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A COLD SORE AND IS CAUSED BY A VIRAL INFECTION.
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CAUSED BY A VIRAL INFECTION.
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THE INFECTED PERSON CAN SHED THE VIRUS EVEN WITHOUT AN ACTIVE LESION.
TRUE OR FALES
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| HERPES SIMPLEX IS SPREAD BY |
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CONTACT
KISSING, SHARED EATING UTENSILS, RAZORS, TOWELS, CONTACT WITH ORAL SECRETIONS, OROGENITAL SEXUAL CONTACT
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HERPES RUNS IN FAMILIES
TRUE OR FALES |
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TRUE-
BUT IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER IT IS DUE TO AN ALTERATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OR WHETHER THE FAMILY MEMBERS SPREAD THE INFECTION TO EACH OTHER. |
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| HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 USU. APPEARS WHERE? |
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ON THE LIPS BUT IT CAN BE ON THE NOSTRILS, CHEEKS, FINGERS, INSIDE OF THE MOUTH.
BUT CAN ALSO APPEAR ON THE GENITALS.
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HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1
CAN NOT INFECT THE LUNGS
TRUE OR FALES? |
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FALES-
IT CAN ALSO INFECT THE LUNGS & THEN CAN BE SPREAD BY DROPLETS. |
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THE PRIMARY LESION
and pain |
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USU. MORE PAINFUL & LASTS LONGER THAN SECONDARY, OR SUBSEQUENT LESIONS.
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WITH THE --------------- THE CLIENT MAY HAVE FEVER, MALAISE, LYMPHADENOPATHY AND A SORE THROAT.
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| COMPLICATIONS OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS |
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ENCEPHALITIS, DISSEMINATION OF THE VIRUS.
PNEUMONIA, COLITIS, AND ESOPHAGITIS |
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| HERPES SIMPLEX IS SERIOUS IN PREGNANT WOMAN BECAUSE........... |
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IT CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.
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HERPES SIMPLEX Clinical Manifestations
APPEARS ---AFTER FIRST EXPOSURE AND LASTS--------
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| CAN APPEAR UP TO 20 DAYS AFTER EXPOSURE & USUALLY LAST 7-10 DAYS. |
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HERPES SIMPLEX
Clinical Manifestations
THE CLIENT INITIALLY NOTICES--- |
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A TINGLING FEELING AND A HARD BUMP.
THE BUMP THEN BECOMES RED & PAINFUL.
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HERPES SIMPLEX
Clinical Manifestations
ABOUT 2 DAYS AFTER
BUMP APPERS--- |
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Definition
CLUSTERS OF SMALL VESICLES APPEAR
THEN THE BLISTERS BREAK & OOZE, THEN A
YELLOW CRUST FORMS, WHICH THEN SLOUGHS OFF.
PINK GRANULATION TISSUE HEALS, USUALLY WITHOUT SCARRING |
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APPEARANCE OF THE LESIONS, CULTURE & SENSITIVITY TEST
THE TZANK TEST AND SERUM ANTIBODY TESTS CAN ALSO BE DONE.
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THE LESIONS HEAL WITH OR WITHOUT TREATMENT.
HERPES SIMPLEX CANNOT BE CURED
ANTIVIRAL MEDICATIONS TO DECREASE VIRAL SHEDDING, AS WELL AS THE FREQUENCY, SEVERITY, & DURATION OF OUTBREAKS
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Ice CAN BE USED TO DECREASE THE pain.
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Occupational herpes infection of the finger THAT AFFECTS: Nurses, dentists, AND DOCTORS.
IT IS Painful & recurrent.
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Herpes Whitlow
HEALTH CARE WORKERS during AN outbreak.
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should not have client contact
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| Herpes Whitlow Prevention |
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Definition
WEAR GLOVES WHENEVER THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE CLIENT’S MUCOUS MEMBRANES & OR0PHARYNGEAL SECRETIONS.
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