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Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases
symptoms:
•fever* or feeling feverish/chills
•cough
•sore throat
•runny or stuffy nose
•muscle or body aches
•headaches
•fatigue (tiredness)
•some people may have vomiting
and diarrhea, though this is more
common in children than adults.
Influenza is the only respiratory virus
preventable by vaccination.
Wash hands by washing with soap and
water or use hand sanitizer.
Cover Your Mouth and Nose with a tissue
when you cough or sneeze.
Don't Touch Your Face with unwashed
hands; it’s the easiest way for germs to enter
your body.
Smiling and laughing can help boost your
immune system.
Eat Healthy and balanced meals to
strengthen your immune system.
Exercise boosts your immune system and
speeds recovery from illness.
Stay Home until your fever is gone for 24
hours without using fever-reducing medicine.
Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread
mainly by rodents and can cause varied
disease syndromes in people
worldwide. Infection with any hantavirus
can produce hantavirus disease in people.
Hantaviruses in the Americas are known as
“New World” hantaviruses and may
cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
(HPS). Other hantaviruses, known as “Old
World” hantaviruses, are found mostly in
Europe
What are and
theAsia
first and may of
symptoms
cause hemorrhagic fever with renal
hantavirus?
syndrome (HFRS)
Early symptoms include fatigue, fever
and muscle aches, especially in the
large muscle groups—thighs, hips, back,
and sometimes shoulders.
These symptoms are universal. There
may also be headaches, dizziness,
chills, and abdominal problems, such
as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and
abdominal pain.
•Stay away from places where
rodents leave droppings
•Wear rubber gloves and a
mask that covers your nose and
face during exposure to mouse
droppings
•Use disinfectant to sanitize
areas containing mouse
droppings so infected dust does
not spread in the air
•Seal holes in and around your
home so rodents cannot get in
•Trap rodents in and around
your home to decrease the
population
•Avoid leaving food out in your
home and when camping
•Before entering spaces known
to have rodents in them, air out
the area
The human immunodeficiency viruses are two
species of Lentivirus that causes HIV infection
and over time acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome. AIDS is a condition in humans in
which progressive failure of the immune
system allows life-threatening opportunistic
infections and cancers
The early signs to thrive.
of HIV may appear as
symptoms similar to those caused by
the flu. These can include:
•headache
•fever
•tiredness
•swollen lymph nodes
•sore throat
•thrush
•rash
•muscle and joint pain
•ulcers in the mouth
•ulcers on the genitals
•night sweats
•diarrhea
•Use a new condom every time
you have sex. Use a new
condom every time you have
anal or vaginal sex
•Consider preexposure
prophylaxis (PrEP)
•Tell your sexual partners if you
have HIV
•Use a clean needle.
•If you're pregnant, get medical
care right away.
•Consider male circumcision.