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source : pixabay GENERAL INFORMATION DESCRIPTION Blood-transfusion reaction symptoms are triggered by the body’s response to a foreign substance. The blood, blood vessels, kidneys, heart, skin, central nervous system, and lungs are involved. Appropriate health care includes: Physician’s monitoring of general condition and medications. Hospitalization. Patients receiving transfusions are usually in a hospital or outpatient…
source : pixabay LARVA MIGRANS (ROUNDWORM) – Caused by a child eating soil contaminated with feces from puppies or kittens. Treated with medication taken orally. TOXOPLASMOSIS – Caused by a parasite transmitted when a child cleans a kitten’s litter box or otherwise handles cat feces. Symptoms include muscle pain, swollen lymph glands, and skin rash. Toxoplasmosis in…
source : pixabay GENERAL INFORMATION DESCRIPTION Cat-scratch fever is a mild infectious disease of unknown cause resulting from a scratch by a cat. It is not contagious from person to person. More than one family member can be infected at one time. The skin and lymph glands are involved. Appropriate health care includes: Self-care after…
source : pixabay GENERAL INFORMATION DESCRIPTION Toxocara is a disorder resulting from invasion of larvae of worms normally found in the intestines of dogs and cats. These same larvae cause a skin disease (larva migrans or creeping eruption) if they invade no deeper than the skin. If they invade deeper tissues of humans they may…
source : pixabay GENERAL INFORMATION DESCRIPTION A breast abscess is an infected area of breast tissue that becomes filled with pus when the body fights the infection. Body parts involved include breast tissue, the nipple, milk glands, and milk ducts. Breast abscesses can affect girls at puberty and, very seldom, boys. Appropriate health care includes:…