Question

cyanobacteria = Describe how a patient with this disease is managed from a medical perspective, covering the following points: - Is there a specific treatment for this disease (eg. an antibiotic) and if so, how well does it work? If there is no treatment, how should the patient be managed? - What is the expected outcome after treatment (eg. would you expect the patient to be fully cured, or can there be long-term damage as a result of the disease, etc.) - What types of infection control measures must be used if this patient is hospitalized or in your care (ie. measures to protect both yourself and others in a health care facility)? Does this patient pose any special risk in the hospital or the community?

Answer 1

CYANOBACTERIA AND HUMAN HEALTH

Cyanobacteria are aquatic,they live n water. It may enter into the human body through contaminated water and sea food. When it enters inside the human body it produces toxins which results gastro intestinal symptoms and hay fever symptoms. It can even affect the respiratory system and induce hypoxic state and anemia.

Clnical symptoms of cyanobacteria are, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomatitis, fever, head ache, sore throat, dry cough, pruritis and respiratory paralysis.

There is no specific antibiotics to treat cyano bacteria, but Beta-lactims (amoxicillin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone), aminoglycosides (gentamicin, kanamycin) and quinolones (norfloxacin, nalidixic acid) will be helpful to treat the infection. The client will be trated symptomatically.

Prognosis of the disease will be good if the client follows the control measures. the potential complications may be, pneumonia, hepatic failure.

infection control measures inthe hospital may includes, using sterile techniques for doing any procedures, safe drinking water.

The patient will not be a risk factor to transmit the disease to community. the people may affect if they consume contaminated water with cyanobacteria.