Are you experiencing sudden diarrhea, intestinal (stomach) cramps and loss of appetite symptoms? Uppermost on the list of possible suspect causes is acute enteritis.
Enteritis is inflammation of your small intestines, most often caused by a virus. However, eating or drinking something (foodborne) that is contaminated with bacteria is a major player as well. [...]
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Aspirin given to a child for treatment of a viral infection has been shown to have a side effect risk of potential liver and brain damaging disease known as Reye’s syndrome.
Reye’s syndrome is deadly, attacks without warning, typically follows up a virus infection and its exact cause is unknown. The major health concern of [...]
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Chickenpox is generally a mild infection caused by the varicella (herpes family) virus. It is highly contagious and spreads via air or direct contact.
Chicken pox’s most distinguishable feature is its rash, usually appearing on your face, scalp and trunk. The initial sign you’ve been infected with this virus are spots, which quickly turn [...]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), frequently misspelled as Epstein Bar, is the most prevalent of all human viruses. It is estimated that most of the “over 40″ crowd have been infected.
This virus is part of the herpes virus clan, and after infection it often lies dormant in a few cells of your body for life.
Many healthy [...]
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Is your child running a fever, along with painful red blisters in their mouth, on the palms of their hands or the soles of their feet? They may have contracted hand foot and mouth disease, a form of coxsackie virus.
The most important thing to remember about coxsackie virus is it is highly contagious. [...]
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Fifth disease is caused by the human parvovirus B19, a viral infection. This virus commonly infects children, however adults without a previously developed immunity can come down with it also. Since fifth disease parvovirus can only infect humans, don’t blame it on your pet dog or cat as the source of this [...]
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Viruses are extremely complex little inconveniences or a major health disruptor. This coverage is a discussion in general.
Viral infections are caused by very minuscule sized viruses, that raid a living cell for growth. Smaller than any bacteria, fungus or parasite disease creators your body is going to come across.
Once inside, a virus foray may [...]
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Smallpox is a highly contagious, potentially deadly infectious variola virus disease. Back in 1977 was when the last naturally occurring case was reported. The only smallpox virus known to be in existence are in a laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia and Russia, in small amounts.
Symptoms of smallpox are difficult to differentiate from other flu-like infections:
rash
fatigue
malaise
headache
backache
high fever
Smallpox [...]
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Both the measles and rubella are contagious infectious diseases caused by a virus. Neither of which have any form of treatment. Each causes their own distinct symptoms.
Measles (ruboela) main symptom is an itchy skin rash, that usually starts in the vicinity of your head and migrates down your body. Inside of [...]
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Rabies is a preventable fatal infectious viral disease that is transmitted through a bite from a rabid animal, with the percentage of recent cases being the bite of a bat. Others on the list to avoid are:
fox
skunk
coyote
raccoon
groundhogs
woodchucks
A bat that is active during the day, in an unusual spot, not able to fly or is easily [...]
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