MARK JANELL PEREA

BSN-3A
NCM112
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

Common Signs & Symptoms Incubation Communicability Prevention

Communicable Period
Disease

2019-nCoV Fever or chills. On average 5-6 Spreads when an Practicing hand

Cough. days, but can infected person hygiene, consistently
Shortness of breath or last up to 14 breathes out and correctly wearing
difficulty breathing. days droplets and very a high-quality mask,
Fatigue. small particles that improving ventilation,
Muscle or body aches. contain the virus and keeping your
Headache. distance, when
possible, from the
person who is sick or
who tested positive.

Ebola Fever 2 to 21 days, Spread through Avoid contact with

Aches and pains, such but the average contact (such as blood and body fluids
as severe headache time is 8 to 10 through broken skin (such as urine, feces,
and muscle and joint days or mucous saliva, sweat, vomit,
pain membranes in the breast milk, amniotic
Weakness and fatigue eyes, nose, or fluid, semen, and
Sore throat mouth vaginal fluids) of
Loss of appetite people who are sick.
Gastrointestinal
symptoms including
abdominal pain,
diarrhea, and vomiting
Unexplained
hemorrhaging,
bleeding or bruising

Tuberculosis Prolonged cough 2 to 10 weeks Spread through the Good hygiene,

(sometimes with after the initial air when a person covering the mouth
blood) infection. with untreated TB and nose when
chest pain disease of the lungs coughing or sneezing
weakness coughs, sneezes, reduces the spread of
fatigue laughs, or sings TB bacteria.
 weight loss
fever
night sweats

Rabies weakness or 20 and 90 days Spreads through the Vaccinate dogs and
discomfort, fever, or saliva of infected cats against rabies as
headache. animals required by law. ...
Keep dogs and cats
under control. ...
Leave stray or
unknown dogs and
cats alone. ...
Leave wild animals
alone. ...
Do not keep wild
animals as pets. …

Measles Fever. 7 to 14 days Spread by contact Community-wide

Dry cough. with infected nasal vaccination is the most
Runny nose. or throat secretions effective way to
Sore throat. (coughing or prevent measles.
Inflamed eyes sneezing) or
(conjunctivitis) breathing the air
Koplik's spots. that was breathed
by someone with
measles

Pertussis Coughing, violently 7 through 10 Spread through The most important

and rapidly, until all days, with a droplets produced way to prevent
the air has left the range of 4 during coughing or pertussis is through
lungs and a person is through 21 sneezing complete
forced to inhale, days. immunisation.
causing a "whooping"
sound.

Hantavirus fatigue, fever and between 1 and Spread when virus- Eliminate or minimize
muscle aches 8 weeks containing particles contact with rodents in
from rodent urine, your home, workplace,
droppings, or saliva or campsite
are stirred into the
air

Hepatitis A abdominal pain, loss 15-50 days; Spread primarily Prevented by getting
of average 30 when a person vaccine or immune
appetite, nausea, days. ingests the virus globulin soon after
diarrhea, light colored from food, drinks, coming into contact
stools, or objects that have with the virus
 dark urine, fatigue, been contaminated
fever & jaundice. by small amounts
of stool from an
infected person.

Hepatitis B Dark urine, light 4-25 weeks; Spread when blood, Prevented by getting
colored stools, fatigue, average 8-12 semen, or other vaccine and HBIG
fever & weeks body fluids from a (hepatitis B immune
jaundice. person infected globulin) soon after
with the virus coming into contact
enters the body of with the virus
someone who is not
infected

HIV/AIDS Rapid weight loss. Between 1 and Spread from the Get tested for HIV. ...
Recurring fever or 6 weeks body fluids of an Choose less risky
profuse night sweats. infected person, sexual behaviors. ...
Extreme and including blood, Use condoms every
unexplained tiredness. breast milk, semen time you have sex. ...
Prolonged swelling of and vaginal fluids Limit your number of
the lymph glands in sexual partners
the armpits, groin, or
neck.

Flu fever* or feeling at least 4-5 Spread mainly by wash and dry your
feverish/chills. days tiny droplets made hands regularly.
cough. when people with cover your mouth and
sore throat. flu cough, sneeze, nose when coughing
runny or stuffy nose. or talk. or sneezing
muscle or body aches.
headaches.
fatigue (tiredness)

Sexually Sores or bumps on the 7–21 days Spread through Abstinence - avoiding
Transmitted genitals or in the oral vaginal, oral, and all vaginal, anal and
Disease or rectal area. anal sex. oral sex.
Painful or burning
urination.
Discharge from the
penis.
Unusual or odorous
vaginal discharge.
Unusual vaginal
bleeding.
Pain during sex.

Sars Fever >100.4oF, 2-7 days up to Spread droplets Proper handwashing

 chills, headache, body 10 days. when coughing or extremely important.
achiness, sneezing Wear protective gear
respiratory complaints droplets into air. when cleaning
(cough, SOB, dyspnea equipment.

Shigellosis diarrhea, which can be 12-96 hours Spread via the Carefully wash your
watery, bloody, or fecal–oral route, hands with soap and
both through direct water during key
person-to-person times.
contact, or
indirectly through
contaminated food,
water, or fomites

Mumps Painful enlargement of 12-25 days Spread through Prevented by

salivary glands, droplets & direct vaccination of MMR
earache, difficulty contact with saliva
chewing & of infected pt
swallowing