Scarlet fever : Mnemonic notes

This mnemonic note was sent to me by Khairul Anwar (Thank you very much for the second mnemonic!). It's a really good mnemonic he has tried to remember many facts using the 'S'.

Treatment of Leprosy

For Paucibacillary Leprosy -

• Daily - Dapsone 100 mg 
• Monthly - Rifampicin  600 mg
• Duration: 6 months 

For Multibacillary Leprosy -

• Daily - Dapsone 100 mg + Clofazamine 50 mg
• Monthly - Rifampicin 600 mg + Clofazamine 300 mg
• Duration: 2 yrs 

Remember this with the formula D / R for paucibacillary and DC / RC for multibacillary 
Explanation: The denominator is the monthly drug to be taken. In case of multibacillary leprosy, note that the dose of Clofazamine, be it monthly or daily, is half the dose of other drug taken along with it ( 100 / 2 = 50, 600 / 2 = 300 ). Duration of treatment is 1/2 yrs and 2 yrs for Pauci & Multibacillary leprosy respectively.

Fever with Rash

Number of days after onset of fever that rash will appear:

Remember: Really Sick Children Must Take No Exercise.

1 Day -   Rubella
2 Days - Scarlet fever ( Also in Smallpox )
3 Days - Chickenpox
4 Days - Measles
5 Days - Typhus, rickettsia (variable)
6 Days - Nothing
7 Days - Enteric fever

H1N1 mnemonics

In H1N1, antibodies to 'N' modifies iNfection ( and antibodies to 'H' neutralises the virus - 'H' Hits Virus . Remember HiV)

Antibodies to this virus:

• appears in 1 week
  

• reaches maximum level in 2 weeks
  

• drop to pre-infection levels in 2-3 months
  
  (Remember 1, 2, 3 )
  
  

Swine Flu

Learn and remember better about Swine Flu ( H1N1 influenza ) idenification, prevention and treatment from this video. You will remember it better as it is in current affairs and you have your daily dose of revision from the medias.

Here's another video to remember the symptoms better.

Mode of infection of Hepatitis A and E

Hepatitis A and E spread by oro - fAEcal route.

Incubation periods

Incubation periods:

Diptheria  : 1-7 days

Pertusis  : 7-14 days

Chickenpox  : 14-21 days 

{Remember: DPC instead of DPT}

Enteric fever

The investigations to be done in enteric fever: (Remember BASU)

1st week - Blood,

2nd week - Agglutination(WIDAL),

3rd week - Stool,

4th week - Urine