ENH 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Escherichia, Shigella Sonnei, Campylobacter

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Environmental Health
• Course: ENH 122
• Professor: Jordan Tustin

Document Summary

Sudden onset, profuse painless watery stool (enterotoxin affecting small intestine), nausea, vomiting. Untreated: dehydration, acidosis, circulatory collapse, hypoglycemi a in kids, renal failure. Places with unsafe water and food, poor hygien e, poor sanitat ion and crowd ed living conditi ons. Devel oping countr ies, peri- urban slums where basic urban infrast ructur e is missin. Ingestion of an infective dose of contaminated food or water and can be transmitted through many mechanisms. Water usually contaminated by feces or infected individuals. Could be a carrier for months after, though. Gastric achlorhydia increases risk of illness, breast fed infants are protected. Nausea, swollen lymph nodes, chills, fever, malaise, myalgia, buboes on body exterior: coli (escheria coli) Diarrhea (can be watery), stomach pain, vomiting g. Also, can someti mes sporad ically be in. In the right conditions y. pestis can remain in fleas for months. Humans in general, mostly in poor hygiene, rodent infested areas.