Viral meningitis is a serious illness that causes symptoms such as severe headache, fever and stiff neck, due to inflammation of the meninges, which are the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Some viruses that can cause this type of meningitis are enteroviruses such as echo, coxsackie and polioviruses, arboviruses, mumps virus, herpes […]
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Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, which usually lives in the intestine, but which can reach the bloodstream and, in some cases, affect the central nervous system, causing paralysis of the limbs, motor changes and may even cause the death. The polio virus is transmitted from one person to another […]
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Infantile paralysis, also known as polio or poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious infection caused by Poliovirusresulting in symptoms such as low-grade fever, sore throat, vomiting, muscle weakness, or pain or stiffness in the arms or legs. The infantile paralysis virus naturally inhabits the intestine and can be transmitted to other people through contact with contaminated […]
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Malaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodiumwhich causes symptoms such as fever, sweating, chills, nausea, vomiting, headache and weakness, and which is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected female mosquito Anopheles. As it is transmitted by mosquito bites, the best way to prevent malaria is to avoid being bitten, through […]
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Kala-azar is a disease caused by protozoa Leishmania chagasi e Leishmania donovani and it happens when a small insect of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, popularly known as straw mosquito or birigui, infected by one of the protozoa, bites the person and releases this parasite into the bloodstream, resulting in illness. The symptoms of this disease, […]
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Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the virus Herpes simplexwhich can be transmitted through sexual intercourse without a condom or through direct contact with lesions in the genital region caused by the virus. The main sign of infection with the herpes virus is usually the appearance of lesions and vesicles in the […]
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HPV in the mouth is infection by the human papilloma virus in the oral mucosa, which generally occurs due to direct contact with genital lesions during unprotected oral sex, with a person infected with HPV, leading to the appearance of symptoms such as lesions or small whitish warts. , frequent canker sores or white or […]
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Hepatitis D is an infection caused by the hepatitis D virus (HDV), causing inflammation of the liver and symptoms such as fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or yellowing of the skin and eyes. This type of hepatitis usually affects people who have hepatitis B, because the hepatitis D virus uses the hepatitis B surface antigen […]
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Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused, most of the time, by viruses, but it can also be the result of the use of medications or the body’s response, being called autoimmune hepatitis. The different types of hepatitis are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, autoimmune hepatitis, drug hepatitis and chronic hepatitis. Regardless […]
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HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the human papillomavirus, which can affect women and men and does not cause symptoms at the beginning of the disease. However, in some cases, this infection can cause warts to appear in the genital region, anus, mouth or throat. HPV is transmitted mainly through unprotected sexual […]
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