Legionnaires Disease
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Legionnaires’ Disease By Adrian MacGregor
Disease Name • The bacterial name for this is Legionella Pneumphila
History Of The Bacteria • Known of but not identified since 1947 • The disease was identified in 1976 when a outbreak of respiratory sickness among people at the American legion convention in Philadelphia, the bacteria was in the hotel and was spread throughout the building via its air conditioning • . Another was in the Netherlands in 1999 during a flower exhibition in Bovenkarspel. 200 people became sick and 32 people died
Etiology • When a person gets the bacteria the body sends out cells to fight them off, but the bacteria is stronger and eats the cells, the bacteria continues to grow as the body gets weaker.
Mode of Transmission • The bacteria is found in warm, still water and soil the bacteria has sunk into, the water then is evaporated and becomes airborne..
Symptoms •
2-10 days the symptoms can be a fever, chills, headaches, muscle pain, low appetite, tiredness, and a dry cough. • Soon after that the symptoms evolve and become chest pain, a fever that goes up and down, confusion, diarrhoea, stomach pain, and delirium the cough would have started to spit up bloody flem and there might be blood in your pee. • In some cases you can experience kidney failure and death.
Prevention • You can stop the spread of this by getting rid of still water and regularly disinfect your air ducts, humidifiers, shower heads, taps, and pipes.
Treatments and Cures • In order to treat this disease you must get IV liquids (usually erythromycin). Everything depends on how bad your disease is and of course allergies etc. It is said to drink lots and sleep lots just like with almost every disease. Old people and kids usually take longer to heal it usually takes 2 or so weeks. HAR D
Well that sucks
Bibliography • http://www.annals.org/content/90/4/656.abstract • http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/legionnair es.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionellosis • http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/l/legionnaires_di sease/stats-country.htm
Disease Name • The bacterial name for this is Legionella Pneumphila
History Of The Bacteria • Known of but not identified since 1947 • The disease was identified in 1976 when a outbreak of respiratory sickness among people at the American legion convention in Philadelphia, the bacteria was in the hotel and was spread throughout the building via its air conditioning • . Another was in the Netherlands in 1999 during a flower exhibition in Bovenkarspel. 200 people became sick and 32 people died
Etiology • When a person gets the bacteria the body sends out cells to fight them off, but the bacteria is stronger and eats the cells, the bacteria continues to grow as the body gets weaker.
Mode of Transmission • The bacteria is found in warm, still water and soil the bacteria has sunk into, the water then is evaporated and becomes airborne..
Symptoms •
2-10 days the symptoms can be a fever, chills, headaches, muscle pain, low appetite, tiredness, and a dry cough. • Soon after that the symptoms evolve and become chest pain, a fever that goes up and down, confusion, diarrhoea, stomach pain, and delirium the cough would have started to spit up bloody flem and there might be blood in your pee. • In some cases you can experience kidney failure and death.
Prevention • You can stop the spread of this by getting rid of still water and regularly disinfect your air ducts, humidifiers, shower heads, taps, and pipes.
Treatments and Cures • In order to treat this disease you must get IV liquids (usually erythromycin). Everything depends on how bad your disease is and of course allergies etc. It is said to drink lots and sleep lots just like with almost every disease. Old people and kids usually take longer to heal it usually takes 2 or so weeks. HAR D
Well that sucks
Bibliography • http://www.annals.org/content/90/4/656.abstract • http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/legionnair es.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionellosis • http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/l/legionnaires_di sease/stats-country.htm
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