Upper Resp Infections
Recommended length of time to adequately wash hands?
20 seconds.
Name of place where patients with TB would go to be treated.
Sanatorium
Yellow tinge to the skin and eyes
Jaundice
High levels of cortisol can make bones porous. What is the medical term?
Osteoporosis
What is always in front of you but can't be seen?
The future
List two common URIs that have vaccines
Influenza (flu), Covid, RSV, Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Before medicine, what remedies were used to treat the disease?
Fresh air, good nutrition, isolate.
The number of alcoholic equivalents our liver can safely metabolize in one hour?
One
List three things that can increase blood pressure
Stress, nicotine, caffeine, high sodium diet, genetics.
What building has the most stories
A library
Two groups who are most susceptible to becoming severely ill with Upper Respiratory Infections?
Elderly, really young, immunosuppressed
The percent of people with latent TB that will turn to active (pulmonary) TB?
10%
Two forms of Hepatitis that have vaccines?
Hepatitis A and B
Lack of oxygenated blood to the brain caused by build up of plaque in the blood vessels is known as?
A stroke
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
Your right elbow
How long can the flu virus live on a steel surface?
24 hours
Capsule that forms around the TB bacteria?
Granuloma
Final stage of liver disease
Liver Cancer
Cortisol is produced in what gland?
The adrenal gland
If you had only one match and entered a room where there was a candle, an oil lamp, and a fire, what would you light first?
The match
Why is it recommended to get an annual flu shot, when other vaccines only require one per life time?
Influenza viruses constantly evolve through mutation (small genetic changes) and reassortment (swapping genetic material between strains).
Name a US president that died from TB
James Monroe (5th) and Andrew Jackson (7th)
The build-up of fluid in the space between the lining of the abdomen and abdominal organs
Acites
This number/value represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart is resting between beats.
Diastolic blood pressure
reflects the pressure against the artery walls while the heart fills with blood.
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
Chicago