Question 1

what drugs are fda-approved for treatment of anthrax?

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Answer: Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and Doxycycline are two of the medications approved for anthrax.

Question 2

what is anthrax?

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Bacteria: It is a spore forming bacteria causing certain types of skin, inhalation, and ingestional illnesses.

Question 3

is anthrax severe?

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Can be: Pulmonary anthrax can be deadly within days. Other forma, not so problamatic but worthy of agressive treatment.
See www.Bt.Cdc.Gov/agent/anthrax.

Question 4

how is anthrax transmitted?

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Air-borne: Anthrax is an air-borne illness. These spores can live in sheeps wool and get into the body by inhalation.

Question 5

could i get anthrax from this?

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From what: Bacillus Anthracis spores (endospores) are dormant &amp; can be found on in the soil of all the continents.  The spores are hardy &amp; can survive in many environments for centuries.  When they are inhaled they reactivate &amp; begin multiplying.

Question 6

what are the symptoms for anthrax?

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Flu-like symptoms: Anthrax causes fever, chills, body aches, swelling, and blackened skin ulcers at the area of exposure.

Question 7

how can anthrax (disease) survive?

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Spores: The bacteria can encase themselves in a very touch coat that makes them basically indestructable. They can stay in the soil for centuries.

Question 8

is anthrax in the soil all around us?

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Yes: It is found in soil and when animals come in contact can become infected and humans can infrequently become infected after coming into contact with infected animals.

Question 9

what are the ways to diagnose anthrax?

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Id in smear/culture: Lab testing can identify the germ in blood smears/spinal fluid/abdominal fluid or from blood cultures. Specimines are obtained before abx & placed on appropriate media for growth & identification. See www.Bt.Cdc.Gov/agent/anthrax.

Question 10

what symptoms of anthrax are the most common?

Accepted Answer

Lung, skin, GI: Skin anthrax presents an ulcer and is the least dangerous.  Gi anthrax causes bloody diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain etc.
Inhalational anthrax is the most serious and causes cough, blood sputum, fever, shortness of breath.  Note that once symptoms of lung infection appear, treatment is usually not effective and infection causes rapid death!

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