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==Overview== | |||
Symptoms associated with tularemia often include non-specific flu like symptoms. As the disease progresses tularemia will differentiate into five more specific variations. Symptoms and clinical manifestations will differentiate according to the type of tularemia infection. | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
*Common symptoms of tularemia include: | |||
Other symptoms of tularemia depend on how a person was exposed to the tularemia bacteria. These symptoms can include [[ulcer]]s on the skin or mouth, [[swollen and painful lymph glands]], swollen and painful eyes, and a [[sore throat]]. | :*Sudden [[fever]] | ||
:*[[Chills]] | |||
:*[[Headache]]s | |||
:*[[Diarrhea]] | |||
:*[[Muscle ache]]s | |||
:*[[Joint pain]] | |||
:*[[Dry cough]] | |||
:*Progressive [[weakness]] | |||
:*Other symptoms of tularemia depend on how a person was exposed to the tularemia bacteria. These symptoms can include [[ulcer]]s on the skin or mouth, [[swollen and painful lymph glands]], swollen and painful eyes, and a [[sore throat]]. | |||
Depending on the site of infection, tularemia has six characteristic clinical syndromes: ulceroglandular | *Depending on the site of infection and mode of transmission, tularemia has six characteristic clinical syndromes: | ||
:*ulceroglandular | |||
:*glandular | |||
:*oropharyngeal | |||
:*pneumonic | |||
:*oculoglandular | |||
:*typhoidal.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Plourde PJ, Embree J, Friesen F, Lindsay G, Williams T | title=Glandular tularemia with typhoidal features in a Manitoba child | journal=Can Med Assoc J | year=1992 | volume=146 | pages=1953–5 }}</ref> Inflammation spreads to the lymph nodes, which enlarge and may suppurate (mimicking bubonic plague). Lymph node involvement is accompanied by a high fever. Death may result.[http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/14923_tularemia.html] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Symptoms associated with tularemia often include non-specific flu like symptoms. As the disease progresses tularemia will differentiate into five more specific variations. Symptoms and clinical manifestations will differentiate according to the type of tularemia infection.
History and Symptoms
- Common symptoms of tularemia include:
- Sudden fever
- Chills
- Headaches
- Diarrhea
- Muscle aches
- Joint pain
- Dry cough
- Progressive weakness
- Other symptoms of tularemia depend on how a person was exposed to the tularemia bacteria. These symptoms can include ulcers on the skin or mouth, swollen and painful lymph glands, swollen and painful eyes, and a sore throat.
- Depending on the site of infection and mode of transmission, tularemia has six characteristic clinical syndromes:
References
- ↑ Plourde PJ, Embree J, Friesen F, Lindsay G, Williams T (1992). "Glandular tularemia with typhoidal features in a Manitoba child". Can Med Assoc J. 146: 1953&ndash, 5.