Fighting the Resistance
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are the two infections most commonly reported STIs in McLennan County among people ages 15-24
True or False?
True
True or false: West Nile virus has been detected in mosquito populations in Central Texas, including Waco.
True
True or False. This chronic disease affects about 13% of adults in Waco and is often linked to obesity and poor access to healthy foods.
What is diabetes?
Rural areas near Waco often face higher antimicrobial resistance rates due to limited healthcare access. Overprescribing is a common practice in urgent care and telehealth and ______ the problem by giving antibiotics.
worsens
Chagas disease is transmitted by the ____ bug, which is found in rural areas of Texas.
What is kissing bug (or Triatomine)
Known as the “silent killer,” _____ affects nearly 29% of adults in Waco and can lead to heart disease and stroke if left untreated.
What is hypertension (high blood pressure)?
What public health process is used to identify and notify individuals who may have been exposed to an STI in Waco Family Medicine and the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District?
a) contact tracing
b) PSAs
c) Widespread testing
What is contact tracing?
Which of the following vectors is most likely to transmit leishmaniasis in Texas?
a) Aedes aegypti mosquito
b) Sand fly
c) Kissing bug
d) Ixodes scapularis ticks
What is a sandfly?
This chronic lung disease, more common in Waco than the state average, is often caused by smoking and poor air quality and leads to trouble breathing and frequent hospital visits.
a) asthma
b) COPD
c) pneumonia
d) ARDS
COPD
This public health surveillance network, which includes Texas labs, tracks local resistance patterns to guide clinicians in choosing effective antibiotics.
What is the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)?
Which picture shows the kissing bug? (ok apparently jeopardy wants me to pay to insert pictures so just let me search the images up)
What is image #3?
Which of these images are a type of non-communicable disease?
Bonus points if you can identify what disease is it.
What is image #2?
Due to the rise of multidrug resistance, a key principle of antimicrobial treatment is to use two different classes of antibiotics simultaneously. What is the public health term for this practice of using two drugs at once to slow the development of resistance?
What is Combination Therapy?
Case Study: Provided with the list of signs and symptoms of various diseases, can you diagnose the patient?
Disease 1: Bleeding from the nose or gums; belly pain/tenderness; vomiting (at least 3 times in 24 hours); vomiting blood; blood in the stool, feeling tired, restless or irritable; fever; eye pain; joint pain
Disease 2: babies can develop microcephaly, Fever, Rash, Headache, Joint pain, Conjunctivitis (red eyes), Muscle pain
Disease 3: Fever and chills, General feeling of discomfort, Headache, Nausea and vomiting, Diarrhea and abdominal pain, Muscle or joint pain, Fatigue, Rapid breathing and heart rate
Disease 1: What is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever?
Disease 2: What is Zika?
Disease 3: What is Malaria?Case study: A 76 year old man is accompanied by his relative for his annual health check up. The relative mentions that the patient has been experiencing memory loss where the patient repeats the same question and does not remember family member’s names consistently. During the clinical diagnosis, the patient has trouble with familiar vocabulary and has difficulty in reading and spatial distance.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?