BACTERIA AS A TYPE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS

DEFINITION
Bacteria are single-celled creatures with tiny flagella. Bacteria are alive. They are very small organisms, often only a single cell. Bacteria need to get energy, and may emit toxins or waste products. By comparison, viruses are much smaller, and are not exactly "alive" in the normal sense.

Bacteria are other types of Staff they are everywhere in our homes, schools objects and so on, here we are going to look at some bacteria symptoms and how to attend to them medically…

SYMPTOMS OF BACTERIAL DISEASES

These are six (6) types of bacteria diseases, but most importantly, all others can be found under these six (6) that am about to mention below…
• Tachypnoea
• Fever
• Tachycardia
• Hypoxemia
• Diaphoresis
• Hypothermia

TACHYPNOEA
Breathing difficulty of any kind or "shortness of breath" is a potentially life-threatening disease that needs emergency. It can indicate numerous dangerous causes such as heart attack, pneumonia, or pulmonary embolism. There are other less serious causes, but these highly dangerous conditions need to be considered. These symptoms need to be diagnosed immediately by a medical professional because they can represent a life-threatening emergency.

These are some medical conditions that are possible causes of Rapid breathing or Shortness of breath. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Some everyday causes of rapid breathing include:
• Exercise or exertion

• Poor physical condition

• Stress - refers to emotional or psychological stress in common usage, but may occasionally refer to physical stress from exertion or exercise, such as in medical studies of physical conditioning.
• Hyperventilation - Excessively rapid breathing causing blood gas imbalances.

Some psychological disorders that may cause rapid breathing include:
• Anxiety attack - an imprecise name for a less severe panic attack.

• Panic attack - a panic attack usually causes many physical symptoms including rapid breathing.

• Panic disorder

• Anxiety disorders (type of Neurosis)

• Sexual aversion disorder (type of Sexual dysfunction) - this is not a common cause of rapid breathing.

Some physical diseases that may cause rapid breathing include:

• Heart attack - Heart attacks which can also be called "acute myocardial infarction" (AMI), are very common and also very deadly. The underlying cause of a heart attack is usually "coronary thrombosis", which is a blockage of the blood vessels of the heart. When the heart actually stops in a heart attack, this is called "cardiac arrest".

• Lung disorders – This can be seen as any condition that affects the lungs.

• Asthma – It is a chronic, ongoing lung disease or respiratory condition marked by acute flare-ups or attacks of difficulty with breathing.

• Bronchitis and Chronic bronchitis - These two (2) main types of bronchitis are very different in their onset and treatment, acute bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis is often related to an upper respiratory infection arising from a common cold or flu. Chronic bronchitis arises from various long-term problems, notably from smoking

• Emphysema - This is a chronic, ongoing, progressive disease of the lower respiratory tract in the lungs. It is one type of or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The hallmark of emphysema is difficulty with breathing that slowly gets worse over time. It is a seriously disabling disease with the potential for major complications and is often eventually fatal. According to experts of Heart, Lung and Blood doctors and researchers, emphysema/COPD is a major cause of disability, and it's the fourth leading cause of death in some countries.


• Pneumonia - This is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi.

• Tuberculosis – Otherwise called (TB) is a bacteria that usually causes disease in the lung. Many people become symptom-free carriers of the TB bacteria. Although common and deadly in the third world, tuberculosis was almost non-existent in the developed world, but has been making a recent resurgence. Certain drug-resistant strains are emerging and people with immune suppression such as AIDS or poor health are becoming carriers.

• Nervous system disorders – This as any disorder that is affecting the nervous system

• Neurological disorders.

FEVER
A fever usually means that the body has raised its temperature to fight an infection or condition. The most common causes are infectious viruses such as cold or flu. Also possibilities include gastroenteritis, hepatitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, otitis media, urinary tract infections, measles, roseola, prostratitis, mononucleosis, dental abcess, TB, and drug reactions. The most common causes of fever in children include cold, flu, otitis media, throat infection, UTI, or roseola, but there are numerous other possibilities. Less commonly, fever can be caused by extremely serious conditions such as meningitis, meningococcal disease, and others.
Chronic cases of mild fever can indicate various conditions. Some possibilities are hepatitis, tuberculosis, lymphoma, and reactions to drugs (so-called drug fever).

Causes of Fever
These medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Fever. There are likely other possible causes, so u can ask your doctor about your symptoms.
Numerous conditions can cause fever including infections or afflictions of the entire body or almost any organ or body location. These are some listed below, they are actually very important and common in our societies.

Common cold – I guess everyone is familiar with the feeling you get when you start a common cold, such as a sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, or tearing. Colds are very common but are more common in children and decline with age. They are rarely dangerous to healthy adults or children, but may occasionally be dangerous to infants, the elderly or other at-risk groups.

Flu - It is a common respiratory virus that is usually more severe than the common cold. Symptoms often include high fever, headache, fatigue, weakness, and exhaustion. Cold-like symptoms such as sore throat, runny nose, and stuffiness can also occur but are less common than in common cold.

Viruses - These are a very common type of infectious disease. Many of the most common human diseases are viral. There are literally hundreds of types of viral conditions.
Viruses are the smallest life-form existing, since they are not even a single cell. It is almost like they are not alive at all. They are small strands of DNA-like cell material. A virus

Upper respiratory tract infection – This refers to any type of infection of the upper respiratory tract.

Chest infection - This refers to any type of infection that affects the chest.

Ear infection - infection in the ear. The infection can have bacterial or viral origins. An ear infection is also known as otitis media and can cause pain, fever or even loss of hearing. Severe cases can lead to perforation of the eardrum.
Mononucleosis - Mononucleosis is a common infectious viral disease transferred in saliva or kissing. It is also called "glandular fever" in some countries, or other names such as "mono" and "infectious mononucleosis". The cause is a virus called the Epstein-Barr virus.

Meningitis – It is a serious infection of one of the membranes that surrounds the brain. This section addresses what conditions meningitis can be a symptom. It’s also an infection of the membranes (called meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. It’s a dangerous infection of the membranes surrounding the brain.

Acute bronchitis – it is an infection of the bronchi or tubes that carry the air to the lungs. Infection of the tubes causes them to produce thick mucus which can affect breathing. The mucus is often coughed up.

Tuberculosis - Otherwise called (TB) is a bacteria that usually causes disease in the lung. Many people become symptom-free carriers of the TB bacteria. Although common and deadly in the third world, tuberculosis was almost non-existent in the developed world, but has been making a recent resurgence. Certain drug-resistant strains are emerging and people with immune suppression such as AIDS or poor health are becoming carriers.

Urinary tract infection - Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by bacteria in the urinary tract. Women get UTIs more often than men.
Mastitis – THIS IS a breast infection or inflammation that mostly occurs in breast-feeding mothers. The typical presentation is a young lactating women with mastitis symptoms such as fever, flu-like symptoms, and breast tenderness and/or breast redness. In such cases, mastitis often progresses rapidly over hours, and it is common for breast-feeding mothers to try to fight off the fever (which may precede any breast redness), and the fever then rapidly progresses to more severe symptoms such as high fever, chills, nausea, and so on
Tonsilitis - is a common infection or inflammation of the tonsils in the back of the throat. Tonsilitis can lead to serious insidious complications such as sleep apnea. Snoring can also be a sign of tonsilitis or other tonsil disorders.
Roseola - this is a Contagious infant conditions that can lead to rashes from head to toe, high fever and also irritability and so on.
Pneumonia - Pneumonia is a lung disease that can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and sometimes fungi.

Rubella – this is a contagious viral infection caused by the Rubella virus which produces a rash and lymph node swelling. It can have serious implication in pregnant women as the virus can be transmitted through the placenta and cause serious fetal defects or even fetal death

Mumps – it’s an acute viral disease that causes the salivary glands to become swollen, sore and inflamed.

Scarlet fever - Scarlet fever is a streptococcal infection that occurs most often in association with a sore throat and rarely with impetigo or others.

Acute appendicitis - Its main symptom is abdominal pain or abdominal sensitivity. However, abdominal pain occurs with many conditions and only an estimated 5% of cases of abdominal pain are actually appendicitis. Although uncommon, appendicitis is very serious, and difficulty in diagnosing appendicitis in the emergency department makes it the 3rd leading cause of malpractice lawsuits.

Typhus – it’s a general name for various arthropod-borne rickettsial infections

Tropical disease – (Any disease that occurs in the tropics), especially those who traveled recently to a tropical country. Like Nigeria.

Viral infection - Viruses are the smallest life-form existing, since they are not even a single cell. It is almost like they are not alive at all. They are small strands of DNA-like cell material. A virus consists mostly of RNA and cannot survive without host cells. Viruses are a very common type of infectious disease. Many of the most common human diseases are viral.
Malaria - this is a parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
Typhoid – This is a gastrointestinal condition mainly in the developing world. It is caused by a bacterial infection, usually as a form of food poisoning. Please note that Typhoid fever is unrelated to the similarly named typhus (a tick-borne infection).
Chronic infections - Chronic infections usually develop from acute infections and can last for days to months to a lifetime. Sometimes, people are totally unaware because this is an ongoing and often slow progressing infection and some can cause recurring fevers.
Acute kidney infection – this can also be a cause of fever

These are the most common problems we are having in Nigeria and the others, though are deadly, but will advice you to go see your doctor whenever u notice any thing strange in your body and your surroundings.

TYPES OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS

Today am going to be talking about the different types of staff and will like to start with food poisoning, most people don't believe or know that food poison is caused most times by staff.
DEFINITION OF FOOD POISON:
FOOD POISONING is poisoning from a substance or microbe in food, it is also illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food.

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS FOOD POISONING:
INTRODUCTION
Food poisoning caused by the staphylococcus aureus bacteria. This is the most common cause of food poisoning. The bacteria can occur in most foods if the food is not handled hygienically and kept at the correct temperature. Symptoms usually start soon after consuming the contaminated food and generally lasts a couple of days. The severity of the symptoms depends on the amount of contaminated food consumed and the health of the patient. Dehydration is a common complication of this condition.

SYMPTOMS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS FOOD POISONING
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Prostration
• Abdominal cramps
• Retching
• Weakness

VOMITING: is emitting stomach contents from the mouth. This is not the same as regurgitation, ( which refers to emitting already swallowed food, and must be distinguished correctly). Vomiting is often related to or preceded by nausea, but both nausea-without-vomiting and vomiting-without-nausea are possible. Any nausea or vomiting symptom needs prompt professional medical investigation.

DIARRHEA: is a very common symptom. Everyone is familiar with a sudden bout of acute diarrhea. Although many people assume sudden diarrhea is "something you ate" (i.e. food poisoning), it is commonly caused by infectious diarrhea (usually a gastrointestinal virus) and also parasitic conditions such as giardia or crypto.
There are also many other possible causes of diarrhea. Surprisingly, even constipation or fecal impaction can cause diarrhea or fecal incontinence, as only watery feces passes around the blockage. Diarrhea can indicate a serious condition and can itself be potentially serious if it leads to dehydration. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about any diarrhea or related symptoms.
Chronic diarrhea refers in medical terms to repeated bouts of diarrhea over a prolonged period, rather than the common usage of "chronic diarrhea" to mean severe diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea is a symptom that can also indicate several serious medical conditions.
It is important to distinguish true "diarrhea" (various degrees of softness of stool) from fecal incontinence, which is an inability to control or prevent bowel motions. Some people will say "diarrhea" when they are really talking about fecal incontinence. In many cases of acute diarrhea, diarrhea will cause (temporary) fecal incontinence, but sometimes they are entirely different issues.

PROSTRATION: Extreme exhaustion and fatigue

ABDOMINAL CRAMPS: Painful muscular contractions occurring in the abdomen.

RETCHING: The act of trying to vomit without the expulsion of vomitus.

WEAKNESS: Weakness is an imprecise medical symptom. Weakness may refer to muscular weakness of a body area or entire body weakness. General weakness may also be caused by fatigue, drowsiness, prostration, syncope (fainting), or malaise. For inability to move a body part, weakness related to exercise or exertion, Weakness may also occur due to numbness or paresthesias in the affected area. Any type of weakness is a serious symptom requiring prompt professional medical advice.

By tommorow, I shall give hints on other types of Staff. pls feel free to ask any question, that's why this blog is here.


YOURS SINCERELY,
ELIZABETH ERA.

Reply to Louis...

Dear Louis,

if u have been having whitish discharge, it's a clear case of an STD, so u need see your doctor for immediate attention.... though I will give you some other possible cases of such discharges apart from STD cases...
•Urethral condition (type of Urinary disorders)
• Urethritis (type of Urethritis) - trauma or damage to the urethra from physical injury (e.g. cycling, horse riding, etc.)
• Excessive masturbation - causing urethritis
• Sexually transmitted disease
• Non-specific urethritis
• Gonorrhea
• Chlamydia
• Trichomonas
• Non-Gonococcal urethritis (NGU) (type of Urethritis)
• Foreign body in urethra
• Balanitis
these are some cases that might result in your discharge, so I will advice you to see your doctor as soon as possible as such cases if not attended to early and properly treated might lead to low sperm count and weak erection. I pray it won't be your portion in this case. Also you need to let sex be for now as you might transfer this disease to your spouse. I will advice you don't indulge in sexual inter-course for now please until your doctor says it's safe ok.
I will also advice you not to be scared, just take my advice and go see your doctor immediately, as the medication for this cases varies.

Yours sincerely,
Elizabeth Era.

WHAT IS STAPHYLOCOCCUS?

Today we are going to start with Staphylococcus, Staff as it's popularly known one disease that Nigerians suffers so much mostly the women but they are always very ignorant of it....

I shall give u the definitions and symptoms today, then some case studies later... you can as well post your comments and send me email concerning this deadly disease.

WHAT IS STAPHYLOCOCCUS?
Staphylococcus is a group of bacteria that can cause a multitude of diseases as a result of infection of various tissues of the body. Staphylococcus is more familiarly known as Staph (pronounced "staff"). Staph-related illness can range from mild and requiring no treatment to severe and potentially fatal.
The name "Staphylococcus" comes from the Greek staphyle, meaning a bunch of grapes, and kokkos, meaning berry, and that is what Staph look like under the microscope, like a bunch of grapes or little round berries. (In technical terms, these are gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, usually unencapsulated cocci.)
Over 30 different types of Staphylococci can infect humans, but most infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococci can be found normally in the nose and on the skin (and less commonly in other locations) of 20%-30% of healthy adults. In the majority of cases, the bacteria do not cause disease. However, damage to the skin or other injury may allow the bacteria to overcome the natural protective mechanisms of the body, leading to infection.
Who is at risk for Staph infections?
Anyone can develop a Staph infection, although certain groups of people are at greater risk, including newborn infants, breastfeeding women, and people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, vascular disease, and lung disease. Injecting drug users, those with skin injuries or disorders, intravenous catheters, surgical incisions, and those with a weakened immune system all have an increased risk of developing Staph infections.


WHAT ARE THE SYNTOMPS AND SIGNS OF A STAPH INFECTION?
Staphylococcal disease of the skin usually results in a localized collection of pus, known as an abscess(A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses), boil(A boil is a localized infection deep in the skin. A boil generally starts as a reddened, tender area. Over time, the area becomes firm and hard and tender. Eventually, the center of the abscess softens and becomes filled with infection-fighting white blood cells that the body sends from the bloodstream to eradicate the infection. This collection of white blood cells, bacteria, and proteins is known as pus. Finally, the pus "forms a head," which can be surgically opened or spontaneously drain out through the surface of the skin. A boil is also referred to as a skin abscess), or furuncle(.This is an abscess in the skin caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. A furuncle can have one or more openings onto the skin and may be associated with a fever or chills). The affected area may be red, swollen, and painful. Drainage or pus is common.