Infectious Diseases

Is a Bacterial Infection Contagious
Bacteria is a single celled organism that is known to cause infections. Many people wonder 'is a bacterial infection contagious?' This article will shed some light on 'are bacterial infection contagious?'.

Fungal Rash on Buttocks
Fungal rash on buttocks is among the most common skin infections that people suffer from. Apart from affecting the buttocks, these rashes are also common in thighs and the groin area. Here is an insight on the different aspects of fungal rash on buttocks and its treatment.

Bacterial Infection Symptoms
Bacterial infection symptoms vary according to the type of bacterial infections. Read on to know all about the bacterial infection symptoms, causes and treatments...

Intestinal Infection Symptoms
Are you suffering from nausea, vomiting or diarrhea? These are the most common of intestinal infection symptoms displayed. Read the article carefully to find out if you are indeed suffering from intestinal infection.

Belly Button Infections
Belly button infections have become very common among people these days. The reasons for developing belly button infections can be many. Let us discuss the causes and preventive measures for belly button infections.

Lyme Disease: Cures for Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is caused due to a bacteria called borrelia burgdorferi. This bacteria is spread through the bite of an infected tick. Learn about the methods involved in Lyme disease cure.

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection: Symptoms and Treatment
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacteria that causes infection to people who are ill and usually does not infect healthy people. To know the symptoms and treatment for the infection caused due to pseudomonas aeruginosa, read on...

Neonatal Sepsis: Causes, Signs and Treatment
Neonatal sepsis is an infection that affects infants and it can be fatal, if treatment is not given early. To know the causes, symptoms and treatments of neonatal sepsis, read on...

Toxoplasmosis: Symptoms and Treatment
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection commonly acquired by consuming uncooked meat or contact with feces of a cat. To know more about symptoms of toxoplasmosis and its treatment, read on...

Sepsis: Symptoms and Treatment
Sepsis, a severe bacterial infection, causes chills, fever, diarrhea and low blood pressure. It can be treated by administering antibiotics and other medications, based on the causal bacteria and affected organs.

Treatment for Scarlet Fever
Scarlet fever is characterized by fever and red rash. It is an infectious disease that is caused by bacteria. Let's have a look at the treatment options available for this disease.

Roseola: Causes, Treatment and Prevention
Roseola is a common viral infection in infants and children. It is characterized by skin rash and high fever. Here is the detailed information regarding the causes, treatment and prevention of roseola.

Anthrax Disease - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
In recent years, the very infamous word Anthrax disease came to light, when terrorists used a powder to spread the disease among innocent people around the world. It became an effective weapon for terrorists in bio-terrorism.

Infection from Cat Bites
Cats are, no doubt, favorite domestic pets, but it is also wise to be aware of infections from cat bites. If you don’t know about the effects of cat bites or scratches, then you should go through this information.

Early Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection, spread through ticks. It gives rise to flu-like symptoms as well as red, round rashes on the skin. Read on to know more about early symptoms of Lyme disease.

Skin Fungus and Infections: Symptoms and Treatment
Fungal skin infections are caused by dermatophyte, a type of fungus. Some common types of fungal skin infections are ringworm, athlete’s foot and cutaneous candidiasis. Here is detailed information about skin infections caused by different types of fungi.

Respirators and Face Masks
When Leonardo da Vinci suggested that a piece of cloth dipped in water could protect sailors from a toxic weapon, I am sure he had no idea that it would be the beginning of respirators and face masks!

Sepsis - Septicemia
Sepsis or Septicemia, as known earlier is a state of hyper reaction of the body's immune system and can be fatal in some cases. To know more read this article, which enumerates the Symptoms, causes and treatment of this disorder.

Peritonsillar Abscess
Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA) also known as Quinsy infects male and female in equal ratio and can infect anyone between ages 14 to 70. Around 100,000 patients are diagnosed of PTA every year worldwide.

Bubonic Plague
For thousands of years, bacterial infection of various types has killed millions of people and its still one of the biggest medical problems faced by human kind. One such bacterial infection which has caused death of millions of people in a very short span of time is bubonic plague and is also known as "Black Death".

List of Common Infectious Diseases
Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic, Prion and Viral infectious diseases.

Mumps Symptoms - What is Parotitis?
An Inflammation of the parotid glands which is caused by a virus, is called mumps. Here is information on how to recognize the symptoms and take care of the individual.

Bubonic Plague Case Confirmed in Los Angeles
The first confirmed human case of bubonic plague in over 20 years has been diagnosed in Los Angeles.

Alternative Medicines And Treatment For Stye
A stye is an infection of the eyelash follicle, usually caused by the staphylococcus bacterium.

Who Is Going To Protect Us From Him?
A Mexican national infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis crossed the US border 76 times and took multiple domestic flights in the last year.

Vaginal Infections - What Makes Your Vagina so Different
It is not healthy to engage in coupling (intercourse) if you have an infection?

World Faces Threat From New Deadly Diseases As Scientists Struggle to Keep Up, Say Experts
· Infectious illness spreads at fastest rate in history· WHO calls for worldwide effort to avoid pandemics

Starting a Surveillance Program in the Dialysis Clinic
Infections are the second leading cause of mortality. Each year, about 10 percent of dialysis patients are hospitalized due to infections,1 which are frequently severe and require the use of strong antibiotics. This frequent antibiotic exposure makes hemodialysis patients especially vulnerable to resistant bacterial infections.

What To Do With A Tick Bite And How To Remove A Tick On Your Own
An overview about ticks, the diseases they spread to humans and how to get rid of them if you are infected.

Throw your Tea kettle in the garbage!
Please read this, and pass this story on to everyone you know, and then throw your tea pot in the garbage!

Alarm in South-east Asia As Tests Confirm Sars Case
Two months after the global outbreak of the Sars virus was declared to be over, Singapore announced that a 27-year-old medical researcher had tested positive for the disease. The news sent shock waves throughout Asia, still recovering from the economic impact of the last outbreak, and the...

Sars Epidemic Could Recur
Only two out of nine experts say humans are safe. Sars, the virus which emerged in China in February and spread to 32 countries, killing more than 800 people, might re-emerge in the autumn, say health experts.

Parasitic Infections Causing Sea Otter Deaths
A study recently conducted by University of California (UC) researchers to determine why an unusually large number of sea otters are dying off the coast of California has revealed that parasitic infections are responsible for many of the deaths.

Sars fear comes back to Toronto
Canada is reeling from the shock of discovering it may have at least 20 new cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars), less than a month after health experts gave it the all clear for foreigners travelling there.

What it is and how to avoid it
A serious disease which first seems to have emerged in the Guangdong province of southern China in November last year, although global alerts were not issued until last month.

Young People Predominate in Latest Sars Deaths
Another seven people have died from Sars in Hong Kong, raising the country's death toll from the virus to 47 and the global figure to 140. What has surprised doctors in Hong Kong, though, is that six of the people who died recently were relatively young with no other illnesses. Until now,...

Quarantine tags to curb Sars spread
Singaporean authorities have ordered that people quarantined for the mystery Sars virus be electronically tagged in an attempt to contain a new cluster of cases.

Singapore Dispatch: How the Country is Coping With Sars
John Aglionby visits the country with the highest Sars-related death rate. Last Saturday, Singapore thought it had contained, if not quite beaten, the mysterious and undefined bug known as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, which from its southern China origins has now reached every continent and killed more than 100 people.

Mystery Disease Spreads: 75 New Cases
Seventy-five people have been infected by a mystery flu bug in Hong Kong in the last day, bringing the total number of cases in the city to 685. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a pneumonia-like virus that has killed 63 people and infected almost 1,900 in 12 countries, is being...

Bug thrives in warm stagnant water
Legionnaire's disease is a bacterial disease which may cause pneumonia. It gets its name from an outbreak at a state convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976, when 34 of 221 people affected died. But cases have been confirmed as far back as 1947 and it probably occurred earlier.

Man dies in legionnaire's outbreak
Twenty hit by disease in town as hunt begins for cause. One man has died and at least 100 people are believed to have been infected in the worst outbreak of legionnaire's disease in Britain for a decade.