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What kind of doctor works with infectious dieases?


What do you call a doctor whos main field is working with infectious diseases??
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The epidemiologist works with contagious diseases. A pathologist studies infected tissue  (+ info)

Can infectious disease specialists do cancer research?


I want to sub-specialize in internal medicine and then infectious disease, but I also want to get into cancer research especially ones like lung and breast cancer. Or would I have to be an oncologist for that?
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I don't think so, as cancer has not been proven to be an infectious disease, so I think the two are mutually exclusive, However, there ought to be some kind of happy medium for you, although I don't know what it is.  (+ info)

How would you define a infectious smile?


I know what an infectious smile is.. but what kind of smile is infectious on you?
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Smiling is infectious,
You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin,
When he smiled I realised,
I'd passed it on to him.  (+ info)

How long is a cold infectious?


Every once in a while I'm in a meeting with a colleague who's wheezing and sneezing from a cold yet claims he's no longer infectious. I'm suspicious. Is there any solid science that documents how long a cold is infectious?
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I don't know Johnny, but if he's still sneezing and wheezing, I would bet he is still contagious. They are spread by respiratory droplets, which are produced by sneezing or coughing, also by getting these on inanimate objects, and then you touching them, and then touching your nose or mouth or food. There are many strains of colds, which is why we keep getting them, but I think the older you get, the less you get them, because you may have had them before, or they get less severe, because you have had one quite similar and have some immunity. Of course every one who sneezes or wheezes doesn't have a cold. They could have an allergy or asthma or they could have rhinitis from being a coc addict or a meth addict or some people have rhinitis medicamentosa, which is rhinitis from using too much nasal decongestant spray like Afrin. It's normal to sneeze in response to cold air or dust or allergens. It's normal to do a little coughing and smokers do this much more.  (+ info)

Why is the infectious disease dr ignoring my highly positive lyme tests?


I tested a very high positive for lyme disease and am being treated by my MD with doxy 100 mg 2 times a day, but the Infectious disease MD wants me to test for hiv hep, lupus, syphilis etc... she already has the diagnosis from tests and my symptoms yet she ignores it due to her ignorance with lyme?? seems that way anyone ever have this experience?
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According to my notes from my immunology class, Lyme disease is diagnosed by the presence of a very unique rash called an ECM rash and a positive serological test for the antibodies for the bacterium B. burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease) Doctors will diagnose it just by seeing the rash alone.

I'm not sure why she is testing you like that but the bacteria that causes Lyme disease looks just like the same bacteria that causes syphilis. The first stage of Lyme disease also causes some hepatitis (swelling of the liver). Later stages of the disease can cause arthritis which will test positive for reagin, the same stuff found in patients with lupus and RA.

Hope that helps  (+ info)

How is the source of an infectious disease traced? How fast? Is it always traced?


Specific example: If three individuals in a hospital (went there at different times though with an interval of one to two days) are exhibiting the same symptoms of what the doctors may believe to be an infectious disease (let's just say they don't exactly know what the condition is), would the they be prompted to find its source? What if only one person has the symptoms? How would it be traced? How fast?
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the cdc (centers for disease control) does this  (+ info)

What infectious disease has the highest mortality rate?


What infectious disease has the highest mortality rate? Not including HIV.
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MS  (+ info)

Phenylketonuria: infectious or non infectious and what are the economic and social consequences of the disease?


Is PKU infectious or non infectious and what are the economic and social consequences of the disease?
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PKU is autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in the enzyme hepatic phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH).
Non- infectious.

For consequences go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKU
and here:
http://www.pkunews.org/

there is a link there for students writing papers as well. Good luck with your paper.  (+ info)

What do you call the study of Infectious Diseases?


Is there a name or word for the study of infectious diseases? Like 'cardiology' is for heart disorders and infections and 'nephrology' is the study of the kidney and infections of it?
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Infectious disease is its own specialty. It doesn't have an -ology. You might be thinking of epidemiology.

Dr. B  (+ info)

Can anyone think of a career involving studying infectious disease and their causes, but still pays well?


I'm interested in infectious disease and their causes and symptoms associated with them, but I have looked and I can't find a career that involves this. Can anyone help me?
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I'm not sure where you're from, so I can't cite you any jobs in particular. I'm an ER nurse, and we work a lot with public health nurses and infectious disease (ID) nurses. They both study epidemiology and pathology of infectious diseases. It's a very interesting field. Good luck to you!  (+ info)

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