Communicable Diseases

 Essentiale, Sillymarin, Jettipar (pedia)

o Antiviral – Lamivudine OD for 1 year Taeniasus
o Immune Stimulant – Chronic Hepatitis B, C, D  AKA Tapeworm
 IM  Taenia Saginata
 Interferon o Ingestion of insufficiently cooked or raw beef
 2-3x/wk. for 6mos.  Taenia Solium
o Rest and Nutrition o Pork
 Diphyllobothrium Latum
 Nrsg Care: o Fish
o Rest – liver recovery  Hymenolepsis Nana
o Nutrition o Dwarf tapeworm
  Fats – no enough bile released by the liver o Person to person
for emulsification of fats; increases tendency o Hand to mouth transmission
for bleeding  Get it as a whole – regenerate
  CHO every now and then – spare CHON
metabolism – ammonia – encephalopathy Paragonimiasis
 Butterball diet – hard candy (source of  Flatworm, Oriental lung fluke
energy)  CA: Paragonimus westermani
o Infected Moderate CHON  Source: ingestion of insufficiently cooked crab or
o Recovery Period High CHON crayfish
o Complications Low CHON  S/sx: productive cough and hemoptysis
 Prevention: o Misdiagnosed as TB
o Immunization
 Hepatitis B vaccine Parasitism through skin of the feet
o 0.1 mL
o 3 doses Ancylostomiasis
o IM – Vastus Lateralis  Hookworm
o 2 kg: 0-6-14  Only blood-sucking worm
o <2 kg (4 doses): 0-6-10-14  Loss of 50 mL of blood/ day
o No special instructions  Ancylostoma Duodenale
o Side effects:  Necatur Americanus
 soreness at injection site
 slight increase in ALT Stongyloidiasis
o Avoid mode of transmission  Threadworm
 Strongyloide Stercoralis
Parasitism through Ingestion
Enterobiasis S/sx:
 AKA Pinworm infection, Seatworm, Oxyuriasis  Voracious appetite
 CA: Enterobius Vermicularis  Weakness, pot belly, anemia
 MOT: Ingestion  Stunted growth
 S/sx:
o Nocturnal ani – night itchiness Dx: Stool exam
 Female worm goes out of the intestinal
 Well-fitted underwear Med Mgt:
 Dx Exam:  Antihelminthic – Albendazole
o Not diagnosed with stool exam
o Cellophane tape test Nursing Care: Supportive
 Morning
Prevention:
Ascariasis  Personal hygiene
 AKA Giant intestinal roundworms  Cutting long nails
 CA: Ascaris Lumbricoides  Wearing slippers
 MOT: Ingestion  Taking a bath
 S/sx: Intestinal obstruction  Proper preparation of food
o Passing out or vomiting of worms
GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM
Trichuriasis  Bacterial
 AKA Whipworm o Gonorrhea
 CA Trichuris Trichiuria o Syphillis
 MOT: Ingestion  Virus
o HIV
Trichinosis
 Roundworm
 Trichiniasis
 Trichinellosis 1. GONORRHEA
 CA: Trichinella Spiralis – Helminth  AKA Clap, Strain, Jack, G.C., Gleet, Morning drop,
 MOT: Ingestion “Tulo”
 Source: Insufficiently cooked or raw meat o Pus draining from the genitalia in the morning

University of Santo Tomas – College of Nursing / JSV