Symptoms A tick bite is usually harmless. A local allergic skin reaction with itching may develop within hours to two days after the bite. Rarely, a dangerous anaphylaxis is possible. The transmission of infectious diseases during the tick bite is problematic. Two diseases are of particular importance: 1. Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused … Tick Bites
Symptoms The majority of patients (approximately 80%) are asymptomatic or develop only mild symptoms. Approximately 20% experience flu-like symptoms (West Nile fever) such as fever, headache, feeling sick, nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and skin rashes. Other symptoms such as conjunctivitis, hepatitis, movement disorders or confusion are possible. Less than 1% develop neuroinvasive disease with meningitis, … West Nile Virus
Symptoms After an incubation period of 3-6 days, symptoms include fever, chills, severe headache, nosebleeds, aching limbs, nausea, and fatigue. The infection may also be asymptomatic. In most patients, the disease is resolved within about a week. In a minority of about 15%, it takes a severe course after a short recovery period of up … Yellow Fever Causes and Treatment
Symptoms The disease has traditionally been divided into 3 stages, which, however, cannot be clearly distinguished from each other and do not require patients to pass through them obligatorily and sequentially. The staging has therefore been abandoned by some experts in favor of an early and late phase or organ-based classification. Borrelia initially infect the … Lyme Diseases: Causes and Treatment
Symptoms Early summer meningoencephalitis (TBE) is asymptomatic in about 70-90% of cases. It is characterized by its biphasic course. In the early phase, which lasts 4-6 days, there are flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, aching limbs, nausea and vomiting. Neurological symptoms such as visual disturbances may also occasionally occur. This is followed by a … TBE
Products TBE vaccine is commercially available as an injection suspension for adults and children (Encepur N, Encepur N Children, TBE-Immune CC, TBE-Immune Junior) and must be stored in a refrigerator. The vaccine has been licensed in many countries since 1979. Ingredients The vaccine contains TBE viruses of strain Karlsruhe K23 or Neudörfl (a locality in … Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine for Disease Prevention
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Products Vaccines are mainly sold as injectables. Some are also taken perorally as oral vaccines, for example, in the form of capsules (typhoid vaccine) or as a suspension for oral administration (rotavirus). Monopreparations and combination preparations are commercially available. Vaccines, with few exceptions, are stored in a refrigerator at a temperature of 2 to 8 … Vaccines
Background Medicines are usually stored at room temperature between 15 to 25 °C (sometimes up to 30 °C). However, for relatively many drugs, storage in the refrigerator at a temperature between 2 to 8 °C is mandatory. Why? At a low temperature, the molecular movement and reactivity of the compounds is reduced, germ growth is … Store Cool
Symptoms Uncomplicated dengue fever manifests as sudden onset and high fever that lasts for about 2-7 days. It is accompanied by headache, pain behind the eyes, nausea, nodular-spotted rash, and muscle and joint pain. Other symptoms include flushing, itching, sensory disturbances, bleeding, and petechiae. A symptomless or mild course is also possible. The infection is … Dengue
Synonyms in a broader sense Early summer meningo-encephalitis, encephalitis, tick Tick bite Please also note our suitable topic: Tick bite Definition The TBE virus is transmitted by ticks just like borelliosis. The TBE virus occurs particularly in southern Germany, but recently it has been spreading increasingly northwards. Early summer meningoencephalitis (TBE) is an inflammation of … Early summer meningoencephalitis (FSME)
Where are the risk areas for TBE? It used to be possible to say that early summer meningoencephalitis (TBE) occurred mainly in southern Germany. As a result of climate change and the mild winters that accompany it, more and more cases of TBE are also occurring in northern and central Germany. According to the Robert … Where are the risk areas for TBE? | Early summer meningoencephalitis (FSME)