Jaclyn Shared "Viral Vomiting and Diarrhea" - 8 Picmonics
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Viral Vomiting and Diarrhea
Rotavirus
- Characteristics
- Reovirus
- Non-enveloped
- Double-Stranded
- RNA Virus
- Linear
- 11 Segments
- Triple Icosahedral Capsid
- Most Common Cause of Diarrhea Worldwide
- Villous Atrophy
- Winter Months
- Day Care Centers
- Treatment
- Oral Rehydration
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Adenovirus
- Characteristics
- Non-enveloped
- Icosahedral
- Linear
- Double Stranded DNA
- Signs and Symptoms
- Pharyngitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Fever
- Summer Swimming
- Day Care Centers
- Acute Hemorrhagic Cystitis
- Pneumonia
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Norovirus
- Characteristics
- Calicivirus
- RNA Virus
- Non-enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Symptoms
- Acute Gastroenteritis
- Treatment
- Supportive Therapy
- Considerations
- Often found in Cruise Ships
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Hepatitis A
- Characteristics
- Picornavirus
- 4 Week Incubation Period
- Fecal-oral
- Day Care Centers
- Travel to Developing Countries
- Signs and Symptoms
- Usually Asymptomatic
- Acute Disease
- Jaundice
- Fever
- Vomiting
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Hepatitis B Virus Characteristics
- Hepadnavirus
- Enveloped
- Circular
- Partially Double-stranded DNA
- Has Reverse Transcriptase
- IV Drug Use
- Sex
- Maternal Fetal Routes
- 3 Month Incubation Period
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Hepatitis B Virus Disease
- Can turn chronic
- < 10% of adults become chronic carriers
- 90% of newborns become chronic carriers
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Membranous Glomerulonephritis
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Serum sickness like syndrome
2 mins
Hepatitis C
- Characteristics
- Enveloped
- RNA Virus
- Flavivirus
- Icosahedral
- SS positive Linear
- Clinical Features
- Most Cases are Due to IV Drug Use
- Turns to Chronic Hepatitis in Over 70% of Cases
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Most Common Indication for Liver Transplantation
- Associated With Type I MPGN
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
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Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Pathophysiology
- Immune Complex-Mediated Transmural Vasculitis
- Hepatitis B Association
- Fibrinoid Necrosis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Black Stool (Melena)
- Neurologic Dysfunction
- Myalgia
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Diagnosis
- Vessels / Lesions in Different Stages
- Renal Microaneurysms (On Arteriogram)
- Spares Pulmonary Arteries (No Pulmonary Involvement)
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
- Cyclophosphamide
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