Synonym Kissing Disease – Virus EBV Pfeiffer’s disease Infectious Mononucleosis Mononucleosis infectiosaund Monocyteangina An initial infection with the Epstein Barr virus in adolescence or adulthood causes unspecific flu-like symptoms. Patients show an elevated temperature between 38.5° and 39° Celcius, limb and body pain, as well as fatigue and exhaustion. Furthermore, the lymph nodes in the … Epstein-Barr virus
Prophylaxis So far there are no vaccines against Pfeiffer’s glandular fever caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, so that only avoiding infected persons is a preventive measure. However, this is impossible due to the high rate of infection of the population with the virus and the unspecific course of an infection. Postinfectious immunity As mentioned above, … Prophylaxis | Epstein-Barr virus
Introduction Pfeiffer’s glandular fever, or infectious mononucleosis – as it is called medically correct – is an infectious disease caused by the so-called Epstein-Barr virus. Compared to most infectious diseases, the Pfeiffer’s glandular fever is a long-lasting affair. As always, the duration of the illness depends on the physical conditions, state of health and other … Duration of the whistling glandular fever
Duration of sick leave How long the patient is put on sick leave depends mainly on the treating doctor and the patient’s wishes. As already mentioned, the Pfeiffer’s glandular fever does not cause a complete defeat so that one feels unable to work physically. Rather, those affected feel a sense of listlessness that lasts for … Duration of sick leave | Duration of the whistling glandular fever
Duration with the baby In babies and infants, Pfeiffer’s glandular fever does not usually last as long as in older patients. The differentiation from other “normal” viral diseases is, however, very difficult at this age because the symptoms of the disease hardly differ. From a sound medical point of view, it is therefore very difficult … Duration with the baby | Duration of the whistling glandular fever
Definition – What is chronic glandular fever? The chronically active Pfeiffer’s glandular fever is, as the name suggests, a chronic form of acute Pfeiffer’s glandular fever, “infectious mononucleosis”. It is defined as the occurrence of symptoms even after 3 months after infection with the Ebstein Barr virus. It is a rare, progressive disease that begins … Chronic glandular fever
The chronic fatigue syndrome The chronic fatigue syndrome is a complex clinical picture, which is characterized by extreme fatigue and cannot yet be explained by an organic cause. It is often brought in connection with the Pfeiffer’s glandular fever. In a symptomatic illness with Pfeiffer’s glandular fever, a pronounced physical weakness and fatigue is often … The chronic fatigue syndrome | Chronic glandular fever
Test for a Helicobacter When detecting Helicobacter pylori, a distinction is made between so-called invasive and non-invasive methods. Invasive means that one penetrates into body tissue. There are several non-invasive test methods. With these, a colonization with Helicobacter pylori is in principle very easy to detect. One of the simplest methods uses the normal exhaled … Test for a Helicobacter | Helicobacter pylori
Infection The transmission path of Helicobacter pylori is not conclusively clarified. The possibility of oral-oral and faecal-oral transmission by excretion of the bacterium in stool and reabsorption by other persons, e.g. from water, is being discussed. Contaminated food also provides a source of absorption. The germ initially colonizes its main reservoir in humans, the lower … Infection | Helicobacter pylori
Virulence factors Furthermore, Helicobacter pylori produces urease, an enzyme that breaks down urea into ammonia and CO2. This raises the pH in the bacterium’s surrounding medium, i.e. it is converted into a less acidic environment. The neutral environment is called the ammonia mantle. Helicobacter pylori also produces virulence factors such as the vacuolating VacA and … Virulence factors | Helicobacter pylori
Summary Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative rod bacterium. There are more than 300 different strains, which are distributed worldwide, are regionally and familially abundant, and their genetic information sometimes varies considerably. What they all have in common is a whole range of different adaptation mechanisms that enable it to survive in its main reservoir, the … Helicobacter pylori
Introduction The Epstein-Barr virus is a human herpes virus that causes “infectious mononucleosis” and is also a virus that has been found to be carcinogenic. The acute form of the disease, Pfeiffer’s glandular fever or otherwise known as infectious mononucleosis, occurs in many different degrees of intensity. The incubation period also shows a wide range … Incubation period of whistling glandular fever
