV and explain it ?
Retrovirus. It has RNA and synthesizes DNA using a reverse transcriptase.
Hepatitis D virus requires the presence of what other virus
Hepatitis virus B
In which city was the charter on health promotion signed and named after?
Ottawa
Which are the 4 main symptoms of diabetes?
POLYURIA, POLYIDIPSIA
POLYPHAGIA, WEIGHT LOSS
Which is the classification of the communicable diseases according to the mechanisms of transmission (4)?
Fecal-oral transmission or digestive route
Airborne or respiratory transmission
Cutaneous-mucous transmission or direct contagion
Transmission by arthropod vector
Which are the phase of the HIV infection (3)?
Acute infection – Chronic infection – AIDS
Which hepatitis have a fecal-oral mode of transmission?
Which is a protective factor for cancer due to its antioxidant effect?
Selenium
What does the Quetelet index or body mass index (BMI) measure?
Weight (kg)/Height (m2)
What is it Lathyrism?
Lathyrism is a chronic toxic nutritional neurological disease caused by long-term (or subacute) ingestion of legumes of the genus Lathyrus known as peavines or vetchlings.
Main symptoms of AIDS in the skin
Tumors and Kaposi’s sarcoma
Which is the agent of the tuberculosis?
Koch's bacillus (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
What are the specific recommendations for women in the Eurocode?
If you can, breastfeed your baby.
Limit HRT treatment
What are the predisponsive risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women?
Oral contraceptives
Polycystic ovaries
Endogenous estrogens: protective