Weil Disease

Hammer Toe Syndrome

Metatarsalgia

Metatarsal Bones

Toe Joint

Osteotomy

Leptospirosis20

• All patients had a diagnosis of severe leptospirosis (Weil's disease). (usp.br)
• Weil disease, a severe form of leptospirosis, is rare in the continental United States. (medlineplus.gov)
• Leptospirosis - a bacterial disease that causes serious illness by damaging vital organs such as the liver and kidneys. (pdsa.org.uk)
• There is no titre test available for leptospirosis , so your dog will always need their yearly booster for this, even if their results show that they are protected for other diseases. (pdsa.org.uk)
• Because both diseases are endemic to Greece and have similar clinical, epidemiologic, and seasonal characteristics ( 7 ), all samples sent to our laboratory for testing either for leptospirosis or for hantavirus infection are always tested for both ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
• Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that spreads through direct contact with the urine of infected animals. (davidwolfe.com)
• Accordingly, leptospirosis can sometimes be mistaken for another disease. (davidwolfe.com)
• At that point, the leptospirosis sickness is referred to as Weil's disease. (davidwolfe.com)
• Do not use wild rats as roughly 70% carry leptospirosis, sometimes called Weil's disease. (barnowltrust.org.uk)
• Wild rats often carry leptospirosis or Weil's disease - a serious illness easily transmitted to humans. (barnowltrust.org.uk)
• Leptospirosis, or Weil's disease, can be fatal to humans. (lichfielddc.gov.uk)
• Leptospirosis may be difficult to diagnose because its initial symptoms are similar to many other diseases, and some cases have few to no symptoms, but early diagnosis is crucial, as successful treatment should be started within the first 4 days of illness. (logicalimages.com)
• He's only half-joking: Weil's disease is a severe form of leptospirosis that causes headaches, chills and muscle aches, which you might contract if you came into contact with the urine, blood, or tissue of rodents that are infected with the bacteria. (yahoo.com)
• Their urine carries a bacteria that leads to leptospirosis and then Weil's Disease, which can be fatal. (carpforum.co.uk)
• More than a week after massive flooding from a southwest monsoon plagued Olongapo City, the number of cases of the bacterial disease, leptospirosis has gone up sharply to near 300 cases, according to a GMA News report today . (theglobaldispatch.com)
• According to the report, at least 296 people have been diagnosed with leptospirosis, with eight deaths related to the disease. (theglobaldispatch.com)
• Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by the corkscrew shaped organism, Leptospira. (theglobaldispatch.com)
• Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of humans and animals that is caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the genus Leptospira . (medscape.com)
• Salmonellosis, Weil's disease, leptospirosis and rat bite Typhoid fever are just some of the main rodent-borne diseases that can affect humans. (rentokil.com)
• Although leptospirosis continues to be predominantly an occupational disease, in recent decades it has also increasingly been recognized as a disease of recreation. (medscape.com)

Weil's disease8

• The term weil's disease is identified in base64 scheme by the sequence d2VpbCdzIGRpc2Vhc2U=, while the MD5 signature is equal to 9097d692de6ae178ee938814ff4c40d6. (altervista.org)
• The ASCII encoding of weil's disease in hexadecimal notation is 7765696c27732064697365617365. (altervista.org)
• Adolf Weil (7 February 1848, Heidelberg - 23 July 1916, Wiesbaden) was a German physician after whom Weil's disease is named. (wikipedia.org)
• Shortly after receiving news that Weil's disease was caused by a spirochete, he died of acute hemoptysis. (wikipedia.org)
• Weil's disease is carried by animals, and can be water-borne. (lowimpact.org)
• Rats are known to spread infections such as Hantavirus, Salmonella, and Weil's disease. (horizonpestcontrol.com)
• This phase is also called Weil's disease. (theglobaldispatch.com)
• In humans, it is known as Weil's disease and symptoms include fever, muscle pains, vomiting and jaundice. (midwesternpestcontrol.com)

Centers for Diseas3

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data that covered the period from April to December of 2021, including both the delta surge and the first emergence of omicron, and noted that the rates of cases and deaths were consistently higher in all periods among those who were not vaccinated. (drweil.com)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (medlineplus.gov)
• Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rob Weyant. (medscape.com)

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System1

• These statistics are collected and compiled from reports sent by state health departments to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), which is operated by CDC in collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). (cdc.gov)

Salmonella2

• Rodent borne diseases come in all shapes and sizes from bacteria-based illnesses such as salmonella to viruses such as hantavirus. (rentokil.ie)
• Other diseases, such as toxoplasmosis and salmonella, affect both humans and animals. (lichfielddc.gov.uk)

Jaundice2

• Clinical presentation varies from a flu-like syndrome to Weil disease, which includes jaundice, renal failure, and hemorrhagic complications. (cdc.gov)
• In our case-series, jaundice appeared to be a common sign, in contrast to recent studies in other countries in which the icteric form of the disease was observed in only 10% of cases ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)

Infectious Disease1

• The team receive numerous notifications of infectious disease, of which not all are cases of food poisoning. (n-kesteven.gov.uk)

Epidemiology1

• The Highlights section presents information on selected nationally notifiable diseases to provide a context in which to interpret surveillance and disease-trend data and to provide further information on the epidemiology and prevention of selected diseases. (cdc.gov)

Rodent-borne1

• You can also catch a rodent-borne disease from inhaling dust that has been contaminated by their urine. (rentokil.ie)

Urine4

• Be aware that activities that can cause open wounds or that take place near the water's edge where rat urine is more likely to be found increase the risk of contracting the disease. (riverstourtrust.org)
• You can catch these diseases by coming into direct contact with their urine, this can be by touching it or touching something that has been contaminated. (rentokil.ie)
• However, the urine of an infected person is a potential source of the disease for someone else. (davidwolfe.com)
• The Cola cans had traces of dried rat urine on them containing Weil s Disease and other toxic substances harmful to humans. (g7jjf.com)

Acute2

• The independent risk factors associated with thrombocytopenia during the hospital stay were lengthy disease (OR: 1.2, p = 0.001) and acute kidney injury (OR: 6.6, p = 0.004). (usp.br)
• Lengthy disease and acute kidney injury are risk factors for thrombocytopenia. (usp.br)

Pulmonary disease2

• Pulse-dose steroids may also play a role in the management of severe pulmonary disease. (medscape.com)
• Comparison of comorbidities demonstrated that COVID-19-positive patients had higher rates of diabetes, heart failure, and pulmonary disease. (bvsalud.org)

Respiratory2

• Respiratory symptoms were recognized during the first phase of the disease, as other studies have reported ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
• We apply our methodology to China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and mental health conditions). (repec.org)

Autoimmune disease2

• Rheumatoid Arthritis: This is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation that damages the structures around joints. (weil4feet.com)
• Psoriatic Arthritis: This is another autoimmune disease that causes pain and swelling within joints. (weil4feet.com)

Renal2

• Proteinuric kidney diseases share an aggressive clinical course of developing end-stage renal disease. (karger.com)
• Proteinuria is a major determinant of progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is associated with more rapid worsening of renal function and earlier initiation of renal replacement therapy independent of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) [ 1 ]. (karger.com)

Symptoms4

• Half of the patients who died had the icteric form of the disease, 4 had the typical signs and symptoms of Weil disease, and 1 had central nervous system involvement. (cdc.gov)
• Dogs are the pet most known to display clinical symptoms of the disease. (davidwolfe.com)
• But by slapping Band-aids on symptoms rather than helping patients get at the root of why the symptoms are there in the first place, we put our patients at risk of more disease and even premature death. (wakeup-world.com)
• This means that it is an early sign of the disease that develops before more obvious diagnosable symptoms appear. (medicalnewstoday.com)

Endemic1

• Efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis have focused on massive treatment programs that involve administering medications to people living in areas where the disease is endemic, as a means of curing current infections and preventing new ones. (wustl.edu)

Humans and animals2

• They carry a wide range of diseases and parasites that are potentially harmful to humans and animals. (lichfielddc.gov.uk)
• It is a disease of both humans and animals. (theglobaldispatch.com)

Fever2

• Because no cases of paralytic poliomyelitis, western equine encephalitis, or yellow fever were reported in the United States during 2001, these diseases do not appear in the tables in Part 1. (cdc.gov)
• The disease begins multiplying, causing fever, headaches or general weakness. (midwesternpestcontrol.com)

Diabetes2

• Other possible conditions causing heel pain include crystal deposition arthritides, Paget's Disease, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, Reiter's disease, diabetes, and sickle cell anemia. (weil4feet.com)
• Graves disease is associated with pernicious anemia , vitiligo , diabetes mellitus type 1 , autoimmune adrenal insufficiency , systemic sclerosis , myasthenia gravis , Sjögren syndrome , rheumatoid arthritis , and systemic lupus erythematosus . (medscape.com)

Chronic4

• Paget's Disease: This is a chronic condition of the bone that causes osteoclast (bone-absorbing) activity to be more active than osteoblast (bone-making) activity. (weil4feet.com)
• We incorporate measures of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic costs of chronic health conditions in terms of foregone gross domestic product (GDP). (repec.org)
• The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea ," Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 09-2017, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. (repec.org)
• The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases: Estimates and Projections for China, Japan, and South Korea ," NBER Working Papers 23601, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)

Clinical3

• Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical presentations, from subtle to devastating. (medscape.com)
• Early studies did suggest that statins are effective for men under 65 with pre-existing heart disease, but later, more rigorous clinical trials has not confirmed this benefit. (thehealthyskeptic.org)
• Patients with severe disease should remain hospitalized until adequate resolution of organ failure and clinical infection. (medscape.com)

Fatal2

• Vaccinations help protect against serious, potentially fatal diseases. (pdsa.org.uk)
• Distemper - a very serious, often fatal disease that affects several different organs in the body including the guts, heart, immune system, lungs, brain and nerves. (pdsa.org.uk)

Pathophysiology1

• To provide clinicians with information on pathophysiology, early detection, disease monitoring, guidelines, and new and emerging treatments for PBC. (medscape.org)

Patients7

• In some patients, Graves disease represents a part of more extensive autoimmune processes leading to dysfunction of multiple organs (eg, polyglandular autoimmune syndromes ). (medscape.com)
• Surgical outcomes in patients with Cushing's disease. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
• We hypothesized that amiloride not triamterene (an analog of amiloride) would reduce proteinuria in the patients with proteinuric kidney disease. (karger.com)
• Both amiloride and triamterene significantly reduced proteinuria in patients with proteinuric kidney disease. (karger.com)
• As doctors, I believe it is our responsibility to dig into the lives of our patients so we can help them figure out what might be activating disease-causing stress responses in the body and what they might do to facilitate healing relaxation responses in the body. (wakeup-world.com)
• Patients with severe disease should be placed on bed rest until adequately resuscitated and treated. (medscape.com)
• Transfer to a facility with an appropriate level of care should be considered in patients with severe disease. (medscape.com)

Toxic substances3

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (cdc.gov)
• Damage and Dysfunction, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (cdc.gov)
• 2001. Public health assessment: Blackbird Mine, cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (cdc.gov)

Morbidity1

• Unlike previously adopted frameworks, this approach allows us to account for i) variations in human capital for workers in different age groups, ii) mortality and morbidity effects of non-communicable diseases, and iii) the treatment costs of diseases. (repec.org)

Epidemiologic2

• These references provide additional information on surveillance and epidemiologic issues, diagnostic issues, or disease control activities. (cdc.gov)
• Phylogenetic Concepts and Tools Applied to Epidemiologic Investigations of Infectious Diseases. (cdc.gov)

Pathogens2

• Norway rats also carry bacteria and pathogens that can cause diseases. (a-z-animals.com)
• Comparing the microbiome from healthy corals to those in early tissue necrosis suggests 21 potential pathogens, which might act as the promoters of such disease. (nature.com)

Risk5

• You can reduce your risk of developing diseases influenced by inflammation, including Alzheimer's, simply by following an anti-inflammatory diet like the one featured on the Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging online guide. (drweil.com)
• Sanitation workers are at an increased risk of becoming ill from waterborne diseases. (wikipedia.org)
• If you stop vaccinating your dog, they will be at risk of catching infectious diseases. (pdsa.org.uk)
• The FDA has approved the prescription of statins to people at low risk for heart disease and stroke, who don't even have high cholesterol. (thehealthyskeptic.org)
• Apart from the risk from cans and bottles the metal detectorist is exposed to the disease just by being on a field and handling the soil and vegetation when digging. (g7jjf.com)

Mosquitoes3

• Weil has studied lymphatic filariasis - which is caused by parasitic worms and spread by mosquitoes - for decades. (wustl.edu)
• People in regions with lymphatic filariasis typically require treatment annually for five to seven years to reduce infection rates to levels that no longer support transmission of the disease by mosquitoes. (wustl.edu)
• Mosquitoes are known to be carriers of dangerous diseases - such as malaria, dengue , Zika virus , Chikungunya - and businesses in regions with high mosquito density need to therefore ensure that their working environments in commercial premises have the suitable protection in place to keep employees safe. (rentokil.com)

Deadly disease2

• Parvovirus - a highly contagious, potentially deadly disease that causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea. (pdsa.org.uk)
• What happens when a deadly disease is eradicated? (cdc.gov)

Occupational disease1

• Found worldwide, it was long considered an occupational disease (miners, farming, vets, and sugarcane harvesting and sewer workers), it is increasingly associated with recreational water sports and camping. (theglobaldispatch.com)

Infection1

• The infection can be treated with antibiotics (penicillin and doxycycline), especially if started early in the disease. (theglobaldispatch.com)

Kidney1

• Low blood sugar can develop for a variety of reasons, including excessive alcohol consumption, medication side effect, severe liver or kidney disease , long-term starvation, and hormonal deficiencies. (healthline.com)

Diagnosis1

• Because the dates of onset or diagnosis for notifiable diseases are not always reported, these surveillance data are presented by the year and week they were reported to CDC by public health officials in state and territorial health departments. (cdc.gov)

Incidence2

• The annual incidence rate of the disease is 3 cases per 1 million population ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
• Part 1 contains tables showing incidence data for each of the diseases considered nationally notifiable during 2001. (cdc.gov)

Detection1

• Early detection of occupational diseases. (cdc.gov)

Disability1

• While we have made great strides in many countries, lymphatic filariasis remains pervasive in many impoverished countries in Africa and Asia, where it causes incredible suffering and disability," Weil said. (wustl.edu)

Carriers1

• Rats are carriers of disease, and can spread infections to human beings. (horizonpestcontrol.com)

Prevention2

• North Kesteven District Council is committed to the investigation and prevention of the spread of infectious diseases. (n-kesteven.gov.uk)
• A notifiable disease is one for which regular, frequent, and timely information regarding individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control of the disease. (cdc.gov)

Typically3

• While typically this disease presents with pain in the small joints of the hands and feet, it can also cause heel pain. (weil4feet.com)
• Nowadays, the infections that cause Reiter's are typically genitourinary or sexually transmitted diseases. (weil4feet.com)
• [ 2 ] Moreover, advances in cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PD-L1 antibodies) have led to immune-related adverse effects, including problems affecting the thyroid glands (ie, thyroiditis [typically with a transient hyperthyroid phase followed by a permanent hypothyroid phase] and Graves disease). (medscape.com)

Carry4

• A specialist team of Environmental Health Officers and support staff, working in geographical areas, carry out the investigation and control of infectious diseases. (n-kesteven.gov.uk)
• Pigeons: they often carry one or more avian diseases which could be transmitted to the owl. (barnowltrust.org.uk)
• Do Raccoons Carry Disease? (midwesternpestcontrol.com)
• As it turns out, yes, raccoons do carry disease. (midwesternpestcontrol.com)

Diagnostic1

• His earlier research led to a new diagnostic test for the disease. (wustl.edu)

Mortality3

• The mortality rate is about 40% for Weil disease and between 1%-5% overall. (logicalimages.com)
• In 1999, mortality data began to be coded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. (cdc.gov)
• To bridge the mortality data for the period 1996-1998 (deaths coded using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision), and 1999, we use comparability ratios provided by the National Center for Health Statistics. (cdc.gov)

Investigation1

• The subsequent investigation concluded that the disease had been contracted by her drinking out of a Cola can without washing the can before drinking the contents. (g7jjf.com)