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...years ago, Louise Jacobs was idly playing with a necklace when she felt a couple of tiny lumps around her collarbone. She thought they were calcium deposits. She was wrong. Jacobs had advanced lung cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes. Because the tumors had infiltrated healthy tissue, surgery was not an option. "It was devastating," says the teacher, 56, from Atlanta. "I never smoked, my husband never smoked, and nobody in my immediate family had ever had cancer...
...kind of bacteria called group A streptococcus--or strep, for short. That's when antibiotics like penicillin or erythromycin come in handy. Early spring is a peak season for strep throat. If you have a sore throat that is accompanied by a fever but not a cough, your lymph nodes are swollen and there are yellow or white patches on your tonsils or the back of your throat, chances are, you have strep. The trouble is, most people with strep don't get all those symptoms. (A sore throat plus a runny nose and cough is usually just a cold...
...scratch disease (CSD) This is a bacterial disease that cats transmit to people through scratches, bites or infected fleas. More common in children than adults, CSD triggers fever, enlarges lymph nodes and may damage major organ systems...
...recognized human pathogens, 61% are classified as zoonotic, or naturally communicable between animals and us. Some examples: Cat-scratch disease (CSD) This is a bacterial disease that cats transmit to people through scratches, bites or infected fleas. More common in children than adults, CSD triggers fever, enlarges lymph nodes and may damage major organ systems. Toxoplasmosis A big problem for pregnant women (it can produce miscarriages and birth defects), toxoplasmosis is caused by a protozoan that can be picked up by eating undercooked meat or by contact with infected cat feces more than a day old. Salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis These...
...SCRATCH DISEASE (CSD) This is a bacterial disease that cats transmit to people through scratches, bites or infected fleas. More common in children than adults, CSD triggers fever, enlarges lymph nodes and may damage major organ systems...