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Quick, friendly, and easy-to-use, this indispensable addition to every family medical bookshelf answers all your questions about 100 increasingly common infections--from Lyme disease, flu, and strep to ear infections, chicken pox, meningitis, and TB. The book explains symptoms, incubation periods, home nursing care, necessary treatment, and how to protect your family from illness. You can look up any infection by its common or medical name, the age of the patient, or the circumstances under which it is transmitted.

This comprehensive, detailed reference will give you:
* Facts on over-the-counter drugs and effective home remedies
* Advice on why and when your children need immunizations
* Information on the important differences in treating infants, children, and adults with the same infections
* Guidance on caring for family members with chronic illnesses who catch an infectious disease
* Phone numbers to call regarding specific diseases and their prevention
* Recommendations for protection during international travel and adoptions

"The facts you need to prevent infections and care for those who have them."
--Ronald Gold, M.D., M.P.H.

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Santé et bien-être

Santé du quotidien

Vie de famille

Relations familiales

Infectious Diseases

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	26 juillet 1995
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781620459058
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The Family Guide to Preventing and Treating 100 Infectious Illnesses
Phyllis Stoffman, B.S.N., M.H.Sc.
Foreword by Ronald Gold, M.D., M.P.H. Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
This text is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright 1995 by Phyllis Stoffman Published by John Wiley Sons, Inc.
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada.
Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley Sons, Inc.
This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If legal, accounting, medical, psychological, or any other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.
The information, ideas, procedures, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended to replace the services of a trained health-care professional or to serve as a replacement for professional medical advice and care or as a substitute for any treatment prescribed by your physician. Matters regarding an individual s health often require medical supervision. A physician or health-care professional should be consulted regarding the use of any of the ideas, procedures, suggestions, or drug therapies in this book. Any application of the information set forth in this book is at the reader s discretion. The author and publisher hereby specifically disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from the use or application of any of the products, ideas, procedures, drug therapies, or suggestions contained in this book and any errors, omissions, and inaccuracies in the information contained herein.
Trade names are included for identification purposes only, and are not intended to endorse the product.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Stoffman, Phyllis. The family guide to preventing and treating 100 infectious illnesses / Phyllis Stoffman; foreword by Ronald Gold. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-471-00014-0 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. Communicable diseases-Popular works. I. Title. RC113.S84 1995 94-23832 616.9-dc20
Printed in the United States of America
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To the memory of my mother, Freda Green Stoffman, who I miss and think of every day.
To my father, Isaac Stoffman, the physician who by his example taught me from my earliest days to always respect patients, to never settle for providing anything but the best care no matter who the patient or what the circumstance, to not complain when patients get sick at inconvenient times, and to understand that the purpose of a health-care professional is to provide care -not to pass judgment or become rich and famous.
However secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows ready to pounce when neglect, poverty, famine, or war lets down the defenses. And even in normal times they prey on the weak, the very young and the very old, living along with us, in mysterious obscurity awaiting their opportunities.
Hans Zinsser Rats, Lice and History, 1935
Contents Foreword Acknowledgments How to Use This Book Classification of Illnesses by Their Characteristics Introduction Part I Understanding and treating Infectious Illness Chapter 1 Understanding Infectious Illness
How Germs Are Spread
How the Immune System Works
Treating Infections
Fever Chapter 2 Home Nursing Care
Observing for Symptoms
Caring for Babies Younger Than Three Months Old
Caring for Toddlers and Children with Fever
Caring for Family Members with Upper Respiratory Infections (Colds, Coughs, Sore Throats)
Caring for Family Members with Diarrhea or Vomiting
Giving Medications
Comfort Measures Part II Disease Prevention Chapter 3 Immunization
Children
Adults
Vaccine Injury Compensation Chapter 4 Disinfection at Home
Cleaning Products
Cleaning Methods Chapter 5 Infection Control Standards for Child-Care Centers and Preschools
Published Guidelines
Hygiene
Infectious Disease Risks
Immunizations and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Sick Children
Severe Illness Chapter 6 Information on Medical Evaluation for Children Adopted from Other Countries Chapter 7 Disease Prevention for International Travelers of All Ages
Treating Water
Food
Traveler s Diarrhea
Specific Disease Risks in Travel to Developing Countries
International Travel and Immunizations for Children
Medical Information and Travel Guides Part III Alphabetical Listing of 100 Infectious Illnesses
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)
Athlete s Foot (Tinea Pedis)
Bladder Infection (Urinary Tract Infection)
Botulism
California Encephalitis (CE)
Campylobacter (Campylobacteriosis)
Cat-Scratch Disease
Chancroid
Chicken Pox (Varicella)
Chlamydia
Chlamydial Pneumonia
Cholera
Clostridium Perfringens
CMV (Cytomegalovirus)
Colds
Cold Sores (Herpes Simplex)
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Crabs (Pediculosis Pubis)
Croup
Cryptosporidiosis
Cytomegalovirus (See CMV)
Diarrheal Diseases
Diphtheria
Ear Infection (Otitis Media)
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
E. Coli 0157:H7 (Escherichia Coli Hemorrhagic Colitis 0157:H7)
Encephalitis
Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)
Flu (Influenza)
Food-Borne Illnesses (Food Poisoning)
Genital Herpes
Genital Warts (Human Papillomavirus, HPV)
German Measles (Rubella)
Giardia (Giardiasis)
Gonorrhea
Group B Strep Disease
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
Head Lice
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Herpes Simplex (see Cold Sores or Genital Herpes)
Herpes Zoster (see Shingles)
H. Flu Meningitis or Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae Meningitis)
HIV (see AIDS)
Impetigo
Infant Botulism
Influenza (see Flu)
Japanese Encephalitis (JE)
Jock Itch (Tinea Cruris)
Legionnaires Disease
Leprosy (Hansen s Disease)
Leptospirosis
Listeria (Listeriosis)
Lockjaw (see Tetanus)
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles (Rubeola)
Meningitis
Meningitis, Bacterial
Meningitis, Viral
Meningococcal Meningitis
Mono (Infectious Mononucleosis)
Mumps
Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Norwalk Agent
Otitis Media (see Ear Infection)
Parrot Fever (Psittacosis)
Pasteurella (Pasteurellosis)
Pertussis (see Whooping Cough)
PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
Pink Eye (see Conjunctivitis)
Pinworm (Enterobiasis)
Plague
Pneumococcal Meningitis
Pneumonia
Pnemonia, Bacterial
Pneumonia, Viral
Polio (Poliomyelitis)
Pork Tapeworm (Taeniasis)
Q Fever (Query Fever)
Rabies
Rat-Bite Fever
Rheumatic Fever
Ringworm (Tinea), Scalp Ringworm (Tinea Capitis), Body Ringworm (Tinea Corporis)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Roseola (Exanthem Subitem)
Rotavirus
Roundworm (Toxocariasis)
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
Rubella (see German Measles)
St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE)
Salmonella (Salmonellosis)
Scabies
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Shigella (Shigellosis)
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Smallpox (Variola)
Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
Strep Throat
Syphilis
TB (see Tuberculosis)
Tetanus (Lockjaw)
Thrush (Candidiasis)
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Toxoplasmosis
Trich (Trichomoniasis)
Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Typhoid Fever
Urinary Tract Infection (see Bladder Infection)
Vaginal Yeast Infection (Candidiasis)
Vaginitis (Vaginosis)
Warts
Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Yellow Fever
Yersinia (Yersiniosis) Appendix A Generic Drugs and Trade Names Appendix B Resources Glossary Bibliography Index
Foreword
Infectious diseases have become page-one news. One day, there s an outbreak of plague in India, the next a report of Legionnaires disease on a cruise ship in North America.
Sometimes it seems that even ordinary things we do may be fraught with danger. A day in the countryside? We might get Lyme disease. A snack at the neighborhood fast-food restaurant? Better be careful-remember the child in Seattle who died as a result of E. coli 0157:H7 infection after eating an undercooked hamburger?
This atmosphere of anxiety about disease is a far cry from two decades ago, when it seemed that medical science had all but conquered infectious disease. And indeed, we have made amazing strides.
Because of mass vaccination, such diseases as measles, Haemophilus type b meningitis, polio, diphtheria, and tetanus are much less common than they once were. Although we haven t conquered these diseases, we have rendered them much less dangerous-only rarely does one of them take a life in North America.
This mixture of good and bad news fosters confusion and unnecessary alarm. The antidote is information, calmly and factually presented. That is what this book offers. Written by a community-health and infection-control nurse with long experience in caring for children and educating parents, this book offers the facts the layperson needs to prevent infectious diseases and to care for people who have them. One hundred diseases are covered, ranging from the common cold to such exotic maladies as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and bubonic plague.
This book is necessary for several reasons. One is simply as a reminder to have children vaccinated. Because the current generation of parents and pediatricians have had little direct experience with many of the severe infections of children, some may underestimate the danger these infections represent and the necessity that children be protected.
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