http://antied.com/infections All you need to know to keep your family healthy Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:12:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every year we read of a healthy child somewhere who suddenly became ill with meningococcal disease and died despite antibiotics. This usually sets off a panic among parents in the community, who criticize doctors for not acting soon enough to save the child. These parents demand that something be done ... http://antied.com/infections/meningococcal-meningitis.html When any virus causes meningitis, the result is viral meningitis. But usually we use the term for specific viruses that cause a mild meningitis and no other symptoms or diseases. Enteroviruses are the usual cause. These are viruses that only infect humans and are spread by the fecal-oral route. They live ... http://antied.com/infections/meningitis-viral.html More than two-thirds of all bacterial meningitis victims are younger than 5 years old. Until 1992, most of them were infected with Haemophilus influenzae type b, usually shortened to H. flu or "Hib". Now this type of meningitis has virtually disappeared in children younger than five thanks to the effective ... http://antied.com/infections/meningitis-bacterial.html Meningitis affects the brain, making it one of the most dangerous of infectious diseases. The word meningitis means any inflammation of the meninges, the membranes filled with blood vessels that cover and protect the spinal cord and brain. Infections, medical procedures, accidents, or chemicals can inflame these membranes. Both bacteria ... http://antied.com/infections/meningitis.html The medical term for measles is rubeola. We sometimes call it red measles to distinguish it from German measles, or rubella, a much milder illness. Measles is an extremely contagious disease known as a viral exanthem. This means a disease caused by a virus that produces a skin eruption. Until a ... http://antied.com/infections/measles-rubeola.html We are losing and the mosquitoes are winning the war against malaria. Mosquitoes are now resistant to many insecticides used against them. The parasite that causes malaria has become resistant to the best anti-malarial drugs. In 1960, only 10 percent of the world's population was at risk of catching malaria, ... http://antied.com/infections/malaria.html Sometimes she feels a sensation of lights exploding inside her head. Other times her mouth, arms, and legs go all tingly. Audrey, a florist in Philadelphia, suffers from Lyme disease which she got one fine summer day when a nasty tick smaller than a pencil point bit her. Borrelia burgdorferi, a ... http://antied.com/infections/lyme-disease.html Listeriosis is a recently discovered, serious bacterial infection that is particularly damaging to a fetus or newborn. The rod-shaped bacterium, called Listeria monocytogenes, is found in cow's milk, animal and human feces, soil, and leafy vegetables. How Do You Get It? The disease is usually linked to unpasteurized milk or cheese, so eating ... http://antied.com/infections/listeria-listeriosis.html In July 1987, eight teenage boys living on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii swam every day in the Waimea River. These boys all came down with a flu-like illness in the same week. Five were put in the hospital. Their blood was sent to the CDC ... http://antied.com/infections/leptospirosis.html Many of us remember the horrors of leprosy depicted in the movie Ben Hur, in which lepers with filthy bandages wrapped around decaying limbs were cast out of society. Other horrible and conspicuous skin diseases were called leprosy in biblical times, but archaeologists believe from studying skeletons that the disease ... http://antied.com/infections/leprosy-hansens-disease.html