Infectious Diseases - February 2007

2007-02-01 02:26:25 · 7 answers · asked by luivilla17 2

I'm so nervous that I have it, but I don't have all the symptoms. I have a fever and a terrible headache (however, I get headaches very often, so this isn't something new), and my neck is a little stiff but just barely. I can turn it fine. When I touch my chin to my chest, my upper back hurts a little, but not my neck. I'm not vomiting though, and light isn't bothering me. I've tried checking for a rash and I don't have one as far as I can tell. I went to the doctors yesterday and he checked my eyes and made me move my neck, and said it's a flu-type virus. But I'm still nervous about having it. Any input?

2007-02-01 02:16:44 · 4 answers · asked by Emily B 2

2007-02-01 01:34:59 · 9 answers · asked by rose l 1

I was sitting in class today when I noticed that the person sitting to the left of me had two cuts on their right hand, the one closest to me. One was large and wide and looked scabed, on the nuckles, and the second was still wet with blood. I noticed that when she was raising her hand to speak, pulling papers out of her binder, or just writing/gesturing her hand with all the cuts was getting close to the left side of my head and its hair, by accident of course. I was wearing my hair sticking out to the sides and one time their hand, the back of it where the cuts were located, touched my hair. I know this becasue I felt it and the peron apologized. I am worried about HIV and Hep C. My concern is that some of the blood was transfered from her hand to my head. What should I do? Can the blood soak into my hair and stay there? Will a hor shower with shampoo completley clean my hair, or do I need to do something more drastic? Should I cut off the hair that touched the blood? Please help!

2007-02-01 01:17:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a world-wide scare when avian flu broke out in Asia last year. In Kenya, where I reside, there has been a recent outbreak of Rift-valley fever, which has killed almost 150 people in less than four months. This is more than Avian flu has killed so far. While avian flu affects mostly birds, Rift valley fever affects animals like cows, goats etc.. Both are viral, and both at times infect humans. In either case, human fatalities on infection is not a must. Why isn't there a similar concern with Rift valley fever as there was with avian flu? Is one less virulent, or less dangerous than the other? What makes avian flu more dangerous?

2007-02-01 00:59:41 · 6 answers · asked by TiEL 2

no, it's not mine, but my girlfriends.
Anything i must worry about?

2007-02-01 00:55:42 · 9 answers · asked by William G 2

If it is fatal, what are the chances of survival?

2007-02-01 00:54:44 · 5 answers · asked by Malini 1

2007-02-01 00:05:41 · 2 answers · asked by kulpbre 2

I was sitting in class today when I noticed that the person sitting to the left of me had two cuts on their right hand, the one closest to me. One was large and wide and looked scabed, on the nuckles, and the second was still wet with blood. I noticed that when she was raising her hand to speak, pulling papers out of her binder, or just writing/gesturing her hand with all the cuts was getting close to the left side of my head and its hair, by accident of course. I was wearing my hair sticking out to the sides and one time their hand, the back of it where the cuts were located, touched my hair. I know this becasue I felt it and the peron apologized. I am worried about HIV and Hep C. My concern is that some of the blood was transfered from her hand to my head. What should I do? Can the blood soak into my hair and stay there? Will a hor shower with shampoo completley clean my hair, or do I need to do something more drastic? Should I cut off the hair that touched the blood? Please help!

2007-02-01 00:01:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous