Foot and mouth disease is an acute infectious disease of viral etiology characterized by vesicular erosive lesion of the integumentary tissues (mainly the mucous membranes of the mouth and the skin of the extremities), accompanied by intoxication syndrome. Foot and mouth disease infection occurs from livestock and wild animals mainly by contact, but a food…
Japanese encephalitis is a transmissible viral neuroinfection with a predominant lesion of the brain substance. It is characterized by endemic outbreaks in the period from August to the end of September. It has a general infectious origin, during the peak period, disorders of consciousness, meningeal syndrome, hyperkinesis, myoclonia, paresis, bulbar disorders are characteristic. Diagnostics involves…
E. coli infection is an acute, mainly intestinal infection caused by some serovars of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Escherichiosis manifests itself in the form of enteritis and enterocolitis, can be generalized and occur with extra-intestinal symptoms. The route of transmission of E. coli is fecal-oral. More often, infection occurs when eating infected dairy and meat…
Pancreatic echinococcosis is one of the forms of helminthiasis, which is caused by the larvae of the echinococcal tapeworm and leads to the formation of parasitic cysts in the pancreas. The disease is manifested by discomfort and pain in the epigastric region, nausea, and stool disorders. When the pancreatic ducts and gallbladder are compressed, skin…
Hepatic echinococcosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases, which is based on the formation of cysts in the liver. The main signs of this pathology are general weakness, a significant decrease in appetite, a decrease in body weight, a feeling of heaviness in the liver, nausea after eating fried or fatty foods, stool…
Echinococcosis is a parasitic invasion by the larval stage of the echinococcus tapeworm, occurring with damage to internal organs (liver, lungs, heart, brain, etc.) and the formation of echinococcal cysts in them. Nonspecific symptoms of echinococcosis include weakness, urticaria, transient fever; specific ones depend on the location of the parasite and can be represented by…
Ergotism is poisoning by ergot alkaloids trapped in flour, or taken as a medicine. Typical symptoms are convulsive muscle contractions, intense diarrhea, severe muscle pain, paresthesia, hallucinations, delirium. In severe cases, tissue necrosis occurs. With chronic pathology, amenorrhea is observed in women. Diagnosis of the disease is based on clinical data, careful collection of anamnesis,…
Mumps is an acute infection caused by an RNA-containing virus of the genus Paramyxovirus, mainly affecting salivary glands and nerve cells. The causative agent of mumps is transmitted by airborne droplets, sometimes by contact through objects infected with the patient’s saliva. The clinic of mumps begins with fever and intoxication symptoms, against this background, swelling…
Epidemic myalgia is an acute infectious disease caused by enteroviruses, with a predominantly fecal-oral transmission mechanism. The clinical picture is characterized by an increase in body temperature, the appearance of attacks of pronounced spastic pain in the diaphragm, chest muscles, abdominal wall and extremities. Serological methods, detection of the pathogen’s RNA and the virus itself…
Enterovirus encephalitis is an inflammation of brain tissue caused by pathogens of the genus Enterovirus, which includes polio viruses, Coxsackie A and B, ECHO viruses and human enteroviruses (types 68-72). The disease is manifested by fever, headaches, gastrointestinal tract damage (abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting). Also, with encephalitis, focal symptoms occur, convulsive seizures, rash on the…
