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Dr. Phillip L. Sanchez
Infectious Disease Specialist
Dr. Phillip Sanchez is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Orlando, FL. Dr. Sanchez specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Dr. Phillip L. Sanchez
- Orlando, FL
- University of Miami
- Accepting new patients
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Is it a spider bite?
Very doubtful spider bite most likely isolated contact dermatitis
Is lyme disease common among pet owners?
There is no increased problems with pets in acquiring Lyme disease
Is there a way to prevent the hand foot mouth disease spreading in children?
By good handwashing and restriction of the individual to a single bathroom and avoiding secretions. Once exposed to the virus, those who develop symptoms and signs will do so within READ MORE
By good handwashing and restriction of the individual to a single bathroom and avoiding secretions. Once exposed to the virus, those who develop symptoms and signs will do so within one to three days. They are most contagious during the first week of the illness. However, the virus may continue to be shed for one to three weeks in respiratory secretions (saliva and/or nasal mucous) and in the stool for two to eight weeks after the primary infection.
What is the way to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
Most likely your leg is infected with a resistant staff or strep organism which are common to the skin. Because of the use of antibiotics and overuse, these organisms have become READ MORE
Most likely your leg is infected with a resistant staff or strep organism which are common to the skin. Because of the use of antibiotics and overuse, these organisms have become more resistant, particularly in the community and out of the hospital. Since your culture went to the laboratory, there should be a list of antibiotics which you can take for this. The treatment would be to take the course of antibiotics prescribed by your physician, keeping the wound as clean as possible with good wound care, and take probiotics.
Can my chest infection pass on to my child?
Severe respiratory infections in a pregnancy carry significant morbidity complications. The causes are no different from those seen in comparable non-pregnant women, but because READ MORE
Severe respiratory infections in a pregnancy carry significant morbidity complications. The causes are no different from those seen in comparable non-pregnant women, but because of the maternal changes in immune status that accompany the normal pregnant state, these same agents lead to greater complications and poorer baby and maternal outcomes. Therapy for bacterial pneumonia is first determined by the safety profile of available agents and is aimed at covering both typical and atypical pathogens, because the clinical entities are not always distinct. The baby cannot be infected from the mother, the complications are a result of the health of the mother when infected.
Is malaria an infectious disease?
How People Get Malaria (Transmission)
How is malaria transmitted?
Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes READ MORE
How People Get Malaria (Transmission)
How is malaria transmitted?
Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have been infected through a previous blood meal taken from an infected person. When a mosquito bites an infected person, a small amount of blood is taken in, which contains microscopic malaria parasites. About 1 week later, when the mosquito takes its next blood meal, these parasites mix with the mosquito’s saliva and are injected into the person being bitten.
Because the malaria parasite is found in red blood cells of an infected person, malaria can also be transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or the shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with blood. Malaria may also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn infant before or during delivery (“congenital” malaria).
Is malaria a contagious disease?
No. Malaria is not spread from person to person like a cold or the flu, and it cannot be sexually transmitted. You cannot get malaria from casual contact with malaria-infected people, such as sitting next to someone who has malaria.
How is malaria transmitted?
Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Only Anopheles mosquitoes can transmit malaria and they must have been infected through a previous blood meal taken from an infected person. When a mosquito bites an infected person, a small amount of blood is taken in, which contains microscopic malaria parasites. About 1 week later, when the mosquito takes its next blood meal, these parasites mix with the mosquito’s saliva and are injected into the person being bitten.
Because the malaria parasite is found in red blood cells of an infected person, malaria can also be transmitted through blood transfusion, organ transplant, or the shared use of needles or syringes contaminated with blood. Malaria may also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn infant before or during delivery (“congenital” malaria).
Is malaria a contagious disease?
No. Malaria is not spread from person to person like a cold or the flu, and it cannot be sexually transmitted. You cannot get malaria from casual contact with malaria-infected people, such as sitting next to someone who has malaria.
My 4 year old toddler recently contracted HFMD. What could be the reason?
You can get exposed to the viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease through: Close personal contact, such as hugging an infected person The air when an infected person READ MORE
You can get exposed to the viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease through:
Close personal contact, such as hugging an infected person
The air when an infected person coughs or sneezes
Contact with feces, such as changing diapers of an infected person, then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before washing your hands
Contact with contaminated objects and surfaces, like touching a doorknob that has viruses on it, then touching your eyes, mouth, or nose before washing your hands
It is also possible to get infected with the viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease if you swallow recreational water, such as water in swimming pools. However, this is not very common. This is more likely to happen if the water is not properly treated with chlorine and becomes contaminated with feces from a person who has hand, foot, and mouth disease.
Generally, a person with hand, foot, and mouth disease is most contagious during the first week of illness. People can sometimes be contagious for days or weeks after symptoms go away. Some people, especially adults, may become infected and not develop any symptoms, but they can still spread the virus to others. This is why people should always try to maintain good hygiene, such as frequent handwashing, so they can minimize their chance of spreading or getting infections.
Close personal contact, such as hugging an infected person
The air when an infected person coughs or sneezes
Contact with feces, such as changing diapers of an infected person, then touching your eyes, nose, or mouth before washing your hands
Contact with contaminated objects and surfaces, like touching a doorknob that has viruses on it, then touching your eyes, mouth, or nose before washing your hands
It is also possible to get infected with the viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease if you swallow recreational water, such as water in swimming pools. However, this is not very common. This is more likely to happen if the water is not properly treated with chlorine and becomes contaminated with feces from a person who has hand, foot, and mouth disease.
Generally, a person with hand, foot, and mouth disease is most contagious during the first week of illness. People can sometimes be contagious for days or weeks after symptoms go away. Some people, especially adults, may become infected and not develop any symptoms, but they can still spread the virus to others. This is why people should always try to maintain good hygiene, such as frequent handwashing, so they can minimize their chance of spreading or getting infections.
