Zika Virus presentation

Good afternoon. My name is Carla Lander.

And the disease I am going to be talking about today is going to be Zika virus.

So let's actually start off on what is Zika virus.

So Zika virus is a viral disease also known as Zika

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and it's mosquito borne.

So for those of you that don't know,

mosquito borne just means diseases that are caused

by the bite of an infected mosquito.

So it's important to try and avoid areas where

there is a lot of insects to try and prevent yourself from getting bitten.

Um You could use bug spray.

Um We could talk about other ways later on on how to prevent getting Zika virus.

So next, let's talk about etiology

and it's

just the cause or causes of a disease.

In this case, it's gonna be the cause and causes of

Zika virus.

So

the cause of Zika virus um

is by

infected mosquitoes, more specifically

aids species of mosquito

in which they are out throughout the day, during the day, night, afternoon.

Um

And

since they are

out throughout the day,

it's important to try and be careful

um and check what areas you are visiting if you are traveling.

So next we could talk about the mechanism of transmission.

So Zika virus is mostly spread by a bite

of an infected mosquito as we talked about before.

But for those who are pregnant and who are infected by

Zika virus,

it can be transmitted from the pregnant woman to her fetus, which isn't good.

Also,

um a mechanism of transmission can be

from sexual intercourse from an infected person to

a healthy individual who isn't infected. It could be their partner.

Next, we are going to be talking about signs and symptoms of the Zika virus.

So

some symptoms can be fever, headache,

rashes, joint pain, muscle, pain, red eyes.

And although most people infected with Zika virus will have symptoms,

some people might only experience

a mild symptoms.

But for those who are pregnant and get

the Zika virus

that can lead to birth defects in their fetus. And these symptoms can last

2 to 7 days

if you are infected.

Next, let's talk about diagnosis and how to be diagnosed with Zika virus.

So,

um

if that person

in particular, if a person still feels sick sick after a few days of

having um the Zika virus symptoms,

um seeing a doctor is recommended

and there they could ask for a blood test or a urine test

to help determine if the person is infected with Zika virus or not.

So, here are important ways on how to prevent

getting Zika virus

So,

um

avoiding mosquitoes is going to be the hardest thing to do since

we, there's insects all over wherever you go.

But a way to prevent mosquitoes, um getting bitten by mosquito bites

are wearing clothes that cover your whole body

and to prevent it from being transmitted

through sexual intercourse will be wearing condoms

because they reduce the chance of getting Zika through sexual intercourse.

And this can include a male and female condoms.

Either or

next, we could talk about treatments. So

there is currently no vaccine or medicine to treat Zika virus.

But here are some recommendations that

you can do

to help you feel better if you do have Zika virus. So,

drinking fluids, um this can be water juice, um

anything just so it could prevent from dehydration

while you are feeling the symptoms.

Another thing you can take is Tylenol.

This can help reduce the fever as well as the pain,

which include a muscle pain and joint pain from the symptoms listed

earlier.

Next, let's talk about prognosis. So

what is prognosis? So, prognosis is the likely outcome or cause of a disease.

So

some outcomes or um

or cause of a disease for Zika virus is going to be

pregnancy problems if the person infected

is pregnant.

So

with that being said,

it can cause birth defects like we talked about um a few slides ago

um which can be dangerous for both the mother and the fetus.

It could also cause Guilin Boris syndrome

and this syndrome

is sickness of the nervous system.

Um this can lead to the immune system,

damaging the nerve cells and then causing muscle weakness

and sometimes can cause paralysis.

In rare cases, it can affect the brain by swelling

by your brain, um being swelled up as well as the spinal cord

and can also lead to a blood disorder.

And when having blood disorder, it can then lead to bleeding,

slow blood clotting and bruising,

which isn't good.

So occurrence.

So the last confirmed case in the United States territories,

which ever one is going to be in 2019.

And ever since then, there hasn't been um a case reported.

So in this picture, we can actually see

um

where the cases were being reported. So in the US, um there was cases

from Zika virus previously

but since there is any, there isn't any red marks, there hasn't been

um a current case which is good.

So just a summary of what I talked about.

So the Zika virus is a viral disease that is a mosquito borne

and ways on how to prevent that is going to be

to

having to wearing clothes that cover your whole body

to avoid areas that have had current cases.

And

some symptoms that you might want to consider

going to the hospital will be fever, joint pain, muscle pain,

um

headache, rashes, red eyes

and treatments would be

to take Tylenol and stay hydrated

and so far for occurrence, there hasn't been any recent cases since 2019

and here are my references

and that's all. Thank you.

Zika Virus presentation

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