Infectious Diseases
Small white or bluish spots on the inside of the cheek.
Koplik spots. From the Measels virus.
What your grandparents referred to as blood poisoning.
Sepsis.
A substance that will neutralize the poison or its effects.
Antidote.
A condition in which the patient is having seizures, anxiety and hallucinations during alcohol withdrawal.
Delirium Tremens.
Abrupt fever, nausea, vomiting, severe headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia.
Meningitis.
They have a protein coat or shell that encloses what the need to reproduce, either DNA or RNA.
Virus
A common cause of sepsis in the lungs.
Pneumonia.
Can provide information and advice to laypeople and health care providers.
Poison Control Center.
These drugs have a depressant effect on the body and cause an intense state of relaxation.
Opioids
The time from exposure to development of the first symptoms.
Incubation Period.
The strength of the microbe in combating the body's defenses.
Virulence.
Life threatening condition resulting from abnormal and counterproductive response by the body that causes damage to tissues and organs.
Sepsis.
A poisonous substance secreted by bacteria, plants, and animals.
Toxin.
A chemical substance being taken for other than therapeutic reasons.
Substance Abuse.
Diseases that can be passed from one individual to another, either through direct contact or contact with secretions from an infected person.
Communicable Diseases.
Diseases that can be spread by bacteria, viruses, and other microbes.
Infectious Diseases.
In this stage of sepsis microbes multiply and white blood cells increase.
Infection.
Four ways that a poison can enter the body.
Ingested, inhaled, absorbed, injected.
LSD, PCP, and ecstasy.
Hallucinogens.
Living organisms that consist of a single cell. Found inside and outside of the body and can reproduce in their environment.
Bacteria.
A respiratory infection that begins in the upper respiratory tract. Uninterrupted coughing followed by a whooping sound on inspiration.
Pertussis.
Changes resulting in shock and hypotension that do not respond to intravenous fluids.
Septic Shock.
One of the most commonly inhaled poisons that you cannot see, smell, or taste.
Carbon Monoxide.
Gross soft tissue damage on the extremities resulting from injection of drugs.
Tracks.
These patients typically have a cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Initially dry cough then later produces sputum.
Tuberculosis.