Whipple's disease primary prevention: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
m Bot: Removing from Primary care |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper sanitation | There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper [[sanitation]] decreases the risk of [[infection]] with [[Tropheryma whipplei|''Tropheryma whipplei'']]. | ||
==Primary Prevention== | ==Primary Prevention== | ||
*There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease. | *There are no established measures for the [[primary prevention]] of Whipple's disease.<ref name="Marth2009">{{cite journal|last1=Marth|first1=Thomas|title=New Insights into Whipple’s Disease – A Rare Intestinal Inflammatory Disorder|journal=Digestive Diseases|volume=27|issue=4|year=2009|pages=494–501|issn=1421-9875|doi=10.1159/000233288}}</ref><ref name="StreetDonoghue1999">{{cite journal|last1=Street|first1=Sara|last2=Donoghue|first2=Helen D|last3=Neild|first3=GH|title=Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people|journal=The Lancet|volume=354|issue=9185|year=1999|pages=1178–1179|issn=01406736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2}}</ref> | ||
=== General measures: === | === General measures: === | ||
*Proper sanitation | *Proper [[sanitation]] | ||
*Access to clean water | *Access to clean water | ||
*Hand washing | *[[Hand washing]] | ||
*Good personal and food hygiene | *Good personal and [[food hygiene]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
| |||
{{WH}} | {{WH}} | ||
{{WS}} | {{WS}} | ||
[[Category:Medicine]] | |||
[[Category:Gastroenterology]] | |||
[[Category:Infectious disease]] | |||
[[Category:Up-To-Date]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:44, 30 July 2020
|
Whipple's disease Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Whipple's disease primary prevention On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Whipple's disease primary prevention |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Whipple's disease primary prevention |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease. However, general measurement including proper sanitation decreases the risk of infection with Tropheryma whipplei.
Primary Prevention
- There are no established measures for the primary prevention of Whipple's disease.[1][2]
General measures:
- Proper sanitation
- Access to clean water
- Hand washing
- Good personal and food hygiene
References
- ↑ Marth, Thomas (2009). "New Insights into Whipple's Disease – A Rare Intestinal Inflammatory Disorder". Digestive Diseases. 27 (4): 494–501. doi:10.1159/000233288. ISSN 1421-9875.
- ↑ Street, Sara; Donoghue, Helen D; Neild, GH (1999). "Tropheryma whippelii DNA in saliva of healthy people". The Lancet. 354 (9185): 1178–1179. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03065-2. ISSN 0140-6736.